Article Preparation
Language: Turkish, English
Types of Articles: (1) Systematic review and Meta analysis, (2) Original research (Quantitative, Qualitative and Mixed methods) (3) Clinical study; (4) Pilot study, (5) Protocols developed for experimental research study or systematic review, (6) Scale development studies, (7) Case presentation/report
Review articles will not be accepted for publication; reviews invited by the editors will be published. Only systematic reviews and meta-analyses that are prepared and appropriately conducted under PRISMA guidance to provide an Evidence Synthesis will be considered.
However, we advise authors to be as concise as possible for dissemination of the work.
Manuscript Format: doc, docx format
Image Format: PNG/JPNG
Citation Style: APA 6
Author Change: Only processed before the manuscript is accepted. Authors should carefully review the list and order of authors before submitting their manuscript and provide the final author list at the time of original submission.

Writing rules:
In articles submitted to the journal, we kindly request that you use the following reporting guidelines appropriate to the methodology of your study and indicate them in the articles.
(1) Randomized experiments SPIRIT or CONSORT Extensions
(2) Observational studies STROBE Extensions
(3) Systematic reviews PRISMA Extensions
(4) Study protocols SPIRIT PRISMA-P
(5) Diagnostic studies STARD TRIPOD
(6) Case reports CARE Extensions
(7) Clinical practice guidelines AGREE RIGHT
(8) Qualitative research SRQR COREQ

Page layout
• Texts should be placed on the page in A4 standard, leaving 2.5 cm of space on all edges.
• Footnotes should not be used in studies, explanations should be given in the text.
• Page numbers should be placed at the end and in the middle of the page, starting from the summary page.
• Full line spacing should be used in abstracts and references.
• Line spacing in the main text should be 1.15 lines.
• There should be a 6 pt space between section titles and the text before the title.
• Paragraphs should not be indented and text should be justified.
• Articles submitted to the journal (except case reports) should not exceed 5000 words for the main text, including quotations, excluding abstract, tables and references.
• Case reports submitted to the journal should not exceed 2000 words.
• The abstract should be between 200-250 words and should be prepared in Turkish and English.

Type and characters
• "Times New Roman" type font should be used in the whole text.
• The Turkish and English title of the article should be written in 14 pt size, with the first letter of each word capitalised, bold and centre-aligned.
• The title of the Abstract / Abstract should be written in 11 pt size, capitalised, bold and left justified.
• The text of the Abstract / Abstract, including subheadings and keywords, should be written in 9 pt, the first letter of each word should be capitalised and bold.
• In-text headings should not be numbered and should be written in 11 pt, large, bold and left justified.
For example: INTRODUCTION
• In-text subheadings should be 11 pt, the first letter of each word capitalised, bold and left justified. -
The main text should be written in
11 pt size using "Times New Roman" type. - Commas should be used when separating decimal numbers. There should be no space between the % sign and the numbers.
The percentage sign should be written before the number in Turkish articles and after the number in English articles. For example, for Turkish; 38.5%, for English; 38.5%
• ( ), " " and / should be written without a space before and after the sentence / word written inside the sign.
Writing Keywords
• At least three keywords should be written. - Authors should make it a principle to use Turkish Scientific Terms and MeSH
in keyword selection. English keywords should be given in accordance with "Medical Subject Headings (MESH)" (www.nlm.nih.gov). Turkish keywords should be given in accordance with the Turkish Scientific Terms (TBT) (www.bilimterimleri.com).
The manuscript should be submitted in separate files in accordance with the following criteria:
(1) title page;
(2) main text file;
(3) tables and figures;
(4) ethics committee document;
(5) copyright notice text and authorship consent form,

1. Title Page
• The title should be a short informative one containing keywords, maximum 20 words.
• The title should not contain abbreviations.
• It should be less than 40 characters and should also include a short title.
• Full names and surnames of all authors should be written in CAPITAL LETTERS.
• Institutional information, titles, e-mail addresses and ORCID number of all authors should be written.
• Corresponding author should be indicated and detailed contact information should be included.
• The authorship of all authors should be indicated.
• Acknowledgements (if necessary) can be included on the title page.
• Conflict of Interest statement should be included.
• Financing Statement should be included.
• If available, Clinical Research Registration Number can be written.
• If the article has been previously presented as a paper, the name of the paper, the name of the congress, date and time should be written.

2. Main Text File
• The main text file should not contain any information that can identify the authors as it will be subjected to double-blind peer-review.
• The main text file should include the title of the study, Turkish and English abstract, keywords, main text of the study and bibliography.
• The main text file should be prepared according to the type of research.

Research Articles:
• The abstract of the research article should include the sub-headings of Objective, Method, Results and Practical Use.
• The titles of the research article should be as follows.
INTRODUCTION
Aim of the research
METHODS and METHODS
• Type of the research
• Population and sample of the research
• Data collection tools
• Collection of data
• Ethical dimension
• Analysis
RESULTS
DISCUSSION
Limitations of the research
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
REFERENCES

Case report:
The case presentation should begin with the indication that the "Informed Consent Form" has been obtained and the permission for the use of scales and photographs, if used.
DISCUSSION
REFERENCES

Systematic Review and Meta Analyses:
• In Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, the abstract should include the sub- headings Aim, Method, Findings and Use in Practice.
• The main texts of Systematic Reviews and Meta Analyses should be structured as follows.
INTRODUCTION
METHOD
Aim/objectives
Design
Search strategy
Search results
Quality and bias Evaluation
Data extraction
Synthesis
RESULTS
DISCUSSION
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES

3. Tables and Figures
Tables and figures should be prepared as specified in the General Writing Rules of the journal and should be presented in a separate file, not in the main text file.
•Table title should be placed above the table (Table 1. Xxxxxx), figure title should be placed below the figure in 10 pt, only the first letter of the title should be capitalised, bold and left justified.
• Tables should be numbered in accordance with the order of transition in the main text and the places where they should be placed should be indicated.
• Tables should be independent and should not be identical to the information in the text and should be complementary. They should not be pasted as images but provided as editable files. Indicators should be brief but comprehensive. Tables, explanations and footnotes should be understandable without reference to the text. All abbreviations should be defined in footnotes. Table titles should be written according to the example of "Table 1. Main characteristics of included studies". Maximum 5 tables and figures should be included.
• Figure and its description should be understandable without referring to the text. The symbols used must have definitions and all abbreviations and units of measurement must be defined.

4. Ethics Committee Certificate
Authors who wish to submit an article to the journal must upload the permissions obtained from the ethics committees for studies conducted in humans or animals. Ethics committee approval is not required for case reports and systematic reviews.

5. Copyright Notice Text and Authorship Approval Form
Authors/authors who want to upload an article to the Journal of Research and Development in Nursing should sign the
Copyright Notice Text and Authorship Approval Form and upload it to the Dergipark system.

6. Similarity Report The
Plagiarism reports are evaluated by the journal. However, authors are advised to check their own manuscripts before submission.

Source Display Style
Articles should be prepared according to APA 6 Citation System. In the discipline, APA 6 footnote or in-text system, whichever is widely used, may be preferred.
https://apastyle.apa.org/6th-edition-resources/ 
In addition, references should be written in "Times New Roman" with 10 pt. The first line should be on the left and the second line should be indented 1.25.

APA (6th Edition) Bibliography Examples
In-text citations
Notation for single author (Bilgili, 2021)
Cited for two authors (Morse & Anderson, 2021) Cited for more than two authors (Jameson et al., 2021).
For more than one citation, alphabetical order should be used (Deliktas Demirci et al., 2021; Fernández-Castillo et al., 2021; Goh et al., 2021; González-Gil et al., 2018; Tan et al., 2006).
Journal article with 2-7 authors;
Joo, J. Y., & Liu, M. F. (2021). Nurses' barriers to caring for patients with COVID-19: A qualitative systematic review. International Nursing Review, 68(2), 202- 213.
In-text citation: (Joo & Liu, 2021)
Citation in a sentence: Joo and Liu (2021)
Ramus, F., Rosen, S., Dakin, S. C., Day, B. L., Castellote, J. M., White, S., & Frith, U. (2003). Theories of developmental dyslexia: Insights from a multiple case study of dyslexic adults. Brain, 126(4), 841-865.
In-text citation: (Ramus et al., 2003)
In-sentence citation: Ramus et al. (2003) Journal article with 7 or more authors
Rutter, M., Caspi, A., Fergusson, D., Horwood, L. J., Goodman, R., Maughan, B., ... Carroll, J. (2004). Sex differences in developmental reading disability: New findings from 4 epidemiological studies. Journal of the American Medical Association, 291(16), 2007- 2012.
Book
Alpar, R. (2014). Applied statistics and reliability-validity, (3rd edition) Ankara: Detay
Publishing Book Chapter
Phillips S. J. and Whisnant J. P. (1995). Hypertension and stroke. In: J. H. Laragh and B. M. Brenner (Eds), Hypertension: pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management (2nd ed., pp. 465-478). New York: Raven Press
Final Checklist
It is hoped that this list will be useful during the final check of the manuscript before it is uploaded to the journal system.

Make sure that the following items are present:
1.Author information added.
• E-mail address
• Full postal address
• Telephone number
2. All required files have been installed.
• Article text
• Copyright Notice Text
3. The article has been "spell-checked" and "grammar-checked".
4. All references mentioned in the bibliography have been cited in the text and vice versa.

Submit Manuscript
Submissions should be addressed to the corresponding author
of the manuscript. All correspondence regarding the application is sent to the corresponding author by e-mail sent through the journal system.
When uploading the manuscript file, make sure that this file does not contain any elements that will decipher the identity of the author due to the double-blind review process.
Files You Need to Upload Separately:
1) Full Text of Article
2) Title Page
3) Tables and Figures
4) Ethics Committee Certificate
5) Copyright Notice Text and Authorship Consent Form

Author's Guide

Duties and Responsibilities of Authors

Authorship and Contribution
Authorship should be limited to those who made significant contributions to the conception, design, conduct, or interpretation of the study. All significant contributors should be listed as co-authors. If there are minor contributors to the work, e.g. language editing, they should be acknowledged in the acknowledgements section. The corresponding author should ensure that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the manuscript and agree to its submission for publication. Authors are expected to carefully review the list and order of authors before submitting their manuscript and to provide the final author list at the time of original submission. Only in exceptional circumstances will the editor consider the addition, deletion, or reorganisation of authors after the manuscript has been submitted. All authors must agree to any such addition, deletion or reorganisation. Authors take joint responsibility for the work.

Author Change Requests
Addition, deletion or rearrangement of author names in the author list can only be made before the manuscript is accepted and only if approved by the Editor of the journal.
If such a change is requested, the Editor will request from the responsible author (a) the reason for the change in the author list and (b) written confirmation (e-mail) from all authors that they agree to the addition. Only in exceptional cases will the Editor consider the addition, deletion or reorganisation of authors after the article has been accepted.

Article Writing
Authors of original research papers should address the topic in an original way and with an objective discussion. The paper should include sufficient detail and references to allow others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly false statements constitute unethical behaviour and are unacceptable.

Originality
The author should provide assurance that the article is original, has not been previously published elsewhere, and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, in another language.

Using Original Sources and Citation
Authors must ensure that they have written entirely original work and, if they have used the work or words of others, that this is properly cited. Privately obtained information, such as in conversations, correspondence or discussions with third parties, should not be used without the express written permission of the source.

Data Access and Preservation
Authors may be asked to provide research data supporting their articles for editorial review and/or to comply with the journal's open data requirements. Authors should be prepared to provide public access to such data, if possible, and to retain such data for a reasonable period after publication. The journal recommends uploading research data to TUBITAK's Aperta Portal.

Multiple and Simultaneous Publication
An author should not publish an article containing the same research in more than one journal. It is unethical to submit the same article to more than one journal at the same time. An author should not submit a previously published article for consideration in another journal, except in the form of an abstract.

Publication of Studies Based on Questionnaires and Interviews
For research in all disciplines that require ethics committee approval (ethics committee approval must be obtained, this approval must be stated and documented in the article. In researches requiring ethics committee approval, information about the approval (name of the committee, date and number) should be included in the method section, as well as on one of the first/last pages of the article; in case reports, information on the signature of the informed consent form should be included in the article.

Conflict of Interest
Any financial or other interest that may cause the person to be conflicted in his/her work, significantly impair his/her objectivity, or provide an unfair advantage in favour of any person or organisation. All sources of financial support received during the conduct of the research and preparation of the manuscript and the role of sponsors in the study should be disclosed. If there is no source of funding, this should also be indicated. Examples of potential conflicts of interest that should be disclosed include consultancies, salaries, grants. Potential conflicts of interest should be disclosed at the earliest possible stage.

Error Reporting
When an author notices a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her published work, he/she should notify the journal immediately. It is also the author's obligation to withdraw the manuscript or to co-operate to correct it if deemed necessary by the editor. If the editor or publisher learns from a third party that a published work contains errors, it is the author's obligation to co-operate with the editor, including informing the editor.

Image Integrity
It is unacceptable to enhance, darken, move, remove or add a specific feature in an image. Authors must adhere to the policy for graphic images implemented by the journal.