1. GENERAL INFORMATION
- It is important for
the journals to determine the principles to be followed during the preparation
of an article by considering the international standards and to check the
compliance with these rules in the articles to be evaluated and to increase our
scientific publishing standards. For this reason, the manuscripts should be
prepared in accordance with the International Journal of Medical Journal
Editors (ICMJE), the World Medical Editorial Association (WAME) and the Code of
Publication (COPE).
- At the beginning of
the evaluation system, the journal Copyright Transfer Form, signed by the
authors, is requested to be uploaded to the system.
- The standards accepted
and applied by international medical journals, which should be followed during
the preparation of an article to be submitted to scientific journals, should be
as follows:
- The manuscript
submitted for publication must have not been published elsewhere or sent for
publication.
- In the manuscript submission,
the Contributor Open Researcher and Contributor Identifier-ORCID ID field is
required for authors of manuscript.
- If you have used
previously published tables, pictures etc. on the manuscript, you must have
written permission from the owner of the right of publication and the authors,
and must be state this in written manuscript. The legal responsibility in this
regard is the responsibility of the authors.
- The manuscripts submitted
at scientific meetings/congress are evaluated, provided that they are stated in
footnotes.
- In the Turkish manuscripts,
the Turkish dictionary of the Turkish Language Association or the address of
http://www.tdk.org.tr and the glossary of terms belonging to the branches of
the Turkish Medical Associations should be taken.
- How to determine
sample size, how sampling is done and which statistical methods and principles
are used in data analysis should be given under “Statistical Analysis” sub-section
at the end of “MATERIAL AND METHODS” section.
- Manuscripts that do not comply with the Journal Writing Rules are not included in the "Peer Review Process".
- All manuscripts are
carefully checked for similarity or plagiarism.
Plagiarism Principle of Journal6
Plagiarism is the use of others' published and unpublished ideas or words (or other intellectual property rights) without reference or permission and presented as new and original rather than from an existing source. Self-criticism means that an author uses parts of his previous writings on the same topic elsewhere in his publications, especially without quoting them (https://wame.org/recommendations-on-publication-ethics-policies-for-medical-journals).
Manuscript with plagiarism and / or self-criticism detected in the evaluation of the editor in Value in Health Sciences will not be taken. During the file upload process, authors are required to upload the similarity report obtained by using an appropriate plagiarism program (iThenticate, Turnitin, etc.) to the system together with other files.
Manuscript with a similarity rate of more than 25% will be accepted as plagiarism and rejected.
- There is no article submission or processing charges in this
journal.
2. SCIENTIFIC RESPONSIBILITY
In the submitted scientific manuscript, all authors should have a direct academic-scientific contribution.
The correspondence author with
the journal carries the responsibility of the final manuscript in the name of all authors.
3. ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY
- In all the studies in which the
"human" element is found, the principle of conformity to Helsinki Declaration Principles is sought. In these studies, the
authors are required to indicate that they have been working in accordance with
these principles in the MATERIALS AND METHODS section of the manuscript. In addition the authors should receive "Informed consent form"
from the ethics committees of the institutions, and the people involved in the
study.
- If "Animal" was used in the study, the
authors should state in the MATERIAL and METHODS section that their studies
have been approved by animal ethics committees and that they protect animal
rights in line with the "Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals"
- "Informed consent" should be obtained
from patients regardless of the identity of the patient in the case report.
- If there are institutions that provide direct or
indirect financial support to the work, the authors should state on the
presentation page how the relationship is. If there is no relation, it should
indicate it.
- If it is necessary to obtain "Ethics Committee Approval", the authors should declare that they have received the written ethics approval in "Materials and Methods" section (with date and number). "Oral ethical approval was obtained expression" must not be used.
- The manuscript should include a statement about the compliance of Research and Publication Ethics.
4. PUBLICATION / COPYRIGHT
- All publications /
copyrights of the manuscripts accepted for publication belong to our
journal. The thoughts and suggestions in the manuscripts are entirely the responsibility of the authors.
- For each manuscript, authors should complete the “Copyright Transfer Form”
and submit it to the journal with the manuscript.
5.
THE TYPES OF THE ARTICLES
- The language of the
journal is Turkish and English.
- The manuscripts to be
submitted to the journals should be in the following categories and should be
prepared in the specified structures.
- Manuscripts that do not comply with the Journal Writing Rules are not included in the "Peer Review Process".
a) Original Research Article: Original prospective or retrospective
studies of basic or clinical investigations in areas relevant to medicine.
Content:
- Turkish and English main titles, and running titles (the first letters of words should be large)
- Abstract (the
structured abstract contain the following sections: Aim, Material and Methods,
Results, Conclusion; average 200-250 words; Turkish and English).
- Introduction
- Material and Methods
- Results
- Discussion
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgement
- References
b) Review: The authors may be invited to write or may submit a
review article. Reviews including the
latest medical literature may be prepared on all medical topics. Authors who
have published materials on the topic are preferred.
Content
- Abstract (average 150-200 words, Turkish and English)
- Titles on related
topics
- References (max 40)
c) Case Report: Brief descriptions of a previously undocumented
disease process, a unique unreported manifestation or treatment of a known
disease process, or unique unreported complications of treatment regimens. They
should include an adequate number of photos and figures.
Content:
- Abstract (average
100-150 words, Turkish and English)
- Introduction
- Case Report
- Discussion
- References
d) Editorial Commentary/Discussion: Evaluation of the original research
article is done by the specialists of the field (except the authors of the
research article) and it is published at the end of the related article.
e) Letters to the Editor: These are the letters that include different views,
experiments and questions of the readers about the manuscripts that were published
in this journal in the recent year and should be no more than 500 words.
Content
There’s no title and
abstract.
The number of
references should not exceed 5.
Submitted letters
should include a note indicating the attribution to an article (with the number
and date) and the name, affiliation and address of the author(s) at the end.
The answer to the
letter is given by the editor or the author(s) of the manuscript and is
published in the journal.
f) Scientific Letter: It is the articles that discuss the general medical
issues and discuss the subject by referring to the published scientific
articles.
Content
Abstract (average
100-150 words, Turkish and English)
Titles on related
topics
References
g) Surgical Technique: These are articles in which surgical techniques are
explained.
Content
Abstract (average
100-150 words, Turkish and English)
Surgical Technique
References
h) Differential Diagnosis: These are case reports which have topical importance.
They include commentaries related with similar diseases.
Content
Abstract (average
100-150 words, Turkish and English)
Titles related with
subject
References (between 3
and 5)
i) Original Images: Self-explanatory figures or pictures on rare issues
in literature.
Content
Text with 300 words,
original images
References
j) What is Your Diagnosis?: These articles are related with diseases
that are seen rarely and show differences in diagnosis and treatment, and they
are prepared as questions-answers.
Content
Titles related with
subject
References (between 3
and 5)
k) Medical Book Reviews: Reviews and comments on current national and
international medical books.
l) Questions and Answers: Scientific educational questions and answers on
medical topics.
6. WRITING RULES / AUTHORS GUIDELINES
The manuscripts
submitted for publication must be reviewed in accordance with the following
formal principles.
MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION:
Manuscripts that do not comply with the Journal Writing Rules are not included in the "Peer Review Process".
- The manuscripts should be prepared as Microsoft Word ®
document.
- The manuscripts should be written in 1.5 spaced, 12
point, justified aligned and "Times New Roman" character. There should be a
2.5 cm space on the edges of the page and the page numbers should be placed on
the bottom right corner of the page. Paragraph
indentation should not be used in the text.
- The authors should indicate the type of the manuscript they have
submitted, that no other journal has been sent before, the persons and
organizations, that fund the work, and their relationship to the authors on the
cover letter.
- On the title page, a long title and running title with maximum 40
characters of manuscript should be written in Turkish and English, should be
given the contribution rates of authors to manuscript, the information about authors’ names, academic titles, ORCID® numbers,
and affiliated institutions, also corresponding author should be stated with an
address, relevant phone and fax numbers.
- Manuscripts should be submitted in a single file including “titles, abstract, main text, references, tables and / or figures”.
- The title and short title of the manuscript (Turkish and English) should be written with the first letters of the words in bold and left aligned. Turkish title and short title should be before OZ and English title and short title should be before ABSTRACT.
- According to the type of manuscript/article, other titles (i.e.: ABSTRACT, INTRODUCTION, MATERIAL AND METHODS, DISCUSSION, CONCLUSION, REFERENCES) should be written in capital letters, bold and left aligned.
- If the manuscript has been presented in a scientific
meeting/conference/congress, the meeting name, date and place must be written.
- The abstract should be written in Turkish and English according to the
type of articles.
- In Turkish manuscripts (except for English ABSTRACT section) comma should be used as decimal point separator. For English manuscripts (except for the Turkish ABSTRACT/OZ section), a period should be used as a decimal point.
KEYWORDS:
- They should be
minimally two, and should written Turkish and English.
- The words should be
separated by semicolon (;), from each other.
- English keywords
should be appropriate to “Medical Subject Headings (MESH)” (www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/MBrowser.html).
- Turkish keywords
should be appropriate to “TR Index Keywords List” and “Turkish Science
Terminology” (http://www.bilimterimleri.com).
ABBREVATIONS:
Abbreviations that are
used should be defined in parenthesis where the full word is first mentioned.
For commonly accepted abbreviations and usage, please refer to Scientific Style
and Format: The CBE Manuel for Authors, Editors, and Publishers, 6th ed. New
York: Cambridge University Press, 1994.
FIGURES, PICTURES, TABLES AND GRAPHICS:
- Figures, pictures, tables and graphics should be given after the references section.
- All figures, pictures, tables and graphics should be cited at the end of
the relevant sentence. Explanations about figures, pictures, tables and
graphics must be placed at the end of the manuscript.
- Pictures/photographs must be in color, clear and with appropriate
contrast to separate details. Figures, pictures/photographs must be added to
the system as separate .tif, .png, .jpg
or .gif files (approximately 500x400 pixels, 8 cm in width and scanned at 300
resolution).
- All abbreviations used, must be listed in explanation which will be
placed at the bottom of each figure, picture, table and graphic.
- For figures, pictures, tables and graphics to be reproduced relevant
permissions need to be provided. This permission must be mentioned in the
explanation.
- The table headings should be written on the table, and the figure/graph
headings should be written under the figure/graph (Table 1. and Figure 1.), with all words except the first letter being lower case.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
Any conflict of
interest, financial support, donation and other editorial support
(English/Turkish evaluation) or technical support must be stated in this
section immediately at the end of main text (before the References).
REFERENCES:
Vancouver style should
be used in text representation of references.
References should be
numbered according to order of use and should be given in parentheses at the
end of the sentence.
Example:
* ... (1,2,7-9).
* Smith et al. (4)…
- References section
should be formed according to the reference order cited in the text.
- EndNote ® or similar
program can be used for easy management of references. However, before the
manuscript is sent to the journal, the list of references should be in plain
text.
- All authors should be
listed if 6 or fewer, otherwise list the first 6 and add the et al.
- Personal experiences
and unpublished papers cannot be given as reference.
- DOI is the only
acceptable on-line reference.
Format for Journal Articles;
Initials of author’s
names and surnames. Titles of article. Journal name. Year; Volume (issue): Page
numbers.
a) Format for articles in
e-journals found in print journals or on the internet;
Example:
Rose ME, Huerbin MB, Melick J,
Marion DW, Palmer AM, Schiding JK, et al. Regulation of interstitial excitatory
amino acid concentrations after cortical contusion injury. Brain Res. 2002;
935(1-2): 40-6.
Abood S. Quality improvement
initiative in nursing homes: the ANA acts in an advisory role. Am J Nurs
[Internet]. 2002 Jun [Cited: 2002 Aug 12]; 102(6): [about 1 p.]. Available
from: http://www.nursingworld.org/AJN/2002/june/Wawatch.htm.
b) Format for articles whose
authors do not exist;
Example:
21st century heart solution
may have a sting in the tail. BMJ. 2002; 325(7357): 184.
Format for Books;
Initials of author’s
names and surnames. Book title. Edition number. City: Publisher; Year.
Example:
Murray PR, Rosenthal KS,
Kobayashi GS, Pfaller MA. Medical microbiology. 4th ed. St. Louis: Mosby; 2002.
a) Format for books of which the editor and author is the same person;
Example:
Dionne RA, Phero JC, Becker
DE, editors. Management of pain and anxiety in the dental office. Philadelphia:
WB Saunders; 2002.
b) Format for a Chapter of Book;
Example:
Meltzer PS, Kallioniemi A,
Trent JM. Chromosome alterations in human solid tumors. In: Vogelstein B,
Kinzler KW, editors. The genetic basis of human cancer. New York: McGraw-Hill;
2002. p. 93-113.
Format for Encyclopedia or Dictionary;
Encyclopedia or
dictionary name. Edition number. City: Publisher; Year. Chapter; Page numbers.
Example:
Dorland’s illustrated medical
dictionary. 29th ed. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders; 2000. Filamin; p. 675.
Format for the Thesis;
Author's surname and
initials. Thesis name [thesis type]. City: University or Institution name;
Year.
Example:
Borkowski MM. Infant sleep and
feeding: a telephone survey of Hispanic Americans [PhD dissertation]. Mount
Pleasant (MI): Central Michigan University; 2002.
Format for Conference / Congress / Symposium
Declaration;
The initial (s) of the
surname (s) and name (s) of the author (s). Name of the paper. Editor (s) of
the surname (s) and name (s) of the editor (s). Conference / Congress /
Symposium name; Year; City. Publication place: Publisher; Year. Page numbers.
a) Format for the Conference
/ Congress / Symposium Declaration published in a book;
Example:
Khalifa ME, Elmessiry HM,
ElBahnasy KM, Ramadan HMM. Medical image registration using mutual information
similarity measure. In: Lim CT, Goh JCH, editors. Icbme2008: Proceedings of the
13th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering; 2008 Dec 3-6;
Singapore. Dordrecht: Springer; 2009. p. 151-5.
b) Format for a Conference /
Congress / Symposium Declaration unpublished in a book;
Example:
Waterkeyn J, Matimati R,
Muringanzia A. ZOD for all: Scaling up the community health club model to meet
the MDGs for sanitation in rural and urban areas: case studies from Zimbabwe
and Uganda. International Water Association Development Congress; 2009 Nov
15-9; Mexico.
Format for Web Site;
Author
/ organisation's name. Title of the page [Internet]. Place of publication:
Publisher; Date or year of publication [Updated: YYYY Mon DD; Cited: YYYY Mon
DD]. Available from: URL.
Example:
Cancer-Pain.org [Internet].
New York: Association of Cancer Online Resources, Inc.; c2000-01 [Updated: 2002
May 16; Cited: 2002 Jul 9]. Available from: http://www.cancer-pain.org/.
7. IMPORTANT POINTS TO BE CONSIDERED IN THE MANUSCRIPT
SUBMISSION
- The correspondence
author should fill in the "Copyright Transfer Form" and send it to
the journal together with the manuscript.
- The authors should
state the name of the 3 referees and the current contact information (mail,
e-mail, telephone, fax) on a separate title page for evaluate of the manuscript.
Editors maintain the right to choose referees.
- The manuscripts should
be uploaded to the journal system from dergipark.gov.tr.
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