Contents
1. About the Journal
2. Editorial Review and Acceptance
3. Manuscript Categories
4. Submission of Manuscript
5. Structure of Manuscript
6. Style of Manuscript
7. Proofs
8. Ethical Considerations
9. Clinical Trials Registry
10. Copyright
11. Tracking Manuscript
12. Early View
13. The Journal Online
14. Graphical Abstract
1. About The Journal
Scope Journal of Turkish Sleep Medicine is the official English language journal of the Turkish Sleep Medicine Society (TSMS), and publishes original research articles, articles, case reports and review articles on basic clinical and sociological issues, dealing with Journal of sleep medicine. Both members and non-members of the TSMS are welcome to submit papers to the journal.
The journal does not charge any article submission or processing charges.
Frequency: Four issues per year (issues in march, june, september and congress special issue in december)
E-ISSN: 2757-850X
Journal abbreviation: J Turk Sleep Med
Publisher: Galenos Yayınevi
2. Editorial Review and Acceptance
→ Review process: Upon submission, manuscripts undergo an initial editorial screening. Manuscripts are then forwarded to the Statistical Editor for preliminary assessment. During this assessment, the manuscript status is displayed as "With editor" in the online submission system. Following the statistical assessment, manuscripts proceeding to peer review are assigned to the relevant associate editor according to their subject area. The responsible associate editor appoints at least two reviewers to evaluate the manuscript and makes an initial recommendation based on the reviewers’ comments. The review process is generally completed within four to six weeks.
*Academic expert recommendations provided by authors during manuscript submission are considered solely for the development of the journal's general reviewer pool, independently of the reviewer selection process for the submitted manuscript.
→ Acceptance: The acceptance criteria for all papers are the quality and originality of the research and its significance to our readership. All manuscripts are peer reviewed. The Editor reserves the right to refuse any material for publication. Final acceptance or rejection rests with the Editorial Board.
→ Before publication: All manuscripts should be written in a clear, concise, direct style so that they are intelligible to the professional reader who is not a specialist in the particular field. Where contributions are judged as acceptable for publication on the basis of content, the Editor reserves the right to modify manuscripts to eliminate ambiguity and repetition and improve communication between author and reader. If extensive alterations are required, the manuscript will be returned to the author for revision. Starting from 2025, the language of publication will be English, but all articles will continue to have English and Turkish abstracts. Authors will be asked to submit a graphical abstract that visually summarizes their article. Proofreading services will be required for English language quality and a certificate demonstrating this must be presented during the application process. Currently, this certificate is required for articles included in the publication plan.
→Language Quality Standards for Accepted Manuscripts
Manuscripts submitted to the journal are accepted in English. In order to ensure that published articles meet the standards of clear, accurate, and native-level medical English, authors are informed at the time of submission that professional English language editing is a mandatory requirement following acceptance.
Upon acceptance of their manuscript, authors are required to obtain professional English language editing exclusively from one of the independent service providers listed below. Language editing services obtained from institutions or individuals outside this list will not be accepted.
Authors must submit a formal written certificate or official documentation issued by the selected service provider, confirming that the manuscript has undergone professional English language editing. Manuscripts will not proceed to publication without this certificate.
All costs associated with language editing are entirely the responsibility of the authors and are paid directly to the selected service provider.
The designated independent language editing service providers are:
– Scribendi
– American Journal Experts
– Gozen Translation & Editing (jtsm@gozen.net)
By submitting a manuscript to the journal, authors explicitly acknowledge and agree that, in the event of acceptance, they will obtain English language editing from one of the above-listed service providers and will provide the required editing certificate as part of the publication process.
This requirement constitutes a technical publication standard only and has no influence on the peer review process or editorial decision-making. The journal does not receive any financial benefit, commission, or compensation from these services.
3. Manuscript Categories
→ Original Article: Full-length presentation of current research related to either basic or clinical knowledge.
Word limit: 6000 words maximum, excluding abstract but including references, tables and figures.
Abstract: 250 words maximum, structured (introduction/aim, material methods, results, discussion).
→ Short Paper: Short papers cover new findings that could substantially and immediately affect research or clinical practice. Short papers do not include case reports.
Word limit: 1800 words maximum, excluding abstract but including tables, figures and references,.
Abstract: 100 words maximum, unstructured (no use of subheadings).
Figures/ tables: Maximum 5.
References: Maximum 30.
Supporting information is not allowed for short papers.
→ Case Report: Clinical cases of exceptional interest and novelty are considered for publication. If appropriate, the Editor may ask authors to rewrite case reports as “Letters to the Editor”.
Word limit: 1200 words maximum, excluding abstract but including references, tables and figure legends.
Abstract: 100 words maximum, unstructured (no use of subheadings).
Figures/ tables: Maximum 2.
References: Maximum 10.
→ Letters to the Editor: Letters may be submitted to the Editor on any topic of discussion: clinical observations, as well as comments on papers published in recent issues. Letters to the Editor are subject to peer review. Letters can use an arbitrary title.
The responses to the letter from authors must cite the title of the letter: e.g. Response to [title of letter]. This ensures that readers can track the line of discussion.
Word limit: 500 words maximum.
Abstract: No abstract.
Figures/ tables: Maximum 1.
References: Maximum 5.
→ Review Article: Survey, evaluation and critical interpretation of recent research, data and concepts in the fields covered by the journal review articles will undergo peer review prior to acceptance.
Word limit: 8000 words maximum, excluding abstract but including tables, figures and references.
Abstract: 250 words maximum, unstructured (no use of subheadings).
Figures/tables: If figures or tables have been reproduced from another source, a letter from the copyright holder (usually the Publisher), stating authorization to reproduce the material, must be attached to the covering letter.
→ Editorial Critical: comments and overview about an article or an updated subject invited by the Editor.
Word Limit: 1500 words maximum.
Abstract: No abstract.
References: Maximum 5.
4. Submission of Manuscript
Manuscripts must be submitted online at: https://www.journalagent.com/jtsm
If there are any problems using the site or managing a manuscript, please contact with Galenos Yayınevi or Editorial Board.
Authors must supply an email address as all correspondence will be by email.
The ORCID ID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) number of the correspondence author should be provided while sending the manuscript. A free registration can be done at http://orcid.org.
Recommendations for the Journal's Reviewer Pool: To expand the journal's reviewer pool, encourage the participation of researchers from diverse fields of expertise, and support its scientific evaluation processes, corresponding authors are required to recommend at least three qualified academic experts in relevant scientific fields during manuscript submission.
These recommendations are collected solely to support the development of the journal's general reviewer pool and to identify potential candidates for future peer review activities, rather than to select reviewers for the submitted manuscript. The inclusion of recommended experts in the reviewer pool is subject to editorial assessment, and these recommendations have no influence on the evaluation of the submitted manuscript or editorial decisions.
→ General All articles submitted to the Journal should comply with these instructions. Otherwise, the manuscript will be returned to the author and publication may be delayed.
Do not use ‘Enter’ at the end of lines within a paragraph.
Turn the hyphenation option off; includeonly those hyphens that are essential tothe meaning.
Specify any special characters used to rep-resent non-English characters.
Do not use l (ell) for 1 (one), O (capital o) for 0 (zero) or ß (German esszett) for β (Greek beta).
Use of Large Language Models and Generative AI Tools:
“AI tools cannot meet the requirements for authorship as they cannot take responsibility for the submitted work. As non-legal entities, they cannot assert the presence or absence of conflicts of interest nor manage copyright and license agreements. Authors who use AI tools in the writing of a manuscript, production of images or graphical elements of the paper, or in the collection and analysis of data, must be transparent how the AI tool was used and which tool was used. Authors are fully responsible for the content of their manuscript, even those parts produced by an AI tool, and are thus liable for any breach of publication ethics.” COPE Position Statement on Authorship and AI tools. Detailed information about the statement can be accessed at https://publicationethics.org/cope-position-statements/ai-author
After reviewing the COPE statement, the editors of the Journal of Turkish Sleep Medicine have decided that papers should include a statement in a section called “Declaration Regarding the Use of AI and AI-Assisted Technologies” to let readers know if AI or AI-assisted tools were used in the writing process. It's important to remember that all authors are responsible for the content of their work. This declaration does not apply to the use of basic tools for checking grammar, spelling, or references (such as Mendeley, EndNote, Zotero, and others). If there is nothing to declare, there is no need to add a statement.
It is suggested that authors follow this format when preparing their statement:
During the preparation of this work, the author(s) utilized [NAME OF TOOL(S) USED] to [DESCRIPTION OF HOW THE TOOL(S) WERE UTILIZED AND HOW THE VALIDITY OF THE OUTPUTS WAS EVALUATED]. After carefully reviewing and editing the content as necessary, full responsibility for the publication's content is taken by the author(s). This incorporation of AI tool usage primarily impacted [SPECIFY WHICH ASPECTS OF THE STUDY, ARTICLE CONTENTS, DATA, OR SUPPORTING FILES WERE AFFECTED/GENERATED].
Example:
During the preparation of this work, the author(s) utilized OpenAI's ChatGPT to generate summaries of research articles related to the topic. These summaries were evaluated by comparing them to manually written summaries by experts in the field. Upon confirming the accuracy and relevance of the generated summaries, they were integrated into the literature review section of the manuscript. After carefully reviewing and editing the content as necessary, full responsibility for the publication's content is taken by the author(s). This incorporation of AI tool usage primarily impacted the efficiency of literature review process and the comprehensiveness of the gathered research insights.
5. Structure of Manuscript
The length of manuscripts must adhere to the specifications under the section “Manuscript Ca-tegories”. Manuscripts that do not adhere to the following instructions will be returned to the corresponding author for technical revision before undergoing peer review (unsubmitted). Manuscripts should be presented in the following order: Title page, abstract and key words, text, acknowledgments including disclosure, references, figure legends, tables and figures. Footnotes to the text are not allowed and any such material should be incorporated into the text as parenthetical matter.
→ Title Page: The title page should contain:
Manuscript category
The title of the paper
The running title of the paper
The full names of the authors and their institutions
The addresses of the institutions at which the work was carried out together
The full postal and email address, plus facsimile and telephone numbers, of the corresponding author
Word count
The title should be less than 120 characters. Do not use abbreviations in the title, other than common abbreviations such as REM, DNA and so on. A short running title (less than 40 char-acters including spaces) should also be provided.
→ Abstract And Keywords: The abstract must adhere to the specifications in “Manuscript Ca-tegories”. The abstract should not contain abbreviations other than common abbreviations or references. 3 to 7 key words should be supplied below the abstract in the main text. Keywords should be listed in full, without abbreviations. English keywords should align with the 'Medical Subject Headings' (MESH) available at https://www.nlm.nih.gov/. Turkish keywords should be provided in accordance with the Türkiye Bilim Terimleri available at https://www.bilimterimleri.com/.
→ Text: Authors should set out the sections of the manuscript as follows: Introduction, Materi-als and Methods, Results, Discussion, in this order. Please note that the requirements differ ac-cording to manuscript types. Please refer to “Manuscript Categories”.
→ Acknowledgments/ Disclosure: Authors must declare any financial support or relationships that may pose a conflict of interest. The source of financial grants and other funding must be disclosed. Authors may consider, as a guide for financial disclosures, reporting interests as de-scribed in the following list: Employment/leadership position/advisory role, stock ownership, patent royalties/licensing fees, honoraria (e.g. lecture fees), fees for promotional materials (e.g. manuscript fees), research funding, or other (e.g. trips, travel, or gifts which are not related to research).
→ References: Both in-text citations and the references must be prepared according to the AMA Manual of style.
While citing publications, preference should be given to the latest, most up-to-date publications. Authors are responsible for the accuracy of references. If an ahead-of-print publication is cited, the DOI number should be provided. Journal titles should be abbreviated in accordance with the journal abbreviations in Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed. When there are six or fewer authors, all authors should be listed. If there are seven or more authors, the first three authors should be listed followed by “et al.” In the main text of the manuscript, references should be cited in superscript after punctuation. The reference styles for different types of publications are presented in the following examples.
Journal Article: Economopoulos KJ, Brockmeier SF. Rotator cuff tears in overhead athletes. Clin Sports Med. 2012;31(4):675-692.
Book Section: Fikremariam D, Serafini M. Multidisciplinary approach to pain management. In: Vadivelu N, Urman RD, Hines RL, eds. Essentials of Pain Management. New York, NY: Springer New York; 2011:17-28.
Books with a Single Author: Patterson JW. Weedon’s Skin Pahology. 4th ed. Churchill Livingstone; 2016.
Editor(s) as Author: Etzel RA, Balk SJ, eds. Pediatric Environmental Health. American Academy of Pediatrics; 2011.
Conference Proceedings: Morales M, Zhou X. Health practices of immigrant women: indigenous knowledge in an urban environment. Paper presented at: 78th Association for Information Science and Technology Annual Meeting; November 6-10; 2015; St Louis, MO. Accessed March 15, 2016. https://www.asist.org/files/meetings/am15/proceedings/openpage15.html
Thesis: Maiti N. Association Between Behaviours, Health Charactetistics and Injuries Among Adolescents in the United States. Dissertation. Palo Alto University; 2010.
Online Journal Articles: Yeghiazarians Y, Jneid H, Tietjens JR, et al. Obstructive sleep apnea and cardiovascular disease: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2021;144(3):e56-e67. Erratum in: Circulation. 2022;145(12):e775. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000988.
Epub Ahead of Print Articles: Websites: International Society for Infectious Diseases. ProMed-mail. Accessed February 10, 2016. http://www.promedmail.org
→ Figure Legends: Figure legends should be provided separately from the figures. All illustra-tions, including line drawings and photographs, are classified as figures. Figures should be cit-ed in consecutive order in the text. Each figure should be supplied as a separate file, with the figure number incorporated in the file name. For submission, low-resolution figures saved as .jpg or .bmp files are acceptable for ease of transmission during the review process. After ac-ceptance the authors could be asked to provide higher resolution figures for publication.
Size: Figure sizes should fit within a single column (82 mm), an intermediate size (118 mm), or the full text width (173 mm).
Resolution: Figures must be supplied as high resolution .eps or .tif files.
The specifications for the figures are the following: halftone figures 300 dpi (dots per inch); color figures 300 dpi saved as CMYK; figures containing text 400 dpi; line figures 1000 dpi. Figure files should be set up in CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow, black) mode, not in RGB (red, green, blue) mode.
Line figures: Line figures must be sharp black and white graphs or diagrams, drawn profes-sionally or with a computer graphics package.
Text sizing in figures: Lettering must be included and should be sized to be no larger than the journal text or 8 point. (Text should be readable after reduction - avoid large type or thick lines.)
Line width: Between 0.5 and 1 point. More help on preparation of illustrations can be found here: http://authorservices. wiley.com/bauthor/ author.asp
→ Tables: Each table should be supplied as a separate file with the table number in the file name.
Provide tables on a separate sheet with caption, explanation and the title of the table.
Tables must be supplied as editable text. The tables should be numbered in the text in Arabic numerals.
Vertical lines should not be used. All abbreviations must be defined. Symbols: †, ‡, §, ¶, should be used (in that order) and , , ** should be reserved for P-values. Statistical measures such as SD or SEM can be used without definition.
→ Equations: Equations should be numbered sequentially with Arabic numerals; these should be ranged right in parentheses. All variables should appear in italics.
Examples:
dx/dt = c(x − x3/3 + y + z) (1)
DY/DT = −(X + BY − A)/C (2)
Supporting Information: Supporting information closely related to the relevant findings is ac-ceptable.
6. Style of Manuscript
→ Spelling: Foreign names and terms, such as names of chemicals, should be written in the original language. Proper nouns and German nouns should be capitalized.
→ Units: All measurements must be given in SI or SIderived units. For more information about SI units, please go to the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM) website at: http://www.bipm.fr
→ Abbreviations: Use abbreviations only sparingly. Initially use the word spelt out in full, followed by the abbreviation in parentheses. Common abbreviations such as DNA are excluded.
→ Trade Names: Drugs and chemicals should not be referred to by their trade names. If proprietary drugs or chemicals have been used in the study, refer to them by their generic name, mentioning the proprietary name and the name and location of the manufacturer in parentheses.
The Editorial Policies and General Guidelines for manuscript preparation specified below are based on “Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals (ICMJE Recommendations)” by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) (http://www.icmje.org).
Preparation of original articles, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and case reports must comply with study design guidelines:
CONSORT statement for randomized controlled trials (Moher D, Schultz KF, Altman D, for the CONSORT Group. The CONSORT statement revised recommendations for improving the quality of reports of parallel group randomized trials. JAMA 2001; 285: 1987-91) (http://www.consort-statement.org),
PRISMA statement of preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (Moher D, Liberati A, Tetzlaff J, Altman DG, The PRISMA Group. Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement. PLoS Med 2009; 6(7): e1000097.) (http://www.prisma-statement.org),
STARD checklist for the reporting of studies of diagnostic accuracy (Bossuyt PM, Reitsma JB, Bruns DE, Gatsonis CA, Glasziou PP, Irwig LM, et al., for the STARD Group. Towards complete and accurate reporting of studies of diagnostic accuracy: the STARD initiative. Ann Intern Med 2003;138:40-4.) (http://www.stard-statement.org),
STROBE statement, a checklist of items that should be included in reports of observational studies (http://www.strobe-statement.org),
MOOSE guidelines for meta-analysis and systemic reviews of observational studies (Stroup DF, Berlin JA, Morton SC, et al. Meta-analysis of observational studies in epidemiology: a proposal for reporting Meta-analysis of observational Studies in Epidemiology (MOOSE) group. JAMA 2000; 283: 2008-12),
CARE guidelines are designed to increase the accuracy, transparency, and usefulness of case reports. (Gagnier JJ, Kienle G, Altman DG, Moher D, Sox H, Riley D; the CARE Group. The CARE Guidelines: Consensus-based Clinical Case Reporting Guideline Development.) (http://www.care-statement.org)
7. Proofs
Notification of the URL from which to download a Portable Document Format (PDF) typeset page proof, associated forms and further instructions will be sent by email to the corresponding author. The purpose of the PDF proof is a final check of the layout, and of tables and figures. Alterations other than essential corrections of errors are unacceptable at PDF proof stage.
8. Ethical Considerations
Authors must state that the research project has been approved by an ethics committee of the institution where the work was undertaken. Written consent is not a requirement, but the Editor retains the right to request such documentation. Any experiments involving animals must be approved by an institutional ethical committee which must be declared in the text.
9. Clinical Trials Registry
All clinical trials must be registered. Authors must include registration details in the manuscript. We define a clinical trial as any research project that prospectively assigns human subjects to intervention or comparison groups to study the cause-and-effect relationship between a medical intervention and a health outcome.
10. Copyright
All authors must agree to the conditions outlined in the Exclusive License Form, and must sign the form or agree that the corresponding author may sign on their behalf. In signing the form it is assumed that authors have obtained permission to use any copyrighted or previously published material. Authors can download the form here.
11. Tracking Manuscript
Before acceptance authors can track a manuscript’s progress through the review process at: https://www.journalagent.com/jtsm
After acceptance authors can get information about the production process of their paper by registering at Galenos Yayinevi. This enables authors to track their article, once it has been accepted, through the production process to publication online. Authors can receive automated emails at key stages of production so they do not need to contact the Production Editor to check on progress. For more details on online production tracking and for a wealth of resources, including FAQs and tips on article preparation, submission and more, visit: http://www.tutd.org.tr
12. Early View
An Early View article is a complete full-text article published on line in advance of publication in an issue. The article is therefore available as soon as it is ready. The Early View article is given a Digital Object Identifier (DOI), which allows the article to be cited and tracked before it is allocated to an issue. Before online publication, the DOI remains valid and can continue to be used to cite and access the article. More information about DOIs can be found at: http://www.doi.org/faq.html
13. The Journal Online
Turkish Sleep Medicine Society (TSMS)
Address: Naci Çakır Mah. 760. Sok. Esenkent Sitesi D Apt. No: 25 D: 17 Çankaya, Ankara/Türkiye
Phone: 0530 409 82 60
Fax: 0312 480 89 58
E-mail: dergi@tutd.org.tr
14. Graphical Abstract
For the promotion of accepted articles, a graphical abstract is requested from the authors of the relevant article. The graphical abstract should introduce your article with a text of no more than 100 words or up to five separate pieces of text, each containing a maximum of 80 characters. The graphical abstract to be prepared for the article must include a figure, graph, or diagram that visually summarizes the main findings of the study. This summary should be different from the figures within the article and should be supported by a brief text. The visual should be clear and attention-grabbing, and it should not consist solely of text. When the Graphical Abstract is prepared, it must be uploaded to the system.
