期刊名称:BALKAN MEDICAL JOURNAL
期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
The Balkan Medical Journal is a peer-reviewed open-access international journal that publishes clinical and experimental trials, interesting case reports, invited reviews, letters to the Editor including reports on publication and research ethics, meeting news and bulletin, clinical news and abstracts of interesting research conducted in all fields of medicine. The journal is the official scientific publication of the Trakya University Faculty of Medicine and is printed four times a year, in March, June, September, and December. The language of the journal is English.
The journal is based on independent and unbiased double-blinded peer-reviewed principles. Only unpublished papers that are not under review for publication elsewhere can be submitted. The authors are responsible for the scientific content of the material to be published. The Balkan Medical Journal reserves the right to request any research materials on which the paper is based.
Instructions to Authors
The entire submission process for a manuscript is completed online through the self-explanatory online submission system through the following website: http://www.balkanmedicaljournal.org. The manuscript should be prepared as SEPARATE files in the following order:
- Cover Letter
- Title Page
- Abstract
- Main Text (text, acknowledgments, references, tables, and figure legends)
- Figures
- Author Contribution Form
- Cover Letter
The cover letter should include the article title, article type, and the full name of the corresponding author. The corresponding author should briefly summarize why his/her paper is a valuable addition to the scientific literature and specify the type of article he/she is submitting (for example, original article, case report, review article, clinical image). The cover letter should also include a statement declaring the absence or presence of a conflict of interest. Furthermore, there should be a statement that the manuscript has not already been published or accepted for publication and is not submitted or under simultaneous review for publication elsewhere. For manuscripts that have been presented orally or as a poster, this must be stated on the title page with the date and the place of the presentation. An example of a cover letter can be found here: Cover letter
- Title Page
This should include:
- The complete manuscript title (no more than 150 characters)
- The running head (no more than 50 characters)
- Word counts for the abstract and text (the text word count does not include references, tables, and figure legends)
- The number of references, and the number of figures and tables
- All authors' full names, affiliations and e-mail addresses
- The name, address, telephone and fax numbers and email address of the corresponding author
- Keywords (3-6 key words from the list provided in Index Medicus under “Medical Subject Heading (MeSH)”
- Information about where and when the study has previously been presented.
- Acknowledgements: All contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship (ICMJE: authorship and contributorship: http://www.icmje.org/ethical_1author.html) and the statement of conflict of interest and funding should be declared under this subheading.
- Abstract
Original articles, invited review articles and case reports should include an abstract. The abstract should be written in both English and Turkish. For the manuscripts outside of Turkey, Turkish translation will be provided by the journal. Abstracts for original articles should be structured as follows: Background, Aims, Study design, Methods, Results, and Conclusion. Abstracts for case reports should be structured as follows: Background, Case Report, and Conclusion. Abstracts for review articles should not be structured. Clinical images, Editorials, Letters to the Editor, and Commentaries should not contain an abstract. Please find the guidelines for abstracts of specific types of manuscripts under the Main Text section below.
- Main Text
The main text should include all manuscript text except the abstract. It should also include references, tables, and figure legends in the following order.
- Text
- References
- Tables
- Figure legends
Author names and their institutional information should not be present in any part of the main text to ensure a blinded review process.
Please note, the abstract and the main text should be prepared and uploaded as separate files. The formats of the abstract and the main text depend on the type of the submitted manuscript. The types of manuscripts are described in the Article Type section above. References
Authors are encouraged to cite primary literature rather than review articles in order to give credit to those who have performed the original work. Reference listings must be in accordance with ICMJE (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/uniform_requirements.html) standards and numbered consecutively at the end of the manuscript in the order in which they are mentioned in the text. Only published or articles accepted for publication, with preference given to the latest publications should be used. Authors are responsible for the accuracy of references. Journal titles should be abbreviated in accordance with the journal abbreviations in Index Medicus/ Medline/PubMed (for journal abbreviations consult the List of Journals indexed for MEDLINE, published annually by NLM at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/tsd/serials/lji.html). For ? 6 authors, a list of all authors is required. For > 6 authors, list the first 6 authors 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:
- Journal article: Korytina G, Kochetova O, Akhmadishina L, Viktorova E, Victorova T. Polymorphisms of cytochrome P450 genes in three ethnic groups from Russia. Balkan Med J 2012; 29: 252-60.
- Book: Tos M. Cartilage tympanoplasty. 1st ed. Stuttgart-New York: Georg Thieme Verlag; 2009.
- Book chapter: Tos M, Stangerup SE. The relationship between secretory otitis and cholesteatoma. In: Tos M, Thomsen J, Peitersen E, editors. Cholesteatoma and mastoid surgery. Amsterdam: Kugler & Ghedini; 1989:325-30.
- Abstract: Gurakar A, Elsahwi K, Akdogan M, Wright H, Nour, B, Sebastian T, et al. Asplenia and primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC): A mere coincidence? Hepatology 2002;36:673a (abstract).
- Article in electronic format: Morse SS. Factors in the emergence of infectious diseases. Emerg Infect Dis (serial online) 1995 Jan-Mar (cited 1996 June 5): 1(1): (24 screens). Available from: http:/ www.cdc.gov/ncidodlElD/cid.htm.
- For other reference style, please refer to “ICMJE Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Sample References” at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/uniform_requirements.html
Tables and Figure Legends Tables should be presented after the references section. Each table should be presented on a separate page and have a number and legend. Figure legends must be placed at the end of the main text.
- Figures
Figures, graphics and photographs should be submitted as separate files. Preferred picture formats are TIFF or JPEG, with resolutions of at least 300 DPI and a minimum width of 3 cm.
- Author Contribution Form
This is a statement of scientific contributions and responsibilities of all authors. Please fill out the form here.
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief Prof. Cem UZUN, MD, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey
Section Editors Basic Sciences Prof. Nurettin AYDOĞDU, PhD, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey Prof. Gheorghe BENGA, MD, PhD, Dhc (MULT.), Romanian Academy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania Prof. Nermin ŞAKRU, MD, PhD, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey
Clinical Sciences Prof. Özer ARICAN, MD, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey Prof. Okan ÇALIYURT, MD, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey Prof. Zafer KOÇAK, MD, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey Prof. Gülsüm Emel PAMUK, MD, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey Prof. Hakan TUNA, MD, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey
Surgical Sciences Assoc. Prof. Cem ÇOPUROĞLU, MD, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey Assoc. Prof. Mustafa İNAN, MD, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey Prof. Cumhur KILINÇER, MD, PhD, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey Prof. Ranko MLADINA, MD, PhD, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia Prof. Cenk SAYIN, MD, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey Assoc. Prof. M. Alparslan TURAN, MD, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland OH, USA
Associate Editors Assoc. Prof. Mustafa ÇIKIRIKÇIOĞLU, MD, PhD, FETCS, Montreal Heart Institute, Quebec, Canada Prof. Vasilis DANIELIDIS, MD, PhD, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece Prof. Meletios A. DIMOPOULOS, MD, PhD, University of Athens, Athens, Greece Prof. Dragoslava DJERIC, MD, PhD, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia Assoc. Prof. Rıdvan DURAN, MD, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey Assoc. Prof. Hakan ERBAŞ, PhD, MSc, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey Prof. Marco FIORE, PhD, Institute of Cellular Biology and Neurobiology, CNR, Rome, Italy Prof. Osman Nuri HATİPOĞLU, MD, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey Prof. Marko HAWLINA, MD, PhD, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia Prof. Irena HOCEVAR-BOLTEZAR, MD, PhD, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia Assoc. Prof. Cem İBİŞ, MD, İstanbul University, İstanbul, Turkey Prof. Darko KASTELAN, MD, PhD, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia Assist. Prof. Shima MEHRABIAN, MD, PhD, University Hospital Alexandrovska, Sofia, Bulgaria Prof. Pavle MIKLIC, MD, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia Prof. Tatjana PEROS-GOLUBICIC, MD, PhD, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia Prof. Nadan RUSTEMOVIC, MD, PhD, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia Assoc. Prof. Atakan SEZER, MD, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey Prof. Milan STANKOVIC, MD, PhD, University of Nis, Nis, Serbia Prof. Nermin TUNÇBİLEK, MD, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey Assoc. Prof. Ufuk USTA, MD, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey Prof. Irena VELCHEVA, MD, PhD, Medical University, Sofia, Bulgaria Prof. Stanislav YANEV, MD, PhD, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria Prof. Kenan YALTA, MD, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey Prof. Mustafa YILDIZ, MD, PhD, İstanbul University, İstanbul, Turkey
Biostatistics Editor Assoc. Prof. Necdet SÜT, PhD, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey
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Editorial Advisory Board
Prof. Eyüp Sabri AKARSU, MD, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey Prof. Serhan ALKAN, MD, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA Prof. Christian APFEL, MD, PhD, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA Prof. Stavros J. BALOYANNIS, MD, PhD, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece Prof. Mehmet BAYKARA, MD, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey Prof. Hans-Juergen BIERSACK, MD, PhD, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany Prof. George N. CHALDAKOV, MD, PhD, Medical University of Varna, Varna, Bulgaria Prof. Anthony H. DICKENSON, MD, PhD, University College London, London, UK Prof. Mustafa B.A. DJAMGOZ, BSc, PhD, ARCS, FSMC, FRSM, Imperial College London, London, UK Prof. Ten FEIZI, MD, FmedSci, Imperial College London, London, UK Prof. Dan M. FLISS, MD, PhD, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel Assoc. Prof. Ahmet GÜRAKAR, MD, John Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA Prof. Mehmet Yaşar İŞCAN, MD, İstanbul University, İstanbul, Turkey Prof. Marc H. JANSEN, MD, PhD, HELIOS Hospital Berlin-Zehlendorf, Berlin, Germany Prof. Afksendyios KALANGOS, MD, PhD, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland Prof. Todor KANTARDJIEV, MD, PhD, National Centre Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Bulgaria Prof. Fahrettin KELEŞTİMUR, MD, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey Prof. Ana MARUSIC, MD, PhD, University of Split, Split, Croatia Prof. Eugene N. MYERS, MD, FACS, FRCS Edin (Hon), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Prof. Jean-Marc NABHOLTZ, MD, PhD, Jean Perrin Comprehensive Cancer Centre of Auvergne, C-F, France Prof. Keiji OGUMA, MD, PhD, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan Prof. Çetin ÖNSEL, MD, İstanbul University, İstanbul, Turkey Prof. Michael D. SUSSMAN, MD, Shriners Hospital for Children, Portland, OR, USA Prof. Bülent SÜMERKAN, MD, Acıbadem Hospital, Kayseri, Turkey Prof. Mirko TOS, MD, PhD, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark Prof. Juan A. TOVAR, MD, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain Prof. Mark D.WALTERS, MD, PhD, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA Prof. Hasan YAZICI, MD, PhD, İstanbul University, İstanbul, Turkey Prof. M. İbrahim ZİYAL, MD, PhD, Marmara University, İstanbul, Turkey
The Balkan Medical Journal and/or its editors are members of ICMJE, WAME, COPE, EASE, and CSE. The Balkan Medical Journal is indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded, Journal Citation Reports, EMBASE, Scopus, CINAHL, EBSCO, DOAJ, Chemical Abstracts, Global Health, CAB Abstracts, Index Copernicus and TÜBİTAK/ULAKBİM Turkish Medical Database.
Owner: Trakya University Faculty of Medicine
Checking the consistency of accepted manuscripts with the journal’s standards, full-text editing and typesetting of the manuscripts and publication preparation and print processes of the journal are all carried out by AVES.
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