GUIDE FOR AUTHORS
The articles must be written
in English or Turkish. The manuscript should be submitted in Microsoft Word
format with the following content;
I. Letter to Editor: The category of the submitted article, the name
of the person or organization that financially supports the work, if any, and
the affiliation of these organizations with the authors, if any, before the
publication of another journal.
II. A cover page with author information: The title (Turkish and English) should be simple and clear . The names (First Letter Uppercase), surnames (All capital letters), their institutions and city in must be included in this page. Institution information should be indicated with a superscript number before the name of the author, and the information of the institution, city and country should be written below in front of this superscript number. In this page, corresponding
author' name, full address, institution / mobile phone number and e-mail
address should include. All authors' ORCID IDs must be added to the title page with the https extension. Example: Suleyman Kaleli: https: //orcid.org/0000-0002-6043-2521
NOTE: A maximum of 3 authors should be included in review articles and case reports.
III. Main Text
Abstract: The length of the abstract in Turkish or
English should be maximum 200 words for research articles and maximum 150
words for other articles. Abstract for the research article should include
the Objective, Materials and Methods, Results, and Conclusion. Abstract for review and case
report articles should be written in one paragraph, without headings. Keywords
consisting of at least 3 (three) and at most 5 (five) should be written
with a space between the digits. Keywords should be compatible with Index Medicus, Medical Subject
Headings and Turkish
Scientific Terms Dictionary and should be written in alphabetical order. The main text should include the title of the manuscript in Turkish and English, as well as Turkish and English abstracts.
Note: The Turkish abstract and title of article submitted from outside Turkey can be translated free of charge by Editorial Team of the
journal.
Main Text: Technical terms, symbols and abbreviations
should be defined in the first use of the article. All sections must be
numbered and formatted in order. The introduction should be no more than 400
words. In total, the research article should not exceed 2500 words, the review
article should not exceed 3000, and the case report should not exceed 1500
words. In research that requires ethics committee approval, information about the permission (board name, date and decision number) in the first paragraph of the Materials and Methods section, as well as on one of the first/last pages of the article; In case reports, information about signing the informed consent/consent form should be included in the article.
Research article format; (Information in the main text page)
TITLE OF THE ARTICLE
ABSTRACT and Keywords
INTRODUCTION
MATERIALS AND METHODS
RESULTS
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
Tables and figures (Where it should be in the Results Section)
Case presentation format; (Information in the main text page)
TITLE OF THE ARTICLEABSTRACT and KeywordsINTRODUCTION (too short)CASE REPORTDISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONREFERENCESTables and figures (Where it should be in the Results Section)
Review article: Invited review
articles will be accepted.
Note: 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 consent form for case report) and if any, the Financial Support and Acknowledgmen in main text.
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 in accordance with international declaration, guideline, etc. (For case report: The patient / relatives have signed an informed consent / consent form, and the study was conducted in accordance with international declaration, guideline, etc. For Review: Editor invited review. Ethics committee approval is not required).
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.
Acknowledgment: If there is.
Other Information: If there is; Congress presentation, production status from Master's / Doctorate / Specialization Thesis, etc.
Page Structure and Format: All manuscripts submitted to the journal for publication should be prepared in MS Word files at the following format; (MSWord template).
• The entire text should be written in justified Times New Roman format with 12 type size and one and a half lines spacing.
• The length of the article, including all sources, tables and figures, should be at least 4 (four) and at most 15 pages.
• The total number of tables, figures, graphics and photographs should not exceed 5 (maximum 5). Lines and columns of tables should be drawn.
• All figures, graphics, photographs and tables should be referred in the main text and tables and figures should be placed at the relevant place in the text, not at the end of the text. Graphs, figures and tables in the text should be numbered. Shapes, graphics, and photos should be in JPG or TIFF format. If human photographs are to be used, either these persons should not be recognized in the photograph or written permission must be obtained. If a pre-published form is used, permission must be obtained from the individual who has the right to publish.
Ethics Committee Approval: The permission from Ethics
Committee/ Institutional Review Board is mandatory for all studies on human
subjects. "Documents and information requested for studies requiring ethics committee permission" should be uploaded to the system. Ethics committee approval certificate should be uploaded to the system for scientific studies except case report / series and review articles. In case reports, informative volunteer / consent form should be included in the article. In studies requiring ethical committee permission, information about the authorization (board name, date and number) should be included in the method section and also on the first / last page of the article. However, in the Material and Method section, "Declaration that the study has been carried out in accordance with international declaration, guidelines etc." description should be included. In which cases is ethical approval required? Click!
When presenting findings,
statistical tests and p-values should be included as well as measures
defining effect size (such as relative risk, odds ratio). Statistical terms,
abbreviations and symbols should be defined. The computer program used must be specified.
V. References: The number of references
should be maximum 10 for the case report, maximum 30 for the research articles and no limit for
the review articles. The following short
descriptions contain information frequently referred to by the American Medical Association (AMA) resource
format. Click for the style file.The references should be
numbered according to the first pas sequence in the text and the reference numbers should be listed in the references section in automatic numerical order. The references in the text
should be added as shown in the following examples at the end of the
citation as a superscript with the Arabic number.
Diabetes mellitus is
associated with a high risk of foot ulcers.1-3
Several interventions have
been held at increasing compliance.11,14-16
The data of Smith et al.18 is
further evidence of this effect.
As reported previously,1,3-6
Examples for References: Author names
should be written in reverse order and only initials of the first and middle
names without spaces. Only the first
word should be capitalized except in special abbreviations in the article
headings in the Welder. Abbreviations
in Index
Medicus should be used in journal titles. Page ranges should be written in full.
1. Journal articles
(1-6 author):
Hu P, Reuben DB.
It is important to note that during the course of the ambulatory visits. Med
Care. 2002;40(7):606-613.
2. Journal articles (more than 6 articles):
Geller AC, Venna
S, Prout M, et al. Should the skin cancer examination be taught in medical
school? Arch Dermatol. 2002;138(9):1201-1203.
3- Journal articles with DOI numbers:
If there is a page number: Fontanarosa P, Bauchner H. Conflict of interest and medical journals. JAMA. 2017;317 (17):1768-1771. doi:10.1001 / jama.2017.4563
If the article ID number / article number is available: Ammar A, Brach M, Trabelsi K, ve ark. Effects of COVID-19 home confinement on eating behaviour and physical activity: Results of the ECLB-COVID19 international online survey. Nutrients. 2020;12(6):1583. doi:10.3390/nu12061583
If the page number is no available: As AK, Engin M, Türk T. Early-term results of early coronary artery bypass graft surgery in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention due to acute coronary syndrome. Eur Res J. 2020. doi:10.18621 / eurj.593369
4. Journal
articles that do not have an author or group name:
Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Licensure of a meningococcal conjugate
vaccine (Menveo) and guidance for use-Advisory Committee on Immunization
Practices (ACIP), 2010. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010;59(9):273.
5. Book:
McKenzie BC.
Medicine and the Internet: Introducing Online Resources and Terminology. 2nd
ed. New York, NY: Oxford University Press; 1997.
6. Book
section:
Guyton JL,
Crockarell JR. Fractures of acetabulum and pelvis. In: Canale ST, ed.
Campbell's Operative Orthopedics. 10th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Mosby, Inc;
2003:2939-2984.
7. Electronic
book:
Rudolph CD,
Rudolph AM. Rudolph's pediatrics. 21st ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Companies;
2002.
http://online.statref.com/Document/Document.aspx?DocID=1&StartDoc=1&EndDoc=1882&FxID=13&offset=7&SessionId=A3F279FQVVFXFSXQ.
Accessed August 22, 2007.
8. Internet
Document:
American Cancer
Society. Cancer facts & figures 2003.
http://www.cancer.org/downloads/STT/CAFF2003PWSecured.pdf. Accessed March 3,
2003.
9.Theses:
Yürümez Y. Organoprotective effects of interleukine-10 experimental organophosphate poisoning in rats. Erciyes University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of First and Emergency, Master, Doctorate or Expertise/Specialist Thesis. Kayseri, Turkey. 2003.
10. Scientific Congress Presentations:
Muslu A. Sustainable methods to increase the business motivation of generation Y. III. International Entrepreneurship, Employment and Career Congress. October 12-15, 2017, Istanbul / Turkey.
Technical information for images: Image
presentations include image files containing colour or grey transitions or
tones, such as microscope, electron microscopy, radiographic images, ECG and
EEG transcripts.
Two original
copies of the image must be sent; one must be accompanied by appropriate arrows
and labels and markers on the image to describe the situation, and on the other
hand there should be no original marking or explanation.
Image resolution: For images 10 cm
in colour, black and white or grayscale, there should be at least 300 dpi / ppi
resolution. The following file formats are accepted;
EPS
TIFF
Adobe Photoshop
JPEG (highest
compression applied)
CHECKLIST
As part of the submission process, authors are asked
to check compliance with all of the following clauses, and if they do not
comply with these rules, submission files can be returned to the authors.
1. Editorial
page
2. Cover Page
3. Main Text
4. All authors signed "COPYRIGHT TRANSFER FORM" (PDF). Please click 6721/0a8f/a383/5d0165177bcdd.docx for Copyright Transfer Form.
5. Ethics committee approval document (PDF).
Copyright Notice: Authors who
publish their work in this journal have accepted the following terms:
a. The author
retains the copyright of the work and presents the first publication right. The
work is licensed under the Creative Commons Atrribution license,
which allows the author to be identified and shared by others, provided that
the initial release is made in this magazine.
b. The author may make separate contractual arrangements for the distribution
of the published version of the work without full authorization (for example,
sending it to an institutional database or publishing it in a book).
c. Promote the
sharing of authors' works on the internet (eg in an institutional database or
on their own websites) before submitting the journal or during the shipment
process; this can lead to both fruitful exchange of ideas and early and more
referral to the work (see The Impact of Open Access).
Scientific and Ethical Responsibility: Scientific and Ethical Responsibility: The scientific responsibility of the articles belongs to the authors. All authors should actively participate in the study. In order for the manuscripts to be published in the journal, they should not have been published in another scientific journal or sent to another journal before. If the submitted article has been presented before in any meeting; the name of the meeting, the date and the city in which it is organized. The protocol of research on human and experimental animals must be approved by the ethics committee of the institution concerned. Ethics permission information should be written in Material and Method section. Please see Committee on Publication Ethics, ICMJE. Evaluation process: The evaluation of the articles submitted to the journal is done in three stages. In the first stage, articles are assessed in terms of the journal publication standards and the articles that do not comply with the writing rules of journal are rejected. After the article is edited according to writing rules of journal, it can be uploaded to the journal with the same name again. In the second stage, the article is evaluated by the editorial board in terms of content and method. The articles that complete the first two stages are sent to the journal referees for the peer review process. If needed, some questions can be asked to the authors to answer; or some defaults may have to be corrected by the authors. The result can be acceptance, minor revision, major revision, rejection in the current form, or rejection. Accepted manuscripts are forwarded for publication; in this stage, all information and data are checked and controlled properly ;the proof of the article to be published by the journal are forwarded to the writers for proof reading and corrections.
10 days after minor revision, 20 days after major revision and 30 days after needed to rewrite revision required changes should be made by the author. If the author does not participate in the process on time, the article is rejected by the editor.
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