Online Turkish Journal of Health Sciences

The scientific journal, Online Turkish Journal of Health Sciences (OTJHS), aims to share scientific studies performed in national and international issues in health sciences with scientists, experts and public.

The scope of the journal includes, but not limited, national and international original articles, reviews, case reports and short papers written in the fields of Medicine, Pharmacy, Dentistry, Nursing, Midwifery, Sports Sciences and other areas related to human health.

Writing Rules

GUIDE FOR AUTHORS

The manuscripts must be written in English . The manuscript should be submitted in Microsoft Word format with the following content;

I. Cover 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. Title Page: 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. For a letter to the editor, there should be a maximum of 1 author.

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 ethical committee approval; In the first paragraph of the Materials and Methods section; institution, name of ethics committee (date, decision number), and the statement that the study was carried out in accordance with the international declaration, guideline, etc. In addition, in case reports, on one of the first/last pages of the article, information that the informed consent form was signed should be included in the article. In the Discussion and Conclusion section, care should be taken to write it comparatively with references from the last 5-6 years.

Research article format; (Information in the main text page)

Title of the Article (in Turkish and English for the article uploaded from Turkey)
ABSTRACT and Keywords (in Turkish and English for the article uploaded from Turkey)
INTRODUCTION
MATERIALS AND METHODS
RESULTS
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION (It should be written with current references including the last five years)
REFERENCES

Tables and figures (Where it should be in the Results Section)

Case presentation format; (Information in the main text page)

Title of the Article (in Turkish and English for the article uploaded from Turkey)
ABSTRACT and Keywords (in Turkish and English for the article uploaded from Turkey)
INTRODUCTION (too short)
CASE REPORT
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION
REFERENCES

Tables and figures (Where it should be in the Results Section)

Review article: Invited review articles will be accepted (For the article uploaded from Turkey, the article title, abstract and keywords should be written in Turkish and English).

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.

IV. 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 research that requires ethical committee approval; In the first paragraph of the Materials and Methods section; institution, name of ethics committee (date, decision number), and the statement that the study was carried out in accordance with the international declaration, guideline, etc. In addition, in case reports, on one of the first/last pages of the article, information that the informed consent form was signed should be included in the article. 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):

Islam MA, Alam F, Solayman M, Khalil MI, Kamal MA, Gan SH. Dietary phytochemicals: Natural swords combating inflammation and oxidation-mediated degenerative diseases. Oxid Med Cell Longev. 2016;2016:5137431. doi:10.1155/2016/5137431

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 representations include image files that contain color or gray transitions or tones, such as microscope, electron microscope, radiographic images, ECG and EEG transcripts. There should be appropriate arrows and labels and signs on the picture to explain the situation, while there should be no explanation.

Image resolution: Minimum 300 dpi/ppi resolution for 10 cm color, black and white or grayscale images. Image JPEG formats are accepted.

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. Title page

2. Cover Letter

3. Full Text File

4. All authors signed "COPYRIGHT TRANSFER FORM" (In pdf format). Please click 6721/0a8f/a383/5d0165177bcdd.docx for Copyright Transfer Form.

5. Ethics committee approval document (In pdf format).

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.

Privacy Statement: The names and e-mail addresses of this journal site will only be used for the purposes specified in this journal. But, it shall not be used for any other purpose or for the use of other persons (See COPE).

Ethical Principles and Publication Policy

PUBLICATION PRINCIPLES:

Online Turkish Journal of Health Sciences applies the principles of publication acceptanced by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA), Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) and World Association of Medical Editors. In addition, Online Turkish Journal of Health Sciences applies the publication principles determined by DergiPark under the roof of TÜBİTAK ULAKBİM.

1. Online Turkish Journal of Health Sciences is a free journal founded in 2016. Our magazine is a national magazine published regularly in four issues per year, starting from 2016, including national and international, Medical, Pharmacy, Dentistry, Nursing, Midwifery, Sports Sciences and other areas related to human health. All articles submitted for publication are evaluated by editor, editorial advisory board and the referees. All articles are open access and can be downloaded free of charge.

2. Original research paper, case report and reviews in English are published in our journal.

3. Only the original scientific research are included. It is sought that the information produced in the scientific study is new, that it proposes a new method, or that it has given a new dimension to the existing knowledge.

4. Articles submitted for publication are considered to be double-blind by at least externally peer-reviewed, accept-decline decision are taken by editorial board. The Invited review manuscripts are limited to a few articles and there will be no referee requirement. The invited review articles are published after the approval of the editor.

5. Studies mustn’t be published in another journal or should not have been sent to any journal for publication. For this, a cover letter explaining this situation is asked from corresponding author (Please see: Nature Research).

6. All responsibility of the studies belong to the authors. Studies should be prepared in accordance with international scientific ethics rules. Where necessary, a copy of the ethics committee report must be added. See the Ethics Committee Approval Scheme Guidance Scheme for Human and Human Data Use and the Ethics Committee Approval Scheme Guidance Scheme for Animal Experiments. For Turkish: Click ; For English: Click

7. Authors are responsible for their compliance with international ethical principles such as fabrication, falsification, duplication, plagiarism, slicing, gift authorship, ghost authorship. If such a situation is detected before or after publication in any research, the article is withdrawn from the journal. Please click there: COPE.

8. For the studies accepted for publication in our journal, copyright transfer form signed must be added to the system. Please click 6721/0a8f/a383/5d0165177bcdd.docx for Copyright Transfer Form.

9. Studies submitted for publication in our journal must be prepared according to the rules of spelling of journal. Please click https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/otjhs/writing-rules for the spelling rule.

10. 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 requested corrections are not made by the author in time, the editor writes a warning to the author. If there is a delay again, the manuscript is rejected.

The publication of a peer-reviewed journal requires the continued work, responsibility, obligation and cooperation of the concerned parties: The concerned parties: Authors, Blind Reviewers, Editors and Board Members. Editors are responsible for maintaining and monitoring of ethics and keeping academic records.

ETHICAL PRINCIPLES:

Online Turkish Journal of Health Sciences is a scientific journal based on high ethical and editorial standards and evaluated by reviewers. The editorial evaluation is based on suggestions of the COPE. Cope's recommendations for ethical duties, responsibilities and open access in this journal are taken into account. See COPE. There is no submission or publication fee for the submitted manuscript and the process to the Online Turkish Health Sciences Journal and all accepted manuscripts are published, read and downloaded free of charge. Poster/ oral presentations presented in scientific meetings related with the fields of health may be published as additional issues. For this reason, Online Turkish Journal of Health Sciences has adopted the ICMJE, BOAI and DOAJ. All the Online Turkish Health Sciences Journal members and authors must be aware of the basic rules and recommendations guidelines set by COPE.

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.

AUTHOR: All authors should make important contributions to the research. When plagiarism, falsification, distortion, unfair authorship, etc. are detected, the article is rejected. An article in the process cannot be sent to another journal or published. It is the author's responsibility to upload the documents and information requested for studies requiring ethics committee permission to the system. Our journal made it obligatory for the authors to define the ethical committee that approved the study. It also expects the authors of the submitted article to comply with the recognized standards below.

Declaration of Helsinki

US Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects

European Medicines Agency Guidelines for Good Clinical Practice

Scientific research should comply with the principles described in the Higher Education Institutions Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive, the well-known Helsinki Declaration, the US Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects and the European Medicines Agency Guidelines for Good Clinical Practice, COPE, ICMJE. The international rules stated in the Helsinki Declaration and Horizon 2020 must be followed in experiments on human and experimental animals.

The researches requiring the permission of the Ethics Committee are as follows:

1• All kinds of research conducted with qualitative or quantitative approaches that require data collection from participants using survey, interview, focus group work, observation, experiment, interview techniques.

2• Use of humans and animals (including material / data) for experimental or other scientific purposes,

3• Clinical researches on humans,

4• Researches on animals,

5• Retrospective studies in accordance with the Law on Protection of Personal Data

Also;

1• In the case reports, it is stated that “Informed consent form” has been taken,

2• Getting and expressing permission from the owners for the use of scales, surveys and photographs belonging to others,

3• Indication that copyright regulations are observed for the ideas and works of art used

REVİEWER: Manuscripts submitted for publication are evaluated by at least 2 blind reviewers. The peer review process involves receiving advice from the experts of the peers in the field on individual articles. There is no conflict of interest between the reviewers and the articles are kept confidential. The reviewers evaluation results are reviewed by the editor and the author is informed about the decision. The names of the reviewers are not notified to the authors. Referees cannot see the names of the authors. It is a general principle to develop insufficient articles in accordance with the recommendations of the referees. An invitation is sent to the referee through the journal system. The referee accepts or rejects the invitation within 7 days. If accepted, the evaluation process is 15 days. If he/she cannot complete the evaluation within 15 days, additional time is given if he/she wishes.

EDITOR: Journal Editors are committed to complying with all COPE Code of Conduct standards.Editors should not be in conflict of interest regarding the articles they accept or reject. Only articles that contribute to the field should be accepted. Manuscripts that do not reach the intended level are rejected by the editor without any explanation of the reasons for the studies which are not considered scientifically sufficient.

JOURNAL MANAGEMENT: Management of Journal team and editors will take the necessary steps to prevent the publication of articles identified as abusive stated above at authors part. Under no circumstances should management of journal team or editors promote or allow such abuses. If the publisher or editor of the journal is informed of the alleged misconduct in any investigation, the publisher or editor will handle the claims accordingly.

The journal will allow the withdrawal or correction of articles if necessary. The journal is willing to publish corrections, explanations, withdrawals and apologies if necessary.

Price Policy

Processing and publication is free of charge. The journal is an open access journal and articles can be read and downloaded free of charge as well.

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Writing Rules

Ethical Principles and Publication Policy

Price Policy