Writing Rules

Article Writing Rules

Articles submitted for publication in the journal must be prepared in accordance with the "Advances in Nutrition and Health Research Writing Rules".

 

The following rules are required for submitted articles:

Preparation of the Article

 

Form and structure:

The article should be written on a page with 2.5 cm margins from all edges (aligned on both sides), in Times New Roman characters, 1.15 spacing and 12-point font. The article should be written in clear and understandable language. Every page of the article should be numbered, except the cover page.

Space should be added between paragraphs. Subheadings should be used in articles up to the third degree at most. Main headings should be written in capital letters, bold and left-aligned, secondary headings should be written in bold and left-aligned, with the first letter capitalized, and tertiary headings should be written in bold, with the first letter capitalized, and then the text should be continued by placing a colon.

All articles; 1. Cover page, 2. Title, abstract and keywords, 3. Main Text, 4. Limitations, 5. Declaration of Research Contribution, if any, 6. Financial Support/Acknowledgments, 7. Conflict of Interest, 8. Ethical Issues, 9. References It should be arranged as follows.

 

Article content:

The types of articles that will be accepted for publication in the journal are research, review, case report and letter to the editor.

  • Research; They are articles written in scientific format presenting original research and its results. Articles should be structured as summary, introduction, method, findings, discussion, conclusions and recommendations, limitations and sources.
  • Review; These are studies in which discussions on current and needed issues in the field of health sciences are used, using national and international literature, and the opinions of the author(s). Review articles should be structured as a summary, topics related to the subject, conclusions and recommendations, and resources. Review articles should not exceed 25 pages.
  • Case report; These are studies that include cases involving significant clinical experience in the field. It should be structured as summary, introduction, case presentation, discussion, conclusions and recommendations, limitations and sources.
  • Letter to the editor; These are articles that contain opinions, contributions and questions about the articles published in the journal, and do not contain title and summary sections. It should be a maximum of 400 words. In letters to the editor, the name of the article cited, the issue and date of publication should be stated, and the name, institution and address information of the person writing the letter should be given.

 

Cover page:

The title of the article, the names and surnames of all authors, academic titles, institutions, work phone numbers, e-mail and correspondence addresses should be stated. Information about the author responsible for the correspondence that will ensure communication regarding the article should also be stated.

Each author must indicate their ORCID number in the author's contact information in the article application. ORCID is an abbreviation for Open Researcher and Contributor ID. ORCID is a 16-digit numbered URI that complies with the ISO Standard (ISO 27729), also known as the International Standard Name Identifier (ISNI).

If the work has been previously presented as a poster or verbally, this should be explained in a separate line on the cover page.

 

Abstract:

Each article must be accompanied by an informative summary of no more than 250 words. The abstract should be written formally in 10-point font. The abstract should be structured to include the Background, Aim, Method, Results and Conclusion sections of the research. The summary of the article should briefly reflect the main points of the article and must be compatible with each other in terms of content and language.

 

Keywords

Keywords (between 3 and 5) should be given under the Abstract. Keywords must be written with capital letters and in alphabetical order.

 

 

Introduction:

In this section, current information about the subject of the article should be given. The claims that constitute the subject of the study should be created by considering past studies and should provide a clear explanation of the targeted question. The purpose and objectives of the research should be written in the last part of the introduction. Brief information about the subject under investigation should be given along with the available data and giving more literature information/study results than necessary should be avoided.

 

Material and Method:

In this section, the population and sample of the research, how it was conducted, how the participants were selected (such as determining the number of samples, inclusion/exclusion criteria, sample selection method), data collection tools and methods, and statistical analyzes should be given in detail. Reference should be added for known methods. The methods used should be described in detail. It is recommended to use subheadings in this section.

Following the title of the population and sample of the research, details about the ethics committee permission and the informed consent of the patients must be written. Information about ethical clearance (board name, date and issue number) should be included in the method section and on the last page before the references. In case reports, information regarding the signed informed consent/consent form should also be included in the method.

Institutional permissions and/or Ethics Committee/commission permission letter obtained within the scope of the study must also be uploaded to the system.

In the method section, under the subheading "Statistical Evaluation of Data", all statistical methods used, including summarizing the data, testing the hypothesis, and the level of statistical difference based on the tests, should be written briefly and clearly. The name and version number of the software used for statistical analysis should be given.

 

Results:

This section should include research findings, tables, figures and graphs. Findings should be explained without comment. Data given in one table or figure should not be repeated in another table or figure.

 

Discussion:

The explanations in the introduction and findings section should not be repeated in this section. The results obtained should be discussed with relevant, current literature.

 

Conclusion and Recommendations:

The results obtained because of the study and related recommendations should be given.

 

Tables, Figures, Pictures and Graphs:

Tables, figures, graphs and images should be added after the references, indicating their location in the text. The number of tables and/or figures (total) should be at most 6.

All tables and figures should be numbered sequentially in the order in which they appear in the text. Table and figure titles should be written with the first letter capitalized (e.g. Figure 2) and should not be abbreviated (e.g. Fig. 2).

When the width of the images is set to 8 cm, their resolution should not be less than 18 pixels/cm. Images must be scanned at 300 dpi resolution and sent in jpeg format.

 

Limitations:

The limitations of the study and possible solutions for future research should be stated.

 

Research Contribution Rate Declaration:

At the end of the articles, a statement of the researchers' contribution rate should be included. It should be explained in clear terms which stages of the article all authors contributed to. Authorship contributions should be explained using the first letters of the authors' names and surnames (such as RP, MIY).

 

Financial Support/Thanks:

Financial support, donations, and all other academic and/or technical assistance (statistical analysis, English evaluation), if any, should be acknowledged at the end of the text. In this section, the names of individuals who contributed to the study but did not meet the authorship criteria can be given. However, in this case, the approval of all individuals whose names are mentioned in the acknowledgments section must be obtained.

If any, the names of the funds or organizations supporting the study should be written. This is the responsibility of the authors.

 

Conflict of Interest:

The author or authors of the article must declare that there is no personal or financial conflict of interest within the scope of the study. If there is no conflict of interest, this section is marked "Conflict of interest: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest." The expression should be written.

 

Citing References in the Text:

-References should be numbered in the order of their appearance in the text, and they should be indicated in the text with Arabic numbers at the end of the sentence and in parentheses.

Example: It has been found to occur (21).

-If there are references to more than one source, the citations should be as follows: (3,7,15-19).

-Personal experiences, unpublished publications, congress abstracts, theses, and other unpublished materials should not be cited as sources.

 

Writing a References:

-References must be from recent years, the number of references must be a maximum of 50 sources for research articles and reviews, a maximum of 20 sources for case reports, and a maximum of 10 sources for letters to the editor.

-If the number of authors is 6 or less, the names of all authors should be written, if there are more than 6, the first 6 authors should be written, and the others should be written as "et al.".

-Abbreviations of journal names should be made in accordance with ISI Web of Science. Reference writing examples are as follows.

 

Example:

 

Periodicals/Journals:

1) Singh AK, Kari JA. Metabolic syndrome and chronic kidney disease. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens. 2023; 22(2):198-203.

2) Bovio G, Montagna G, Brazzo S, Piazza V, Segagni S, Cena H. et al. Energy balance in haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients assessed by a 7-day weighed food diary and a portable armband device. J Hum Nutr Diet. 2024; 26(3):276-85.

 

Book:

Murtagh J. John Murtagh's General practice. 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd, Sydney 2022.

 

Book Section:

Samuel J. Nutritional care and management of sarcopenia. In: Anderson A.Y editor. A Current Perspective on Health Sciences, published by Rotipo, Romania 2024 p:710-727.

 

Internet Source:

WHO, UNICEF. Planning guide for national implementation of the Global strategy for infant and young child feeding. World Health Organization 2017. Available at: http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/43619/1/9789241595193_eng.pdf?ua=1 Accessed on April 4, 2024.