AUTHORSHIP & CONTRIBUTORSHIP STATEMENT

Every author specified in the manuscript should have properly contributed to the manuscript, should meet the authorship criteria and is responsible for the contributed content. Each section in the manuscript regarding study results and integrity should be the under the responsibility of at least one author. The Turkish Journal of Pathology accepts the criteria of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (http://www.icmje.org). The author(s) should accordingly;

• Make a significant contribution to the planning and design or analysis or interpretation or both of the study,
• Make a contribution to the writing or revision of scientific content of the manuscript,
• Approve the final version of the manuscript that is going to be published,
• Accept responsibility for the appropriate analysis and resolution of questions related to the integrity and accuracy of a section of a study and for all aspects of the study.

For multicenter studies, all declared authors should meet the above authorship criteria. Contribution such as searching for and finding financial support for the study or only collecting data or general help and guidance for those conducting the study do not confer the right to authorship. Individuals who have contributed to the study but do not meet authorship criteria can be included in the “Acknowledgements” section after their consent is obtained. The author order should be the joint decision of all authors. The editor can ask the individual contribution of each author and may find it appropriate to publish this information to prevent an unnecessary increase in the number of authors or unfair academic or similar benefits.

ADVERTISING

The Turkish Journal of Pathology accepts advertising for products and services that are of interest to users professionally. The decision of acceptance is subject to consultation with the journal’s board of directors. The board of directors reserves the right to accept and reject advertising proposals.

REVENUE SOURCES

The sources of income of the Turkish Journal of Pathology include institutional support (Federation of the Turkish Pathology Societies) and display advertising for pharmaceutical and nonpharmaceutical products.

RELATIONS WITH EDITOR(S), AUTHOR(S) AND REVIEWER(S)

Editors do not share information regarding articles (manuscript receipt, review process, reviewer opinions or final results) with anyone except authors and reviewers. Reviewers and editorial board members cannot discuss manuscripts in a public manner. Editors must send copies of the manuscript to the editor-in-chief for final decision once their review is complete. Reviews cannot be printed or disclosed without permission of the author and editor. Care is taken to keep the identities of the reviewers confidential. In some cases, the editor may decide to send the reviewer opinions on the manuscript to other reviewers reviewing the same article to inform them during the process. All manuscripts submitted will be subjected to peer review by the editorial board, and the authors will be informed within four weeks. Editorial board reserves the right to make some revisions in the manuscript. Revised manuscripts should also be accompanied by a unique letter with responses to reviewers' comments. Manuscripts that do not comply with the journal requirements listed below may be returned without review at the discretion of the editors. If the journal requests a revision, the author(s) should submit the revised version within three months. Otherwise, it will be considered a new submission.

CHANGES IN AUTHORSHIP

Corresponding author is responsible for accurate declaration of the author list during the initial submission. Changes to the authorship will not be allowed after the acceptance of the manuscript. Exception is only possible if substantial contribution is provided by an additional co-author during manuscript revision process. In such cases, requests to change the authorship, i.e., to include a co-author must be made by sending an official letter to the editorial office that explains the reason for this change request and signed by all authors to show they agree on the change(s), and the new co-author(s). The final decision is made by the editor.

PREPARATION of MANUSCRIPT

Manuscript should be typed in 12 pt (Times New Roman), double spaced throughout with margins of 2.5 cm, and pages must be numbered on the right bottom of the page. Manuscripts must be in accordance with the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors: Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals (http://www.icmje.org/).

Original articles should not exceed 15 double spaced typewritten pages, and case reports should not exceed 10 pages. Articles should be sent in either "doc" or "txt" format and organized as follows:

• Title page: Authors must submit the title page as a separate file. The title page should contain the manuscript title, authors’ names, academic titles and affiliations, a running title not exceeding 40 characters and the address for manuscript correspondence including e-mail address and telephone and fax numbers. If the article was presented at a scientific meeting, a complete statement including the date and place of the meeting should be provided. An “acknowledgement(s)” section should be placed on the title page to thank those who helped the study or preparation of the manuscript, if any. All funding sources that supported the work and the institutional and/or corporate affiliations of the authors should be acknowledged on the title page. This section contains statements of gratitude for personal, technical or material help, etc. Conflict of interest statement should also be included.
• Abstract and keywords: All articles should contain an abstract. Authors should include the abstract and the key words in the main text file. Abstracts must be no longer than 250 words. The abstracts should be structured [objective, materials and methods, results and conclusions]. Case reports should also include a structured abstract [objective, case report(s), and conclusion]. Abbreviations and institutional information should not be written in the abstract. The authors should list three to five key words or phrases taken from Index Medicus Medical Subject Headings (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/MBrowser.html) at the end of this section.
• Maintext: Original articles should be organized in six main headings: abstract, keywords, introduction, material and method, results, and discussion. Abbreviations should be defined at first mention in the text and in each table and figure. If a brand name is cited, supply the manufacturer’s name and address (city and state/country). Case reports should include the following identifiable sections: abstract, keywords, introduction, case report(s), and discussion.

Figure legends should be included in the main text file after the references.

• References: References should be arranged according to the “Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals” rules developed by “International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE)”. Some examples have been provided for frequently used reference types. The http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/ uniform_requirements.html site should be used for guidance on other types of references not provided here. Each reference should be numbered and listed according to their order in the text. They should be referred to in parentheses as “(….)’’ at the end of sentences within the text. The author(s) are responsible for the accuracy of the references. Journal titles should be abbreviated according to Index Medicus. Refer to the “List of Journals Indexed in Index Medicus” for abbreviations of journal names, or access the list at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/tsd/serials/ lji.html. Abbreviations are not used for journals that are not listed in the Index Medicus. Only published articles or articles “in press” can be used in references. All authors names must be written, do not use “et al”.

Link for EndNote Style: https://endnote.com/style_download/turkish- journal-of-pathology-turk-patoloji/

Journals:

Halpern SD, Ubel PA, Caplan AL. Solid-organ transplantation in HIV- infected patients. N Engl J Med. 2002;347:284-7. PMID: 12140307 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsb020632

Books:

Breedlove GK, Schorfheide AM. Adolescent pregnancy. 2nd ed. Wieczorek RR, editor. White Plains (NY): March of Dimes Education Services; 2001.

Book chapters:

Meltzer PS, Kallioniemi A, Trent JM. Chromosome alterations in human solid tumors. In: Vogelstein B, Kinzler KW, editors. The genetic basis of human cancer. New York: McGraw-Hill; 2002. 93-113.

Meeting announcements:

Christensen S, Oppacher F. An analysis of Koza’s computational effort statistic for genetic programming. In: Foster JA, Lutton E, Miller J, Ryan C, Tettamanzi AG, editors. Genetic programming. EuroGP 2002: Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Genetic Programming; 2002 Apr 3-5; Kinsdale, Ireland. Berlin: Springer; 2002. p. 182-91.