Ethical Principles

All clinical studies should be conducted in accordance with the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki (https://www.wma.net/policies-post/wma-declaration-of-helsinki-ethical-principles-for-medical-research-involving-human-subjects/).

In scientific research articles, it should be declared that the research project has been approved by an ethics committee (date and number of ethics committee) in the "Materials and Methods" section.

Any information and documents containing patient identity should not be used in case reports and articles. An 'informed consent form' should be obtained from the patients whose information will be used, and the information about the consent form should be stated in the 'Materials and Methods' section.

In animal experiments, the study should be carried out in accordance with the ethical regulations specified in the 'Care and Use of Laboratory Animals Manual' (www.nap.edu/catalog/5140.html) and the authors should declare that the ethics committee approval has been obtained and the ethics committee date-number in the 'Materials and Methods' section. .

It should be stated in the text that the experimental and clinical drug studies were carried out in accordance with the regulations of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Turkey and the ethics committee approval was obtained.

Authors are responsible for compliance with ethical rules. Ethics Committee Approval Certificate should be uploaded to the system together with the article. In case presentations, the informed consent form should be uploaded to the system together with the case presentation.

The format of the manuscript should comply with the ICMJE (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors) and COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) guidelines.

Article Evaluation Process

Ağrı Medical Journal does not guarantee article acceptance or very short peer review times.

Articles uploaded to the Ağrı Medical Journal for evaluation are primarily evaluated by the editors (chief editor and section editors).

Editors first evaluate whether the articles are written in accordance with the journal's article writing rules. Articles that are not written in accordance with these rules are excluded from evaluation.

Due to the ethical policy of our journal, since plagiarism is not tolerated, the articles will be evaluated for plagiarism with the iThenticate software after the first evaluation. Articles with a similarity rate of less than 20% will be evaluated.

Double Anonymous Peer Review Process

Articles that pass the first two stages will go through the referee process. Ağrı Medical Journal makes a double-blind peer-review, and the identities of both the referee and the author are hidden from each other during the whole process. In order to facilitate this, authors should ensure that their manuscripts are prepared in a way that does not reveal their identities, and the names of researchers and institutions should not be mentioned in the main text.

Afterwards, three referees are appointed to evaluate the article. Referees are selected from among experts who have publications in the same medical field. Although the referees are asked to declare whether they accept to evaluate the manuscript within 7 days, the referees are given 15 days for evaluation. If an arbitrator does not fulfill his duty as an arbitrator within the first 15 days, an additional 15 days will be given (reminder mail will be sent). If the referee does not fulfill his duty within this period, a new referee will be appointed.

As a result of the referee evaluation, the referees are asked to fill in the referee evaluation form. If any correction is requested by the referees, the authors will be given 15 days to make the necessary corrections. After two referee evaluations, the final decision about the acceptance of the article is made by the editor-in-chief or the section editors. Editors can also appoint a third referee for the evaluation of the article, if needed.

Requests for withdrawal of articles that are in the process of being executed and are at the stage of decision, without a reasonable reason, fall within the scope of 'rejection'.

The articles can also be checked by the statistics editor if needed. All articles written in English will be examined in terms of both language and article writing rules.

In case of need, the editor-in-chief, associate editors, biostatisticians and English language editor can make minor corrections that do not change the original meaning of the accepted article.