Developments and Experiments in Health and Medicine

Aims and Scope

Developments and Experiments in Health and Medicine (ISSN: 1300-6622; e ISSN: 2602-

3148) is an international, double-blind peer-reviewed, open access publication of Dokuz Eylül

University Faculty of Medicine which is published quarterly in January, April, July and

October.

It publishes articles of original research conducted using scientific methods with appropriate

hypotheses in all areas of medicine. In addition, it publishes reviews on current issues, rare

medical cases, and letters to the editor containing the experiences and comments of specialist

physicians in the field. Manuscripts are publishable in English. Developments and

Experiments in Health and Medicine does not charge any fees to the author(s) for the

evaluation and/or publication of submitted articles.

The aim of this journal is to provide scientists with the opportunity to publish their original

scientific studies in the field of medicine and health, to share their discoveries, new original

ideas and theories in this field.

The target audience of Developments and Experiments in Health and Medicine is physicians,

specialists, researchers, specialists and doctoral students in all areas of medicine as well as

medical faculty students. It aims to contribute to the spread of continuous professional

development and research culture.

Developments and Experiments in Health and Medicine is indexed in Index Copernicus

Master List, TÜBİTAK ULAKBİM TR Medical Index and Turkey Citation Index. The index

value for 2020 was calculated as 80.48.

The abbreviation of Developments and Experiments in Health and Medicine is “Dev Exp

Health Med”. It should be denoted as it when referenced.

Thank you for your contributions to our journal as an author and reviewer.

Subject Areas

This journal welcomes the papers from all clinical and pre-clinical medical disciplines.

Basic, translational and clinical research conducted through interdisciplinary collaborations,

community-based research, studies on medical devices and artificial intelligence in the

medical field are given priority in the journal.

Publication Ethics Statement

Developments and Experiments in Health and Medicine Editorial Board, in accordance with

the “DEU Faculty of Medicine Journal Directive”, carries out its work by observing the

ethical rules of international organizations [International Council of Medical Journal Editors

(ICMJE), World Association of Medical Editors (WAME), Council of Science Editors (CSE),

Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and European Association of Science Editors

(EASE)].

Developments and Experiments in Health and Medicine takes the responsibility to enforce a

rigorous peer-review together with strict ethical policies and standards to ensure to add high

quality scientific works to the field of scholarly publication. Unfortunately, cases of

plagiarism, data falsification, inappropriate authorship credit, and the like, do arise. To verify

the originality of content submitted to our journals, articles sent to the journal are accepted

with an iThenticate or Turnitin report. A maximum of 15% similarity is accepted as a result of

the report. The author must perform the similarity report when uploading the article to the

system. If the rate exceeds 15%, the article can be sent back to the author with the report.

Copyright / Open Access

Articles published in Developments and Experiments in Health and Medicine will be Open-

Access articles distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons

Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International. The copyright is retained by the

author(s).

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