Manuscript Preparation
Language: Turkish, English
The language of the journal is Turkish and English.
Article Types: Research article, review, letter to the editor, special issue: congress/workshop/symposium
However, we advise the authors to make the work as concise as possible for dissemination.
Article Format: In accordance with the article template
Image Format: TIFF or JPEG format, resolution at least 300 dpi
Citation Style: APA 7
Author Change: Only processed before the manuscript is accepted. Authors should carefully review the list and order of authors before submitting their manuscript and provide the final author list at the time of original submission.
Manuscript Guidelines:
1. This information about the author(s) will be removed by the journal editorial office during the evaluation process in accordance with the principles of blind refereeing. If the article is derived from a thesis or other scientific work, this should be indicated in a footnote to the article title on the first page of the article.
2. It is important that the submitted manuscripts are original. It is requested that they should not be in the process of publication in another journal. In addition, it does not accept studies whose full text is published in congresses. It is assumed that an author accepts these responsibilities from the moment he/she submits his/her work to the journal. Authors are not paid royalties. The Editorial Board reserves the right not to accept manuscripts on the grounds that they do not comply with the rules, to request corrections and to reorganise them.
3. After the applications uploaded to the system are pre-checked in terms of document-information and formal requirements, they will be passed to the editorial evaluation and then sent to two referees from the field to initiate blind refereeing.
4. The texts of the manuscripts to be submitted for publication in the journal should be at least 10 (ten) and at most 25 (twenty-five) pages, including everything in accordance with the template. For articles exceeding these limits, the evaluation of the editorial board will be based on the evaluation of the editorial board.
5. For manuscripts submitted to the journal, APA 7 rules must be followed in footnotes and bibliography
6. All articles should be written using a standard A4 size word file with 2.5 cm wide margins on all sides, left 3 cm.
7. References, figures or tables should be numbered according to the order of occurrence in the text.
8. The text should be typed in Times New Roman font with a single space (3 nk before and after) in a 10-point font that is aligned on both sides and without syllabic line breaks.
9. Care should be taken to leave a single space between words and after the sentence point. The left indent for the paragraph should be set by clicking once with the tab key (0.5 cm).
10. The International System of Units (SI) should be used for units of measurement.
11. All pages of the article should be numbered at the end of the page (in the centre).
12. All manuscripts must comply with Turkish spelling rules and punctuation marks must be appropriate.
13. In all articles; Title page, cover letter, article file (without author names), Figures-Pictures, Tables and graphics, Copyright Transfer Form, originality report and ethical declaration and consent form, if necessary, should be uploaded as separate files.
14. About article sections: 1-Cover Page: The full title of the article in Turkish and English and a short title in Turkish with no more than 50 characters, the full names and surnames of all authors, ORCID numbers, institutions, name of the corresponding author, work or mobile phone number, e-mail and correspondence address should be indicated (For English articles uploaded by authors whose mother tongue is not Turkish, the requirement to add Turkish Title is optional). Information about the authors and their organisations should not be included in the main text (including the materials and methods section), tables, figures and video documents, except on the title page. Details of any grants or other sources of support, and acknowledgements to individuals who contributed to the preparation of the manuscript but do not meet the criteria for authorship should also be included on the cover page.
15. 2-Main article file; 1. Title (14 pt.), 2. Turkish abstract (8 pt., minimum 100, maximum 250 words: All manuscripts except Letters to the Editor must include Turkish and English abstracts) and keywords (3-5), 3. English abstract and keywords, 4. Main part of the manuscript (10 pt: Introduction, institutional framework/literature review 8if necessary), Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion and Conclusion. Sections such as suggestion, financial support, acknowledgement can be added depending on the author), 5. Publication ethics statement and conflict of interest statement, 6. References, 7. Tables and their explanations (8 pt, no spacing), 8. Figures and figures with their descriptions, 9. Subtitles if necessary. Figures, graphics and images should be uploaded as separate files (TIFF or JPEG format, resolution at least 300 dpi) through the article submission system, and should also be shown in the main text after the tables on a separate page. The visuals such as tables, graphs, figures or diagrams to be used in the articles should be designed by the authors and should not be copied directly.
16. plagiarism is generally understood as "passing off" someone else's research or work as your own. all articles submitted to our journal will be screened for similarity and anomaly, and studies with more than 15% similarity will not be accepted except for the references section.
17. we recommend that all authors provide clear researcher and contributor identification (orcid). for orcid, authors must register on the orcid website at https://orcid.org/register. registration is free for every researcher in the world.
18. Authors should mark the changes they have made in the main text in colour when submitting their revision files. responses to the referees should be indicated in a separate word file.
Reference Styles
Articles should be prepared according to APA 7 Citation System.
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Final Checklist
It is hoped that this list will be useful during the final check of the manuscript before it is uploaded to the journal system.
Make sure that the following items are present:
1. Author information added.
- E-mail address
- Full postal address
- Telephone number
2. All necessary files have been uploaded.
- Article text
- Copyright Agreement
3. The article has been "spell-checked" and "grammar-checked".
4. All references mentioned in the bibliography are cited in the text and vice versa.
Submit Article
The account of the corresponding author of the study should be used in the submissions. All correspondence regarding the application is sent to the corresponding author by e-mail sent through the journal system.
When uploading the manuscript file, make sure that this file does not contain any elements that will decipher the identity of the author due to the double-blind review process.
Files You Need to Upload Separately:
1) Full Article Text
During submission, the following commitment is obtained from the author electronically:
1. I am authorised/authorised by the co-authors to submit this work to your journal.
2. The manuscript is original, has not been formally published in another peer-reviewed journal, is not under consideration by another journal, and does not violate any existing copyright or other third-party rights.
3. I/we agree that if the article is accepted for editorial publication, it will be licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) licence.
4. The copyright and intellectual property rights of the author(s) or, if applicable, the author(s)' employer are reserved. The author(s) undertake(s) that the publisher is not responsible for any claims or lawsuits to be filed by third parties due to copyright infringement, and that they bear full responsibility.
5. The author(s) undertake(s) that there are no criminal offences or illegal expressions in the article, and that no illegal materials and methods were used during the research.
Author's Guidelines
Duties and Responsibilities of Authors
Authorship and Contribution
Authorship should be limited to those who made significant contributions to the conception, design, conduct, or interpretation of the study. All significant contributors should be listed as co-authors. If there are minor contributors, e.g. language editing, they should be acknowledged in the acknowledgements section. The corresponding author should ensure that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the manuscript and agree to its submission for publication. Authors are expected to carefully review the list and order of authors before submitting their manuscript and to provide the final author list at the time of original submission. Only in exceptional circumstances will the editor consider the addition, deletion, or reorganisation of authors after the manuscript has been submitted. All authors must agree to any such addition, deletion or reorganisation. Authors take joint responsibility for the work.
Author Change Requests
Addition, deletion or rearrangement of author names in the author list can only be made before the manuscript is accepted and only if approved by the Editor of the journal.
If such a change is requested, the Editor will request from the responsible author (a) the reason for the change in the author list and (b) written confirmation (e-mail) from all authors that they agree to the addition. Only in exceptional cases will the Editor consider the addition, deletion or reorganisation of authors after the article has been accepted.
Article Writing
Authors of original research papers should address the topic in an original way and with an objective discussion. The paper should include sufficient detail and references to allow others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly false statements constitute unethical behaviour and are unacceptable.
Originality
The author should provide assurance that the article is original, has not been previously published elsewhere, and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, in another language.
Using Original Sources and Citation
Authors must ensure that they have written entirely original work and, if they have used the work or words of others, that this is properly cited. Privately obtained information, such as in conversations, correspondence or discussions with third parties, should not be used without the express written permission of the source.
Multiple and Simultaneous Publication
An author should not publish an article containing the same research in more than one journal. It is unethical to submit the same article to more than one journal at the same time. An author should not submit a previously published article for consideration in another journal, except in the form of an abstract.
Publication of Studies Based on Questionnaires and Interviews
For research in all disciplines that require ethics committee approval (ethics committee approval must be obtained, this approval must be stated and documented in the article. In researches requiring ethics committee approval, information about the approval (name of the committee, date and number) should be included in the method section, as well as on one of the first/last pages of the article; in case reports, information on the signature of the informed consent form should be included in the article.
Conflict of Interest
Any financial or other interest that may cause the person to be conflicted in his/her work, significantly impair his/her objectivity, or provide an unfair advantage in favour of any person or organisation. All sources of financial support received during the conduct of the research and preparation of the manuscript and the role of sponsors in the study should be disclosed. If there is no source of funding, this should also be indicated. Examples of potential conflicts of interest that should be disclosed include consultancies, salaries, grants. Potential conflicts of interest should be disclosed at the earliest possible stage.
Error Reporting
When an author notices a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her published work, he/she should notify the journal immediately. It is also the author's obligation to co-operate in withdrawing or correcting the manuscript if deemed necessary by the editor. If the editor or publisher learns from a third party that a published work contains errors, it is the author's obligation to co-operate with the editor, including informing the editor.
Image Integrity
It is unacceptable to enhance, darken, move, remove or add a specific feature in an image. Authors must adhere to the policy for graphic images implemented by the journal.
