Submission Templates

At initial submission, the Cover File and the Anonymized Main Manuscript must be uploaded as separate files. To preserve double-blind peer review, author-identifying information must not appear in the anonymized manuscript.

Required at initial submission.

The Cover File contains author identities, affiliations, contact information, and the ethical and editorial declarations associated with the manuscript. This file is not shared with reviewers.

The Cover File should include:

• Full Turkish and English manuscript titles,
• Full names of all authors,
• Academic titles,
• Institutional and departmental affiliations,
• ORCID identifiers,
• Corresponding author and contact e-mail address,
• Author contribution statement,
• Conflict of interest declaration,
• Funding/support statement,
• Data availability statement,
• Ethics committee/research ethics statement,
• Participant consent statement where applicable,
• Acknowledgements, if any,
• Information indicating whether the manuscript is derived from a thesis, project, or conference presentation, where applicable.

Download Cover File Template

Required at initial submission and during revision.

The anonymized manuscript is the principal file sent for peer review. It must contain no information that could reveal the identities of the authors.

The following information should be removed:

• Author names,
• Institutional affiliations,
• ORCID identifiers,
• E-mail addresses,
• Acknowledgements,
• Statements that directly identify an author or institution.

The manuscript should include Turkish and English titles, abstracts, keywords, and the main sections appropriate to the type of study.

Download Anonymized Manuscript Template

Optional.

The Cover Letter may be used to provide the editor with a brief introduction to the manuscript. Authors may describe the original contribution of the study, its relevance to the journal's aims and scope, and any other information they wish to bring to the editor's attention.

The Cover Letter is not part of the peer-review file and is not shared with reviewers.

Download Cover Letter Template

Required when revision is requested.

Authors should respond separately and systematically to each comment made by reviewers and editors.

The response document should:

• Clearly reproduce or identify each reviewer/editor comment,
• Provide the author's response immediately below each comment,
• Explain the changes made,
• Identify where the change appears in the revised manuscript,
• Provide a scholarly justification when a recommendation has not been followed.

To preserve double-blind peer review, response files shared with reviewers must not contain information that reveals the authors' identities.

Download Response to Reviewers Template

Authors are encouraged to review the Author Guidelines before submission and ensure that they are using the most recent versions of all journal templates.