ORDU UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF NURSING STUDIES AUTHOR GUIDELINES

Ordu University Journal of Nursing Studies is published by the Department of Nursing of the Faculty of Health Sciences at Ordu University.
Purpose and Scope
Ordu University Journal of Nursing Studies is an international, open access and peer-reviewed scientific e-journal that aims to ensure that qualified work on all fields of nursing is shared.
Ordu University Journal of Nursing Studies welcomes original research, systematic review, meta-analysis, case report, invited review articles and letters to editor. The submitted for publication in to journal work must be in Turkish or English. The journal is published three times a year in April, September and December. There is no charge for the publication of the scientific studies submitted to the journal. All issues of the journal can be accessed free of charge from the https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/ouhcd website.
Open Access Policy
Ordu University Journal of Nursing Studies is an open access publication and its content is offered to readers free of charge. Readers can read, save, copy, and link the full text of their articles published in the journal without permission from the publisher or the author, except for commercial purposes.
General Principles
The manuscripts submitted for publication in Ordu Üniversitesi Hemşirelik Çalışmaları Dergisi - Ordu University Journal of Nursing Studies should not be published before and should not be sent to another journal within the publication process.
If the manuscript is published in the abstract paper before it is published in the journal, it should be stated on the title page.
Scientific and ethical rules of the study, thoughts, and opinions are the responsibility of the authors/authors.
After the manuscript is submitted to the journal, the names of the authors cannot be changed.
Authors are not paid for the articles published in the journal.
Ethics committee approval must be obtained and documented for clinical and experimental studies that require ethics committee approval. National and international ethical rules must be observed. Ethics committee approval should be uploaded to the system during the submission of the study to the journal.
Turkish articles should be based on the Turkish Dictionary of Turkish Language Association.
Since the journal has a double-blind peer-review policy, there should be no author names in the main article.
The Copyright Transfer Form must be signed with wet signatures by the authors listed in the same order as on the title page of the manuscript.
In the method section of the study, the date of the study must be stated.
Ethical Rules
Ethics committee approval should be obtained for clinical and experimental studies. In the articles that report the results of the experimental study, after the procedure applied to the individuals participating in the study is explained, information about the approval of the study should be included in the method section.
“Informed consent” from the participant, institution name of the ethics committee approval, decision date, and decision number should be written in the method. According to the double-blind review principle of our journal, institutional information should be given while the ethical committee approval is written only on the title page. The journal accepts the principle of conformity to WMA the Helsinki Declaration Principles in the study in which the “human subject” is included. The authors must state in the method section of the article that they conducted the research in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration principles, received ethical committee approval from the ethics committees of their institution, and received “Informed consent” from the people who participated in the study.
All articles should include a statement that the rules of “research and publication ethics” are complied with.
If “animal” was used in the study, the authors must state that they protect animal rights in their studies according to the principles of "Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals" (nap.edu/catalog/5140.html) and that they have obtained ethical committee approval from the ethics committee of their institution.
In the case reports, a signed “informed consent” should be obtained from the patients and stated in the case report.
Copyright regulations must be observed for the ideas and works of art used.
The institution, date and approval number, author contributions, conflict of interest, financial support and acknowledgment should be written on the title page.
Article Preparation
The Journal of Ordu University Nursing Studies has adopted the ICMJE-Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals (Updated December 2019 - http://www.icmje.org/recommendations/ ) in creating article writing rules and determining the format of the article. Observational studies sent to the journal STROBE (http://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/strobe/), randomized studies CONSORT (http://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/consort/), diagnostic valuable studies STARD (http://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/stard/) systematic review and meta-analysis PRISMA (http://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/prisma/), qualitative studies COREQ (http://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/coreq) and non-randomized behavior and public health studies TREND (http://www.cdc.gov/trendstatement/) guidelines should be.
Article Format
To submit a manuscript to the Ordu Üniversitesi Hemşirelik Çalışmaları Dergisi - Ordu University Journal of Nursing Studies, you need to register at https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/ouhcd and register at https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/login
The manuscript is entered from its address by entering the entry tab and registered in the tab and sent electronically. All submitted manuscripts must be formatted in the Microsoft Word program, in A4 paper size, in two lines, with a margin of 2.5 cm from all edges of the paper. It should be written in Times New Roman font with 12 font size. The page number should be added to all pages and the page number should be in the middle of the page.
Title Page
The title of the article and running title should be written in English for English manuscript.
The names and surnames of the authors, their academic and professional affiliations, ORCID number, complete address, phone, GSM, fax number(s), mail, e-mail address (es) of corresponding author must be specified on the title page.
Acknowledgment information should be written.
In studies with more than one author, the contributions of the authors to the study must be indicated on this page. Author Contribution: Idea / Concept: ......; Design: ....; Supervision:....; Materials:…..; Data Collection and/or Processing; Analysis and / or Interpretation:….; Literature review:….; Writing:….;Critical review:……
Information on whether the study was presented at a congress should also be included on this page.
Ethics Committee Approval, conflict of interest, and financial support should be written on the title page.
Similarity (Plagiarism) Scanning
The similarity rate of the study should be written on the title page and the entire similarity report should be uploaded to the system. Turkish title, Abstract, English title, Abstract, main text (excluding references), and tables should be included in the plagiarism screening of the article. When scanning for plagiarism, the "quote excluded" and "<5 words" options should be selected. The similarity rate should not exceed 15% and not be from a single study or article.
Abstract
The abstract should be prepared in English for manuscripts written in the English language and should not exceed 250 words and should include English keywords. The Objective, Method, Results, and Conclusion should be included in the abstract. Each of these sections must start on a new line. Each of these sections should start on a new line and be in 11-point font.
Keywords
Key words in English must be at least 3 and maximum 5. In the writing of the keywords, only the first letter of the first word and the initials of the proper nouns should be capitalized, other words should be written in lowercase. A comma should be placed between keywords and they should be written in alphabetical order. English keywords should be written in accordance with Index Medicus: Medical Subject Heading (MeSH)(https://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/meshhome.html )
Original Article
The studies offer new nursing studies that are not covered in the previous studies.
The section should consist of Abstract, İntroduction, Method, Results, Discussion, Conclusions And Recommendations for Applications, What Did the Study Add to the Literature?, Acknowledgements, Ethics Committee Approval, Author Contributions, Conflict of Interest, Financial Disclosure, References, Tables/Figures. Ethical Committee Approval, Author Contributions, Conflict of Interest, and Financial Support should be included in the title page.
Original research should be between 4000-7000 words excluding abstract, table, figure, and reference list, maximum 40 sources should be used, and the total number of tables and figures should not exceed 5.
Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
A systematic review, meta-analysis, and invited review can be prepared in the field of nursing. Headings such as Introduction, Conclusion, and References should be added in the text. The systematic review should not exceed 7000 words, excluding the abstract, tables, figures, and references, and a maximum of 50 references should be used. The total number of tables and figures should not exceed 5.
Case Report
It should be composed of Introduction, Case, Discussion, Conclusion, References, Tables, and Figures.
Letter to the Editor
It is published at the discretion of the editor. The text can be edited if necessary. The maximum number of references can be 15. The copyright transfer form must be filled in and sent to the editor by letter. The abstract of the letter to the editor should be 100-250 words. Subtitles are not required in the text. It should include the main text and results. The letter to the editor should not exceed 1000 words other than sources and English abstract. The author of this letter should give the source of the paper, her/his name, surname, and address.
Tables and Figures
Tables and figures should be prepared in the Microsoft Word program.
Tables and figures should be placed after references in the text.
The table number and title should be prepared at the top of the table with bold and 11 pt.
A dot must be placed after the table number.
Tables should not contain a vertical line and the horizontal line should be as little as possible.
The lines of the tables should be rendered invisible without being deleted.
The rows in a table must be in line spacing.
Each table must be cited in the text.
Dots should be placed between decimal numbers in tables and in the text.
Tables should be prepared in vertical page format whenever possible.
Flowcharts should be submitted in tables or in JPEG format.
Figures/graphics and pictures should be prepared in as high a resolution as 250 dpi and 500-800 dpi.
References
References should start from a new page.
All references specified in the text should be included in the "References" list. Up to 40 sources for original studies and up to 50 references for meta-analysis studies should be used.
All references should be listed alphabetically in the ‘References’ section at the end of the main text of the manuscript.
The long names of the journals should be written in the references.
The accuracy of the references is the responsibility of the author(s).
If reference is made to the source before the publication, the DOI number must be written.
Only published or printed references should be used in the text.
Theses and abstracts presented in the congress should not be used as references.
When referring to resources within the text, the authors' surnames and publication date are used.
Each reference should be written with an indentation space as in the example below.
Examples are as follows:
Erbil (2011) ...
According to Bölükbaş ) (2003) ...
Erbil and Yılmaz (2005) ...
According to Erbil and Bölükbaş (2015) ...
Tuzcu and collegues (2016) ...
If the number of authors is 3 and more, it should be mentioned as " Hintistan and collegues (2016) or Hintistan et al., (2016)" from the first place in the text.
If more than one work is referred to at the end of the sentence, references should be given in brackets in alphabetical order as follows, followed by a semicolon.
... (Erbil, 2005; Hintistan et al., 2016; Tuzcu et al., 2016).
The publication of the same author in the same year (Erbil, 2015a) should be indicated as (Erbil, 2015b).
Here are some examples of publications in the references list:
Quote from the journal article:
If the source is an article, the full name of the article, the name of the journal to which it is published, volume, issue, and page numbers should be written after the date.
If the authors are more than six authors, first the six authors' surnames are written, and then the first letter of his / her name is written in the references section.
Erbil, N. (2011). Prevalence and risk factors for female sexual dysfunction among Turkish women attending a maternity and gynecology outpatient clinic. Sexuality and Disability, 29, 377-386.
Erbil N, Bölükbaş N. (2012). Beliefs, attitudes, and behavior of Turkish women about breast cancer and breast self-examination according to a Turkish version of the Champion Health Belief Model Scale. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 13, 5823-5828.
Pınar G, Taşkın L, Eroğlu K. (2008). Başkent üniversite öğrenci yurdunda kalan gençlerin toplumsal cinsiyet rol kalıplarına ilişkin tutumları. Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi Hemşirelik Dergisi, 15, 47-57.
Erbil N, Taş N, Uysal M, Kesgin A, Kılıçarslan N. Gökkaya, U. (2011). Urinary incontinence among pregnant Turkish women. Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, 27, 586-590.
Citations from the journal additional issue:
Incesu C. (2004). Sexual functions and sexual dysfunctions. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 7 (Suppl-3), 3-13.
Quote from the book:
If the source is a book, the name of the authors, the date of publication, the name of the book, the number of publications, the printing house, the number of pages should be written. If the source book is a translation, the translators should be named.
Taşkın L. (2009). Obstetric and Women's Health Nursing. 9th Edition, Ankara, Sistem Ofset Printing, p., 11th.


Quote from the book section:
Author's name, year, name of the department, name of the editor, name of the book, printing house, page number should be written.
Hornbeck P. (1991). Assay for antibody production. Colign JE. Kruisbeek AM, Marguiles DH, editors. Current Protocols in Immunology. New York: Greene Publishing Associates, p. 105-32.
Quote from the Internet source:
The full publication date must be used. The article should include the direct access address and the downloaded data.
Turkey Demographic Health Survey (TDHS) 2013 Main Report. Accessed on: 25.09.2016,
http // www.hips.hacettepe.edu.tr / tnsa 2013 / report / TNSA_2013_ana_rapor.pdf
What did the study add to the literature?
The contribution of the submitted study to the existing literature should be explained in clear sentences (2-3 items), and should be added before the references section.
Author's Contributions
To be able to describe the author as a writer in a scientific paper according to the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors [ICMJE]), the authors who will write articles to the Ordu Üniversitesi Hemşirelik Çalışmaları Dergisi - Ordu University Journal of Nursing Studies, must meet the following four criteria:
- Make significant contributions to the design or design phases of the study or to the collection, processing, analysis or interpretation of the data.
- It should make important intellectual/conceptual arrangements regarding the preparation or content of the work draft.
- Approve the final form of the study to be published.
- Acknowledge that the questions about the accuracy and completeness of any part of the study are properly investigated and resolved, and are responsible for everything.
- The names of the authors should be indicated after the initials of the names and surnames in the author's contribution should be indicated on the title page.
Author Contribution: Idea / Concept: ......; Design: ....; Supervision:....; Materials:…..; Data Collection
and/or Processing; Analysis and / or Interpretation:...; Literature review:….; Writing:….;Critical review:…
Acknowledgments
This section should be short and it should be on the title page.
Conflict of Interest
The authors should state all possible situations in which a conflict of interest may occur. If there is no conflict of interest, this should also be stated on the title page.
Financial Disclosure
If financial support for the study is received, this should be stated in on title page.
Copyright Transfer Form
All authors must wet sign the Copyright Transfer Form. While submitting a manuscript, the signed Copyright Transfer Form must be scanned and uploaded to the system.
Article Evaluation Process
When the submitted study is decided to be included in the evaluation process according to the purpose and scope of the journal, it is first sent to spelling control. After the spelling check is completed, it is sent to at least two reviewers for evaluation by the editor. If one of the reviewers does not find the study appropriate for publication, the study is sent to the third reviewer. After the evaluation of the reviewers, the study is sent to the corresponding author by the editor. The requested corrections and edits must be completed within 7 days and the text must be uploaded to the system together with the response file to the referee. In order for a study to be accepted in the journal, it must receive "acceptance" from at least two referees. After the review of the reviewers is completed, the author cannot make any changes.
Article Withdraw
Articles sent to the Ordu University Journal of Nursing Studies cannot be withdrawn after the referee process begins or sent to another journal. The authors can withdraw their articles that have not started the referee process by contacting the journal editors with a letter of application that they want to withdraw their article. The authors cannot submit their articles
without the approval of the withdrawal of their articles. The authors cannot submit their articles to another journal without the approval of the withdrawal of copyrighted articles to Ordu University Journal of Nursing Studies.
Last Correction
The article will be sent to the corresponding author to correct spelling errors before publication. No changes or additions can be made at this stage. It is only necessary to examine whether there are errors in the spelling. It should be noted that only the authors are responsible for the final revision. Corrections must be made and returned within two days. If the publisher does not receive a response from the authors within two days, it is assumed that there are no errors to correct and the article will be published.

* Author guide was updated on November 5, 2023.