Information For Authors Context The primary aim of the Azerbaijan Journal
of Cardiovascular Surgery (AZJCVS) is to provide a medium for the publication
of high-quality original scientiϐic reports documenting progress in cardiac and
thoracic surgery. Manuscripts submitted for publication in AZJCVS should cover
topics related to cardiovascular surgery and related areas. Azerbaijan Journal
of Cardiovascular Surgery scientific, open access periodical published by
independent, unbiased, and triple-blinded peer-review principles. The official
language of the journal are English and published three annually in March, July
and October. Manuscripts must be written
in English and must meet the requirements of the journal. Editorial and Publication Process The editorial and publication processes of the journal
are shaped in accordance with the guidelines of the International Council of
Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), the World Association of Medical
Editors (WAME), the Council of Science Editors (CSE), the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the
European Association of Science Editors (EASE), and National Information
Standards Organization (NISO). The journal conforms to the
Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing (doaj.org/bestpractice).
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. The journal should be informed of
manuscripts that have been submitted to another journal for evaluation and
rejected for publication. The submission of previous reviewer reports will
expedite the evaluation process. Manuscripts that have been presented in a
meeting should be submitted with detailed information on the organization,
including the name, date, and location of the organization. Manuscript Evaluation Process As a peer-reviewed journal that is independent,
impartial and in compliance with the principles of double-blinded peer review,
after checking the compliance of the submitted manuscript with the writing
rules and plagiarism control, all articles are reviewed by the editor-in-chief,
section editor, at least two reviewers, and statistic editor. All evaluation
process except Editor-in-Chief is done double-blinded. After all these
processes are completed, the Editor-in-Chief decides whether to publish or reject
the article. In the final stage, the plagiarism review is repeated once more. Initial Evaluation Process The Editor–in-Chief evaluates the article in
accordance with the purpose and scope of the journal, its suitability to the
writing rules, and the adequacy of English language. First plagiarism control
is done in this stage. While the articles that are deemed suitable according to
the results of the plagiarism report are included in the preliminary evaluation
process, the articles that are not approved are returned to the corresponding
author. Pre-Assessment Process During the pre-assessment process, the manuscripts
that received the favorable opinions of the editor-in-chief, and passed the
plagiarism check are referred to the section editor. The manuscript is reviewed
by section editor in terms of scientific suitability to the journal, and
sections of the manuscript (abstract, introduction, method, results,
discussion, conclusion), As a result of this, the section editor is started
reviewer evaluation process and send at least 2 reviewers or send back to the
Editor-in-Chief with comments. Reviewer evaluation process According to the contents of the manuscripts, at least
two reviewers whose studies have been published relevant to the field of
medicine in question in international indices within the last five years is
determined by the Section Editor or Editor-in-Chief. Reports of the Reviewers The reviewers evaluate the manuscript in terms of its
scientific suitability, purpose, method, results, and discussion. Proposals for
corrections requested by the reviewers are communicated to the corresponding
author, and the authors are asked to revise their work. The authors should
submit their revised manuscript within 15 days. The revised manuscript is
submitted by the corresponding authors via the online submission system. Then,
the re-submitted manuscript is sent to the reviewers for re-evaluation and the
Editor-in-Chief is notified. If one of the two reviewers expresses a negative
opinion, then the manuscript is sent to the third reviewer for evaluation. Statistical Review The manuscript approved by the reviewers is evaluated
by the section editor and then sent to the Editor-in-Chief with comments. If
the Editor-in-Chief has a positive opinion for the manuscript after these
evaluations, the manuscript is sent to the statistic editor for statistical
evaluation. After the statistic editor evaluation, if need, the manuscript is
sent back to the corresponding author with the comments and asked for the
revision. After the re-submission of the revised manuscript, the statistic
editor re-evaluates it and sends it back to the Editor-in-Chief with the
comments. Finally, the Editor-in-Chief decides to accept or reject the
manuscript. Publication Process Accepted Clinical studies or experimental researches
and Case are presentations may be published three to six months later dependent
on the publication density of incoming manuscripts. Accepted manuscripts are
copy-edited for grammar, punctuation, and format. A PDF proof of the accepted
manuscript is sent to the corresponding author and their publication approval
is requested within 3 days of their receipt of the proof. Publication Fee Article processing charges Azerbaijan Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery uses Pleksus article tracking system software. With the
journal infrastructure, instant open access to articles is provided and
articles published in journals are made available online free of charge all
over the world. You do not need to be a member to access the articles. All
articles in the system can be accessed and read without being a journal user.
No fee is charged for article submission, evaluation and publication. In
addition, authors are not paid royalties for their articles. Peer Review Process The peer review process is double-blind, i.e., both
authors and referees are kept anonymous. Pre-evaluation process of each
submission is carried out by the Editorial Board. Manuscripts may be rejected
without peer review by the editorin-chief if they do not comply with the
instructions to authors or if they are beyond the scope of the journal. Any
manuscript that does not conform to the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts
Submitted to Biomedical Journals, as reported at
http://www.icmje.org/icmje-recommendations.pdf, will also be rejected.
Manuscripts are scanned for plagiarism or duplication. In case of an ethical
issue on plagiarism or duplication, the Editorial Board will act in accordance
with the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). The manuscripts which pass this
stage are assigned to at least two double-blind peer-reviewers with a
statistics reviewer. Reviewers are selected among independent experts who has
published publications in the international literature on the submission
subject and received considerable amount of citations. Research articles,
systematic reviews, and meta-analyses are also reviewed by a biostatistician.
By submitting a manuscript to the journal, authors accept that editor may
implement changes on their manuscripts including misleading statements and
mistypings, as long as the main idea of the manuscript is not interfered. Ethical Procedures 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. Submissions
which do not have ethical approval will be reviewed according to COPE’s Research, Audit and Service Evaluations guideline. Such manuscripts can be rejected after editorial
review due to the lack of ethics committee approval.
For manuscripts concerning experimental research on humans, a statement should
be included that written informed consent of patients and volunteers was
obtained following a detailed explanation of the procedures that they may
undergo. It is the authors’ responsibility to protect the
patients’ anonymity carefully. For photographs that may reveal the identity of
the patients, signed releases of the patient or their legal representative
should be enclosed, and the publication approval must be provided in the
Methods section. For studies carried out on animals, an approval
research protocols by the Ethics Committee in accordance with international
agreements (Guide for the care and use of laboratory animals, 8th edition,
2011" and/or “International Guiding Principles for Biomedical Research
Involving Animals, 2012”) is required. Also, the measures taken to prevent pain
and suffering of the animals should be stated clearly in such studies. Information on patient consent, the name of the ethics
committee, and the ethics committee approval number and date should also be
stated in the Methods section of the manuscript. Plagiarism and Ethical Misconduct Policy of screening for plagiarism: Azerbaijan
Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery is extremely sensitive about
plagiarism. All submissions are screened by a similarity detection software
(iThenticate by CrossCheck) at any point during the peer-review and/or
production process. Even if you are the author of the phrases or sentences, the
text should not have an unacceptable similarity with the previously published
data. Those with an overall similarity index of greater than 21%, or
duplication rate at or higher than 5% with a single source are returned back to
authors without further evaluation along with the similarity report. When you are discussing others' (or your own) previous
work, please make sure that you cite the material correctly in every instance. Authors are strongly recommended to avoid any form
plagiarism and ethical misconduct that are exemplified below. Self- plagiarism (text-recycling): Overlapping
sections or sentences with the author’s previous publications without citing
them. Even if you are the author of the phrases or sentences, the text should
not have unacceptable similarity with the previously published data.
Salami slicing: Using the same data of a research into several different
articles. Reporting the same hypotheses, population, and methods of a study is
into different papers is not acceptable.
Data Fabrication: It is the addition of data that never occurred during the
gathering of data or the experiments. Results and their interpretation must be
based on the complete data sets and reported accordingl. Data Manipulation/Falsification: It means manipulating
research data with the intention of giving a false impression. This includes
manipulating images (e.g. micrographs, gels, radiological images), removing
outliers or ‘inconvenient’ results, changing data points, etc.
In the event of alleged or suspected research misconduct, e.g., plagiarism,
citation manipulation, and data falsification/fabrication, the Editorial Board
will follow and act according to COPE flowcharts. Preprint
Azerbaijan Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery does not consider preprint publications as prior
publication. In other words, authors are allowed to present and discuss their
findings on a non-commercial preprint server before submission to a journal. Authors must provide the journal with the pre-print
server deposition of their article accompanying its DOI during initial
submission. If the article is published in the Azerbaijan Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, it is
the responsibility of the authors to update the archived preprint and link it
to the published version of the article. Authorship
Each person listed as an author should fulfill the authorship criteria
recommended by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE
- www.icmje.org). The ICMJE recommends that authorship is based on
the following four criteria: 1.Substantial contributions to the conception or
design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for
the work; AND 2.Drafting the work or revising it critically for
important intellectual content; AND 3.Final approval of the version to be published; AND 4.Agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the
work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any
part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved. In addition to being accountable for the parts of the
work he/she has done, an author should be able to identify which co-authors are
responsible for specific other parts of the work. Also, authors should have
confidence in the integrity of the contributions of their co-authors. All those designated as authors should meet all four
criteria for authorship, and all who meet the four criteria should be
identified as authors. Those who do not meet all four criteria should be
acknowledged on the title page of the manuscript. Azerbaijan Journal of Cardiovascular
Surgery requires
corresponding authors to submit a signed and scanned version of the authorship
contribution form (available for download through https://azjcvs.org/en the initial submission process to
act appropriately on authorship rights and to prevent ghost or honorary
authorship. If the editorial board suspects a case of “gift authorship,” the
submission will be rejected without further review. As part of the submission
of the manuscript, the corresponding author should also send a short statement
declaring that he/she accepts to undertake all the responsibility for
authorship during the submission and review stages of the manuscript. Changes to Authorship Azerbaijan Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery reviews the authorship according to
the author’s declaration in the Title Page, thus it is the authors
responsibility to send the final order of the complete author names. Requests
in the change of authorship (e.g. removal/addition of the authors, change in
the order etc) after submission are subject to editorial approval. Editorial
Board will investigate this kind of cases and act following COPE flowcharts. Change of authorship requests should be submitted to
the Editorial Office with an official letter stating the reasons of the change.
The letter must be signed by all authors and include their approval on the
change in authorship. If the request is approved by the Editorial Board,
authors need to submit a new Copyright Agreement Form according to the final
order list. Declaration of Interest Azerbaijan Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery requires and encourages the authors
and the individuals involved in the evaluation process of submitted manuscripts
to disclose any existing or potential conflicts of interest, including
financial, consultant, and institutional, that might lead to potential bias or
a conflict of interest. Any financial grants or other support received for a
submitted study from individuals or institutions should be disclosed to the
Editorial Board. To disclose a potential conflict of interest, the ICMJE Potential
Conflict of Interest Disclosure Form should be filled in and submitted by all
contributing authors. The journal’s Editorial Board resolves cases of a
potential conflict of interest of the editors, authors, or reviewers within the
scope of COPE and ICMJE guidelines. The Editorial Board of the journal handles all appeal
and complaint cases within the scope of COPE guidelines. In such cases, authors
should get in direct contact with the editorial office regarding their appeals
and complaints. When needed, an ombudsperson may be assigned to resolve claims
that cannot be resolved internally. The Editor in Chief is the final authority
in the decision-making process for all appeals and complaints. Appeals and complaint The Editorial Board of the journal handles all appeal
and complaint cases within the scope of COPE guidelines. In such cases, authors
should get in direct contact with the editorial office regarding their appeals
and complaints. When needed, an ombudsperson may be assigned to resolve claims
that cannot be resolved internally. The Editor in Chief is the final authority
in the decision-making process for all appeals and complaints. Copyright and License Azerbaijan Journal of Cardiovascular
Surgery requires each submission to be accompanied by a Copyright Agreement and
Acknowledgement of Authorship Form (available for download https://azjcvs.org/en when using previously published
content, including figures, tables, or any other material in both print and
electronic formats, authors must obtain permission from the copyright holder.
Legal, financial and criminal liabilities in this regard belong to the
author(s). By signing this form, authors retain the copyright of their work and
agree that the article, if accepted for publication by the Azerbaijan
Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery will be
licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC) 4.0
International License which permits third parties to share and adapt the
content for non-commercial purposes by giving the appropriate credit to the
original work. When using previously published
content, including figures, tables, or any other material in both print and
electronic formats, authors must obtain permission from the copyright holder.
Legal, financial and criminal liabilities in this regard belong to the
author(s). Disclaimer
Statements or opinions expressed in the manuscripts published in Azerbaijan Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
sreflect the views of the author(s) and not the opinions of the editors, the
editorial board, or the publisher; the editors, the editorial board, and the
publisher disclaim any responsibility or liability for such materials. The
final responsibility regarding the published content rests with the authors. Manuscript Preparation The manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with
ICMJE-Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of
Scholarly Work in Medical Journals (updated in December 2019 - http://www.icmje.org/icmje-recommendations.pdf). Authors are required to prepare
manuscripts in accordance with the CONSORT guidelines for randomized research
studies, STROBE guidelines for observational original research studies, STARD
guidelines for studies on diagnostic accuracy, PRISMA guidelines for systematic
reviews and meta-analysis, ARRIVE guidelines for experimental animal studies,
and TREND guidelines for non-randomized public behavior. Please ensure your
case report or case series is compliant with the SCARE Guidelines and submit a
completed. Please ensure your case series is compliant with the PROCESS
Guidelines. Manuscripts can only be submitted through the
journal’s online manuscript submission and evaluation system, available at https://azjcvs.org/en submitted via any other medium and
submissions by anyone other than one of the authors will not be evaluated. Manuscripts submitted to the journal will first go
through a technical evaluation process where the editorial office staff will
ensure that the manuscript has been prepared and submitted in accordance with
the journal’s guidelines. Submissions that do not conform to the journal’s
guidelines will be returned to the submitting author with technical correction
requests. Authors are required to submit the following:
- Link eklenecek
- ICMJE
Potential Conflict of Interest Disclosure Form (should be filled in by all
contributing authors) during the initial submission. These forms are
available for download at https://azjcvs.org/en The process for handling cases
requiring corrections, retractions, and editorial expressions of concern
Azerbaijan Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery publishes Original Articles on
clinical and experimental research related to any area of medicine. Editorials,
letter to the Editor, Review articles, Case reports and technical note on
clinical observations may also be considered. By submitting a manuscript to
this journal, authors accept that their manuscript may be screened for
plagiarism against previously published works. The corresponding author will receive an e-mail that
informs the status of manuscript at any step of reviewing and publishing
process. Azerbaijan Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery now offers
Accepted Articles for all articles within a short time of acceptance. All
process will be completed within one or two months from the receiving of
submitted manuscript. Corrections, Retractions & Expressions of Concern To provide a better service to the researchers in the
academic community, the International Azerbaijan
Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery believes that clarity in the
publishing record is a must for information distribution. Recognizing a
published article as a finalized “Version of Record” indicates that it is
accurate, complete, and citable. The Azerbaijan
Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery defines this Version of Record as the
initial article publication for open access journals. It is assumed that manuscripts report on the work
based on honest observations. However, occasionally information becomes
available which may contradict this. In such cases, the Azerbaijan Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery applies Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)
guidelines on corrections, retractions, and expressions of concern. Corrections: Errors in published papers may be identified
that requires publication of a correction in the form of a corrigendum or
erratum. Since articles can be read and cited as soon as they are published,
any changes thereafter could potentially impact those who read and cited the
earlier version. The Azerbaijan Journal of
Cardiovascular Surgery provides authors an opportunity to review the
article proofs prior to publication with the purpose of ensuring the accuracy
of the content. Publishing an erratum or corrigendum increases the likelihood
readers will find out about the change and also explains the specifics of the
change. Corrigenda and Errata will appear on a numbered page
and contain the citation of the original article. If these corrections are
insufficient to address an error, the Editor-in-Chief will handle them on a
case-by-case basis. Inadequacies arising from the normal course of new
scientific research are not within the scope of this and do not require any
correction or withdrawal. Expressions of Concern & Retractions: Where substantial doubt arises
as to the honesty or integrity of a submitted or published article, it is the
Editor-in-Chief's responsibility to ensure that the matter is adequately
addressed, usually by the authors' sponsoring institution. In general, the
Editor-in-Chief is not responsible for conducting the investigation or making a
definite decision. The Editor-in-Chief should be promptly informed of the
decision of the sponsoring institution and a retraction printed should it be
determined that a fraudulent paper was published. Alternatively, the
Editor-in-Chief may choose to publish an expression of concern over the aspects
of the conduct or integrity of the work. Retractions will appear on a numbered page and contain
the citation of the original article. Preparation of the Manuscript Title page: A separate title page should be submitted
with all submissions and this page should include:
- The
full title of the manuscript as well as a short title (running head) of no
more than 50 characters,
- Include
only full names of the authors directly affiliated with the work. The
maximum number of authors is eight for original articles, five for case
reports and “How to Do It” articles, three for interesting images, and
correspondence. Exceeding numbers will have to be justified to the Editor.
Include the name and location of no more than two institutional
affiliations where the work was actually done. If more than one department
or institution are given, indicate affiliation of each author.
- Name(s),
affiliations, highest academic degree(s), and ORCID IDs of the
author(s),• Grant information and detailed information on the
other sources of support,
- Name,
address, telephone (including the mobile phone number), and email address
of the corresponding author,
- Acknowledgment
of the individuals who contributed to the preparation of the manuscript
but who do not fulfill the authorship criteria.
ORCID ID The Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID) number
of each author must be submitted when creating an account for correspondence.
To obtain an ORCID number, please visit https://orcid.org/ Abstract: An abstract should be submitted with all submissions
except for Letters to the Editor. Please check Table 1 below for word count
specifications. Keywords: Each submission must be accompanied by a minimum
of three to a maximum of six keywords for subject indexing at the end of the
abstract. The words should be separated by a semicolon (;). The keywords should
be listed in full without abbreviations. The keywords should be selected from
the National Library of Medicine, Medical Subject Headings database (https://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/MBrowser.html).
Manuscript Types Original Articles: This is the most important type of article since it
provides new information based on original research. Acceptance of original
papers will be based upon the originality and importance of the investigation.
The main text of original articles should be structured with Introduction,
Material and Methods, Results, and Discussion subheadings. Please check Table 1
for the limitations for Original Articles. Clinical Trials Azerbaijan Journal of Cardiovascular
Surgery adopts the
ICMJE's clinical trial registration policy, which requires that clinical trials
must be registered in a publicly accessible registry that is a primary register
of the WHO International Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP) or in
ClinicalTrials.gov.
Instructions for the clinical trials are listed below.
• Clinical trial registry is only required for the prospective research
projects that study the relationship between a health-related intervention and
an outcome by assigning people.
• To have their manuscript evaluated in the journal, author should register
their research to a public registry at or before the time of first patient
enrollment.
• Based on most up to date ICMJE recommendations Azerbaijan Journal of Cardiovascular
Surgery accepts
public registries that include minimum acceptable 24-item trial registration
dataset.
• Authors are required to state a data sharing plan for the clinical trial
registration. Please see details under “Data Sharing” section.
• For further details, please check ICMJE Clinical
Trial Policy at
http://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/publishing-and-editorial-issues/clinical-trial-registration.html Data Sharing
Authors are required to provide a data sharing statement for the articles that
reports the results of a clinical trial. The data sharing statement should
indicate the items below according to the ICMJE data sharing policy:
• Whether individual deidentified participant data will be shared
• What data in particular will be shared
• Whether additional, related documents will be available
• When the data will be available and for how long
• By what access criteria will be shared
Authors are recommended to check the ICMJE data sharing examples at
http://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/publishing-and-editorial-issues/clinical-trial-registration.html
While submitting a clinical trial to Azerbaijan Journal of Cardiovascular
Surgery,
• Authors
are required to make registration to a publicly accessible registry according
to ICMJE recommendations and the instructions above.
• The name of the registry and the registration number should be provided in
the Title Page during the initial submission.
• Data sharing statement should also be stated in the Title Page even the
authors do not plan to share it. Reporting Statistical Analysis Statistical analysis to support conclusions is usually
necessary. Statistical analyses must be conducted in accordance with
international statistical reporting standards (Altman DG, Gore SM, Gardner MJ,
Pocock SJ. Statistical guidelines for contributors to medical journals. Br Med
J 1983: 7; 1489-93). Information on statistical analyses should be provided
with a separate subheading under the Materials and Methods section and the
statistical software that was used during the process must be specified. Values for reporting statistical data, such as P
values and CIs should be presented and rounded appropriately. P values should
be expressed to 2 digits to the right of the decimal point unless the first 2
digits are zeros, in which case 3 digits to the right of the decimal place
should be provided (eg, instead of P < .01, report as P = .002). However,
values close to .05 may be reported to 3 decimal places because the .05 is an
arbitrary cut point for statistical significance (eg, P = .053). P values
less than .001 should be designated as P < .001 rather than exact values
(eg, P = .000006). Units should be prepared in accordance with the
International System of Units (SI).
Review Articles: Reviews prepared by authors who have extensive
knowledge on a particular field and whose scientific background has been translated
into a high volume of publications with a high citation potential are welcomed.
These authors may even be invited by the journal. Reviews should describe,
discuss, and evaluate the current level of knowledge of a topic in clinical
practice and should guide future studies. The main text should contain
Introduction, Clinical and Research Consequences, and Conclusion sections.
Please check Table 1 for the limitations for Review Articles.
Case Reports: Brief descriptions of a previously undocumented disease
process, a unique unreported manifestation or treatment of a known disease
process, or unique unreported complications of treatment regimens. Case reports
should include an adequate number of images and figures. Case reports should be
accompanied by “Informed Consent” whether the identity of the patients is
disclosed or not. The “Informed Consent Form” is available at https://azjcvs.org/en Please check Table 1 for the limitations for Case
Report. Letters to the Editor: This type of manuscript discusses
important parts, overlooked aspects, or lacking parts of a previously published
article. Articles on subjects within the scope of the journal that might
attract the readers’ attention, particularly educative cases, may also be
submitted in the form of a “Letter to the Editor.” Readers can also present
their comments on the published manuscripts in the form of a “Letter to the
Editor.” Abstract, Keywords, and Tables, Figures, Images, and other media
should not be included. The text should be unstructured. The manuscript that is
being commented on must be properly cited within this manuscript. Please check
Table 1 for the limitations for Letter to Editor. References: While citing publications, preference should be given
to the latest, most up-to-date publications. If an ahead-of-print publication
is cited, the DOI number should be provided. References should be written in
compliance with Vancouver style (see. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK7256/). Authors are responsible for the
accuracy of references. Journal titles should be abbreviated in accordance with
the journal abbreviations in Index Medicus/ MEDLINE/PubMed. When there are four
or fewer authors, all authors should be listed. If there are five or more
authors, the first three authors should be listed followed by “et al.” In the
main text of the manuscript, references should be cited using Arabic numbers in
parentheses. The reference styles for different types of publications are
presented in the following examples. References should be limited to 10 for
letters to the editor, 20 for case reports, 40 for clinical/experimental
reports and review articles. Journal abbreviations should conform to the style
used in the Cumulated Index Medicus (please see www.icmje.org). Journal articles, books, web
pages, conference presentations, newspapers, audio-visual sources like CDs and
DVDs, articles pending for publication, theses, and dissertations can be used
as references. Reference Format for Journal Articles: Authors’
initials, surnames and names, article titles, journal titles, date, volume,
number and pagination must be indicated. E.g.: For Journal Articles Celbis O, Karakoc Y, Ozdemir B, et al. Investigation
of lead mobilization from the buckshot residues to the critical organs. Biol
Trace Elem Res. 2011;143:688-94. For Book References DiMaio WJ, DiMaio D. Time of death. In: Forensic
Pathology. 2nd edition. CRC Press, London, 2001;21-42. Madea B, Henssge C. Timing of death. In: Payne-James
J, Busuttil A, Smock W, eds, Forensic Medicine: Clinical Pathological Aspects.
London: Greenwich Medical Media Ltd. 2003;91-114. For Internet References Beware: Toy Noise may be too loud for kids. http://hearingaiddocs. wordpress.com/tag/loud-toys access date 22.04.2013 For Congress Presentations Brandes U, Wagner D. A Bayesian paradigm for dynamic
graph layout. 11th International Symposium on Graph Drawing, 12-15 November
2003. New York, USA, 236-47. For Newspaper References Susan S. How to prevent breast cancer. Australian 23
October 2003. For CD-ROM References The Oxford English Dictionary [CD-ROM]. 2nd ed. New
York: Oxford University Press; 1992. For Accepted Articles Kaya A, Aktas EO. Perception differences between in
violence against child. Med-Science. Published Online: Nov 19, 2013. For Thesis Karakoc Y. Biological effect of direct electrical
current in essential (idiopathic) hyperhidrosis. Ph.D. thesis, Istanbul
University, Istanbul, 1996. In case of use of a previously published table, figure
or illustration, reference of the material must be cited in reference list. In case of use of a previously published table, figure
or illustration, reference of the material must be cited in reference list. Tables
Tables should be included in the main document, presented after the reference
list, and they should be numbered consecutively in the order they are referred
to within the main text. A descriptive title must be placed above the tables.
Abbreviations used in the tables should be defined below the tables by footnotes
(even if they are defined within the main text). Tables should be created using
the “insert table” command of the word processing software and they should be
arranged clearly to provide easy reading. Data presented in the tables should
not be a repetition of the data presented within the main text but should be
supporting the main text. Figures and Figure Legends Figures, graphics, and photographs should be submitted
as separate files (in TIFF or JPEG format) through the submission system. The
files should not be embedded in a Word document or the main document. When
there are figure subunits, the subunits should not be merged to form a single
image. Each subunit should be submitted separately through the submission
system. Images should not be labeled (a, b, c, etc.) to indicate figure
subunits. Thick and thin arrows, arrowheads, stars, asterisks, and similar
marks can be used on the images to support figure legends. Like the rest of the
submission, the figures too should be blind. Any information within the images
that may indicate an individual or institution should be blinded. The minimum
resolution of each submitted figure should be 300 DPI. To prevent delays in the
evaluation process, all submitted figures should be clear in resolution and
large in size (minimum dimensions: 100 × 100 mm). Figure legends should be
listed at the end of the main document. All acronyms and abbreviations used in the manuscript
should be defined at first use, both in the abstract and in the main text. The
abbreviation should be provided in parentheses following the definition. When a drug, product, hardware, or software program is
mentioned within the main text, product information, including the name of the
product, the producer of the product, and city and the country of the company
(including the state if in USA), should be provided in parentheses in the
following format: “Discovery St PET/CT scanner (General Electric, Milwaukee,
WI, USA)” All references, tables, and figures should be referred
to within the main text, and they should be numbered consecutively in the order
they are referred to within the main text.
Limitations, drawbacks, and the shortcomings of original articles should be
mentioned in the Discussion section before the conclusion paragraph. Revisions Authors must indicate the changes on the main text
while resubmitting revised files, and also answers to each reviewer suggestions
separately must be included in the letter. Page and line number of corrections
must be included as well. Revised form of manuscripts must be sent to journal
within 30 days, otherwise revision option may be canceled. Warning letter will
be sent and then after 15 days, manuscript will be rejected. If authors need
extension of time for revisions anyhow, the journal must be informed before the
deadline of revision. Proofs and Publication DOI Number Accepted manuscripts are copyedited for grammar,
punctuation, and format. Following the copyediting process, the authors will be
asked to review and approve the changes made during the process. Authors will
be contacted for a second time after the layout process and will be asked to
review and approve the PDF proof of their article for publication. Once the
production process of a manuscript is completed it is published online on the
journal’s webpage as an ahead-of-print publication before it is included in its
scheduled issue. Acceptance The submitted papers will be published upon the
editorial board’s approval. Rejected manuscripts and their attachments
(photographs, tables, graphics, and diskettes) will not be returned unless
otherwise requested by the authors.
Manuscript
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Abstract
Word Limit
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Reference
Limit
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Table
Limit
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Figure
Limit
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Original
Article
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150-300
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40
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8
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8 (max.8
images of each
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Review
Article
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150-300
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60
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6
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5 (max.6
images of each
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Case Repor
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50-150
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15
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2
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5 (max.6
images of each
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Letter to
the Editör
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No
Abstract
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10
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2
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2 Figures
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