Please read these instructions before submitting your article (last updated on December 21, 2022).
General Policy:
- The submission file should be prepared according to the journal's rules
- The articles or contents sent to our journal should not have been published in any way before and should not be evaluated simultaneously by another journal
- The corresponding Author declares that all co-authors have seen and approved the article's final version for the submitted article
- The articles are only accepted to be published because the authors will allow editorial changes
- Still, the final reading and proof of the article are sent to the responsible Author before being sent to the press
- The decision to accept/reject an article belongs to the NTMS Editorial Board. "All processes related to preliminary evaluation, referee reviews, and publishing in our journal depend on the quality of the article you submitted, the result of the plagiarism report, and the sufficiency of the English language
- The average time for the preliminary assessment of manuscripts is 15 days. The average time during which the reviews of manuscripts are 90 days. The average time in which the article is published is 180 days
Types of articles
Articles evaluated for publication will be based on
- Original articles
- Review articles (accepted by invitation)
- Letters to the editor
Limitations for Each Manuscript Type
Type of manuscript | Word Limit | Abstract word limit | Reference Limit | Table limit | Figure limit |
| Original article | 3500 | 250 (Structured) | 40 | 6 | 7 or total of 15 images |
| Review article | 5000 | 250 | 75 | 6 | 10 or total of 20 images |
| Letter to the editor | 1000 | No abstract | 5 | No tables | 2 or total of 4 images |
The authors need to upload the following required documents for the submission:
- Title page
- Main text
- Copyright agreement form
- Author contribution form
- Plagiarism report
- Ethical approval document
Preparation of the article:
- The publication language of the journal is English
- Article text should be written in 12-point Times New Roman font, single-spaced with 2.5 cm margins on each side
- Each page should be numbered at the bottom right corner
- The abbreviations should be in parenthesis during the first mentioned in the text and used in all articles
- If a drug, medical agent, extract, or species name is used, or a particular technique is mentioned, it should be written in italics (for example, Graptophyllum pictum, E.coli).
- All authors must declare with certainty whether there are any actual or potential conflicts of interest, including financial, personal, or other relationships with other persons or organizations that may inappropriately influence their work
- Divide your article into clearly defined sections. Each subsection is given a brief heading. Each heading should appear on its separate line. Subsections should be used as much as possible when the cross-referencing text refers to the subsection by running instead of simply 'the text."
- The text of the article should be submitted as a text file in .doc format
The main text of the article should include
- English title
- Abstract
- Keywords
- Introduction
- Materials and Methods
- Results
- Discussion
- Conclusion
- Limitations of the Study
- Acknowledgement
- Conflict of Interests
- Financial Support
- Author Contributions
- Ethical Approval
- Data Sharing Statement
- Informed Consent
- References
- Tables
- Figures
- Figure Legends
Title Page
The title page should include the following:
- Title
- Running title (should not exceed a maximum of 50 characters "including spaces")
- The name(s) of the Author (s)
- The affiliation(s) and address(es) of the author(s)
- The email address, address, ORCID, and telephone of the corresponding Author
Abstract
- Please provide an abstract of 250 to 300 words
- The abstract should not contain any undefined abbreviations or unspecified references
- The abstract should be structured with subheadings (Objective, Materials and Methods, Results, and Conclusion)
Keywords
- Please provide 3 to 5 keywords following the National Library of Medicine, Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) database
- The keywords should be listed in full without abbreviations
Introduction
- State the objectives of the work and provide an adequate background, avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results
Materials and methods
- Provide sufficient details to allow the work to be reproduced by an independent researcher - Methods that are already published should be summarized and indicated by a reference
- If quoting directly from a previously published method, use quotation marks and also cite the source
- Any modifications to existing methods should also be described
Results
The Results should be clear and concise.
Discussion- This should explore the significance of the results of the work, not repeat them
- Avoid extensive citations and discussion of published literature
ConclusionsThe study's main conclusions may be presented in a short Conclusions section.
Acknowledgments- Acknowledgments of people, grants, funds, etc., should be placed in a separate section
- The names of funding organizations should be written in full
References (The references were updated on September 22, 2022, and are valid for publication after that date)
- Both in-text citations and references must be prepared according to the AMA Manual of style
- The Author (s) are responsible for the accuracy of the references
- While citing publications, preference should be given to the latest, most up-to-date publications
- Journal titles should be abbreviated in accordance with the journal abbreviations in Index Medicus/ MEDLINE/PubMed
- If an ahead-of-print publication is cited, the DOI number should be provided
- When there are six or fewer authors, all authors should be listed
- If there are seven or more authors, the first three authors should be listed, followed by "et al."
- In the manuscript's main text, references should be cited using Arabic numerals superscript
- See the following examples:
Journals articles:
Rankovic A, Rancic N, Jovanovic M, Ivanović M, Gajović O, Lazić Z. Impact of imaging diagnostics on the budget – Are we spending too much? Vojnosanit Pregl. 2013; 70:709-11.
Book Section:
Fikremariam D, Serafini M. Multidisciplinary approach to pain management. In: Vadivelu N, Urman RD, Hines RL, eds. Essentials of Pain Management. New York, NY: Springer New York; 2011:17-28.
Books with a Single Author
Patterson JW. Weedon's Skin Pathology. 4th ed. Churchill Livingstone; 2016.
Editor(s) as Author
Huizing EH, de Groot JAM, eds. Functional Reconstructive Nasal Surgery. Stuttgart-New York: Thieme; 2003.
Conference Proceedings
Morales M, Zhou X. Health practices of immigrant women: indigenous knowledge in an urban environment. Paper presented at: 78th Association for Information Science and Technology Annual Meeting; November 6-10; 2015; St Louis, MO. Accessed March 15, 2016. https://www.asist.org/files/meetings/am15/proceedings/openpage15.html
Thesis:
Koptaget E, Özbek A. Investigation of Antimicrobial Efficacy of Cinnamon Oil and Clove Oil by Microbiological Quantification Method. Sakarya University Institute of Health Sciences, Master Thesis; 2019.
Tables
- Tables should be included in the main document, presented after the reference list
- They should be numbered consecutively in the order they are referred to within the main text
- A descriptive title must be placed above the tables
- Abbreviations used in the tables should be defined below the tables by footnotes (even if they are defined within the main text)
Figures
- Figures should be presented after references in "jpg" or "tiff" format
- Figures should be included in the main document, presented after the tables
- They should be numbered consecutively in the order they are referred to within the main text
- Thick and thin arrows, arrowheads, stars, asterisks, and similar marks can be used on the images to support figure legends
- The minimum resolution of each submitted figure should be 300 DPI
- To prevent delays in the evaluation process, all submitted figures should be clear in resolution and large in size (minimum dimensions: 100 × 100 mm)
Figure Legends
- Figure legends should be listed at the end of the main document, following the figures
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