Turkish Journal of Resuscitation (TJR) is the open access, online-only scientific publication organ of the Turkish Resuscitation Council. The journal is published in accordance with independent, unbiased, and double–blinde peer review principles.

The aim of the journal is to contribute to the literature and field of resuscitation by publishing clinical and experimental research articles, case reports, letters to the editor, study protocols, and scientific conference proceedings that are prepared in accordance with the ethical guidelines in the fields of resuscitation.

Turkish Journal of Resuscitation is an interdisciplinary medical journal and is the official journal of the Turkish Resuscitation Council. Originality, high scientific quality, and citation potential are the most important criteria for a manuscript to be accepted for publication. Manuscripts submitted for evaluation should not have been previously presented or already published in an electronic or printed medium.

All papers are published online-only and deal with the aetiology, pathophysiology and prevention of cardiac arrest, resuscitation training, clinical resuscitation, and rapid response systems. Experimental resuscitation research papers (including animal studies) are published occasionally, but only if they are of exceptional interest and related directly to cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Case reports on resuscitation are accepted for publication. Papers relating to trauma are published occasionally but the majority of these concern traumatic cardiac arrest.

An approval of research protocols by the Ethics Committee in accordance with international agreements (World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki “Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects,” amended in October 2013, www.wma.net) is required for experimental, clinical, and drug studies and for some case reports. If required, ethics committee reports or an equivalent official document will be requested from the authors.

All papers are checked with plagiarism software.

Papers that are not within the scope of the journal or are far below the standard for publication in the Turkish Journal of Resuscitation will be rejected by the Editors without obtaining peer review.

Papers deemed to be within scope and of a sufficient standard are assigned to an editor and sent for peer review; papers may then be returned to authors as accepted, for reconsideration after revision, or rejection.

Each individual listed as an author should fulfill the authorship criteria recommended by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE - www.icmje.org).

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