Turkish Journal of Geriatrics 2016 , Vol 19 , Issue 3
FROM THE EDITOR IN CHIEF
Yesim GOKCE KUTSAL

Introduction

Turkish Journal of Geriatrics is a peer-reviewed journal and is devoted to high standards of scientific rules and publication ethics since 1998. The Editors of the Journal accept to follow ‘Editorial Policy' of the ‘Council of Science Editors'.

The Journal is indexed in: Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Science Citation Index, Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition, Journal Citation Reports/Social Sciences Edition, Index Copernicus Master List, EMBASE, SCOPUS, ELSEVIER, EBSCO and “Turkish Medical Index” of Turkish Academic Network and Information Center in The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBITAKULAKB‹ M), Turk Medline and Turkey Citation Index.

Due to the updated publication principles and approach of the Turkish Journal of Geriatrics, we kindly ask the authors to certify their contribution to their manuscripts beginning from the planning of their research until the publication step including planning of the study, data collection, data analysis, data interpretation, writing of the manuscript, etc.

In this regard, authors are expected to fulfill the table given in the web site, upload the document to the on line system of the Journal with their article together and also send the signed printed format to the address given in the web site.

Besides their article, there are four important documents that the authors should send:

A copy of “Ethical Committee Approval” for researches or a copy of signed “Informed consent form” for case reports,

“Contribution Form” signed by all authors.

“Copyright Release Form” signed by all authors,

English language editing document: “Certificate of Language Control and Correction”.

The manuscript can not be sent out for review if the submissions are received without these four documents. These documents should be send by the on line system and also by post to the address given in the journal web site.

Prof. Yesim GOKCE KUTSAL

Editor in Chief
www.turkgeriatri.org