Articles should be written in double-spaced, 12-point and aligned right-left, “Times New Roman” or “Arial ‘ as font. 2.5 cm space should be left in the margins and page numbers should be placed in the lower right corner of each page. Number should not be written on the cover page. Articles should be appropriate to “International Committee of Medical Journal Editors,” defined by: Uniform Standards Required for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals (from http://www.icmje.org). The original research papers and review articles should not exceed 15 pages with double-spaced, and case reports up to 5 pages (extract resources, excluding tables and figures). Writings should be sent in “doc” or “docx” format. Authors must indicate the changes made on the file they edited in a different color. The article should contain the following sections:

Title of the paper (Turkish-English), authors’ names, institutions they work, correspondence author’s name, full address, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail address should also include a short title not exceeding 40 characters. If the article was presented at a scientific meeting name, date and place specified to be written.

Each article should have abstracts both in Turkish and in English. The abstract should not exceed 250 words, should be capable of reflecting the article, it should give significant results and author’s interpretation should be made very short. Undisclosed abbreviations should not be used in the abstract, the references should not be shown. Original research articles should have Turkish and English abstracts segment and configured as follows: Objective, materials and methods, results, conclusion(s). In a case report; objective case (s), result(s) must be configured containing partitions that essence. Turkish and English keywords should be compatible with “Index Medicus: Medical Subject Headings” (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/mbrowser. html) and should be at least three to ten. The key words should be considered as the most important element in accessingto documents.

This section should answer the question why the research performed and it should be considered as the historical literature on the subject.

Means must be defined and applied methods used in the study should be discussed in detail. Abbreviations in the text, tables, images and figures should be disclosed in its first occurrence. If a brand name is cited in the manufacturer’s name and address (city, country) should be given.

The findings should be presented in a clear and concise manner. For this purpose, tables, graphs and photos could be used.

Without repetition of introduction, the importance of the findings should be noted.

Before the end of the article and references, contributing to the preparation of research or article appreciation can be written. In this section, personal, technical and acknowledgments will be included for some reasons such as aid supplies.

References should be numbered consecutively in an order.The article number should be mentioned in parentheses at the end of the sentence within the text.The reference list should be based on numbers that appear paranthetical documentation Reference list must be on a separate page. While sources in the text, number of authors, all authors should be written in less than two or more than two first author’s name is written “et al.” abbreviations should be used. Authors are responsible for the accuracy of the references. Reference inform must comply the updated form of “Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals” (http://www.icmje.org) (February 2006). The names of journals abbreviated in the form according to Index Medicus is given. To see the names or abbreviations of journal list see. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/tsd/serials/lji.html journals indexed in Index Medicus. No abbreviations are made if the journal names are not in the index. Only published or to be published “in press” articles, in references.

Author names, article title, journal name (shortened according to the “lndexmedicus” list) year, volume number, first and last page number.

Giugliano D, Ceriollo A, Paolisso G. Oxidative stress and diabetic vascularcomplications. Diabetes Care. 1996;19:257–267.

El-Hage J. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) agonists: preclinical and clinical cardiac safety considerations. Rockville, MD: Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, 2006. (Accessed May 18, 2007, at http://www.fda.gov/cder/present/DIA2006/El-Hage_CardiacSafety.ppt.)

Authors’ name of the parts, the book’s name, the numberof the edition, place of publication, publisher, year.

Larsen PR, Kronenberg HM, Melmed S, Polonsky KS. Williams Textbook of Endocrinology, 10th Edition, Philadelphia, Elsevier Science, 2003.

Related section, the author name (s), section names, editor (s), book title, place of publication, publisher, year, first and last page number.

Tables should come after the references in the main text, each table should be typed double-spaced and will be on a separate page. According to the order mentioned in the article should be numbered with Roman numerals and short extracts should carry a title. It should be noted also within the text. Table header should be on the table; included descriptions and abbreviations should be below the table. Tables should have a self-explanatory nature rather than repeating the information in the text. References of the information or statements that are published recently should be indicated in a footnote attached to the corresponding table below.

Word’sabbreviation is given in parenthesis where it first time passes and used the same abbreviation allthrough the text.

Images, shapes, electronic photographs, radiographs, CT scans, and scanned images in .jpeg or .tiff format, 500 x 400 pixel size and 300 dpi resolution should be recorded and submitted online. In histological sections enlargement of the photo and staining technique should be stated. The figures should be numbered according to their sequence in the text. It should also be noted in the text areas. The pictures and illustrations’ subtitles should be given on a separate sheet at the end of the article. Pictures and captions should be short and should be in descriptive manner, the text must not have repetition. Pictures or numbers used in the figures, the meaning of symbols and letters should be stated clearly. Writing text on the drawing should be avoided unless it is necessary.

Entries are accepted only online via the journal’s article assessment system (https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/tudod/page/4183). Along with the text, including the right to broadcast all of the authors of the signed approval of the transfer form must be submitted. Manuscriptis read by all authors, approved and should be expressed as the product of an original work and must have the signature next to the author’s name. Any author should be noted that there is no conflict of interest with the institution or organization and the International College of Medical Journal Editors form for the Disclosure of Conflict of which is prepared in accordance with Interest “Conflict of Interest Form” should be completed and submitted. Accepted articles broadcasting rights should be transferred to the Editorial Board of Turkish Journal of Diabetes and Obesity. The copyright of the printed article comprising the reproduction and distribution rights. Authors may open the article free at web providing that Editorial Board of the Turkish Journal of Diabetes and Obesity is the owner of the copyright and the publication of this article. In this case the following statement must contain “original article is located in the http://turkjod.beun.edu.tr address” and the port connection must be created. All the articles published in this journal are protected by copyright. Any printed material can not be published else where in any way without the written permission of the Editorial Board Turkish Journal of Diabetes and Obesity. Turkish Journal of Diabetes and Obesity Editorial Board does not accept any legal responsibility for the lackinginformation, rights claims and mistakesto occur via publication in this journal. Authors and referees for articles published in this journal are not paid any fees.

Before submitting your article to Turkish Journal of Diabetes and Obesity, please make sure that you have no missing files.

For the observational studies, STROBE checklist and criteria (https://www.equator-network.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/STROBE-Turkish-translation.pdf) must be attented.

Our publication policy suggests the PRISMA checklist for the review article (https://www.equator-network.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/PRISMA-ScR-Fillable-Checklist-1.pdf) and the CARE checklist for the case report (https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5db7b349364ff063a6c58ab8/t/5db7bf175f869e5812fd4293/1572323098501/CARE-checklist-English-2013.pdf)

• Application Letter to the Editor

• Conflict of interest form

• Cover page

• Article text

• Abstract (Turkish)

• (English)

• References (Separate page).

• Tables and graphs

• Pictures and figures