PUBLICATION POLICY
Şırnak University Journal of Health Sciences is a peer-reviewed, open-access scientific journal that publishes original studies with high scientific value and in compliance with the principles of academic ethics in the field of health sciences.
Publication Principles
- Şırnak University Journal of Health Sciences publishes original research articles, review articles, case reports, and letters to the editor in the field of health sciences.
- The journal is published electronically with two issues per year.
- All manuscripts submitted to the journal must not have been previously published or be under consideration for publication elsewhere.
- Manuscripts submitted to the journal must comply with the rules of scientific publication ethics. Plagiarism, fabrication, data manipulation, and ethical violations are not accepted.
- All manuscripts submitted to the journal are evaluated through a double-blind peer-review system. The identities of reviewers and authors are kept mutually confidential.
- All submitted manuscripts are first subject to a preliminary evaluation by the Editor. Manuscripts found suitable are assigned to the Section Editor and evaluated by at least two independent reviewers.
- The final decision regarding the acceptance of manuscripts for publication rests with the Editor-in-Chief.
- The journal may request revisions to manuscripts whenever deemed necessary in order to improve their scientific quality.
Open Access Policy
Şırnak University Journal of Health Sciences is an open-access journal. All articles published in the journal are freely accessible, downloadable, readable, and shareable.
The journal supports the free dissemination of knowledge and encourages scientific information to reach a wide audience.
Article Processing Charges
Submission, peer review, and publication in Şırnak University Journal of Health Sciences are completely free of charge. No submission, evaluation, or publication fees are requested from authors.
Publication Ethics
Our journal requires that all studies in any scientific discipline requiring ethics committee approval must have obtained approval from the relevant ethics committee prior to submission. Accordingly, information regarding the ethics committee approval (name of the ethics committee, date of approval, and approval/reference number) must be explicitly stated in the manuscript. For case reports, the manuscript must also include a statement confirming that written informed consent was obtained from the participant.
In accordance with the regulations implemented by ULAKBİM TR Dizin (TR Index) since 2020, studies that do not have the required ethics committee approval will not be considered for evaluation by our journal.
Research Requiring Ethics Committee Approval
Within the scope of our journal, research requiring ethics committee approval includes the following:
• All qualitative and quantitative studies involving the collection of data from participants through methods such as questionnaires, interviews, focus group discussions, observations, experiments, or other interview-based techniques;
• Studies involving the experimental or other scientific use of humans or animals, including biological materials and data;
• Clinical studies conducted on human participants;
• Scientific research conducted on animals;
• Retrospective studies involving personal data within the scope of the Personal Data Protection Law.
To be eligible for evaluation, such studies must have obtained the appropriate ethics committee approval, and details of the approval must be clearly stated in the manuscript.
Note: Scientific research involving humans or animals must be conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and the ARRIVE Guidelines and must receive approval from the relevant ethics committee. Manuscripts lacking the required ethics committee approval will not be considered for evaluation by our journal.
Copyright Policy
Authors retain the copyright of their published works and grant permission for their work to be published in the journal.
Published articles may be used provided that proper citation is given.
Archiving Policy
All articles published in the journal are archived electronically to ensure long-term access.
Permanent access to the articles is provided through the DergiPark infrastructure.