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About
Online Turkish Journal of Health Sciences (OTJHS) is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access scientific journal dedicated to the dissemination of high-quality research in all areas of health sciences. The journal aims to advance knowledge and practice by publishing original research articles, invited reviews, case reports, and short communications that address current and emerging issues in healthcare.
OTJHS provides a multidisciplinary platform for researchers, clinicians, and academicians working in fields such as medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, public health, and allied health sciences. The journal encourages the integration of basic, clinical, and translational research, fostering collaboration across different disciplines to improve health outcomes and patient care.
The journal is committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics and follows internationally recognized guidelines, including those of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), and relevant best practice frameworks. All submitted manuscripts undergo a rigorous double-blind peer-review process to ensure scientific accuracy, originality, and relevance.
OTJHS is published in English and aims to reach a global audience by providing unrestricted online access to its content. By adopting an open-access model, the journal ensures that all published articles are freely available to researchers, practitioners, and the public, thereby promoting wider dissemination and greater impact of scientific knowledge.
OTJHS operates primarily under an open-access publishing model, meaning that all published articles are freely accessible online without any subscription or access fees. This ensures that scientific knowledge can be widely disseminated and accessed by researchers, clinicians, students, and policymakers worldwide without restriction.
The journal welcomes submissions that contribute to evidence-based practice, innovation in healthcare, and the improvement of health systems at local, national, and international levels.
The journal is indexed TR INDEX.
Please look at the structure of the Research Paper before submitting it.
Articles
Archive
Statistics
Journal Information
e-ISSN
2459-1467
Founded
2016
Publisher
Oğuz KARABAY
Coordinator of Scientific Publishing
Dr.
Oğuz Karabay
oguzkarabay54@gmail.com
Primary Editor
Prof. Dr.
Süleyman Kaleli
skaleli@sakarya.edu.tr
Publication Model
Periodical Publication (March - June - September - December)
Indexes
TR Dizin, DOAJ
WRITING STYLE of All Manuscripts
WRITING STYLE of RESEARCH PAPER
Title and Abstract Writing
Titles of English and Turkish
Abstract (A maximum of 250 words should be written.)
Objective:
Materials and Methods:
Results:
Conclusions:
Keywords: (A maximum of 5 words should be written in alphabetical order.)
Özet (İngilizce Özeti yansıtmalı)
Amaç:
Materyal ve Metot:
Bulgular:
Sonuç:
Anahtar Kelimeler: (Alfabetik sırada İngilizce anahtar kelimeleri yansıtmalı.)
Note: The Turkish abstract and title of the article submitted from outside Türkiye can be translated free of charge by the journal's Editorial Team.
MAIN TEXT
A maximum of 3000 words should be written (Except for table/figure content and heading, Additional information and References list) | INTRODUCTION (A maximum of 500 words should be written.) MATERIALS AND METHODS (The method section should be supported with italic and bold subheadings. In the first paragraph, the Ethics Committee Approval should be written.) RESULTS (Results should be written using tables and figures. Tables and figures (Where they should be in the Results Section). The data in the table and figure should be explained in a paragraph by referring to the table/figure, and then the relevant table and figure should be placed. It is important to ensure that the rows and columns of tables are clearly visible. Therefore, the lines should be visible.) DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION (It should be written with current references covering the last 5-6 years (minimum 80%)). REFERENCES (Maximum 50 references, and they should be written according to the GUIDE FOR AUTHORS.) |
Additional Information (Additional information should be written in the style below) Examples for additional information (Before References):
Ethics Committee Approval: Our study was approved by the XXX University Ethics Committee (Date: 25.12.2021, decision no: 12). The study was carried out following the international declaration, guidelines, etc. (For case report: The patient/relatives have signed an informed consent/consent form, and the study was conducted following the international declaration and guidelines.
Conflict of Interest: No conflict of interest was declared by the authors.
Author Contributions: Concept – FV, SG; Supervision – FV, AB, SG; Materials – OE, GK; Data Collection and/or Processing – FV, AB; Analysis and/or Interpretation – BZP, FV, SG; Writing –FV, SG.
Peer-review: Externally peer-reviewed.
Financial Support: If there is.
Acknowledgement: If there is.
Other Information: If there is a Congress presentation, production status from Master's / Doctorate / Specialisation Thesis, etc.
WRITING STYLE of CASE REPORT PAPER
Title and Abstract Writing
Titles of English and Turkish
Abstract: (A maximum of 150 words should be written and a paragraph. )
Keywords: (A maximum of 5 words should be written in alphabetical order.)
Özet (İngilizce Özeti yansıtmalı)
Anahtar Kelimeler: (Alfabetik sırada İngilizce anahtar kelimeleri yansıtmalı.)
Note: The Turkish abstract and title of the article submitted from outside Türkiye can be translated free of charge by the journal's Editorial Team.
MAIN TEXT
| A maximum of 2000 words should be written (Except for table/figure content and heading, Additional information and References list) | INTRODUCTION (too short) CASE REPORT (In the first paragraph, the Ethics Committee Approval should be written.) DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION (It should be written with current references covering the last 5-6 years (minimum 80%)). REFERENCES (Maximum 20, and they should be written according to the GUIDE FOR AUTHORS.) |
Additional Information (Additional information should be written in the style below.) Examples for additional information (Before References):
Ethics Committee Approval: Ethics committee approval is not required. The study was carried out in accordance with the international declaration and guidelines. The patient/relatives have signed an informed consent/consent form.
Conflict of Interest: No conflict of interest was declared by the authors.
Author Contributions: Concept – FV, SG; Supervision – FV, AB, SG; Materials – OE, GK; Data Collection and/or Processing – FV, AB; Analysis and/or Interpretation – BZP, FV, SG; Writing –FV, SG.
Peer-review: Externally peer-reviewed.
Acknowledgement: If there is.
Other Information: If there is; a Congress presentation, production status from Master's / Doctorate / Specialization Thesis, etc.
WRITING STYLE of REVIEW PAPER
Title and Abstract Writing
Titles of English and Turkish
Abstract: (A maximum of 150 words should be written and a paragraph )
Keywords: (A maximum of 5 words should be written in alphabetical order.)
Özet (İngilizce Özeti yansıtmalı)
Anahtar Kelimeler: (Alfabetik sırada İngilizce anahtar kelimeleri yansıtmalı.)
Note: The Turkish abstract and title of the article submitted from outside Türkiye can be translated free of charge by the journal's Editorial Team.
MAIN TEXT
| A maximum of 5000 words should be written (Except for table/figure content and heading, Additional information and References list) | INTRODUCTION (too short) DETAILED TOPIC EXPLANATIONS (Explanations accompanied by references, using main headings and italic-bold subheadings.) (In the first paragraph, the Ethics Committee Approval should be written.) DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION (It should be written with current references covering the last 5-6 years (minimum 80%)). REFERENCES (The number of references is not limited, and they should be written according to the GUIDE FOR AUTHORS.) |
Additional Information (Additional information should be written in the style below.) Examples for additional information (Before References):
Ethics Committee Approval: Ethics committee approval is not required. The study was carried out in accordance with the international declaration and guidelines.
Conflict of Interest: No conflict of interest was declared by the authors.
Author Contributions: Concept – FV, SG; Supervision – FV, AB, SG; Materials – OE, GK; Data Collection and/or Processing – FV, AB; Analysis and/or Interpretation – BZP, FV, SG; Writing –FV, SG.
Peer-review: Externally peer-reviewed.
Acknowledgement: If there is.
Note 1: Review articles should be authored by no more than 3 (three) authors, and case reports should involve no more than 4 (four) authors.
Note 2: For word counts, legends and contents of tables, legends of figures, additional information and the reference list added after the discussion section are not included in the word count.
Note 3: For the case report, review, and research articles, it is obligatory to write the Author Contributions (for more than one author), Conflict of Interest, Ethics Committee Approval (If there is; Date and decision number, if not, not available or informed consent and information about signing the consent form for case report) and if any, the Financial Support and Acknowledgment in the main text.
Note 4: The Turkish abstract and title of the article submitted from outside Türkiye can be translated free of charge by the journal's Editorial Team.
Note 5: Information about the author(s) and institutional information should not be included in the main text file.