Writing Rules
Articles to be sent to JICAH journal for publication should be prepared in line with the recommendations of the International Editorial Board (ICMJE-Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals/ Updated in 2017- https://www.icmje.org/).
Copyright Transfer Form
Corresponding authors who submit publications to the journal should sign the Copyright Transfer Form, which can be accessed at https://jicah.com/index.php/pub/templates, during the article submission process and send the scanned version together with the article.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Journal of Infant, Child and Adolescent Health (JICAH) aims to contribute to the scientific world by publishing meta-analysis and systematic review, original research article (qualitative, quantitative or mixed method), scale development and validity and reliability studies, case reports and case series for healthy and sick individuals throughout their life span from birth to adolescence. The journal is a peer-reviewed journal aiming to include studies on child health and diseases, infant and child nutrition, child mental health, growth and development in children, and nursing care in acute and chronic diseases.
- The journal is a scientific, open access periodical published in accordance with independent, unbiased, and double-blinded peer-review principles.
- The publication languages of the journal are Turkish and English. Articles are accepted online.
- The journal is published electronically every 4 months, in April, August and December, three issues a year.
REVİEW AND PUBLICATION PROCESS
The editorial and publication processes of the journal are shaped in accordance with the guidelines of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), World Association of Medical Editors (WAME), Council of Science Editors (CSE), Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), European Association of Science Editors (EASE), and National Information Standards Organization (NISO). The journal is in conformity with the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing (doaj.org/bestpractice).
Originality, compliance with scientific and ethical principles, and high scientific quality are important criteria for the acceptance of an article for publication. Submitted articles must not have been previously presented or published in another electronic or printed journal, book or other medium. For the studies that have been presented at the meetings before, the full name, date, city, country and publication permission of the presenting organization should be stated.
PEER REVIEW PROCESS
Manuscripts submitted to JICAH will go through a double-blind peer-review process. Each submission will be reviewed by at least two external, independent peer reviewers who are experts in their fields in order to ensure an unbiased evaluation process. The editor is the final authority in the decision-making process for all submissions.
Articles sent to the journal are evaluated within three months. Articles submitted to the journal are subject to editorial review. Articles are evaluated in terms of spelling, scientific value, originality, plagiarism, and ethics in the preliminary examination made by the editor. The articles found suitable are reviewed by the secretariat in terms of article writing rules. Field editors are assigned to manuscripts that complete this process. Field editors send the manuscripts to two independent reviewers who are experts in their fields. As a result of the evaluation of the article by the reviewers, positive, correction, or negative opinions are received. If one of the reviewers gives a positive opinion and the other a negative opinion, the article is re-evaluated by the editors and can be sent to a third reviewer for evaluation. In order for the manuscript to be accepted for publication, editors or at least two reviewers must give positive or corrected opinions on the manuscripts sent to the reviewers. The editors decide whether to publish the article as it is, to request a correction from the author, or not to publish it, in line with the reviewer's evaluations, and this decision is notified to the author(s).
Average time to initial assessment: 7 days
Average time from submission to publication: 28 days
ETHICAL PROCEDURES
Compliance with national and international ethical guidelines and approval from the relevant ethical committees are essential in research conducted in humans or animals, and the compliance of the articles with the ethical rules is the responsibility of the authors. The journal adheres to the principles set forth in the "Helsinki Declaration", "Good Clinical Practices Guide" and "Good Laboratory Practices Guide" and T.C. It accepts the principle of compliance with the relevant regulations of the Ministry of Health. The authors should state that they have received the "Informed voluntary consent" document signed by the relevant ethics committee and the people who participated in the study in the "Materials and Methods" section of the article.
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.
Due to the publication policy of the journal, articles written by the editors are not included in the journal. However, in the first three issues of the journal including the first year, the articles sent by the members of the editorial board and whose refereeing process has been completed can be accepted for publication in the journal, in order for the journal to continue its publication life and to avoid any problems in the publication of the relevant issue in its own period.
All transactions are carried out electronically. Accepted articles are queued for publication with the approval of the Editorial Board. In the final checks made during the layout of the articles planned to be published, if deemed necessary, spelling and grammatical errors can be corrected by the editorial board without touching the content of the article.
ERRATUM
The correction requests submitted by the authors are reviewed by the Editorial Board and the corrections are applied based on the decision of the Editorial Board. In case of corrections in the published text, the readers are informed by publishing the Erratum text in the number following the correction. The edited article is updated on the journal web page and in the indexes when the journal is scanned.
PLAGIARISM
Since plagiarism rates will be evaluated by using the plagiarism program in the articles sent to the journal, the authors should consider this issue before submitting the article. Articles with more than 20% plagiarism are not accepted.
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 unacceptable similarity with the previously published data. The plagiarism rate of the studies to be sent to the journal should not exceed 20%.
AUTHORSHIP
Scientific responsibility of the articles belongs to the author(s). Scientific studies should not have been previously published elsewhere or sent to another journal for publication.
It is recommended that the articles submitted to the journal be prepared in line with the recommended reporting guidelines according to research types: CONSORT for randomized studies, STROBE for observational studies, STARD for diagnostic studies, PRISMA for systematic reviews and meta-analyses, and COREQ for qualitative studies.
Everyone listed as an author must meet the four authorship criteria recommended by the ICMJE (www.icmje.org). Persons who do not meet all four criteria should be thanked on the title page of the article.
In addition to taking responsibility for the parts of the work that an author contributes to, an author should be able to identify which parts of the work other authors are responsible for. In addition, authors must have confidence in the integrity of each other's contributions.
In order to act in accordance with authorship rights and to prevent gift authorship, responsible authors should sign the Copyright Transfer Form, which can be accessed at https://jicah.com/index.php/pub/templates, during the article submission process and send the scanned version with the article. If the Editorial Board suspects that there is "gift authorship" in a submitted article, the article in question will be rejected without consideration. Within the scope of article submission; The corresponding author should submit a short cover letter declaring that he accepts all responsibility for authorship during the submission and evaluation processes.
JICAH; requests and encourages authors and individuals involved in the evaluation process of submitted articles to declare any existing or potential conflicts of interest, including financial, institutional and other relationships that may lead to potential conflicts of interest or bias.
DECLARATION OF INTEREST
Any financial or other support received from an individual or institution for a study must be declared to the Editorial Board and the ICMJE Potential Conflict of Interest Disclosure Form should be filled in separately by all contributing authors to declare potential conflicts of interest. 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 is the final authority in the decision-making process for all appeals and complaints.
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Before submitting an article to the journal, the Copyright Transfer Form on the journal website should be filled in handwriting, signed by all authors, and scanned and uploaded to the system. All rights of the articles belong to the journal after they are published. No royalties are paid to the author(s) for the works published in the journal.
JICAH is an open access publication, and the journal’s publication model is based on Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) declaration.
Journal’s archive is available online, free of charge at https://jicah.com/index.php/pub/issue/archive. Authors retain the copyright of their published work in the JICAH. The journal’s content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) 4.0 International License. Such copyright permits third parties to copy, edit, share, distribute and reuse including for commercial purposes, provided that attribution and maintain the same license.
POST-PUBLICATION CORRECTION AND WITHDRAWAL REQUESTS
All post-publication correction requests are subjected to editorial decision. Editors review the cases considering journal policies and the highest editorial standards that are adhered to COPE guidelines. If the correction/change is accepted to be implement, the article will be updated with an Erratum or Correction Notice and the journal record will be updated in the related indexes.
In the cases of ethical misconduct concerns, the case will be investigated by the editors according to COPE guidelines. A retraction notice will be issued if the investigation results in the verification of the concern. The paper will remain in the online version of the journal and the retraction notice will be enclosed in the article’s record. The article record will be updated in the related indexes.
Withdrawal requests are also subject to editorial approval. A letter signed by all authors stating the reasons for the request for withdrawal of the article should be sent to the journal editor. Authors should not submit their work to another journal for consideration unless the withdrawal request has been approved.
DISCLAIMER
Statements or opinions expressed in the manuscripts published in the journal reflect the views of the author(s) and not the opinions of the editors, editorial board, and/or publisher; the editors, editorial board, and publisher disclaim any responsibility or liability for such materials.
MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION
The article should be submitted in separate files as (1) cover letter, (2) title page, (3) main text file.
Cover Letter
The cover letter should include information on whether the article has been published elsewhere or if it has been presented as a paper, brief information on the importance of the researched topic, information on whether the author has a conflict of interest and financial support, and the contact information of the responsible author.
Title Page
The title page must be uploaded to the system as a separate Microsoft Word file. On the title page, the title of the article in Turkish and English, the names, titles, affiliations and addresses of the authors, the name of the author responsible for communication, telephone and e-mail address should be stated. In addition, Corporate and Financial Support Statement, Conflict of Interest Statement and Acknowledgment information should be included. Abbreviations should not be used in the title.
Main Text
The main text of the article should include the title, Turkish and English Abstract, Tables and Figures (in the appropriate place in the text) and References, and should be prepared in accordance with the journal writing rules.
WRITING RULES
Font and Page Layout
Articles should be prepared in Microsoft Word software, in A4 paper size, Times New Roman font style, 12 points, 1.5 line spacing, 2.5 cm margins from all sides and using Turkish font. The title of the article and all sub-headings should be written in Times New Roman, 12 points, bold and only the first letter should be capitalized.
Preparation of the Article
Review articles should not exceed 15 pages, research articles should not exceed 20 pages (except for abstracts, tables, figures/graphics and references). Articles should be submitted as two Microsoft Word files named as title page and main text file. Page numbers should be indicated in the lower right corner from the first page of the text.
Main Text
The main text of the article should not contain information about the authors or the institutions where the study was carried out. Turkish articles; It consists of Turkish title, Turkish abstract, keywords, English title, English abstract, keywords, introduction, materials and methods, findings, discussion, conclusion and references.
Abstracts and Keywords: Turkish and English abstracts should consist of a maximum of 250 words and should be structured under the headings of Purpose, Method, Results, and Conclusion. References should not be used in the abstract section. At the end of the abstracts, at least 3 and at most 5 keywords from both languages should be included. Key words should be selected according to Turkish Science Terms (TBT) or Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). Keywords should be separated from each other with commas, the first word should be capitalized, the following words should start with a lowercase letter and should be written in alphabetical order.
Main Text Content
Introduction: The introduction should state the purpose of the study and include appropriate citations of relevant, exemplary work, but should not include a comprehensive review of marginally relevant literature.
Method: The method section should cover the material and method used in conducting the research. In the method section, research ethics should be explained as a sub-title.
Findings: This is the section where the research findings are explained in detail with Tables and Figures.
Tables, Figures, Graphics: Tables, figures and graphics should be shown in a numbered manner (Table 1, Table 2, Figure 1, Figure 2, Graph 1, Graph 2 etc.) in appropriate places in the text. Each table, figure or graphic should be given a title. Table titles should be written above the table, figure names should be written below the figure, Times New Roman, 12 points, bold and only the first letters should be capitalized. The text in tables, figures and graphics should be arranged in 10 points.
Discussion: The discussion section is the section where the findings of the study are compared with the results of domestic and international studies, interpreted and the importance of the findings is explained. The remarkable results of the study should be highlighted.
Conclusion: In this section, the aim of the study and its remarkable results should be given briefly in a concrete way. Tables and figures should not be included in this section. The suggestions and opinions that the author wishes to convey can be written in this section based on the results.
References
The citation style of the journal is APA (Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association) 7th Edition.
In-text references: References in the text should be shown in parentheses as the surname of the author(s) and the publication date. If more than one work is referenced at the end of the sentence, these sources should be listed in parentheses and separated by semicolons (;).
If a reference with two authors is shown in the text, the surnames of the two authors and the year of publication are given.
When citing studies with three to five authors for the first time, the surnames of all authors should be written, in subsequent citations only the surname of the first author and “et al.” should be written.
In citations to studies with six or more authors, the surname of the first author should be written in the first place in the text and in subsequent citations, and “et al.” or “et al” should be used.
Bibliography: References should be written in alphabetical order at the end of the text. If there are articles, DOI numbers should be written.
Single author article
Short, J. (2009). The art of writing a review article. Journal of Management, 35(6), 1312-1317. https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206309337489
Multi-author article
Eckenrode, J., Ganzel, B., Henderson, C. R., Smith, E., Olds, D. L., Powers, J., Cole, R., Kitzman, H., & Sidora, K. (2000). Preventing child abuse and neglect with a program of nurse home visitation: The limiting effects of domestic violence. Journal of the American Medical Association, 284(11), 1385–1391. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.284.11.1385
Book
Kökdemir, D., Demirutku, K., Okan, M., Çırakoğlu, C., Muratoğlu, B., Sayin, P., & Janissary, Z. (2004). Academic Writing Rules Booklet (2nd ed.). Baskent University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Publications.
Book section
İşeri, E., & Akın-Sarı, B. (2010). Cognitive development and disorders in children: Mental retardation and learning disorders. In: Karakaş S (Editor), Cognitive Neurosciences. Istanbul: Nobel Medicine Bookstore.
Internet/ Web
World Health Organization. (2019, August 26). Vaccines and immunization: What is vaccination? https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/vaccines-and-immunization-what-is-vaccination?.
REVISIONS
The author(s) are required to complete the topics requested for correction within the specified period (30 days) and send the article back to the journal. If the author(s) cannot complete the necessary corrections within the specified time, additional time may be given if requested. The completed or corrected article can be sent for review by the editors when deemed necessary. Manuscripts that are not found appropriate by the editors or that have not made the necessary reviewer and editorial corrections can be returned to the author(s) with the decision of the editors.
For articles that require correction; The author(s) must upload the word file in which the reviewer's corrections are displayed in a different color, and a separate word file containing the responses to the reviewer’s corrections to the system.
