Articles submitted for publication in the Turkish Journal of Veterinary Surgery must not have been published anywhere before. In addition, articles submitted should not be sent to any other journal for publication until the editor sends a letter to the authors confirming that the article has been accepted. Once articles are accepted for publication, they cannot be published elsewhere without the permission of the editor. Publishing rights of accepted articles belong to the Turkish Journal of Veterinary Surgery. All accepted articles are submitted for review by the editor. The author is responsible for all scientific content of the articles accepted for publication. The scientific content of articles accepted for publication cannot be changed. For research articles with experimental plans, the ethics committee report must be submitted to the editor by the responsible author. Research articles without an ethics committee report are not evaluated. Article submission to the Turkish Journal of Veterinary Surgery is only possible via the online system. The "Copyright Transfer Agreement Form", which includes the declaration of transfer of publishing rights, must be signed by all authors and entered into the system together with the article in PDF format.

Article preparation

The language of article writing is Turkish and English. Articles written in English have priority publication rights. The article should be written in Times New Roman font, 12 point font, in A4 paper format, and 2 line spacing, 2.5 cm margins and page numbers should be used. Additionally, each line should be numbered and the numbers should start again on each page. The first letters of the words in the article title should be written in capital letters and the title should be written in bold font. The first letter of chapter titles and subtitles should be capitalized, slanted to the left and bold font (Introduction), Latin terms (plexus brachialis), names of microorganisms (Staphylococcus aureus) and statistical expressions (p<0.05) should be written in italics. Abbreviations (s: second, min: minute, s: hour, µL: microlitre, L: liter, g: gram, etc.) must comply with the nomenclature. Turkish Language Association should be taken into account in Turkish articles, and Oxford Dictionary and spelling rules should be taken into consideration in English articles. The abbreviations mentioned in the article should not consist of expressions that will be misunderstood by the reader. Tables and figures should be descriptive and presented in the order in which they appear in the text. The points that need to be explained in the table should be written in 8 font size using footnotes under the table. The resolution of the figures must be at least 300 dpi and in jpeg format. Table and figure titles should be written after the references section. Table and figure file names must be uploaded to the system one by one, with different file names. Excluding figures, tables, abstracts and references, the number of pages should not exceed 15 pages for original research articles and reviews, 6 pages for case reports and short papers, and 2 pages for letters to the editor and what is your diagnosis?

Title Page: Should be prepared separately from the article. At the top and centered in bold font, there should be the Turkish and English name of the article, the full names and surnames of the authors, the full names and addresses of the places they work such as universities, departments, institutes, ORCID numbers, and the address, telephone and e-mail information of the author to whom correspondence will be made. The title page should be uploaded to the system separately and should not be submitted with the manuscript.

Abstract: On the first page of the article, the Turkish title, Turkish abstract, Turkish keywords, English title, English abstract and English keywords should be given in order. The number of keywords should be at least 3 and at most 5. Articles written in a foreign language must have a Turkish abstract. In research articles and short papers, the abstract format should include purpose, material and methods, results and conclusion sections; in review article, case report, letter to the editor and what is your diagnosis, the abstract format should be descriptive. The abstract should have maximum 300 words.

Research Article: These are unpublished studies that have reached a conclusion based on sufficient scientific examination, observations and experiments. In the presentation of these articles, there must be a Title page, Turkish and English abstract and keywords, Introduction, Materials-Methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgments (if any), References, Table and Figure captions sections.

Review: These are scientific articles that examine an important subject based on the literature, synthesize it and come to a conclusion. These articles should consist of the Title page, Turkish and English abstract, keywords, Introduction, Conclusion and References sections.

Short Communication: These are studies in which the preliminary reports or findings of short scientific studies based on scientific investigations, observations and experiments are published. It should contain the same sections as the research paper.

Case Report: These are rare cases encountered in clinical practice. Case reports should generally consist of a Title page, Turkish and English abstract and keywords, Introduction, Description of the Case, Discussion and References sections.

Letter to the Editor: These are articles that contain topics and problems of scientific and practical importance and a brief presentation of an interesting phenomenon. The section should not be specified in the manuscript.

What is your diagnosis? These are articles in which the diagnosis is asked on the figure(s) after a brief description of interesting cases of clinical practical importance. At the end of the article, the question of “What is your diagnosis?” should be asked and the answer should be given separately at the bottom.

Acknowledgments: If the article belongs to a doctoral or master's thesis, has been previously presented on a scientific platform, or if support has been received from any person or institution (project, etc.) in the article work, it should be stated here.

References: The list of references should be prepared in order of appearance in the article. The refereence should be given as a superscript at the end of the sentence (For example: reported.9). The writing style of the literature mentioned in the references list should be as follows.

Article: Bleakley S., Phipps K., Petrovsky B., Monnet E.: Median sternotomy versus intercostal thoracotomy for lung lobectomy: A comparison of short-term outcome in 134 dogs. Vet. Surg. 2018, 47(1): 104-113.

Book: Fossum T.W.: Small Animal Surgery. 3. Edition. Mosby Elsevier, St. Louis, 2007, page: 867-879.

Book chapter: Grandage J.: Functional anatomy of the digestive system. In: Slatter D., Editor, Textbook of Small Animal Surgery. 3. Edition, Saunders, Philadelphia, 2003, page: 499-519.

Proceeding: Bayram A.S., Erol M.M., Salci H., Görgül O.S., Gebitekin C.: Basic interrupted vs. continuous suturing techniques in bronchial anostomosis following “sleeve” lobectomy in dogs. 15th European Conference on General Thoracic Surgery. Abstracts Book 2007 ESTS meeting (oral presentation), Leuven-Belgium 3-6 June 2007, page: S188,024-F.

Thesis: Salcı H.: The comparison of different bronchial closure techniques following pneumonectomy in dogs (Doctoral thesis) Bursa: Uludağ University, 2006, pages: 1-21.