PUBLICATION RULES, PUBLICATION POLICY, GENERAL PRINCIPLES, AND SUBMISSION
RULES
ARTICLE GENERAL WRITING RULES
All scientific responsibility of the manuscripts belongs to the author(s).
The editor, co-editor and publisher do not accept any responsibility for
the articles published in the journal.
CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS
Manuscripts should be sent by e-mail by the responsible
author, after registering with DergiPark, by going to https://dergipark.org.tr/en/journal/2316/submission/step/manuscript/new.
ABBREVIATION OF JOURNAL NAME
J Health Sci Med / JHSM
DOI PREFIX
10.32322/jhsm.
ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY
The protocol for clinical research articles must be approved by the Ethics
Committee. In all studies conducted on humans, the “Material and Method”
section was approved by the relevant committee or the Helsinki
Declaration of Principles (https://www.wma.net/what-we-do/medical-ethics/declaration-of-helsinki/). It should be stated
in the text that all persons included in the study signed the Informed
Consent Form. The articles submitted to the Journal of Health
Sciences and Medicine will be deemed to have been conducted in
accordance with the Helsinki Declaration of Principles, and have
received ethical and legal permissions and will not be held responsible. If
“Animal” was used in the study, the authors stated in the Material and Method
section of the article that they protect animal rights in accordance with the
principles of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (www.nap.edu/catalog/5140.html), and that they have
received approval from the ethics committees of their institutions. it is
difficult. In case reports Informed Consent a should be obtained from patients
regardless of the identity of the patient. If the article includes the
institution (directly or indirectly) providing financial support for the
commercial connection or work, the authors; the commercial product used, the
drug, the company has no commercial relationship with, or if there is any
relationship (consultant, other agreements, etc.), the editor must inform the presentation
page. If the Ethics Committee Approval is required in the
article; the received document should be sent with the article. The article
should be passed by the authors for the academic plagiarism prevention program.
It is the authors’s responsibility to ensure that the article complies with the
ethical rules.
EXPRESSION OF ‘‘ARTICLE IS NOT PUBLISHED ELSEWHERE’’
Each author should indicate to the editor on the presentation page that
part or all of the manuscript is not published elsewhere and is not in the
process of being evaluated in another journal at the same time. Oral or poster
presentations presented at congresses should be indicated on the title page
with the name of the congress, place, and date. All responsibility for the
articles published in the journal (ethics, scientific, legal, etc.) belongs to
the authors.
COPYRIGHT TRANSFER FORM
Copyright Transfer Form (https://dergipark.org.tr/en/journal/2316/file/2434/download) can be obtained from
the link. Copyright Transfer Form should be filled is in English. According to the 1976 Copyright Act, all kinds of
publication rights of articles accepted for the publication belong to the
publisher.
WRITING LANGUAGE CONTROL
The publication language of the journal is English, and the
articles are accepted in only English. English articles and English Abstracts should be checked by a
professional linguist before being submitted. The spelling and grammatical
errors in the manuscript are corrected by our English language consultant and
editorial committee.
STATISTICS EVALUATION
All prospective, experimental and retrospective research articles should be
evaluated in terms of statistics (if required by the statistical expert) and
indicated by appropriate planning, analysis, and reporting.
ACCEPTANCE OF PUBLISHING
After the approval of the editors and referees, the publication date of the
article is taken into consideration. A DOI number is obtained
for each post.
ARTICLE WRITING RULES
Manuscripts are double-spaced with Microsoft Word, and title titles
(Abstract, Introduction, Material and Method, Results, Discussion, References,
etc.) are written in 12 pt., other parts of articles are written in 11 pt., 2.5 cm space should be written at the top and
bottom. The writing style should be Times New Roman. “System International”
(SI) units should be used. Figures, tables, pictures, and graphics should be
referenced in the text. Abbreviations should be given in parentheses where the
word first appears. English
should be 50% contiguous, a period (55.78) should be used in English manuscripts. The review
should not exceed 4000 words (excluding Abstract and References), research articles 4000 (excluding Abstract and References), case reports 2000 (excluding Abstract and References),
letters to the editor should not exceed 500 words (excluding References). Pages should be numbered
from the abstract page.
In randomized controlled trials CONSORT criteria must be followed.
Sections of Manuscript
1. Presentation to the Editor
This is the article that the author of the article sends to the editor of
the journal. In this section, it should be noted that part or all of the
article is not published elsewhere and is not in the process of being evaluated
in another journal at the same time, Material Support and Interest Relationship
”status, language and statistical checks are made.
2. Title Page
The category of the article submitted at the beginning of the page should
be indicated (clinical analysis, research article, experimental study, case
report, review, etc.). The names and surnames of all authors should be numbered
after the superscript and numbered from 1, and they should be added under the
names of the institutions, clinics, cities, and countries. On the title page, each
author's Orcid ID should be his/her e-mail address. This page should include
the Corresponding Author(s), name, full address, telephone and e-mail address. Oral or Poster presentations presented
at congresses should be indicated on the title page by giving the name, place,
and date of the congress.
3. Article File
There should be no names of authors and institutions, only this information
should be on the title page).
Title: There should be a short and clear title. It should not contain
abbreviations and should be written in English only. English abstracts should be written. In research articles; It should be divided
into sections of Aim, Material and Method, Results, and Conclusion and should not
exceed 400 words. In the review, case reports and the like, Abstract; it should
be short and one paragraph, and should not exceed 300 words in reviews and 250
words in case reports.
Keywords: English should be found at the end of the
abstract. A minimum of 3 and a maximum of 6 should be written. Words should be
separated by semicolons. Keywords should be submitted in accordance with
Subject Medical Subject Headings (MESH). (www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/MBrowser.html).
Figures, Photographs, Graphics, and Tables: It should be
indicated at the end of the sentence where it is mentioned in the text, should
not be placed in the text, and should be added to the end of the text after the
references. Abbreviations used should be indicated in the description below. If
previously printed figures, pictures, tables, and graphics are used, written
permission must be obtained and this permission should be stated in the
description of figures, pictures, tables, and graphics. The article should be
passed by the authors for the academic plagiarism prevention program. The
picture/photo should be in jpeg and at least 300 dpi
resolution.
Text Sections: The text samples to be sent for publication are as follows.
Editorial Comment/Discussion: It is the evaluation of the original
research articles published by the expert other than the authors. It is
published before the articles in the journal.
Research Article: Prospective-retrospective and all kinds of experimental studies can
be published. Abstract (approximately 400 words; aim, material and method,
findings and conclusion, keywords sections in English only), Introduction,
Material and Method, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgments (if necessary),
References.
Review: Can be prepared by invited authors or directly. It can be prepared to
include the latest medical literature for any subject that has medical
characteristics. Abstract (approximately 300 words, unpartitioned, English only, and keywords), Main Text, References.
Case Report: These are rare or different articles in diagnosis and treatment. It
should be supported with a sufficient number of photographs and diagrams.
Abstract (approximately 250 words; no section; English only, and keywords), Introduction,
Case report, Discussion, Conclusions.
Letter to the Editor: The articles that are published in the journal
within the last year include a maximum of 500 words containing various
opinions, experiences and questions of the readers. There are no Title and
Abstract sections. The number of references is limited to 5 (max. 10). It should be
indicated which article (number, date) is dedicated and in the end there should
be the name, institution, and address of the author. The answer to the letter
is given by the editor or the author(s) of the article and published in the
journal.
Education: Scientific articles supported by the latest clinical and laboratory
applications that send messages to readers on current issues within the scope
of the journal. Abstract (approximately 250 words; no section; English only), Main Text, References.
Book Evaluations: Evaluations of national or internationally accepted books of current value
within the scope of the journal.
Ethical Responsibility/Rules: The protocol of clinical research
articles must be approved by the Ethics Committee. In all studies
conducted on humans, the “Material and Method” section was approved by the
relevant committee or the Helsinki Declaration of Principles (https://www.wma.net/what-we-do/medical-ethics/declaration-of-helsinki/). It should be stated
in the text that all persons included in the study signed the am Informed
Consent Form ”. The articles submitted to the Journal of
Health Sciences and Medicine will be deemed to have been conducted in
accordance with the Helsinki Declaration of Principles, and have
received ethical and legal permissions and will not be held responsible. If the
“Animal” item was used in the study, the authors stated that in the Material
and Method section of the article, they protect the animal rights in their
studies in accordance with the principles of Guide for the Care and Use
of Laboratory Animals (www.nap.edu/catalog/5140.html) and that they have
received approval from the ethics committees of their institutions. must
specify. In case reports, Informed Consent a should be obtained from patients
regardless of the identity of the patient. If the article includes the
institution (directly or indirectly) providing financial support for the
commercial connection or work, the authors; the commercial product used, the
drug, the company has no commercial relationship with, or if there is any
relationship (consultant, other agreements, etc.), the editor must inform the
presentation page. If Ethics Committee Approval is required in
the article; the received document should be sent with the article. The
manuscript should be submitted to the Academic Plagiarism Prevention
Program by the authors. It is the authors' responsibility to ensure
that the article complies with the ethical rules.
Relationship between Financial Support and Interest: At the end of the
article, the persons and organizations that support the work, if any, and the
relationships of interest of these organizations with the authors, if any,
should be indicated. In the absence, “There is no person/organization
that supports the study financially and the authors do not have any
interest-based relationship” should
be written.
Acknowledgments: If any should be written before references.
References: References should be written according to the order of arrival. If
the number of authors in the source is 6 or less, all authors (surname and
first name should be the first letter, the names of the authors should be
separated by commas) should be specified; (‘’et al”), the name of the article
(only the first letter of the sentence and the first letter of the special
names will be capitalized), short journal name, year, volume, short page number
(15-8, not 15-18) and a space between the punctuation marks. The format used
for the manuscript submission should be as specified in Index Medicus (www.icmje.org). The list of
references should only include studies that have been published or accepted for
publication or have a Doi number.
Journal abbreviations should follow the style used in Cumulated
Index Medicus (http://www2.bg.am.poznan.pl/czasopisma/medicus.php?lang=eng.). The number of
references should be limited to 40 in research articles, 60 in reviews, 20 in
case reports and 5 (max. 10) in letter to the editor. References should be given in
parentheses at the end of the sentence just before the period. For example
(4,5). The author (s) is responsible for the accuracy of the references.
Importance should be given to the synthesis of domestic and foreign sources.
4. Figures, Graphics, Pictures and Tables Titles
Titles should be written after the references. Each must be submitted as a
separate image file (at least 300 dpi resolution, jpg).
After the article is accepted for publication, the first copy of the string
will be sent to the responsible author by e-mail. In this text, only the
spelling errors will be corrected and no additions or substitutions will be
made. The responsible author will notify the editorial center by e-mail of the
corrections within 2 days.
Source Writing Examples
Excerpt from the journals;
Cesur S, Aslan T, Hoca NT, Cimen F, Tarhan G, Cifci A. Clinical importance
of serum neopterin level in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis. Int J
Mycobacteriol 2014; 3: 15-8 (not 15-18).
Excerpt from the book;
Tos M. Cartilage tympanoplasty. 1st ed. Stuttgart-New York: Georg Thieme
Verlag; 2009.
Excerpt from the book, which is the only author and editor;
Neinstein LS. The office visit, interview techniques, and recommendations
to parents. In: Neinstein LS (ed). Adolescent Health Care. A practical guide.
3rd ed. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins; 1996: 46-60.
Excerpt from the book with multiple authors and editors;
Schulz JE, Parran T Jr.: Principles of identification and intervention. In:
Principles of Addiction Medicine, Graem AW. Shultz TK (eds). American Society
of Addiction Medicine, 3rd ed. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins; 1998: 1-10.
If the editor is also the author of the chapter in the book;
Diener HC, Wilkinson M (editors). Drug-induced headache. In: Headache.
First ed., New York: Springer-Verlag; 1988: 45-67.
Excerpt from PhD / undergraduate thesis;
Kilic C. General Health Survey: A Study of Reliability and Validity. phD
Thesis, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry,
Ankara; 1992.
Excerpt from an internet site;
Site name, URL address, author names, access date should be given in
detail.
Giving a Doi number;
Joos S, Musselmann B, Szecsenyi J. Integration of complementary and
alternative medicine into the family market in Germany: Result of National
Survey. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 2011 (doi: 10.1093 / ecam / nep019).
For other reference styles, see “ICMJE Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts
Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Sample References”.
Eder I hereby declare that all or part of the material in this study has
not previously been published in any place and is not currently being evaluated
elsewhere for publication. electronic submissions and all kinds of
pre-declarations.
Sponsorship Statement
Authors should declare if any, the roles of sponsors of the study:
1. Design of study 2. Data collection, analysis, and interpretation of the
results 3. Writing the report
CHECKLIST / CONTROL LIST
The checklist must be completed.
What should be in the article;
-Editor to Presentation Page
- Title Page
• Ethical Status,
• cümle Conflict of Interest ”
• Orcid numbers and author information should be on this page.
-Main Text
- Copyright Transfer Form
- Similarity Rate -Max. 20%
Articles should not contain a Turkish section: Article Name, Abstract, and Keywords, etc.
1. Presentation Page to the Editor: It should be written by the
responsible author addressed to the editor. Phone and E-mail must be added. The
title, short name of the submitted article, Unpublished previously, has
not been sent to any journal for review and is the original work of the authors
”should include a Conflict of Interest Statement“.
2. Title Page: Only English Article titles / Short titles,
Authors and Institutions, Corresponding Author's postal address and
telephone, Orcid no (mandatory since January 2019)
and E-mail addresses of all authors. Special names and
lowercase letters should be used in the title.
3. Main Pages of the Article: Only English Article Titles /
Short Titles, English Abstract and Keywords, Article Text,
References, Tables, Graphics, Pictures and Figures Titles. This page will not
contain author names or institution information.
4. Font: Titles should be “Times New Roman and 12 pt, the other parts of the
article should be written with 11 pt, double-spaced line spacing, and 2.5 cm
indentation in all areas.
5. Abstract: English abstract
should begin with the title ABSTRACT and include the sections “Introduction /
Aim, Material and Method, Findings / Results, Conclusion.
6. Keywords should be added under the abstract in “Keywords, under English
Abstract”. Keywords should be at least 3, at most 6 words/words, separated by
commas, and should be MeSH-compliant.
7. Material and Method section should indicate the approval of
the Ethics Committee (it is recommended to include the place,
date, ethics committee number). In articles that do not require Ethics
Committee Approval, it should be stated that the Approval / Permission of
the Institution has been obtained (in order to avoid Conflict of Interest).
Related documents should be sent on request. It should be noted that the author
(s) is responsible for ethical problems.
8. Statistical Terms (such as p, r, α) should not be used in the
discussion.
9. “Financial Support/Conflict of Interest Status; should be
stated before the bibliography and“ Acknowledgment ”should be
written before the bibliography.
10. References Representation; should be as detailed in the
spelling rules. Journal's number, etc. number “(2) is not in the bibliography.
In articles with up to six authors, the names of all authors should be written
(with the first letter of surname and first name), and for articles with seven
or more authors, the first three authors should be cited as et al (et al.). The
name of the manuscript should be in the form of sentence usage (except for
special names and first letter). The journal should be given a short name. A
space must be left between the punctuation marks after the journal name.
11. Tables, Graphics, Pictures, and Figures should be placed
under a separate title after the bibliography. Figures / Images (at least 300
dpi resolution, must be jpeg file) and Tables should be submitted as one or
more separate files.
12. Copyright Transfer Form: Must be filled in the original
language of the manuscript. It must be signed by all authors. In the absence of
the signature of all authors, the Corresponding Author may
take responsibility and sign on behalf of all authors.
13. The similarity rate should be maximum 20%.
CONTACT
Assoc. Prof. Aydın ÇİFCİ, MD
dr.aydin.71@hotmail.com
Assoc. Prof. Alpaslan TANOĞLU, MD
alpaslantanoglu@yahoo.com
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