The Journal of Turkish Family Physician (e-ISSN 2148-550X) which is the bilingual journal in Turkish and English. The journal is published quarterly as an online only format. It is mainly published in Turkish but articles from foreign authors are published in English.

The Journal of Turkish Family Physician welcomes research articles, case reports, reviews, articles that will contribute to continuing medical education, short reports, editorials, letters to the editor, translations of important international documents and abstracts concerning family medicine and primary health care services.

Manuscripts are considered with the understanding that they have not been published previously in print or electronic format and are not under consideration by another printed or electronic publication. A manuscript following a presentation at a scientific meeting will be considered if indicated (including date and place of meeting). Articles submitted will be reviewed by the editorial board. Manuscripts may be rejected or authors may be asked to revise their manuscript for re-evaluation. Letters to the editor, editorials, translations of important international documents and abstracts, may be published without being evaluated by the scientific advisory board. Research articles, short reports, case reports, articles and reviews are peer-reviewed by the scientific advisory board after initial evaluation by the editors.

Following the initial review, manuscripts which have been accepted for consideration are reviewed by at least two reviewers. Manuscripts are sent anonymously to the two independent reviewers, one of which is a family medicine specialist, to be peer reviewed without cover sheets (blind peer review process). Revisions are sent to the author after evaluation. If one of the reviewers rejects the manuscript, it can be sent to a third reviewer. Manuscripts are published if two reviewers accept the document.

Publishing a manuscript in the journal does not necessarily indicate agreement with the conclusions of the original writer and the interpretations of the author do not necessarily reflect the views of the society and publisher. Once published, the manuscript and illustrations are the property of the journal and excerpts cannot be published elsewhere without citing the journal as the source (see. Copyright).

An article(s) exceeding a total of 20 printed pages can be accepted for publication as a supplement (supplementum). In this case all expenses are covered by the author(s).

No publication cost is charged for the manuscripts but reprints are at authors’ cost.

Editor-in-Chief

Arzu Uzuner, MD, Professor, İstanbul, Turkey, Editors

Editors’ Board

Güzel Dişcigil, MD, Professor, Aydın, Turkey
Adnan Menderes University Faculty of Medicine Department of Family Medicine

Çiğdem Apaydın Kaya, MD, Assoc. Professor, İstanbul, Turkey
Marmara University Faculty of Medicine Department of Family Medicine

Pınar Topsever, MD, Assoc. Professor, İstanbul, Turkey
Acıbadem University Faculty of Medicine Department of Family Medicine

Editorial board

M. Mümtaz Mazıcıoğlu, MD, Professor, Kayseri, Turkey
Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine Department of Family Medicine

Sevgi Özcan Paycı, MD, Assoc. Professor, Adana, Turkey
Çukurova University Faculty of Medicine Department of Family Medicine

Alis Özçakır, MD, Assoc. Professor, Bursa, Turkey
Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine Department of Family Medicine

Mehtap Kartal, MD, Assoc. Professor, İzmir, Turkey
Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Medicine Department of Family Medicine

Birgül Coşkun, MD, Specialist, İstanbul, Turkey
Karayolları 1.Bölge Directorate, Institutional Physician

National Scientific Advisory Board

Hülya Akan, MD, Assoc. Professor, İzmir, Turkey
Yeditepe University Faculty of Medicine Department of Family Medicine

Okay Başak, MD, Professor, Aydın, Turkey
Adnan Menderes University Faculty of Medicine Department of Family Medicine

Perran Boran, MD, Assoc. Professor, İstanbul, Turkey
Marmara University Faculty of Medicine Department of Child Health and Diseases

Serap Çifçili, MD, Assoc. Professor, İstanbul, Turkey
Marmara University Faculty of Medicine Department of Family Medicine

Ali Serdar Fak, MD, Professor, İstanbul, Turkey
Marmara University Faculty of Medicine Department of Family Medicine

Rasim Gençosmanoğlu, MD, Professor, İstanbul, Turkey
Marmara University Faculty of Medicine General Surgery Department

Dilek Güldal, MD, Professor, Izmir, Turkey
Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Medicine Department of Family Medicine

Sait Karakurt,  MD, Professor, İstanbul, Turkey
Marmara University Faculty of Medicine Chest Diseases Department

Dilaver Kaya, MD, Assoc. Professor, İstanbul, Turkey
Acıbadem University Faculty of Medicine Neurology Department

Nilgün Özçakar, MD, Assoc. Professor, Izmir, Turkey
Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Medicine Department of Family Medicine

Recep Erol Sezer, MD, Professor, İstanbul, Turkey
Yeditepe University Faculty of Medicine Public Health Dep

Pemra Ünalan, MD, Professor, İstanbul, Turkey
Marmara University Faculty of Medicine Department of Family Medicine

Alin Başgül Yiğiter, MD, Professor, İstanbul, Turkey

Bilim University Faculty of Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Işık Gönenç, MD, Specialist, İstanbul, Turkey
Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Family Medicine Clinic

International Scientific Advisory Board

Prof. Chris van Weel, MD.
Department of Primary and Community Care Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre

Prof. Eva Hummers, MD.
Institut für Allgemeinmedizin Medizinische Hochschule Hannover

Martin von Fragstein, MD.
Honorary Special Lecturer School of Community Health Science
Clinical Director in Drugs and Alcohol Derby NHS

All published materials (including illustrations, tables and images in the manuscripts) will become the sole property of, and will be copyrighted by the Turkish Journal of Family Practice. Therefore, “ Transfer of Copyright Agreement” are requested if a manuscripts is accepted for publishing. No payment is done for manuscripts under the name of copyright or others approved for publishing in the journal and no publication cost is charged; however, reprints are at authors’ cost.

To promote the development of global open access to scientific information and research, the Turkish Journal of Family Practice provides copyrights of all online published papers (except where otherwise noted) for free use of readers, scientists, and institutions (such as link to the content or permission for its download, distribution, printing, copying, and reproduction in any medium, without any changing and except the commercial purpose), under the terms of CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 License, provided the original work is cited. To get permission for commercial purpose please contact the publisher.

Owner

President of the Executive Board, Arzu Uzuner, MD, Professor, İstanbul, Turkey,

Editorial Manager

Birgül Coşkun, MD, Specialist, İstanbul, Turkey

Administrative Office

İstanbul, Phone: 0090 537 309 29 55,
Fax: 0090 212 233 90 61
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Publishing Classification

Due the Press Law of Turkish Republic dated as June 26, 2004 and numbered as 5187, this publication is classified as a national periodical in Turkish or English

Publisher

Medikal Akademi Publishing, Istanbul
Phone: 0090 537 309 29 55, Fax: 0090 212 233 90 61
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