Mersin University School of Medicine Lokman Hekim Journal of History of Medicine and Folk Medicine

Mersin University Faculty of Medicine Lokman Hekim Journal of Medical History and Folkloric Medicine has published scientific studies on the socio-cultural dimensions of medicine and health, especially on the history of medicine and ethics, folklore, health sociology, folkloric medicine practices.  It aims to contribute to the increase of qualified scientific knowledge in the literature by publishing scientific studies on the subject.

Mersin University School of Medicine Lokman Hekim Journal of History of Medicine and Folk Medicine accepts only online submissions. 

Submissions are required to be inedited and unsent to another journal in order to be published. In the event that the papers contain (hard or soft copy) pre-published quotation, table, figure, illustration, etc. the author is supposed to obtain written permission from individuals or enterprises possessing the copyright and it should be notified in the paper. Previously presented or published abstracts of studies are admissible on condition that it is indicated in the manuscript.

After the scientific assessment, the authors’ names order in the submission is predicated on. Any modifications after this process are only possible contingent upon written statement and permission of all contributory authors.

Double blind peer review process

This journal uses double-blind review process. If the manuscripts meet the journal’s style, they are evaluated by the editor and two reviewer. If necessary, the requested changes are made by the authors and the article is published with the approval of the Editorial Board.

All mentioned authors should have made substantial contribution to the manuscript. All contributory authors, regarding all kind of consequences, are responsible of the submissions’ scientific and ethical compliance. Institutions - organizations providing financial support and all sorts of commercial ties should be informed in the application letter sent to editor. In experimental cases and cases from local studies which harvest personal information, “Ethics Committee Approval” should be obtained. Its presence should be indicated in the paper and the instrument of approval (to be sent in case editor’s request) should be maintained.

SCREENING FOR PLAGIARISM

Lokman Hekim Journal use the iThenticate plagiarism detection tools during the editorial process (≤15 %) and reject papers leading to plagiarism or self-plagiarism.

COPYRIGHT

Mersin University School of Medicine Lokman Hekim Journal of History of Medicine and Folk Medicine is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution.
Mersin University School of Medicine Lokman Hekim Journal of History of Medicine and Folk Medicine is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) For further detailes of the license please see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/. For all the licenses, authors retain the copyright and full publishing rights without restrictions.

LANGUAGE AND STYLE

The languages of the journal are Turkish and English with Latin letters. Turkish Dictionary of Turkish Language Society and relevant medical glossary should be grounded on for Turkish papers. Spelling mistakes and grammar errors would be corrected by the editorial board without making any change in content.If the article is written English language, authors should have their papers checked for linguistic accuracy by a native English speaker. For the language editing of the article and to get the “Formal Certificate of Language Control and Correction".

Ethical principles
Mersin University Faculty of Medicine Lokman Hekim Journal of Medical History and Folkloric Medicine has published scientific articles such as "research, compilation, letter to the editor with reference, editorial comment and discussion, folkloric method" related to the history of medicine, folklore, medical sociology and folkloric medicine practices. and product promotion".It is a journal that publishes content. Articles submitted to Mersin University Faculty of Medicine Lokman Hekim Journal of Medical History and Folklore Medicine are evaluated by double-blind peer-review process and published electronically with free access. In addition, Mersin University Faculty of Medicine Lokman Hekim Journal of Medical History and Folkloric Medicine provides information on situations considered as plagiarism and unethical behavior.
Writers
Articles submitted to Mersin University Faculty of Medicine Lokman Hekim Journal of History of Medicine and Folkloric Medicine must be original studies on medical history, folklore, medical sociology and folkloric medicine practices.
All sources used in articles (authors, online pages, personal interviews, etc.) should be cited accurately and appropriately.
It should be stated that the articles sent to the journal were not sent to another journal and the Copyright Transfer Form should be filled.
Persons who do not contribute intellectually to the article should not be listed as authors.
Conflicts of interest regarding the submitted article should be stated and the reason should be explained.
Authors may be required to submit raw data regarding their work to the editorial board while in the peer review process, in which case the authors are expected to share their raw data with the editorial board. Authors are obliged to keep the data/sources used for a published article for submission when requested by the editor.
When authors detect an error in their work, they should inform the editor and the editorial board and cooperate for the correction or withdrawal process.
Referees
All articles submitted to Mersin University Faculty of Medicine Lokman Hekim Journal of Medical History and Folkloric Medicine are evaluated by double-blind peer-review process. Double-blind refereeing means keeping the authors secret from the referees and the referees from the authors in order to ensure an impartial, objective and independent evaluation process. Articles are sent to the referees from the journal management system for evaluation. The referees are required to fill out a form that includes the contribution of the article they evaluated to the fields of medical history, folklore, medical sociology and folkloric medicine, their decisions about whether the article is publishable and the reasons for these decisions. The ethical responsibilities and roles of the referees of the Mersin University Faculty of Medicine Lokman Hekim Journal of Medical History and Folkloric Medicine are as follows:
• Referees are only required to referee articles related to their field of expertise.
• Referees are expected to agree to referee articles that do not have conflicts of interest. When reviewers realize any conflict of interest, they should notify the editor and refuse to referee the article.
• Reviewers should evaluate the articles impartially and objectively.
• Referees are required to fill in the Referee Evaluation Form for the articles they evaluate. In this form, the referees are required to state their decision on whether the article they are evaluating is publishable or not, and the reasons for their decision.
• Referees are required to complete their evaluations within the time given to them and are expected to comply with the ethical responsibilities set forth herein.
Editor
The editor is responsible for all articles published in the journal. The ethical duties and responsibilities of the editor are as follows:
General Responsibilities
• The editor is responsible for making efforts to increase the quality of the journal and contribute to its development.
• The editor must support the freedom of expression of the authors.
Relations with Readers
• The editor should make sure that the sections in the journal that do not require peer review (correction, invited papers, conference announcements, etc.) are clearly stated.
• The editor should make an effort to match the published articles with the knowledge and skills of the journal readers.
Editors’ Relationships with Readers
The editors are responsible for taking into account the feedback from the readers, researchers and practitioners about the published works and to provide the necessary responses and take necessary actions.
Editors’ Relations with the Reviewers
The editor should ask the referees to evaluate the articles according to their knowledge and expertise. Thus, it should be ensured that the articles are evaluated appropriately by experts in the field.
• The editor is obliged to request that the referees state that there are no conflicts of interest regarding the article before evaluating it.
• The editor is required to convey to the referees all necessary information regarding the referee evaluation process and what is expected from the referees.
• The editor should ensure that the peer-review process is carried out with double-blind peer-review and should not disclose the referees to the authors and the authors to the referees.
• The editor should evaluate the referees according to their timing and performance.
• The editor should create a database of referees and update the database according to the performance of the referees.
• The editor should remove the referees who make rude and unqualified comments or return late from the referee list.
• The editor should constantly renew and expand the referee list according to the referees' fields of expertise.
Relations with Authors
• The editor should constantly update the publication and writing guidelines and the sample template regarding what is expected of the authors from them.
• The editor should evaluate the articles sent to the journal in terms of journal writing rules, the importance of the work, and originality, and if he decides to reject the article during the first submission process, he should clearly and impartially convey to the authors the reason for this. During this process, if it is decided that the article needs to be revised in terms of grammar, punctuation and/or spelling rules (margins, appropriate reference, etc.), the authors should be informed about this issue and they should be given time to make the necessary corrections.
• Submission and acceptance dates should be included in the articles.
• When the authors request information about the status of their articles, the authors should be informed about the status of their articles in a way that does not disturb the double-blind peer-review process.
Relations with the Editorial Board
• The editor should communicate the publishing and writing rules to the new editorial board members and explain what is expected of them.
• The editor should convey the most up-to-date version of the publishing and writing rules to the members of the editorial board.
• The editor should evaluate the members of the editorial board and elect the members who will actively participate in the development of the journal to the editorial board.
• The editor should inform the members of the editorial board about their roles and responsibilities below.
- Supporting the development of the journal
- Writing reviews on their areas of expertise when requested
- Reviewing and improving publishing and writing rules
- Fulfilling the necessary responsibilities in the operation of the journal
Plagiarism and Unethical Behaviors
All articles sent to Mersin University Faculty of Medicine Lokman Hekim Journal of Medical History and Folkloric Medicine are scanned with the IThenticate (http://www.ithenticate.com/) software program before they are published. The similarity rate is 15% and the articles below are accepted for publication. Articles exceeding this rate are examined in detail and sent back to the authors for revision or correction if deemed necessary. If plagiarism or unethical behavior is detected, they are rejected for publication.
However, if there is an opinion that any article, such as an article, book, newspaper, belonging to someone else, a part of the work, completely or partially - without specifying the source, is copied or used by changing the linguistic and structural expression of the thoughts and views in any work, even if the similarity rate is low. Even correction can be requested or denied.
Listed below are some unethical behaviors:
• Mentioning those who did not contribute intellectually to the study as authors.
• Not specifying the people who contributed intellectually to the study as authors.
• Not specifying if the article was produced from the author's master's/doctoral thesis or a project.
• Slicing, that is, publishing more than one article from a single study.
• Not reporting conflicts of interest regarding submitted articles.
• Deciphering the double-blind refereeing process.

Studies Requiring Ethics Committee Permission
All kinds of research conducted with qualitative or quantitative approaches that require data collection from participants using questionnaires, interviews, focus group work, observation, experimentation, interview techniques,
Using human and animals (material / including data) experimental or other scientific purposes,
Clinical studies on humans,
Clinical studies on animals,
Retrospective studies in accordance with the law on protection of personal data.
Application Evaluation Process
Manuscripts sent to Lokman Hekim journal for evaluation are evaluated by the Editor at the pre-control stage. At this stage, the editor evaluates the compliance of the manuscript with the spelling rules, scientific originality and priority. Manuscripts that are not found appropriate in the pre-check by the editor are rejected. For the manuscripts that are planned to be evaluated by the referee in the pre-control, a double-blind peer review evaluation process is carried out with at least two referees. After the peer-review process, it is decided to accept or reject the article. The author can follow the progress of the article on the journal page. https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/mutftd
The average time during which the preliminary assessment of manuscripts is conducted: 15 days
The average time during which the reviews of manuscripts are conducted: 60 days
The average time in which the article is published: 90 days
Material Disclaimer
The opinions and reports in all articles published in our journal are the opinion of the author(s) and not the opinion of the Editor or Editorial Board; The Editor and Editorial Board do not accept any responsibility for these articles. The responsibility of the package programs specified in the method of the manuscripts belongs to the authors, and the editor and the editorial board do not accept any responsibility. If the submitted articles comply with the 'writing rules'; It is published after it has been evaluated by the editor and at least two referees, and after the necessary changes are made by the authors.
PUBLICATION RIGHT
Mersin University School of Medicine Lokman Hekim Journal of History of Medicine and Folk Medicine is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution.
Mersin University School of Medicine Lokman Hekim Journal of History of Medicine and Folk Medicine is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) For further detailes of the license please see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/. Authors retain the copyright and full publishing rights without restrictions.
A Copyright Agreement Form signed by corresponding author in order must be submitted to the journal with manuscript.  
Corrections & Retractions
The reader expects from a published article to be accurate, complete and attributable. Since articles can be read and cited as soon as they are published, subsequent changes could potentially affect those who read and cite the previous version.
However, if there are errors that may affect the interpretation of the data or information presented in an article in the Lokman Hekim Journal, the article is required to be corrected.
If you, as the author, believe that a correction is necessary in your article, you should apply to the editor with a reasoned article. It is also important that readers notify us if they find errors that may affect the interpretation of the data or information presented in an article.
After the notification is received, the editorial board decides on the publication. In the first issue after the notification, necessary corrections are published with the correction title. After the correction notification is made, a link is given to the main text. An article may be retracted when the integrity of the published work is substantially undermined owing to errors in the conduct, analysis and/or reporting of the study.
If the article has evidence that the findings are unreliable, contains unfair authorship and plagiarism, has been published elsewhere without permission, the article will be taken down.

No processing fee is charged for the article application and publication process.