WRITING RULES

1. The journal accepts original scientific articles, clinical reports, and systematic reviews that make a significant contribution to the existing body of knowledge.
2. The journal is published at https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/eads.
3. The publication language of the journal is English.
4. Submitted manuscripts must be in accordance with the aims and scope of the journal.
5. Only original manuscripts that have not been previously published, are not under consideration by another journal, and are approved by all authors for content and submission will be accepted for evaluation.
6. Manuscripts submitted to the journal should be between 4,000 and 10,000 words. Submissions exceeding this limit will be returned without review.
7. Manuscripts derived from theses using the "salami slicing" method or those that show high similarity to the authors’ theses will not be accepted.
8. All published articles undergo a double-blind peer review process.
9. EADS publishes content under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license.
10. The journal adheres to the principles and standards set by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) and the Committee on Publication ethics (COPE).
11. To prevent ethical violations, all submitted manuscripts are screened for plagiarism using tools such as https://intihal.net/ and www.ithenticate.com.The overall similarity index of the submitted manuscript must not exceed 20%, with a maximum threshold of 5% similarity from any single source. The similarity report is reviewed by the editor to check whether proper citation and quotation practices have been followed. If any unethical issues inconsistent with academic writing standards are identified, the manuscript will be returned to the author(s).
12. To increase the visibility of published articles, each article is assigned a DOI.
13. The “rich metadata” of each issue is uploaded to national and international academic data platforms within four weeks of the publication date.
14. For detailed instructions for organization and basic formatting of the manuscript please visit: https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/journal-file/33555 
15. It is strongly recommended that authors carefully review the manuscript submission checklist located at the end of the Instructions for Authors, as it plays a critical role in ensuring a complete and accurate submission.
16. In studies with more than one author, the contribution rate and conflict of interest declarations of the authors should be included in the article texts. No changes to the contribution rates are allowed after the submission is completed.
17. Only the article is processed before acceptance. Authors are required to carefully review the list and order of authors before submitting their manuscript and provide the final author list at the time of original submission.

Ethics Committee Approval
Our journal requires that the relevant ethics committee decision must be obtained for all studies in all disciplines that require ethics committee approval. In this context, authors should write the date and number of Ethics Committee approval in the “Sampling and Methods/ Materials and Methods” section. In case presentations, the information that the informed consent form has been obtained must be included in the article.
In line with the regulations implemented by Ulakbim TR Index since 2020, studies that do not have ethics committee permission are not evaluated in our journal.

Studies Requiring Ethics Committee Approval
In our journal, researches that require ethics committee permission include the following studies:
• All research conducted with qualitative or quantitative approaches that involve collecting data from participants through methods such as surveys, interviews, focus groups, observations, experiments and interview techniques,
• Studies in which humans and animals (including materials or data) are used for experimental or other scientific purposes,
• Clinical trials conducted on humans,
• Scientific research on animals,
• Retrospective studies within the framework of the Personal Data Protection Law.
In order for such studies to be included in the evaluation, the relevant ethics committee permissions must be obtained and these permissions must be clearly stated in the text of the article.

NOTE: Scientific research on humans and animals must be conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and ARRIVE guidelines and approval must be obtained from the relevant ethics committee. Studies without ethics committee approval are not evaluated in our journal.