Author Guidelines
A study can be submitted to our journal only if it has not been previously published or is not currently under consideration for publication in another academic journal. The decision to publish any work submitted to GISTU Journal of Health and Biological Sciences will be based on the Editorial Board's opinion on the importance and originality of the work.
Manuscripts should be prepared in A4 size using Office Word or a compatible text processing programme. Line and paragraph spacing should be 1.0, font style should be ‘Times New Roman’ and font size should be 11.
Articles should be written in English and abstracts should be prepared in both Turkish and English. The text should be justified and words should not be hyphenated. Pages should be numbered sequentially.

Please make sure to include the following three documents in your submission:
1. "Copyright Agreement and Acknowledgement of Authorship Form" (https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/journal-file/34440)
2. "Title Page" (including the manuscript title and author details) (https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/journal-file/34438)
3. "Check List" (submission pre-check form) (https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/journal-file/34439)
These documents must be fully completed and uploaded to the system.

Please upload your ethics committee approval document. Please add the following declarations/statements after the Conclusion section in the main text.
Conflicts of Interest:
Authors’ Contributions:
Ethical Approval:
Acknowledgement:
Funding Disclosure:
Declaration on the Use of AI:

There should be a separate title page with:
a) The title
b) The authors' names
c) Full address of each author and the institutions they work with
d) Abstract
e) Keywords
f) Author and contact details in contact

The main body of full-length paper should be divided into:
1. Introduction
2. Material and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusion
6. Declarations
7. Acknowledgement
8. References

In general, there is no specific word count/text length stipulated for any work. The general principle is that an article can be as long as necessary to convey the scientific message clearly and effectively, but should be as short as possible to achieve a complete presentation of information without unnecessary repetition or redundancy.

Introduction
The introduction should emphasise the importance of the study by placing it in a broader context. The purpose and value of the study should be clearly stated, the current status of the research area should be carefully reviewed and important studies should be referred to. A balanced framework should be presented, addressing different perspectives and controversial points where necessary. Finally, the main objective of the research should be summarised and the most important findings should be briefly stated. Care should be taken to ensure that this section is understandable not only for specialists in the field but also for scholars from different disciplines.



Materials and Method
In the Materials and Method section, explain your plan, your patients, your experimental animals, your materials and controls, the study methods you used and the statistical method you applied.

Results
Section, state in detail your findings supported by statistical methods. Emphasise only your most important findings; do not compare your findings with other studies in this section. Such comparisons should be reserved for the discussion section. Figures and tables should support the findings given in the text and should not repeat them. It is sufficient to show the data in only one of the presentations in the form of text, figures or tables.

Discussion
In this section, the conclusions drawn from the findings and the current literature should be discussed and interpreted together. Statistical results used in the findings should not be repeated in this section. At the end of the discussion section, the limitations of the study should be stated under the subheading ‘Limitations’.

Conclusion
This section should include the results of the discussion and the contribution of the results obtained from the study to the field in one paragraph.
Declarations
Ethical Approval Certificate
The experimental procedures of this study were approved by the Local Animal Care and Ethics Committee of XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
University, XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
(Approval date and number: XXXXXX).
Author Contribution Statement
Please indicate how and at what stage each author contributed to this study.
For example:

X.X: Data collection, research, formal analysis and writing of the original draft
Y.Y: Project management, supervision, conceptualisation, methodology, review and editing
Z.Z: Data collection and research.
Fund Statement
If the study was funded by an institution/organisation, it should be stated as ‘This study was funded by XXXXXXXXXXXX’.
Publication Rights Agreement and Conflict of Interest Form
Please declare any conflicts of interest or state ‘The authors declare no conflicts of interest.’ Authors should identify and declare any personal circumstances or interests that may be considered to improperly influence the representation or interpretation of the reported research results. The Publication Rights Agreement and Conflict of Interest Form (to be e-mailed by the Editorial Board after manuscript submission) should be signed by the authors and sent to sabib@gibtu.edu.tr as a jpeg file.
Acknowledgement
In this section, you can indicate any administrative and technical support or in- kind donations (e.g. materials used for experiments).

References
References should be designed in Vancouver style and numbered in the order they appear in the text. If multiple and consecutively numbered sources are given; they should be written as 15-18. Unpublished observations and personal interviews should be avoided as references. Multiple authors should be separated by a comma.

If there are more than three authors, after the third author, "et al." should be added without a comma for both article and book references. If a chapter in a book is cited and there are many authors belonging to only this chapter, the name of the book and the chapter are stated, the first three authors of the chapter are written, and "et al." is added as an explanation for the subsequent authors. Journal names to be shown in the reference should be abbreviated as per the original.
Tables-Graphics-Figures-Pictures
All tables, graphs, figures and pictures should be placed on separate pages after the references. Tables should be set vertically in the text. Tables should be added in Word, each with double spacing, using the "Insert Table" section. Mean and Standard Deviation values (X±SD) given in tables should be in the same column. Percentage values (n(%)) given in tables should be in the same column. Decimal numbers should be given as 2 digits after the comma in the text and tables. All graphs-figures-pictures used in the text should be called "Figure" and tables should be called "Table". All figures and tables used should be indicated in the text. Each should be numbered according to the order of occurrence in the text and a short title should be written. Table titles should be written clearly above the table, and figure titles should be written below the figure. Abbreviations and statistical methods used in tables should definitely be explained below. If quoting from another publication, written reprint permission should be sent together.
Figures should be prepared using the ‘jpeg’ compression technique and each figure should be saved in a separate file.

Figures must be at least 9×13 cm in size and have a resolution of 600 dpi. Send images as separate files only as TIFF or EPS files with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi. In images where the patient's identity can be determined, the signed consent of the patient or their legal representative must be attached to the submitted text, otherwise the names of the person(s) in question or their eyes must be covered with "tape".

Note:
We accept electronic supplementary materials to support and enhance your scientific research. Supplementary files provide the author with additional possibilities to publish supporting applications, movies, animated sequences, high-resolution images, background datasets, audio clips, and more.
Disclosure of conflicts of interest and financial support is required at the time of submission. Authors are responsible for disclosing to the Journal any additional conflicts of interest or financial support that may arise prior to the publication date of their article. All authors must individually disclose all potential conflicts of interest and financial support, whether or not directly related to the subject of their article.
Review articles
Review articles that fall within the scope of the journal will be evaluated.

Case Reports
Uncommon and important clinical experiences should be presented. Includes introduction, case, and discussion sections

Letters to the Editor
The article should be a maximum of 1000 words (or 750 words and one table or figure) and contain 5 sources. Letters are published by the decision of the Editorial Board. Authors should contact the journal's Editorial Office (e-mail: sabib@gibtu.edu.tr) before sending their letters. Letters commenting on published articles should be sent within six months of the article's publication; the letter (if necessary) is sent to the original author for a response.

Scientific Letters
These types of articles are preliminary reports that aim to announce clinically important data and discoveries. There are no sections for the text; they consist of a maximum of 1000 words, one table or figure, and a maximum of 10 references. Letters are published by the decision of the Editorial Board. Authors should contact the journal's Editorial Office (e-mail: sabib@gibtu.edu.tr before sending their letters.

References
References should be written in “Vancouver” style. When writing references, “Times New Roman” 10 point font should be used. Multiple authors should be separated by commas. In both article and book references, if there are more than three authors, a comma and “et al.” should be used after the 3rd author. If a reference is made from a chapter in a book and there are many authors belonging to only that chapter, the title of the book and chapter should be stated, the first three authors of the chapter should be written and then “et al.” should be added for the subsequent authors.

Etc.

Stoltzfus RJ. Iron deficiency: global prevalence and consequences. Food Nutr Bull. 2003; 24(4): 99-103. https://doi.org/10.1177/15648265030244S206

James AH. Iron deficiency anemia in pregnancy. Obstet Gynecol. 2021; 138(4):663-74. https://doi.org/10.1097/AOG.000000000000455 9.