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General Information
Journal of Pediatric Infection is the scientific official journal of the Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. It is published quarterly in March, June, September and December. Moreover, an additional issue is published for the Congress of National Pediatric Infectious Diseases. The aim of the Journal of Pediatric Infection is to publish high quality scientific research papers about pediatric health and disease. Also review articles, editorial reviews, letters to the editor, case reports and training oriented scientific articles (what is your diagnosis?, routines, questions-answers, clinical clues, news from world literature) are accepted. Publishing language is both Turkish and English. The editorial policy of the journal is based on independent, unbiased, and double-blinded peer-review.
Original articles, reviews, case reports, letters to the editors and congress abstracts about children health and diseases, especially pediatric infectious diseases, are published in the Journal of Pediatric Infection.
1. Manuscripts should be original, considerable and scientific to be accepted for publishing in the journal. The publication language of the journal is Turkish and English; manuscripts in English can be published only if criteria for publication are fulfilled and a Turkish abstracts is provided.
2. Manuscripts that have been submitted for publication in the journal must not have been published in or submitted to elsewhere. Studies that have been presented in a congress previously are accepted as long as this condition is predicated. Authors give written declarations to state that they will transfer publishing rights of their manuscripts to the journal. These conditions are designated in the letter of application to the editor which is signed by all authors
3. Articles should be formatted according to the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts to Biomedical Journals: Writing and Editing for Biomedical Publication (http://www.icmje.org/).
4. All information which will be published in the journal must be in accordance with research and publication ethics. Experimental and clinical studies as well as drug trials should be submitted along with ethics committee reports that are in compliance with the international agreements about human and animal rights (Helsinki Declaration of 1975, revised 2002-http://www.wma.net/e/policy/b3.html and “Guide for the care and use of laboratory animals”-www.nap.edu/catalog/5140.html) and patient consent forms that show the patients have been informed about the study and their consent was obtained.
5. The authors should acknowledge and provide information at the end of full-text article before references on grants , contracts or other financial support of the study provided by any foundations and institutions or firms.
6. Contents of all published manuscripts reflect the view of authors; editor or publisher is not responsible. No copyright fee is paid for the manuscripts that have been sent to journal.
7. All articles that are submitted for publishing should be prepared according to the manuscript writing rules of the journal. Manuscripts are published in the journal if they are considered to be compatible for publishing, after the evaluation of at least two advisors (reviewers). If it is considered to be necessary according the characteristics of the subject, editors may send the article to the advisors who are not in broadcast council or advisory board. Manuscripts that are not accepted for the publication will not be sent back and authors can not have a claim about this subject. Editors are entitled to make revisions and shortcuts without changing the message of the manuscript.
8. Editors are entitled to not to publish the manuscripts that do not comply with the criteria of publication, send the manuscripts back to the authors for corrections and shortcuts, as well as to format the manuscripts. Authors are regarded as having accepted the corrections of editors in the language of article, both in respect of English and Turkish, without a major change in the text.
9. The publication language of the journal is both Turkish and English. Manuscripts should comply with the dictionary of Turkish Linguistic Society and Spelling Book. Authors are required to be careful and attentive in using Turkish terms. Latin versions of anatomic terms should be used. The terms that are casually used in daily medical language should be written as their spelling in accordance with Turkish rules of spelling. The terms that authors require to be written in a foreign language should be indicated in quotation marks. After the explanation of abbreviations when they are first mentioned in the text, only the abbreviation should be used in the rest. The Latin names of microorganisms should be shortened by writing the first initial of genus name after its first usage in the text; e.g. Streptococcus pneumoniae / S. pneumoniae. The names of microorganisms like “streptokok” or “stafilokok” and antibiotics which are commonly used should be written Turkish. Numbers smaller than ten that have no unit should be written in words and suffixes following the numbers should be separated with a apostrophe; e.g. seven children. Before percentage mark (%) or after numbers with units a space should be given; e.g. 95.12% ml. Unless it is necessary, sentences should not be given with numbers, in stead, numbers should be indicated in words.
10. The name of an author as in the first order can be used in one issue of the journal in three studies at most.
Manuscript Rules
Manuscripts should be 11-point font sized of Times New Roman, double spaced in a standard A4 paper and should be sent in 3 copies with photographs, graphics and tables. Each photograph, graphic and table should be placed in a different page. No information about author; such as name, surname and address, should be written in the two copies of manuscripts that have been sent to the advisors. Additionally, the text should be prepared in an IBM compliant computer program (Microsoft Windows, at least Word 98) and sent by saving in 3.5 inch HD diskette or in a removable disc.
The margins of the pages should be 2.5 cm from every side and the pages should be numbered consecutively starting from the title page. Page numbers should be placed at the right top corner. The number of pages should be at most 16 for original articles, 10 for reviews, 8 for case reports and 2 for letters to editors.
Title Page
Title of the manuscript should be concordant with the text and short. The English version of the Turkish title which is indicated in the parenthesis should be in accordance with the Turkish version. Full names, affiliations and addresses of all authors should be indicated with one under the other. The name and address of the clinic, department and institute where the study has been performed should also be indicated. If the study has been reported in a congress or symposium previously, it should be indicated.
Address of Correspondence
The name, address, telephone number, fax number and e-mail address of the corresponding author should be written. The running title (max 50 letters) of the manuscript should be added in this part. If acknowledgement is required, it should be given in this part. Acknowledgement should also be indicated before the references.
Abstract
Both the Turkish and English versions of the abstracts of reviews and original articles should be maximum 250 words and the abstracts of case reports should the title should be limited by 50 characters be maximum 150 words. Turkish and English versions of the abstracts and titles should be in accordance with each other. The objectives and methods of the study or investigation should be briefly explained in the abstract whereas the main findings of the study should be explained in detail to support the obtained results. The abstract should briefly include the parts of objective, materials and methods, results and conclusion. Keywords should be written after both Turkish and English version of abstracts.
Keywords
Keywords should be maximum five words in accordance with Index Medicus Medical Subject Headings (MESH) following both Turkish and English versions of abstract. If no terms in MESH are found concordant with the new terms, the existing terms can be used.
Original Article
Original articles should include the sections as introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion and references.
Case Reports
Case reports should include the sections as introduction, case(s), discussion and references.
Introduction
The aim of the study should be summarized in the introduction part. The data or results of the study should not be explained in this part.
Materials and Methods
For experimental and clinical studies, ethics committee approval should be introduced. Common experimental methods should be cited by references; however a short description should be presented for the new methods.
Statistical Analysis
The statistical analyses that are used in the study should be mentioned in the last paragraph of materials and methods section, by indicating the arithmetic mean of data or data given with (±) marking after the ratio. Actual values of probability (p value) must be specified (for example; p=0.012 instead of p<0.05).
Results
Results should be mentioned clearly. Unnecessary repeating of the information given in the tables should be avoided in the text. Each table should be placed in a different page after references with brief headings and footnotes. Tables should be numbered by Roman numbers according to the sequence cited in the text. Abbreviations that are not commonly used should be described in footnotes of tables. Each figure (illustrations, graphics and photographs) should be placed in a different page after references. Figures should be numbered according to the sequence cited in the text and figure legends should be mentioned in a different page.
Discussion
In the discussion section, the obtained results should be compared and discussed with literature or results of previous studies or original articles.
References
The references should be identified in the text within parenthesis and should be numbered consecutively in the order of appearance. Reference number should be limited to 40 in review and original articles, and 15 in case reports. Reference should be formatted in the original language of the study, as shown below. The abbreviations should comply with Index Medicus and Science Citation Index.
Journals
The journal titles should be abbreviated according to the style used in Index Medicus that is published in January each year. List all authors up to six; for more than seven authors list the first three followed by “et al”. After names of the authors, list all title of the manuscript, year, volume and pages.
Example: Mesrazos A, Orosz M, Mesko A, Vincze Z. Evaluation of asthma knowledge and quality of life in Hungarian asthmatichs. Allergy 2003; 58: 624-8.
Books
Book Chapter: References should follow this order; name of the first three authors, title of the chapter, editors, title of the book, volume and printing (if present), city, publisher, year and related pages.
Example: Jane JA, Persing JA. Neurosurgical treatment of craniosynostosis. In: Cohen MM,Kim D (eds). Craniosynostosis: Diagnosis and Management. 2nd edition. New York: Raven Press; 1986. p.249-95.
Book
Example: Norman IJ, Redfern SJ, (eds). Mental Health Care for Elderly People. 3rd edition. New York: Churchill Livingstone; 1996, p. 125-96.
Original page number(s) should be used for books with author.Example: Cohn PF. Silent Myocardial Ischemia and Infarction. 3rd ed. New York: Marcel Dekker; 1993. p.33.
Congress Handouts
They should be presented as in the below example.
Example: Yıldırım, Köksal N, Canıtez Y. Yenidoğan döneminde Salmonella typhimurium enfeksiyonu. XXXV. Milli Pediatri Kongresi, 12-15 kasım 1991, Adana, Bildiri Özet Kitabı, s.38, 1991.
Thesis
Kanpolat Y. Trigeminal Gangliona Deneysel Perkütan Giriş ve Radyofrekans Termik Lezyonun Histopatolojik Değerlendirilmesi (Doçentlik Tezi). Ankara: Ankara Üniversitesi; 1978.
Unpublished observations and personal interviews can not be used as a reference. Detailed information about other reference writing can be found at the web site “International Committee of Medical Journal Editors” (www.icmje.org).
Pictures, Figures and Tables
Each set of pictures should be put in a separate envelope (3 envelopes). Each picture should have a label on its back indicating the number of the figure, first author’s surname, first words of the manuscript title and an arrow that orients the top margin of the picture. Sufficient line thickness should be used in graphics so that losses due to required downsizings are decreased to minimum. Designs should be professional. If it was taken from a manuscript of someone else, written publishing permission should be sent along with the main manuscript. Especially, the tables should be prepared in a way to make the text more explanatory and simply understood, and they should not repeat the text. Abbreviations must be explained after the tables.
Reviews
They should preferably be written by authors having studies or citations about the subject in question, based on their experiences and/or literature knowledge. They should be written in a way to include recent innovations and the developments in our country. Abstracts should be limited to 250 words. The number of references should be 40 at most.
Case reports
They should be well-qualified and educating. Abstracts should not exceed 150 words and references should be limited to 15.
Letters to the Editor
They should discuss the importance, an escaped observation or a limitation of a published paper. There should be no title page and sections. Number of references is limited to 5. There should be the name and address of author at the end of the text. Editor decides the evaluation of answers to the letters by consulting the authors of the text and/or directly.
Address of Correspondence
Journal of Pediatric Infection
Editor (Mustafa Hacimustafaoglu, MD, Prof.)
Uludag University Medical School, Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 16059, Gorukle, Bursa
Telephone: 0224 442 88 75
Telephone and fax: 0224 442 87 29 - 0224 442 87 49 (secretary)
e-mail: mkemal@uludag.edu.tr
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