Writing Rules/Guidelines

1. The full name of the journal is Dicle University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Journal, abbreviated as "Dicle Univ Vet Fak Derg"

2. The journal is a peer-reviewed scientific publication of Dicle University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. It is published twice yearly (two issues).

3. The journal's publication language is Turkish. Articles written in English may also be published. A Turkish "Öz" and an English "Abstract" should be given at the beginning of each manuscript.

4. The journal should include original research, observations, experimental studies, and compilations related to the field of Health and Science covering human and animal health, especially in the field of Veterinary Medicine (at least 3 research articles related to the subject of the review by the invited or responsible author must be in the reference list required), preliminary reports, science news, scientific books and their presentations, faculty news and letter(s) to the Editor are published.

5. Articles sent to the journal must be original and previously unpublished (except congress presentations). They should not be sent to other journals for simultaneous review. Studies previously presented at congresses and whose abstracts have been published may be accepted to indicate this feature.

6. The responsibilities of the articles belong to their authors. For the submitted article to be published, it must be approved by at least two referees appointed by the editorial board. Unaccepted manuscripts and their supplements will not be returned otherwise stated.

7. The text should be written on one side of A4 (210 x 297 mm) type white paper, double-spaced, 12-point font (Times New Roman), with 3 cm margins on all sides. The entire manuscript should be at most 25 pages in original scientific research and reviews, including figures and tables, and 10 pages in observations and short scientific studies.

8. Original studies in Turkish, article title, names and addresses of the author(s), Turkish abstract (the abstract title will be written as Öz) and key words, title in a foreign language, abstract, and key words in a foreign language, INTRODUCTION, MATERIALS AND METHODS, RESULTS, DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS and REFERENCES should be prepared in the order. Short scientific studies (case presentation, etc.) should consist of INTRODUCTION, CASE PRESENTATION, DISCUSSION, AND CONCLUSION sections. In reviews, the author (s) determines the sub-headings up to the references section.

9. Original studies in a foreign language, article title, names and addresses of the author(s), abstract and keywords in a foreign language, Turkish Title, Turkish abstract (the abstract title will be written as an Öz), and Key Words, INTRODUCTION, MATERIALS AND METHODS, RESULTS, DISCUSSION, AND CONCLUSION, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS and REFERENCES should be prepared in the order. Short scientific studies (case presentation, etc.) should consist of INTRODUCTION, CASE PRESENTATION, DISCUSSION, AND CONCLUSION sections. In reviews, the author (s) determines the sub-headings up to the references section.

10. Title page: This page should include the title of the article, the full names, addresses, ORCID numbers of the author(s), and the name, address, and e-mail address of the author responsible for the correspondence. The title should be short, clear, and suitable for the article. In the title, the first letter of each word should be written in capital letters, the rest in lowercase letters, and conjunctions in lowercase letters. The title page must be uploaded to the system in a separate Word file for the double-blind referee process.

11. The title should be written in the manuscript without giving any information about the author. This method ensures that the articles are evaluated impartially (blind referee process) by experts.

12. The abstract should be a single paragraph, 200-350 words in a foreign language, and a maximum of 250 words in Turkish.

13. Keywords in Turkish and foreign languages should be written alphabetically, at least two and at most six.

14. In the INTRODUCTION section, after giving brief literature information directly related to the study, the purpose of the study should be emphasized in the last paragraph.

15. MATERIALS AND METHODS should be written concisely and understandably without going into unnecessary details.

16. The data should be explained briefly in the RESULTS section. The text should avoid repeating the results presented in the tables.

17. In the Materials and Methods, and Results sections, subheadings should be written in bold, and other subheadings within the subheadings should be written in italics. The bold subheading should be placed on the left margin, and the italicized subheading should be at the beginning of the paragraph.

18. Turkish Language Spelling and Spelling Principles must be observed in the articles sent to the journal. Scientific terms should be written in their original form. Bacteria, viruses, microorganisms, zoological and botanical names must be in italics. In the decimal representation of numbers, a dot should be used instead of a comma.

19. Abbreviations, symbols, and measurements: Authors should explain the meaning of each scientific abbreviation in the first place it appears in the text. Latin genus and species names should be written in italic font. All measurements must be given according to SI (The International System of Units).

20. The data should be discussed and interpreted according to the literature in the DISCUSSION AND RESULTS section.

21. When necessary, people and organizations that contributed to the study in various ways can be thanked in the ACKNOWLEDGMENTS section.

22. REFERENCES They should be numbered and stated in parentheses in the appropriate place of the text according to the order in which they appear in the text, and should be written according to this sequence number in the references section. In the reference writing, if there are more than six authors, the expression "et al" should be used after the first three names. For the spelling of journal names in the references, if possible, their short names should be written based on the "List of Journals Indexed in Index Medicus".The responsibility for errors in writing the references belongs to the author(s). Personal opinions and unpublished articles should not be cited.

23. The writing style of the references should be as follows:

Articles: The full surname(s) of the author(s) and the first letter of the name(s), the year of publication of the article (xxxx), the title of the article (each word starting with a capital letter), the name of the journal, volume, issue and page numbers should be written. If unpublished articles are used as a reference, the phrase In Print or the Digital Object Identifier System (DOI) number should be written after the journal name.
If published in refrence journals:

Example: Aksu H, Çolak H, Vural A, Erkan ME. (1999). A Research on the Microbiological and Chemical Properties of Braided Cheese Produced in Diyarbakır Region. Yüzüncü Yıl Univ Vet Fak Journal. 10(1–2): 8–11.

If reference is a book: Author(s) surname(s) and first letter of name(s) in parentheses, year of publication, name of the work, edition number (if any), publishing house, place of publication.

Example: Tayar M, Korkmaz NH. (2004). Nutrition and Healthy Living. First edition, Akmat Publishing House, Bursa.

If the source is a chapter from the book: The surname(s) of the relevant chapter author(s), the first letters of the name(s), the year it was published, the title of the chapter, "In" in parentheses for foreign books, a preposition meaning "in" for Turkish books, the name of the book, initials of the editor's name, the editor's surname and the "editor(s)" in parentheses, page numbers of the chapter, publishing house, place of publication.

Turkish Example: Kaya S. (2000). Antibiotics. (In): Veterinary Applied Pharmacology. S Kaya S, Pirinççi I, Bilgili A (editors). Volume 2. Edition 2. p. 267-420. Medisan Publishing House, Ankara, Türkiye

Foreign Example: Anderson DE. (2009). Intestinal atresia. In: Current Veterinary Therapy: Food Animal Practice. Anderson DE, Rings DM (eds). 5th ed. pp. 122-124. Saunders Elsevier, Missouri, USA.

If the reference is a thesis:

Example: Yıldırım Y. (2004). Seroprevalence of Bluetongue (BT), IBR, PI-3, EBL and BVD Infections in Cattle in the Northeastern Anatolia Region. Doctoral Thesis. Ankara University Institute of Health Sciences, p. 42-54, Ankara.

If the reference is a presentation:

Example: Ketani MA, Saruhan BG. (2006). Investigation of the Effects of Sialoadenectomy and Exogenous Epidermal Growth Factor Application on Rat Uterine Tissue, VIII. National Histology and Embryology Congress, 27-30 June, Malatya-Türkiye.

If the reference is an internet address: Non-commercial and official websites of governments, national and international scientific committees and organizations can be cited as references by indicating the date of access.

Example: Wild J. Peritoneal dialysis. Access: http://www.harcourt-international.com/e-books/pdf/374.pdf. Access date: 31.03.2003

24. The articles sent to the Publication Subcommittee for publication in the journal are sent together with the "Copyright Transfer Agreement" signed by all authors. Studies deemed appropriate for publication are notified to their author(s) upon request by the Publication Subcommittee's decision regarding publication.

25. Tables and Figures: Photographs, pictures, diagrams, drawings, formulas, etc. related to the article should be mentioned as figures in the titles and in the text (Figure 1, Figure 2). Tables and graphs are named exactly as they are (Table 1, Graph 1) and should also be stated in the text (presented in Table 1, etc.). Explanations of tables and graphs should be at the top and figures should be at the bottom. These explanations must be in the writing language of the article. Figures (except pictures and photographs), graphs and tables should be placed on separate pages after the references, indicating their location within the text. In particular, tables and graphs should be simple and plain, and large tables and complex graphs should be divided into two or three and prepared separately. In addition, any abbreviations used in tables and figures should be explained below the tables and figures.

26. Photographs and figures to be published in the study must be in TIFF or JPEG format with a resolution of 300 DPI. Pictures should not be placed within the text, but suggestions can be made regarding their location.

27. In order for articles related to "Notifiable Diseases" specified by the Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Agriculture And Forestry to be evaluated, it is mandatory to submit the permission letter from the Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Agriculture And Forestry to the Journal Editorship.

28. Articles must be sent via the submit article tab at https://dergipark.org.tr/duvetfd. Dicle University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Journal Copyright Transfer Agreement (including the names, surnames, e-mail addresses and signatures of all authors) will be sent in its fully completed form. Articles that have not been prepared in accordance with the journal publication rules and whose Copyright Transfer Agreement has not been sent will not be accepted.

29. The responsibility for "ethics committee approval" of the studies submitted to the journal belongs to the authors. However, the Editor reserves the right to request an ethics committee certificate from the authors when necessary.

30. The author specified in the correspondence address is responsible for all correspondence, changes to the article (including the number and order of authors) and correcting the printing proof of the articles accepted for publication.

31. Regardless of the article type (original research article, case report, review), at least one fifth of the refrences used must belong to the last 3 years before the year the article was first submitted to the journal.

32. No fee will be charged for the printing and publication of the articles to be published in the journal.

33. No royalties will be paid to authors.

Ethical Principles

Research protocols for experimental, clinical and pharmaceutical studies must be approved by the Ethics Committee in accordance with international agreements. If necessary, ethics committee reports or an equivalent official document will be requested from the authors. For studies conducted on animals, precautions taken to prevent animal suffering should be clearly stated. Information regarding patient owner consent, ethics committee name, and ethics committee approval number should also be stated in the Materials and Methods section of the article. It is the author's responsibility to carefully maintain patients' anonymity.

Plagiarism

All submissions are scanned by similarity detection software (İntihal.Net, iThenticate or Turnitin) at any point during the peer review or publication process. However, if you are the author of the sentences, the text should not have any unacceptable similarity to previously published data.

When discussing previous work by others (or your own), please ensure that you cite the material correctly in each case. The Editorial Board will follow up and act in accordance with COPE rules in case of or suspected suspicious research such as plagiarism, citation manipulation and data forgery/manufacturing.

Dicle University Journal of Faculty of Veterinary Medicine requires and encourages authors and those involved in the evaluation of submitted manuscripts to disclose any actual or potential conflicts of interest, including financial, advisory and institutional, that could cause potential bias or conflict of interest. Any financial grants or other support sent/received from individuals or institutions for a study must be reported to the Editorial Board.