The article submission process is completed entirely online via the annotated online submission system at the following website: Current Progress in Medical Sciences | Login During the article submission process, you are required to suggest at least two potential reviewers. The submission must include the Title Page, Article Main Text, Tables, Figures and Images, and Additional Digital Content sections, and must be uploaded to the website in that order as SEPARATE files.

Style:

Manuscripts that do not adhere to the following instructions will be returned to the corresponding author for technical revision before undergoing peer review.

• The file format for the Title Page, Manuscript Main Text, Tables and any other textual material should be in Microsoft Word only; Adobe PDF and other file formats cannot be processed by the editorial office.

• Text should be 1.5-spaced. Typeface should be Times/Times New Roman or similar serif typeface. Do not use a sans serif typeface (eg, Arial/Helvetica). Body text size should be no smaller than 10 pt and no larger than 12 pt.

• Use main headings and short subheadings as needed. Do not create a heading at the very beginning of the manuscript, since layout constraints make such headings unworkable. At least one full paragraph of text must precede the first heading (e.g., Introduction, Background). Distinguish main-level headings (16-point font, bold, Title Style Capitalization) from subheadings (14-point font, bold, Sentence style capitalization). If subheadings are used, two or more such headings must be used, as in outline style.

• Refer to drugs and therapeutic agents by their accepted generic or chemical names, and do not abbreviate them. Use code numbers only when a generic name is not yet available. In that case, supply the chemical name and a figure giving the chemical structure of the drug. Capitalize the trade names of drugs and place them in parentheses after the generic names. To comply with trademark law, include the name and (city and state/country) of the manufacturer of any drug, supply, or equipment mentioned in the manuscript.

• Use the metric system to express units of measure and degrees Celsius to express temperatures, and use SI units rather than conventional units.

• In presenting p-values, please display 2 decimal places for 0.99>=p>=0.01; 3 decimal places for 0.01>p>=0.001; and for smaller values express as “p<0.001”.

• Page size should be A4 format.

• Use continuous PAGE NUMBERING, beginning with the cover letter page as Page 1.

• Use continuous LINE NUMBERING for the entire manuscript, starting with the cover letter, to facilitate review (in Word, see “Layout” and “Line numbers”).

Title Page: This should include:

• The complete manuscript title. The title should be specific, descriptive, concise, and comprehensible to readers outside the subject field. Avoid abbreviations if possible.

• The type of article (for example, original article, review article, clinical image).

• Word counts for the abstract and text (the text word count does not include references, tables, and figure legends)

• All authors’ First names, middle names, and last names (surname, family name). Medical and/or highest academic degrees (eg, MD, PhD). Each author should list an associated department, university, or organizational affiliation and its location, including city, state/province (if applicable), country, and ORCID’s (if available).

• Name and address of corresponding author, including telephone number, and e-mail address.

• A statement that the manuscript has not already been published, accepted, or under simultaneous review for publication elsewhere. Current Progress in Medical Sciences does not receive multiple or duplicate submissions, even though the previous one was published in a different language.

• Information about where and when the study was previously presented.

• All articles involving original human or animal data must include a statement on ethics approval at the beginning of the Methods section. This paragraph must contain the following information: the name and address of the ethics committee responsible; the protocol number that was attributed by this ethics committee; and the date of approval by the ethics committee. The paragraph could read, for example:

Ethical approval for this study (Ethical Committee N° NAC 207) was provided by the Ethical Committee NAC of Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland, on 12 February 2015.

• A statement declaring the absence or presence of a conflict of interest.

• Keywords (3-6 keywords from the list provided in Index Medicus under “Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)”

• The number of references, and the number of figures and tables

• Acknowledgements: All contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship (ICMJE: authorship and contributorship) and the statement of conflict of interest and funding should be declared under this subheading. Thanks to anonymous reviewers are not appropriate.

• Financial and material support sources for the study (including official institutions such as rectorate units, medical faculties, health sciences institutes, and TÜBİTAK)

• Patents: This section is not mandatory but may be added if there are patents resulting from the work reported in this manuscript.

• Abstract: Original articles, review articles, case reports, and brief reports should include an abstract. The abstract must fully reflect the scope of the manuscript. It should act as a summary, not as an introduction. A structured abstract should include the problem addressed, the research methodology, the salient results, and the main conclusions. It cannot contain information that is not also included in the main text, and it must not contain any citations or abbreviations. The data and findings reported in the abstract must match those reported in the main text. The abstract should be written in the past tense, third person, active voice; for example, “The authors interviewed 30 deans”. Abstracts for original articles should be structured with the following subheadings: Background, Aims, Study design, Methods, Results, and Conclusion. Abstracts for review articles should not be structured. Editorials and Letters to the Editor should not contain an abstract.

Manuscript Main Text: 

Introduction: The introduction should briefly place the study in a broad context and highlight why it is essential. It should define the purpose of the work and its significance, including specific hypotheses being tested. The current state of the research field should be reviewed carefully, and key publications cited. Please highlight controversial and diverging hypotheses when necessary. Finally, briefly mention the main aim of the work and highlight the main conclusions. Keep the introduction comprehensible to scientists working outside the topic of the paper.
Materials and Methods: They should be described with sufficient detail to allow others to replicate and build on published results. New methods and protocols should be described in detail, while well-established methods can be briefly described and appropriately cited. Give the name and version of any software used, and make clear whether the computer code used is available. Include any pre-registration codes. Where applicable, authors are required to disclose in this section details of how Generative AI (GenAI) has been used in the paper (e.g., to generate text, data, or graphics or assist in study design or data collection, analysis, or interpretation). The use of GenAI for superficial text editing (e.g., regarding grammar, spelling, punctuation, and formatting) does not need to be declared.
Results: Provide a concise and precise description of the experimental results, their interpretation, as well as the experimental conclusions that can be drawn.
Discussion: Authors should discuss the results and how they can be interpreted in the perspective of previous studies and of the working hypotheses. The findings and their implications should be discussed in the broadest context possible, and the limitations of the work should be highlighted. Future research directions may also be mentioned.
Conclusions: This section can be added to the manuscript if the discussion is unusually long or complex.

References: Authors are encouraged to cite primary literature rather than review articles in order to give credit to those who conducted the original work. The reference list should comply with ICMJE standards and be numbered sequentially at the end of the article in the order in which they are mentioned in the text. When citing publications, priority should be given to the most recent and up-to-date publications. If a pre-print publication is cited, the DOI number should be specified. Authors are responsible for the accuracy of references. Journal titles should be abbreviated in accordance with the journal abbreviations in Index Medicus/Medline/PubMed (see the list of journals indexed in MEDLINE for journal abbreviations). The journal name should be written in italics and followed by a period. If there are more than six authors, the first three authors should be listed, followed by “et al.” Page numbers should be written clearly. In the main text of the article, references should be cited in parentheses using Arabic numerals. Reference styles for different types of publications are shown in the examples below:

Journal article: Korytina G, Kochetova O, Akhmadishina L, Viktorova E, Victorova T. Polymorphisms of cytochrome P450 genes in three ethnic groups from Russia. Balkan Med J. 2012;29:252-260.

Book: Tos M. Cartilage tympanoplasty. 1st ed. Stuttgart-New York: Georg Thieme Verlag; 2009.

Book chapter: Tos M, Stangerup SE. The relationship between secretory otitis and cholesteatoma. In: Tos M, Thomsen J, Peitersen E, editors. Cholesteatoma and mastoid surgery. Amsterdam: Kugler & Ghedini; 1989:325-330.

Abstract: Gurakar A, Elsahwi K, Akdogan M, Wright H, Nour B, Sebastian T, et al. Asplenia and primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC): A mere coincidence? Hepatology. 2002;36:673a (abstract).

Article in electronic format: Morse SS. Factors in the emergence of infectious diseases. Emerg Infect Dis (serial online) 1995 Jan-Mar (cited 1996 June 5): 1(1): (24 screens). Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2626828/pdf/8903148.pdf.

For other reference style, please refer to “ICMJE Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Sample References.” 

Tables: 

• Create tables using the table creating and editing feature of your word processing software (e.g., Word). Do not use Excel or comparable spreadsheet programs.

• Group all tables in a separate file. Cite tables consecutively in the text, and number them in that order. Tables are numbered with Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3, etc.) when there is more than one. Do not use Roman numerals.

• Abbreviations are not permitted in table titles. Any abbreviation(s) used in the body of the table, including dashes, must be defined in a footnote to the table, listed in reading order.

• Table titles should make the table sufficiently understandable, independent of the manuscript. Titles should be placed directly above the table, not in a data cell.

• Each table should appear on a separate page and should include the table title, appropriate column heads, and explanatory legends (including definitions of any abbreviations used).

• Columns should be clearly labeled and include the unit of measure. Place footnotes at the bottom of the table, not in a data cell. Define abbreviations in a single table footnote and label it “Abbreviations.”

• Symbols for all other table footnotes are superscript lowercase letters used in alphabetical order (a, b, c, etc.). Do not embed tables within the body of the manuscript. They should be self-explanatory and should supplement, rather than duplicate, the material in the text.

Figures and Images:

• Figures and art should be created/scanned, saved, and submitted as TIFF, EPS, or MS Office (DOC, PPT, XLS) files.

• All figures must be designated GRAYSCALE (black and white) or RGB (color).

• Figures are numbered with Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3, etc.) when there is more than one.

• Each figure must be saved and submitted as a separate file. Figures should not be embedded in the manuscript text file.

• Do not include the author’s name in the figure file name. 

• Use scale markers in the image for electron micrographs, and indicate the type of stain used.

• Image orientation should be the same as intended for publication.

• Electronic photographs, radiographs, CT scans, and scanned images must have a resolution of at least 300 dpi (dots per inch). Line art (purely black and white figures with no shades of gray) must have a resolution of at least 1200 dpi. Figures that do not meet the resolution requirement will be returned if necessary.

• Digital art files should be cropped to remove non-printing borders (such as unnecessary white or black space around an image) and should not include embedded “legend” text, figure titles, or figure numbers.

• Artwork generated from office suite programs such as CorelDRAW, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, and artwork downloaded from the Internet (low-resolution JPEG or GIF files) cannot be used.

Additional Digital Content:

• Additional Digital Content must be cited consecutively in the text of the submitted manuscript. Citations should include the type of material submitted (Audio, Figure, Table, etc.), be clearly labeled as “Additional Digital Content,” include the sequential list number, and provide a description of the supplemental content.

• Additional Digital Content should include a sequential number if submitting more than one (1, 2, 3, etc.). All descriptive text should be included in the call-out as it will not appear elsewhere in the article.
Example: We performed many tests on the degrees of flexibility in the elbow (see Video, Additional Digital Content 1, which demonstrates elbow flexibility) and found our results inconclusive.
• A listing of Additional Digital Content must be submitted at the end of the manuscript file. Include the ADC number and file type of the Additional Digital Content. This text will be removed by our production staff and will not be published.

• Additional video files must be submitted in .wmv, .mov, .flv, .qt, .mpg, .mpeg, or .mp4 formats, and video files must be formatted to a minimum screen size of 320 x 240 pixels.
• Videos should not exceed 10 minutes in runtime. All acceptable file types are permissible up to 10 MB. For audio or video files greater than 10 MB, authors should first query the journal office for approval.
• Videos must include embedded audio narration in English.