Evaluation Principles
1) Manuscripts that have not been previously published or are not currently under review for publication in another journal and approved by each author are accepted for evaluation.
2) Submitted and pre-checked articles are scanned for plagiarism using Intihal.net software.
3) The Journal of General Medicine conducts a double blind review process. All manuscripts will first be evaluated by the editor for suitability for the journal. Appropriate manuscripts are sent to at least two independent expert reviewers to assess the scientific quality of the manuscript.
4) The Editor-in-Chief evaluates manuscripts independently of the ethnic origin, gender, nationality, religious beliefs and political philosophy of the authors. He/she ensures that the manuscripts submitted for publication undergo a fair double blind peer review.
5) The editor-in-chief does not allow any conflict of interest between authors, editors and referees.
6) The editor is responsible for the final decision regarding the acceptance or rejection of articles. The editor's decision is final.
7) Editors are not involved in decisions about manuscripts written by themselves or by family members or colleagues, or that relate to products or services in which the editor has an interest. Any such submission is subject to all of the journal's usual procedures.
Reviewers should ensure that all information about submitted manuscripts remains confidential until the manuscript is published, and should report to the editor if they discover any copyright infringement or plagiarism on the part of the author.

Evaluation Process
Refereeing Type: Double Blind
Double Blinding: After the plagiarism check, eligible manuscripts are evaluated by the editor-in-chief in terms of originality, methodology, importance of the subject covered and compatibility with the scope of the journal. The editor ensures that the manuscripts undergo double blind refereeing in a fair manner, and if the manuscript meets the formal requirements, the editor submits the manuscript to the evaluation of at least two referees from Turkey and / or abroad, and if the referees deem necessary, they approve the publication of the manuscript after the requested changes are made by the authors.
Author-Referee Interaction: Editors mediate all interactions between referees and authors.
Plagiarism Check: Yes - Intihal.net scans articles to prevent plagiarism.
Number of Reviewers Reviewing Each Article: At least two
Permitted Duration: 10 days. This period can be extended by adding 25 days.
Decision: In order for the article to be accepted for publication by the Editor, at least two referees must make an acceptance decision.
Suspicion of Ethical Violation: Referees should inform the Editor if they suspect misconduct in the research or publication. The Editor is responsible for taking the necessary actions in accordance with COPE recommendations.

Principles of the Refereeing Process for the Work of the Editorial Staff
Editorials and analysis articles written by the editors of the Journal of General Medicine are not subject to external peer review. Original research articles are sent to at least two external reviewers for blind review. During this period, the roles of those editors are suspended.

Author Responsibilities
The author must comply with research and publication training.
The author should not attempt to publish the same work in more than one journal.
The author should indicate the works used in the writing of the article in the bibliography.

Responsibilities of the Editor
The editor evaluates manuscripts for scientific content without regard to the ethnic origin, gender, citizenship, religious belief or political opinion of the authors.
The editor conducts fair double-blind peer review of manuscripts submitted for publication and ensures that all information about submitted manuscripts is kept confidential before publication.
The editor informs the reviewers that the manuscripts are confidential information and that this is a privileged interaction. Reviewers and the editorial board cannot discuss manuscripts with other people. The anonymity of the referees must be ensured. In certain cases, the editor may share a 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 retraction when necessary.
The editor does not allow any conflict of interest between authors, editors and referees. He/she has full authority only to appoint referees, and the Editorial Board is responsible for the final decision regarding the publication of manuscripts in the journal.

Responsibilities of Reviewers
Reviewers should not have any conflicts of interest related to the research, authors and/or research funders.
Reviewers' evaluations should be objective.
The language and style used by the referees should not offend the author.
Reviewers should ensure that all information regarding the submitted manuscripts remains confidential until the manuscript is published.
Reviewers should notify the editor if they notice copyright infringement or plagiarism in the work they review.
A reviewer who feels inadequate in reviewing an article or who feels that he/she cannot complete the review in the specified time should withdraw from the review process.
During the review process, reviewers are expected to consider the following points: Does the article contain new and important information? / Does the abstract clearly and properly describe the content of the article? / Is the methodology described in a coherent and understandable manner? / Are the interpretations and conclusions substantiated by the findings? / Are adequate references given to other studies in the field? / Is the language quality adequate?

Preliminary Review and Plagiarism Screening
The manuscript is reviewed by the editor for compliance with the journal's publication principles, academic writing rules and the Vancouver Citation System, and is scanned for plagiarism using the Intihal.net programme. The preliminary review is completed within a maximum of 15 days. The plagiarism similarity rate must be less than 20% (excluding references). If the similarity rate is 1%, but citation and quotation are not done properly, plagiarism may still be in question. In this respect, citation and quotation rules must be known and carefully applied by the author.

Field Editor Review
The manuscript that passes the Preliminary Review and Plagiarism Scanning stage is examined by the relevant field editor in terms of problematic and academic language and style. This review is completed within a maximum of 10 days.

Referee Process (Academic Evaluation)
After the review of the field editor, the manuscript is submitted to the evaluation of at least two referees who have a doctoral thesis, book or article on the subject. The referee process is carried out in confidentiality within the framework of double blind refereeing. The referee is requested to state his/her opinion and opinion on the manuscript either on the text or to justify it with an explanation of at least 150 words on the online referee form. If the author disagrees with the referee's opinion, he/she is given the right to object and defend his/her views. The field editor ensures mutual communication between the author and the referee while maintaining confidentiality. If one of the two referees has a negative opinion, the manuscript is sent to a third referee. Studies can be published with the positive decision of at least two referees. The publication of book and symposium reviews and doctoral thesis abstracts is decided after the evaluation of at least two internal referees (relevant field editors and/or members of the editorial board).

Proofreading Phase
If the referees request corrections to be made in the text they have reviewed, the relevant reports are sent to the author and the author is asked to correct his/her work. The author makes the corrections in the Word program with the ‘Track Changes’ feature turned on or indicates the changes in the text with a different colour. Submits the corrected text to the field editor.

Field Editor Control
The field editor checks whether the author has made the requested corrections to the text.

Referee Check
The reviewer checks whether the author has made the requested corrections in the text.

Language Check
The manuscripts that pass the referee process are reviewed by the Language Editor and, if necessary, the author is asked to make corrections. The language editor's control process is completed within a maximum of 15 days.

Typesetting and Layout Phase
The works that are decided to be published are prepared for publication by typesetting and layout and sent to the author for review. This stage takes maximum 15 days.

Data Submission to National and International Indexes
The data of the published issue is sent to the relevant indexes within 15 days.