For Authors
The journal accepts only online submissions. The manuscripts should be submitted online at the address: www.entcase.org
Manuscripts should be edited in Microsoft Word XP or upper versions by PC compatible computers, and include the following sections consecutively:
1) Title Page, 2) Abstract and Keywords 3) Main Body of the Text, 4) References, 5) Tables and/or Figures, and 6) Footnotes.
Title Page and Abstract should be on separate pages..
1. TITLE PAGE
Title page should contain the followings: 1) Main Title 2) Short running title 3) Full names, degrees, and affiliations of all authors, 4) full name, address, telephone number, e-mail address of the author responsible for correspondence. An ORCID ID is required for all authors during the submission of the manuscript. The ID is available at http://orcid.org with free of charge. 5) full names of the supporting institutions and organizations, and 6) if the case has been presented in a scientific meeting previously, the title, date and place of the meeting.
Example for authors’ names:
Ali Çetin1, Ayşe Kaya2
1Mersin University School of Medicine, Dept. of History of Medicine and Folk Medicine.
2Mersin University Faculty of Education, Dept. of Turkish Language and Literature.
2-3. ABSTRACTS AND KEY WORDS
The abstract should not exceed 200 words.
At least two key words should be given. Key words should be in conformity with “Medical Subject Headings (MESH)” (see: www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/MBrowser.html).
4. MAIN BODY OF THE TEXT
4.1. Case Report
It is suggested that the text should not exceed 2500 words, and there should be no more than 15 references.
The text might be divided into thematic sub-sections according to the main content. Considering the order in the text; references, figures, diagrams, photographs, tables and graphics should be enumerated sequentially. Abbreviations within the text should be avoided as far as possible.
Abbreviations should be defined in parenthesis where the word to be abbreviated is first used in the text and they should be used throughout the text thereafter.
5. REFERENCES
- Sources should be numbered in the order they appear in the main text and indicated in square brackets immediately before the punctuation mark at the end of the sentence (example: [1]).
- Non-consecutive source numbers should be written with commas and without spaces, while consecutive source numbers should be indicated with a hyphen rather than individually (examples: [2,4];[1-3]; [2,4,6-9]).
- (Details taken from the second text have been retained as they are not contradictory): All author names should be written in the references; abbreviations such as “et al./and colleagues” should not be used.
- Journal names should be written according to Index Medicus abbreviations; if possible, PMID should be added at the end of the reference.
- “In press” references can be cited as such.
- Internet sources may be cited if they are scientific in nature; authors are responsible for their accuracy.
- Article: Little FB, Koufman JA, Kohut RI, Marshall RB. Effect of gastric acid on the pathogenesis of subglottic stenosis. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1985;94:516-519. (PMID: 4051410)
- Book section: Shires GT, Thal ER, Jones RC, Shires GT III, Perry MO. Trauma. In: Schwartz SI, ed. Principles of Surgery, 6th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1994:175-224.
- Book: Kellman RM, Marentette LJ. Atlas of Craniomaxillofacial Fixation. New York: Raven Press, 1995.
- Internet: Shahinian HK, Suh RH, Jarrahy R. … Online ENT Journal Archives 1999. (Erişim: 10/02/2003)
6. TABLES, VIDEOS AND/OR FIGURES
All figures, diagrams, photographs, tables and graphics should be labeled as concise titles with italic form and number in parenthesis at the end of sentence, accordingly.
Example: (Figure 1)
Explanations should be added in the footnotes. Ensure that all images are in .jpg or .gif format with at least 300 dpi resolutions. Abbreviations should be clarified as footnotes below the figures, diagrams and photographs.
Tables should be uploaded to the system as seperate image files, not within the text file.Videos should be submitted in flv or mp4 format with their comments
7. FOOTNOTES
Footnotes should be given as double-spaced at a seperate page. Information regarding magnification and technique should be given for microscopic pathology images.
8. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
If any, financial and commercial support, translation, statistics, technical support for graphics, tables and figures etc., editorial support and conflict of interests should be stated at a separate page.
9. CONFLICT OF INTEREST
If any, authors’ conflict of interests should be disclosed by clear statements.
CHECKLIST FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSON
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions which do not adhere to these guidelines may return to authors.
1. The submission has not been previously published or submitted to another journal.
2. The manuscript should be edited in Microsoft Word XP or upper versions by PC compatible computers.
3. Where available, URLs of the references should be provided.
4. All illustrations, figures and tables should be provided at the end of the text. High-quality copies of the illustrations should be sent as file attachments. Large files might not be uploaded during submission. Where appropriate, files can be divided for separate uploads and sent accordingly.
COPYRIGHT NOTICE
The article is in conformity with Entcase publishing and editing principles.
The article is original and has not been published in any local, national or international journal, and is not being considered for publication elsewhere.
The authors are entirely responsible for the scientific content, ethical and legal considerations.
All given authors have made active contribution to writing of the manuscript. If it would not be possible to correspond with co-authors, it will be assumed that they are informed on all matters. The corresponding author incurs the responsibility of all co-authors.
The copyright of the published articles belong to Entcase. For those articles which are accepted for publication, Entcase should be quoted when they, whether as whole or in part, are used in another publishing medium in terms of scientific and ethical principles.
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