Author Guidelines
Review and Editorial Decision Process
University of Health Sciences Journal of Nursing is a peer-reviewed scientific journal. All manuscripts sent to the journal for publication are reviewed by the editorial board and at least two independent referees. All manuscripts submitted to the journal are first reviewed by the editorial board. At this stage, the article is evaluated in terms of the actuality and eligibility for the scope of the journal, its contribution to nursing practice and its compliance with journal’ writing rules. Manuscripts that do not comply with these rules will be returned outright to the writers without further review process. Manuscripts that are candidate for publication are assigned to the referees. Then the reviews proposed by the referees and the editorial board will be forwarded to the author(s) and necessary corrections are made by the author(s). Finally, once the manuscript is accepted for publication after corrections, the approval of the author(s) will be obtained in order to print the article.
Author's Responsibilities
Article Copyright Transfer Form is required to be completed and sent to the editorial board. The corresponding author should sign the form on behalf of herself/himself and other authors and upload it to the submission system. In addition, the corresponding author and other authors should confirm their ORCID ID in the system. The manuscripts uploaded to the journal are checked for plagiarism with the iThenticate program. Using false data and previously published manuscript in another journal are not considered.
Research and Publication Ethics
University of Health Sciences Journal of Nursing considers the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) recommendations and the International Standards for Editors and Authors of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) to assess the appropriateness of submitted scientific articles to research and publication ethics. Ethics committee approval for research articles should be stated in the text and the approval should be submitted to DergiPark system.
Article Preparation
Articles should be prepared according to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA) (6th edition). Review articles should not exceed 15 pages; research articles should not exceed 20 pages (excluding abstract, references, table, and figure/graphic). There should not be a total of more than 5 tables, graphics, and figures in the submitted manuscript. All documents related to the content of the article should be uploaded to the system in “Word” format and as a single file (Turkish-English Title, Turkish-English Abstracts, Main Document, References, Tables and/or Figures/Graphics).
General Rules for Writing a Manuscript (Format)
· The article should be typed in Times New Roman font, 12-point and double-spaced. The entire article should be formatted in justified text, and the heading and paragraph entries should be aligned left.
· Main headings (first level) should be typed in 14-point font, with the first letters in uppercase. Subheadings (second level) under headings should be typed in 12-point and bold with the first letters in uppercase. Other headings below the subtitles (third level) should be in the form of sentences, typed in 12-point, bold and lowercase.
· At the end of a sentence, no space should be left before the period (.) but a space should be typed after the period.
· No space should be left before a comma (,) and a space should be typed between all words in the sentence.
· While decimal numbers should be separated from integers with commas “,” in Turkish articles and points “.” in English articles.
· The percent (%) sign should be placed without a space between the digits and should be typed before the percentage in Turkish articles, and after the percentage in English articles. Where signs such as ( ), “ ” and / are used, a space should not be typed before or after the sentence/word.
· System International (SI) unit symbols should be used within the text. Only generic names of drugs should be used.
· Abbreviations should not be used in the title and abstract. Few abbreviations should be used and abbreviations should be indicated where the word or phrase are first used.
· References should not be used in the abstract.
· Table headings should be placed above the table/figures/grapics and all tables and figures/graphics should be numbered according to their title and use in the text. Shapes should be digitally formatted, jpegs should be registered and be at 300 dpi resolution. The tables and figures/graphics should be placed after the reference section and each on a separate page. All abbreviations should be defined in footnotes. The symbol “*” should be used for footnotes and p values. Table headings should be bold, placed above the table and the first letter of the words should be uppercase (e.g. Table 1: Factors Affecting Patient Safety).
· The figure/graphic headings should be placed below the figure/graphics, should be written in the form of sentences except for proper names. (e.g. Figure 1: Lewin's process of change).
Letter to the Editor
Letter to the editor should consist of an article on behalf of all authors, which states that the article submitted to the University of Health Sciences Journal of Nursing has not been published or sent to another journal for review.The letter should clearly state the importance of the article for the readers of the University of Health Sciences Journal of Nursing.
Title and Author Information Page
The title and author information page should be prepared separately from the main text on a single page. The following information should be included in this section:
*The title and short title of the article should be given in Turkish and English. The short title should not exceed six words.
*According to the order of the names of authors in the article, the names, surnames, titles, positions, institutions (names and addresses), ORCID number, contact information (Business and mobile numbers and e-mails that is currently in use) of all authors should be included.
*Presentation status at Congress or Symposium:
*State Of Production From Dissertation Work:
*Acknowledgments (If any)
*Ethics Committee Approval: Ethics committee approval was received for this study from the ............ Ethics Committee (Date: ...... and Number: .....)
*Conflict of Interest Notifications:
*Sources of Support or Funding:
*Contribution Levels of Authors: Vancouver Criteria adopted by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (http://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/roles-and-responsibilities/defining-the-role-of-authors-and-contributors .html) should be arranged in consideration. This section should include subheadings of "Study Idea (Concept) and Design", "Data Collection / Literature Review", "Data Analysis and Interpretation" , "Preparation of the Article" and "Approval for the Final Version to be Published". For each subtitle, the contributed author (s) should only be indicated with the initials (capital) of their names and surnames.
Main Text
The main text should not contain any information that could identify the authors. Documents related to the main text content (Turkish-English Title, Turkish-English Abstract, Text, References, Tables and / or Figures) must be uploaded to the system in "Word" format and as a single file.
Title
The title of the article should be given in Turkish and English. The full title of the article should not contain abbreviations.
Abstract
Turkish and English abstracts should be on separate pages. The Turkish and English abstracts should be a maximum of 250 words. Both the Turkish and English abstracts should include Introduction, Aim, Method, Results, and Conclusion sections. At the end of the abstract, 3-5 keywords should be given in Turkish and English. Turkish key words should be in accordance with Turkish Science Terms. Key words in English should comply with Medical Subject Heading (MeSH) standards. The first letter of the first keyword should be in uppercase, the first letter of the other words should be in lowercase, the words should be separated by a semicolon (;), words should be arranged in alphabetical order and a period (.) should be placed at the end of the last word.
Research Article
A research article should consist of Introduction, Aims, Method, Results, Discussion, and Conclusion sections.
Introduction: In this section, the aim and the scientific ideas on which the article is based should be clearly stated, the problem should be associated with nursing, current sources should be used, information that exists in the literature about the problem raised should be given as a summary.
Aim: The aim(s) and, according to the manuscript type, the hypothesis or research question(s) should be included.
Method: İn this section, the type of research (design), location, universe and sample of the research, data collection tools, the ethical aspects of research (with the consent of the institution ethics committee approval, informed consent), data collection (pre-application (if any) and how and when the application is made) and the evaluation of the data should include the sections.
Results: The findings should be presented in a systematic way which responds to the research question(s). In the findings, tables should be cited and the table number and title should be added to a suitable place on the table.
Discussion: Discussion should be presented in a way that answers research questions and is systematically associated with current literature. At the end of this chapter, the limitations of the research should be included.
Conclusion: In this section, the importance of the subject should be emphasized; the results of the research should be given together with the contributions to nursing practices.
Review Article
The review article, using subheadings other than “introduction” and “conclusion” are left to the initiative of the author(s). The introduction should clearly state the aims and the scientific ideas on which the article is based. The article should include the relationship between the subject and nursing. Subtitles in the text should be arranged to meet the purpose and scope of the article. In the conclusion section, a summary of the information should be presented.
Case Study
A case study should include an Introduction Case presentation, Discussion, and Conclusion. The introduction should include the location of the study as well as its importance in the field. Information about the signing of an informed volunteer/ consent form should be included in the article.
References
References should be given in accordance with the rules of the journal. The authors are responsible for the accuracy of the sources. When more than one source is displayed in the text consecutively, it should be “ ; ” between them and sorted by year (Waterman, Roman, & Rock, 1993; McCarthy, 2003). If two different works of the same author published in the same year were used, the relevant source should be given in the form of the text (Göktepe, 2005a; 2005b). All sources used must be sorted in a separate section at the end of the text, alphabetically according to the author's last names, with double lines spaced.
References cited in the text
One author:
Elliott (2017) or (Elliott, 2017)
Two authors:
Roman ve Rock (1993) or (Roman ve Rock, 1993)
Three, four and five authors:
First use: Lam, Kim, Petro ve Khaitan (2020) or (Lam, Kim, Petro ve Khaitan, 2020)
Subsequent uses: Lam ve arkadaşları (2020) or (Lam ve ark., 2020)
Six or more authors:
First use: Lee ve ark. (2019) or (Lee ve ark., 2019)
Subsequent uses: Lee ve ark. (2019) or (Lee ve ark., 2019)
Group study:
First use: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD, 2014) or (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development [OECD], 2014)
Subsequent uses: OECD (2014) or (OECD, 2014)
The Reference List
Articles Published in a Journal
If there is a DOI number matched to the content, it should be given in the reference list. Author, A.A., Author, B.B., ve Author, C.C. (Year). Title of the article. Name of the Journal, Volume(issue), p-p. doi: xxxxxxxxxxxx
Articles with seven or fewer authors
Chan, H.F., Guillot, M., Page, L., & Torgler, B. (2015). The inner quality of an article: Will time tell? Scientometrics, 104,19-41. doi: 10.1007/s11192-015-1581-y
Articles with more than seven authors
Lal, H., Cunningham, A. L., Godeaux, O., Chlibek, R., Diez-Domingo, J., Hwang, S.J.,… Heineman, T. C. (2015). Efficacy of an adjuvanted herpes zoster subunit vaccine in older adults. New England Journal of Medicine, 372, 2087-2096. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1501184
Book
Epstein, R., & Street, R. (2008). Patient-centered care for the 21st century: physicians’ roles and patients’ preferences. Philadelphia, PA: ABIM Foundation.
Potter, P.A., & Perry, A.G. (2009). Caring in nursing practice. In Fundamentals of nursing (7th ed.). (pp. 95-105). St. Louis: Mosby Elsevier.
Chapter in a book
Bassett, C. (2006). Cultural studies and new media. In G. Hall, & C. Birchall (Eds.), New cultural studies: Adventures in theory (pp. 220–237). Edinburgh, UK: Edinburgh University Press.
Electronic Source
World Health Organization (WHO). (2005). WHO Multi-country Study on Women's Health and Domestic Violence against Women: initial results on prevalence, health outcomes and women's responses. Retrieved from (02.05.2019): https://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/violence/24159358X/en/
Update Date 04.04.2020