Blind Registration Evaluation Process

Manuscripts submitted to the journal will go through a double-blind peer-review process. Each submission will be reviewed by at least two peer reviewers who are experts in their field. And every effort will be made by the Editors to expedite the review process in order to ensure rapid publication of papers. The Editor in Chief is the final authority in the decision-making process for all submissions.

Double-blind peer- review is a high -quality, objective and ethical method applied to evaluate scientific publications. The authors and institutions of the articles subjected to evaluation are not notified to the reviewers. Likewise, authors do not know the identity of the reviewers who evaluate their works.

The editor evaluates the article in accordance with the purpose and scope of the journal, its suitability to the rules of writing, and the adequacy of English and Turkish language. At the conclusion of the review, articles which are not in accordance with the publication rules of the journal and the publishing policy are returned to the author. Plagiarism control is applied to articles that pass 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 which are not approved are returned to the responsible article.

During pre-assessment process, the manuscripts that received the favourable opinions of the editor-in-chief, and passed the plagiarism check are referred to the editor of the respective field.editors It is reviewed by field editors in terms of article, scientific suitability to the journal, and sections of the manuscript (abstract, introduction, material / method, results, discussion, conclusion), As a result of this review , the appropriate manuscripts are taken into consideration during the referee evaluation process.

According to the contents of the manuscripts, at least two referees whose studies have been published relevant to the field of medicine in question in international indices within the last five years is determined. The referee's recommendations sent from the field editor is evaluated by the editor-in-chief, and referees are assigned to evaluate the manuscripts.

The referees evaluate the manuscript in terms of its scientific suitability, purpose, material / method, results and discussion. Proposals for corrections requested by the referees are communicated to the authors and the authors are asked to revise their work. The results of the corrections submitted by the authors are again reviewed by the referees and the editor –in-chief is notified. If one of the two appointed referees express a negative opinion, then the manuscript is sent to a determined third referee for examination.

The manuscripts approved by the referees are sent to the editor of the statistics department. The manuscripts that receive the approval of this editor are accepted for publication and passed to the printing phase.

Accepted clinical or experimental research articles are generally published in the first issue following their acceptance for publication. Case presentations may be published 6-9 months later dependent on the publication density of incoming manuscripts.