1) Articles that have not been published before or that are not yet under evaluation in another journal for publication and that are approved by each author are accepted for evaluation.

2) Submitted and pre-checked articles are scanned for plagiarism using Ithenticate software.

3) Nigde Medical Journal carries out a double-blind peer-review process. All studies will be evaluated by the editor in terms of suitability for the journal first. The articles deemed appropriate are sent to at least two independent expert reviewers to evaluate the scientific quality of the article.

4) Editor-in-chief evaluates the articles independently of the authors’ ethnic origin, gender, nationality, religious belief and political philosophy. It ensures that the articles submitted for publication undergo a fair double-blind peer-review.

5) Editor-in-chief does not allow any conflict of interest between authors, editors and reviewers.

6) Editor-in-chief is responsible for the final decision regarding the acceptance or rejection of the articles. Editor’s decision is final.

7) Editors are not involved in decisions about articles written by them or their family members or colleagues, or that relate to products or services of interest to them. Any of such submissions is subject to all of the journal’s usual procedures.

Reviewers should ensure that all information regarding the submitted articles remain confidential until the article is published, and should report any copyright infringement and plagiarism on the part of the author to the editor.

If reviewers do not feel qualified about the subject of the article or if it does not seem possible to provide a timely response, they should notify the editor of this situation and ask her/him not to involve themselves in the review process.

During the evaluation process, the editor clearly states that the articles submitted for review to the reviewers are the exclusive property of the authors and this is a privileged communication. Reviewers and editorial board members cannot discuss articles with other people. It is crucial to keep the reviewers’ identities confidential.

Double Blinding: After plagiarism check, eligible articles are evaluated by the editor-in-chief regarding originality, methodology, importance of the topic covered, and compatibility with the journal scope. The editor ensures that the articles go through a fair double-blind review and, if the article complies with the formal principles, she/he submits the article to at least two reviewers in the country and / or abroad, and if the reviewers deem it necessary, requested changes are made by the authors and the editor approves the publication.

Editor-in-Chief reviews the research article on the day it is submitted, and if she/he thinks the article is worthy of further consideration, she/he sends it to the assistant editor for more detailed review. For research articles, the assistant editor usually reads each article from beginning to end. We aim for an initial decision on all articles within two or three weeks, but usually the initial decision is made within a few days of submission. If we do not think that Nigde Medical Journal is the right journal for the study, we will notify the authors immediately so that they can send their work elsewhere without delay. The usual reasons for rejection at this stage are insufficient originality and the subject being out of the scope of the journal.

The next step for your research paper is our Editorial Board meeting. Members will read your article and discuss its importance, originality and scientific quality. We mainly focus on the research question to make editorial decisions for research articles. Even if the subject of the article is relevant to the scope of the journal, current and important, we can reject the article if there is no research question. Of course, work will be rejected if it has serious defects. Everyone attending the article meeting is asked to declare relevant conflicting interests at the outset, and anyone with a significant conflicting interest either leaves the room or speaks last while the relevant article is being discussed (depending on the nature and scope of their interest).

If your article is suitable for Nigde Medical Journal, the field editor sends your article to two external reviewers. Reviewers advise the editors, who will make the final decision. We ask the reviewers to approve their reports and declare any conflicts of interest on the article we send them. The final decision is made by the editor-in-chief after the external reviewers’ evaluation processes.

Some articles may also be viewed by the ethics editor of Nigde Medical Journal and third parties deemed appropriate by the editor in cases where serious research misconduct is suspected.

For all articles, we aim to reach a final decision on publication within 4 to 6 weeks after submission. If we propose a publication subject to revision, we usually ask the authors to revise and upload their articles to the system within the next month.

Accepted articles are published at https://www.ohu.edu.tr/nmj as they are prepared. After publication, articles are selected for the next issue.

Nigde Medical Journal provides open access to articles as part of its commitment to readers and authors. All of our articles are freely available online.

If you notice any errors in your published article, email the editor-in-chief who will let you know if corrections will be made.

Editorial articles and analysis articles written by Nigde Medical Journal’s own editors are not subject to external peer-review. Original research articles, on the other hand, are sent to at least two external reviewers within the scope of blind review. During this time, the roles of those editors are suspended.

Authors must comply with research and publication ethics.

Authors should not attempt to publish the same work in more than one journal.

Authors should fully indicate the works they have utilised in the bibliography.

The editor evaluates the articles in terms of scientific content, regardless of the authors’ ethnic origin, gender, citizenship, religious belief or political opinion.

The editor makes fair double-blind peer-review of the articles submitted for publication and ensures that all information about the submitted articles is kept confidential before publication.

The editor informs the reviewers that the manuscripts are confidential and this is a privileged interaction. The reviewers and editorial board cannot discuss the articles with other people. Anonymity of reviewers should be ensured. In certain cases, the editor may share one reviewer's review with other reviewers to clarify a particular point.

The editor is responsible for the content and overall quality of the publication. It is also his/her responsibility to issue a correction note or implement a withdrawal as necessary.

The editor does not allow any conflict of interest between authors, editors and reviewers. She/he only has authority to appoint reviewers and the final decision regarding the publication of the articles in the journal is made by the Editorial Board.

The reviewers should not have any conflicts of interest regarding the research, authors and/or research funders.

The reviewers’ evaluations should be objective.

The language and style used by the reviewers should not be offensive to the author.

The reviewers must ensure that all information regarding submitted articles remains confidential until they are published.

The reviewers should notify the editor if they notice copyright infringement or plagiarism in the work they are reviewing.

The reviewers who feel inadequate to review an article or think that they will not be able to complete the review within the specified time should withdraw from the reviewing process.

During the reviewing process, the reviewers are expected to make their evaluations by considering the followings: Does the article contain new and important information? / Does the abstract clearly and neatly describe the content of the article? / Is the method coherent and clearly defined? / Are the comments and conclusions made substantiated by the findings? / Are adequate references given to other studies in the field? / Is the language quality adequate?

“Preliminary Review Form”, “Article Evaluation Form” and “Book Review Evaluation Form” used in Nigde Medical Journal can be viewed on the journal website.

Submitted works are reviewed by the editor for compliance with publication principles of the journal, academic writing rules and APA Citation System, and screened for plagiarism using the iThenticate or Turnitin programs. The preliminary review is completed within a maximum of 15 days. The plagiarism similarity rate must be less than 20%. Even though the similarity rate is 1%, if the citation and quotation are not duly made, plagiarism may still be in question. In this respect, citation and quotation rules should be known and carefully applied by the author:

The study, which has passed the Preliminary Review and Plagiarism Screening phase, is examined by the relevant field editor in terms of problematic and academic language-style. This review will be completed in a maximum of 15 days.

The study, which has been reviewed by of the field editor, is submitted to the evaluation of at least two external reviewers who have a doctoral thesis, book or article on the subject. The reviewing process is carried out in secrecy within the framework of the double-blind reviewing practice. The reviewers are requested to either state their opinion on the study they have examined on the text or justify it with a minimum 150-word explanation on the online reviewer form. If the authors do not agree with the reviewers’ opinion, they are given the right to object and defend their opinion. Field editor provides mutual communication between the author and reviewer keeping confidentiality. If both reviewers’ reports are positive, the study is submitted to the Editorial Board with a proposal to evaluate its publication. If one of the two reviewers has a negative opinion, the study is sent to a third reviewer. Studies can be published with the positive decision of at least two reviewers. The publication of book and symposium evaluations and doctoral thesis abstracts is decided upon the evaluation of at least two internal reviewers (relevant field editors and/or editorial board members).

If the reviewers want revision in the text they have examined, the relevant reports are sent to the authors and they are asked to correct their works. The authors revise the text with the "Track Changes" feature turned on in the Word program or indicate the changes in the text with red colour. They submit the edited text to the field editor.

The field editor checks whether the author has made the requested corrections in the text.

The reviewer requesting revision checks whether the author has made the requested corrections in the text.

The authors of the studies, about which both reviewers have decided to be “publishable”, are asked to expand the abstract of the articles to 350-400 words.

Studies that pass the peer-review process are reviewed by the Turkish Language Editor and Editor-in-Chief, and if necessary, corrections are requested from the author. The control process is completed within a maximum of 15 days.

Studies that pass the Turkish language control are reviewed by the English language editor and if necessary, corrections are requested from the author. The English language editor’s control process is completed within a maximum of 15 days.

Studies that have passed technical, academic and linguistic examinations are examined by the Editorial Board, and it is decided whether it will be published; and if it will be published, in which issue it will be included. The Board decides by majority vote. In the event of equality, the final decision is made in the direction of the editor’s decision.

The typesetting and layout of the works decided to be published by the Editorial Board are made ready for publication and sent to the author for review. This stage lasts for a maximum of 15 days.

Submission to National and International Indexes

The data of the published issue is transmitted to the relevant indexes within 15 days.