INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS
“Medical Journal of Black Sea” is the scientific publishing organ of Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University Faculty of Medicine. The journal started publication in 2017. It is a peer-reviewed journal that has been included in TR and the Turkish Citation Index since 2019. It is published three times a year, in April, August and December. The language of publishing in the journal is Turkish and English.
The aim of the journal is to report and share qualified research studies conducted in relevant fields in Turkey and abroad by presenting them to the national and international scientific community, and to contribute to scientific to academic and social communication by creating a continuous education platform. In accordance with these aims, the journal publishes original research in the field of obesity and diabetes mellitus, including case reports, review articles, short communications, letters to the editor, biography articles and conference proceedings written in article format. Papers or preliminary studies presented in congresses, symposiums, or online can be published in the journal, provided that this situation is stated. Manuscripts sent to this journal are accepted on the condition that they have not been published anywhere before and have not been sent to another journal for publication.
All scientific responsibility for the articles belongs to the authors. Authors must indicate their author order in a signed form on the “Publication Rights Transfer Agreement Form”. The names of all authors should be included in the section below the title of the article. All individuals who do not meet the criteria for authorship but contributed to the study can be listed in the "Acknowledgments" section. For this purpose, the "Publication Rights Transfer Agreement Form" must be signed by all responsible authors and uploaded to the system. Articles must be uploaded to the system from "https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/tudod". The cover page, tables and graphics must also be uploaded to the system separately. The cover page must include the name and surname of all authors, the institution they work for, a short title not exceeding 40 characters, e-mail addresses and ORCID ID information.
All articles are first pre-evaluated by the editor and assistant editors. It is then sent to reviewers who are experts in the field for evaluation. The editor has the right to correct, change, reject or send back articles for rewriting. Articles that are decided to be published in the journal are taken into the page editing process. The articles are brought to their final form before publication and submitted to the authors for control and approval. All articles must comply with international ethical rules and a document proving that ethics committee permission has been obtained must be uploaded to the system.