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Context

The Atlantic Journal of Medical Science and Research (Atlantic J Med Sci Res)  scientific, open access periodical published by independent, unbiased, and double-blind peer-review principles. The official language of the journal are English and published four annually in December, March, June and September.  Manuscripts must be written in English and must meet the requirements of the journal. All manuscripts which will be published in the journal must be in accordance with research and publication ethics. The aim of the Atlantic Journal of Medical Science and Research is to publish original research papers of the highest scientific and clinical value in all medical fields.In all fields of general medicine, editorial comment/discussion, invited review, original research, case report, letters to the editor, and surgical technique studies in the basic and clinical sciences are evaluated for publishing.

The target audience of the journal includes researchers, physicians, and healthcare professionals who are interested in or working in all medical disciplines.

On-line editorial office: All manuscripts and editorial correspondence must be submitted online to the editorial office at www.atlantic-medical.org. Detailed submission information is provided at the online editorial office web site.

For comprehensive information regarding the journal's policies on submission, peer-review, publication, and ethical standards, kindly visit the Policies page. Similarly, for detailed information about the journal, please visit the Journal page.

It is strongly advised to review the journal's policies before submitting any manuscripts to ensure compliance with the journal's guidelines.

Manuscripts submitted for evaluation should be original and not previously presented or published in any electronic or print medium. If a manuscript was previously presented at a conference or meeting, authors should provide detailed information about the event, including the name, date, and location of the organization.

Manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with ICMJE-Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals (updated in May 2023). 

Authors are required to prepare manuscripts in accordance with the relevant guideline listed below:

•    Randomized research studies and clinical trials: CONSORT guidelines (for protocols, please see the SPIRIT guidance)
•    Observational original research studies: STROBE guidelines 
•    Studies on diagnostic accuracy: STARD guidelines
•    Systematic reviews and meta-analysis: PRISMA guidelines (for protocols, please see the PRISMA-P guidelines)
•    Experimental animal studies: ARRIVE guidelines and Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, 8th edition
•    Nonrandomized evaluations of behavioral and public health interventions: TREND guidelines
•    Case report: the CARE case report guidelines
•    Genetic association studies: STREGA
•    Qualitative research: SRQR guidelines

To find the right guideline for your research, please complete the questionnaire by Equator Network here.

The Atlantic Journal of Medical Science and Research encourages authors to follow the ‘Sex and Gender Equity in Research – SAGER – guidelines’ when preparing their manuscripts to promote the inclusion of sex and gender considerations in research. Before submission, authors can consult EASE Guidelines for Authors and Translators to produce clear, concise and accurate manuscripts that are easy to understand and free of common errors and pitfalls.

The style of manuscripts should follow the AMA Manual of Style, 11th Edition.

Manuscripts can only be submitted through the journal’s online manuscript submission and evaluation system. Manuscripts submitted via any other medium and submissions by anyone other than one of the authors will not be evaluated.

In addition to the manuscript files, authors are required to submit the following during the initial submission:

Copyright Agreement and Acknowledgement of Authorship Formand

ICMJE Potential Conflict of Interest Disclosure Form (should be filled in by all contributing authors) during the initial submission. These forms are available for download at  www.atlantic-medical.org

Publication Fee Policy

Journal Ownership and Publishing Services

The Atlantic Journal of Medical Science and Research is an open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal.

Journal Owner: Esra Kayacan Erdoğan
Publisher: Biobilim 
Publishing Services Provider: Effect Publishing Agency (EPA)

EPA provides technical and operational publishing services, including manuscript submission and tracking infrastructure, online publication systems, journal website services, DOI and metadata services, technical publication support, and digital archiving.

The journal maintains full editorial independence. Editorial decisions are made independently by the Editorial Board and are based on scientific quality, originality, ethical compliance, relevance to the journal’s scope, and adherence to journal policies.

Payment of any fee does not influence editorial or peer-review decisions.

Submission Fee

The publication fee policy of The Atlantic Journal of Medical Science and Research was revised effective October 10, 2026.

For manuscripts submitted on or after October 10, 2026, Submission Fee is required at the time of manuscript submission.

The applicable fee is:

11,000 TL for submissions from Türkiye
225 USD for international submissions

Authors must complete the payment during the manuscript submission process and upload the payment receipt to the relevant section of the online submission system.

Manuscripts submitted without a valid payment receipt will not be processed or taken into editorial evaluation.

Payment of the Article Submission Fee does not guarantee acceptance or publication of the manuscript.

Payment of the fee also does not provide priority in the publication schedule. Even if a manuscript is accepted, payment does not entitle the manuscript to early or expedited publication.

Editorial Evaluation and Scope

Before submitting a manuscript, authors are strongly advised to carefully review the journal’s Aims and Scope, Instructions for Authors, ethical requirements, and publication policies.

All submitted manuscripts undergo a preliminary editorial evaluation for suitability with the journal’s scope, scientific and structural requirements, ethical standards, and publication policies.

Manuscripts that fall outside the scope of the journal or are considered unsuitable for publication may be rejected by the Editorial Board without being sent for external peer review.

Payment of the Submission Fee does not create any obligation for the journal to send a manuscript for peer review or to accept it for publication.

Refund Policy

The Submission Fee is non-refundable.

No refund will be provided in cases of:

- editorial rejection;

- rejection following peer review; or

- withdrawal of the manuscript by the authors.

Authors are therefore advised to carefully review the journal’s scope, author guidelines, ethical requirements, and fee policy before completing the submission and payment.

Fee Waiver Policy

The journal applies a uniform and transparent fee policy.

No fee waivers or discounts are offered.

Use of Fees

The Submission Fee is not intended to generate commercial profit.
Collected fees are used to support the technical infrastructure and publishing services required for manuscript submission and journal operation, including::

- manuscript submission and tracking systems;

- journal website and online publication infrastructure;

- DOI registration and metadata services;

- technical preparation and online publication of articles;

- digital archiving and long-term accessibility; and

- other technical publishing services required for the continuity of the journal.

The fee policy is intended to support sustainable open-access publishing and the dissemination of scientific knowledge.

Payment Information

Payment instructions and banking details are provided within the online manuscript submission system during the submission process.

Authors are required to complete the payment and upload the payment receipt before finalizing their submission.

Submissions without a valid payment receipt will not be processed.

Payments related to the Submission Fee are collected by Effect Publishing Agency, the journal’s Publishing Services Provider.

Invoices are issued by Effect Publishing Agency upon request. Authors requesting an invoice must provide the necessary billing information.

Funding and Financial Disclosure

Any financial contribution or support received from third parties in relation to a manuscript must be disclosed at the time of initial submission.

If the Submission Fee is paid by a third party other than the author or the author’s institution, the authors must disclose this information on the title page and in the ICMJE Disclosure Form.

Preparation of the Manuscript

Title page: A separate title page should be submitted with all submissions and this page should include:

· The full title of the manuscript as well as a short title (running head) of no more than 50 characters,
· Name(s), affiliations, highest academic degree(s), and ORCID IDs of the author(s),
· Grant information and detailed information on the other sources of support,
· Name, address, telephone (including the mobile phone number), and email address of the corresponding author,
· Acknowledgment of the individuals who contributed to the preparation of the manuscript but who do not fulfill the authorship criteria.

ORCID ID
The Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID) number of each author must be submitted when creating an account for correspondence. To obtain an ORCID number, please visit  https://orcid.org

Abstract: An abstract should be submitted with all submissions except for Letters to the Editor. The abstract of Research Articles should be structured with subheadings (Background, Methods, Results, and Conclusion). Please check Table 1 below for word count specifications.

Keywords: Each submission must be accompanied by a minimum of three to a maximum of five keywords for subject indexing at the end of the abstract. The keywords should be listed in full without abbreviations. The keywords should be selected from the National Library of Medicine, Medical Subject Headings database (https://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/MBrowser.html).

Main Points: All submissions except letters to the editor should be accompanied by 3 to 5 “main points” which should emphasize the most noteworthy results of the study and underline the principal message that is addressed to the reader. This section should be structured as itemized to give a general overview of the article. Since “Main Points” targeting the experts and specialists of the field, each item should be written as plain and straightforward as possible.

Manuscript Types

Original Articles

Research articles provide new information based on original research. The acceptance of research articles is typically based on the originality and importance of the research. The main text of a Research Article should be structured with subheadings, including Introduction, Material and Methods, Results, and Discussion. Limitations, drawbacks, and the shortcomings of original articles should be mentioned in the Discussion section before the conclusion paragraph. All research involving human subjects, medical records, or human tissues must be reviewed and approved by a reviewer board, such as an institutional review board (IRB) or ethics committee, before it is conducted. For detailed information, please see details under the “Publication Ethics” section. 
Please check Table 1 for the limitations for Original Articles.

Clinical Trials 

The Atlantic Journal of Medical Science and Research adopts the ICMJE's clinical trial registration policy, which requires that clinical trials must be registered in a publicly accessible registry that is a primary register of the WHO International Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP) or in ClinicalTrials.gov. 

Instructions for the clinical trials are listed below.

• Clinical trial registry is only required for the prospective research projects that study the relationship between a health-related intervention and an outcome by assigning people. 
• To have their manuscript evaluated in the journal, author should register their research to a public registry at or before the time of first patient enrollment.
• Based on most up to date ICMJE recommendations, The Atlantic Journal of Medical Science and Research accepts public registries that include minimum acceptable 24-item trial registration dataset.
• Authors are required to state a data sharing plan for the clinical trial registration. Please see details under “Data Sharing” section.
•For further details, please check ICMJE Clinical Trial Policy at http://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/publishing-and-editorial-issues/clinical-trial-registration.html

Tables should be included in the main document, presented after the reference list, and they should be numbered consecutively in the order they are referred to within the main text. A descriptive title must be placed above the tables. Abbreviations used in the tables should be defined below the tables by footnotes (even if they are defined within the main text). Tables should be created using the “insert table” command of the word processing software and they should be arranged clearly to provide easy reading. Data presented in the tables should not be a repetition of the data presented within the main text but should be supporting the main text. Include written permission from both the author and the publisher to reproduce any previously published table(s) in both print and electronic media.

Figures and Figure Legends

Figures, graphics, and photographs should be submitted as separate files (in TIFF or JPEG format) through the submission system. The files should not be embedded in a Word document or the main document. When there are figure subunits, the subunits should not be merged to form a single image. Each subunit should be submitted separately through the submission system. Images should not be labeled (a, b, c, etc.) to indicate figure subunits. Thick and thin arrows, arrowheads, stars, asterisks, and similar marks can be used on the images to support figure legends. Like the rest of the submission, the figures too should be blind. Any information within the images that may indicate an individual or institution should be blinded. The minimum resolution of each submitted figure should be 300 DPI. To prevent delays in the evaluation process, all submitted figures should be clear in resolution and large in size (minimum dimensions: 100 × 100 mm). Figure legends should be listed at the end of the main document.

All acronyms and abbreviations used in the manuscript should be defined at first use, both in the abstract and in the main text. The abbreviation should be provided in parentheses following the definition.

When a drug, product, hardware, or software program is mentioned within the main text, product information, including the name of the product, the producer of the product, and city and the country of the company (including the state if in USA), should be provided in parentheses in the following format: “Discovery St PET/CT scanner (General Electric, Milwaukee, WI, USA)”

All references, tables, and figures should be referred to within the main text, and they should be numbered consecutively in the order they are referred to within the main text.

Limitations, drawbacks, and the shortcomings of original articles should be mentioned in the Discussion section before the conclusion paragraph.

Written permission from both the author and the publisher (copyright holder) is required to reproduce any previously published, illustration(s) or photograph(s) in both print and electronic media, and must be surface mailed or faxed to the editorial office once the manuscript is submitted online.

Give the type of stain and magnification power for all photomicrographs.

Include written permission from both the author and the publisher to reproduce any previously published illustration(s) in both print and electronic media.

Enclose signed releases for recognizable (unmasked) photographs of human beings.

Revisions
Authors must indicate the changes on the main text while resubmitting revised files, and also answers to each reviewer suggestions separately must be included in the letter. Page and line number of corrections must be included as well. Revised form of manuscripts must be sent to journal within 30 days, otherwise revision option may be canceled. Warning letter will be sent and then after 15 days, manuscript will be rejected. If authors need extension of time for revisions anyhow, the journal must be informed before the deadline of revision.

Production

Once a manuscript has been accepted for publication, it goes through a copy-editing process by professional language editors to ensure that it is clear and well-written. This process may involve correcting grammar, punctuation, and formatting errors, as well as making changes to improve the overall clarity and readability of the manuscript.

After the copy-editing process is complete, the manuscript is published online as an "ahead-of-print" publication, which means that it is available to readers before it is included in a scheduled issue of the journal. This allows readers to access the latest research as soon as it becomes available.

Before the manuscript is officially published, the corresponding author is sent a PDF proof of the accepted manuscript for review. The corresponding author is asked to review the proof and approve it for publication within a specified time period, typically 2 days. This is an important step in the publication process, as it allows the author to catch any errors or make any final changes before the manuscript is published.

Table 1. Limitations for each manuscript type