Instructions for the Authors

Journal of Critical and Intensive Care (J Crit Intensive Care) is the scientific and official publication of the Society of Turkish Intensivists (www.tuyud.org.tr).

The journal is an open access journal, published 3 times a year and all of its contents are freely available with no cost and there is no fee for submission. It accepts manuscripts written only in English and evaluates submissions through its online submission system on the web site www.jcritintensivecare.org. It publishes original clinical, basic and translational research articles, case reports and letters to the editor related to intensive/critical care medicine and acute medicine. Editorials and review articles are only accepted upon invitation of the editor.

Manuscripts are accepted for publication through an independent unbiased and double-blinded peer review process. Authors are encouraged to suggest reviewers from other institutions; however editorial board will make the final selection of reviewers. As well, the editorial board reserves the right to reject the manuscripts not suitable for publication or the right to return manuscripts to authors for revision.

An approval of research protocols by institutional review board or ethics committee in accordance with international agreements (Helsinki Declaration of 2008 - available at https://www.wma.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/DoH-Oct2008.pdf, “Guide for the care and use of laboratory animals” - www.nap.edu/catalog/5140.) is required for all research articles. All manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with the latest International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals (updated in May 2022 - https://www.icmje.org/recommendations/).

It is necessary for you to assess compliance with the appropriate EQUATOR checklist for your study. Please find the appropriate checklist at EQUATOR Network.

When reporting the results of a randomized controlled trial, author(s) should use the CONSORT  statement as a guide in preparing the manuscript. (https://www.equator-network.org/)

When reporting the results of an observational study, author(s) should use the STROBE  statement as a guide in preparing the manuscript. (https://www.equator-network.org/)

All submitted manuscripts must comply with the instructions specified below:

1. A cover letter stating that the submitted manuscript is an original work that has not been previously published or is not currently under consideration for publication elsewhere must be submitted with the manuscript. Cover letter should be submitted as a separate file.
2. During the article submission process, the "Copyright Transfer Agreement" should be scanned and uploaded to the online article system after being signed by all authors. No changes (sorting, deleting or adding) to the authorship are allowed after this stage. In addition, the “Authors' Contributions Form” and “ICMJE Disclosure of Interest Form” must be uploaded to the system. If accepted for publication, the authors agree to transfer the copyright of the article to "Journal of Critical and Intensive Care" and that it be published under CC BY-NC license.
3. All content (text, figures, graphics, tables and others) which has been “sent for publication should be original. If not, permission from related person and/or institutions regarding copyright should have been obtained by the authors.
4. If the manuscript was partially or completely presented as a thesis or an abstract at a meeting, it should be clearly stated in the “Acknowledgements” section.
5. Foundations, organizations, drug or medical device companies that make a complete or partial financial contribution, project funding, scholarships, etc. should be mentioned in the “Acknowledgements” section.
6. The authors should disclose any conflict of interest and any financial support that has been received relevant to the submitted manuscript in the “Acknowledgements” section. As well, ICMJE Disclosure of Interest Form should be submitted with the manuscript.
7. The authors are responsible for compliance of the quality of research with high ethical standards. The “Materials and Methods” section should include a statement about ethics committee approval (date, document no) and informed consent. The journal reserves the right to refuse or retract the publication of the manuscript in the presence of an ethical violation.
8. Manuscripts are checked for text similarity with the iThenticate Similarity Check software and manually checked to determine whether any non-original text flagged by the software shows evidence of plagiarism. Manuscripts containing material suspected of plagiarism will be handled by following the relevant COPE flowchart and guidelines from ICMJE.
9. The manuscript will be checked if it is in accordance with instruction to the authors before sending to the editor. Any manuscript not prepared according to instructions will be returned for revision.
10. Professional help for language editing might be required if there are serious language problems.
11. The manuscript will be evaluated by the editorial board for scientific adequacy and then sent to peer-reviewers who could be from the editorial board or independent reviewers.
12. If revision is required, authors should re-submit within a maximum of 1 month. If additional period of time is required, the editor should be informed.
13. All points of the reviewer(s) should be clarified within the re-submitted manuscript highlighted and a detailed letter stating or mentioning all revisions of reviewers on a point-by-point basis is required during revision. This letter is mandatory and if not provided, the manuscript will be returned. 
14. For each submission, submission checklist should be completed and uploaded by the corresponding author.
15. Once the manuscript is accepted, the number or order of authors cannot be changed.
16. Authors are not charged for articles accepted for publication in the Journal of Critical and Intensive Care.

Authorship Criteria

(https://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/roles-and-responsibilities/defining-the-role-of-authors-and-contributors.html)

Authors of submissions reporting research findings should meet all four of the criteria of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors  (ICMJE):

• Substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work; AND
• Drafting the work or revising it critically for important intellectual content; AND
• Final approval of the version to be published; AND
• Agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.

Artificial Intelligence (Ai)–Assisted Technology

Authors who use artificial intelligence (AI)–assisted technology technology should describe, in both the cover letter and the submitted work, how they used it. Use of AI for writing assistance should be reported in the acknowledgment section. Authors who used AI technology to conduct the study should describe its use in the methods section in sufficient detail to enable replication to the approach, including the tool used, version, and prompts where applicable. Chatbots (such as ChatGPT) should not be listed as authors because they cannot be responsible for the accuracy, integrity, and originality of the work, and these responsibilities are required for authorship. Therefore, humans are responsible for any submitted material that included the use of AI-assisted technologies. Authors should carefully review and edit the result because AI can generate authoritative-sounding output that can be incorrect, incomplete, or biased. Authors should not list AI and AIassisted technologies as an author or co-author, nor cite AI as an author. Authors should be able to assert that there is no plagiarism in their paper, including in text and images produced by the AI. Humans must ensure there is appropriate attribution of all quoted material, including full citations.

PREPARATION OF MANUSCRIPTS

Manuscripts should be written in Microsoft Word for Windows format, and typed using 12 point Times New Roman font with the row spacing of 1.5-2. The use of abbreviations in the title, abstract, table titles, figure legends and at the beginning of the sentences should be avoided. Abbreviations should be defined in parentheses the first time they appear in the text. Single digit numbers should be written in words in the text. The table at the end of the Instructions for Authors should be taken into account while preparing the article.

All articles should be accompanied by a separate title page including the following:

1. Name of manuscript
2. The full name(s), highest academic degree(s), affiliation(s), ORCID ID numbers
3. Name and address for corresponding author (including phone, e-mail address)

An original research article should include the following sections:

1. Abstract: Under the subheadings of aim, study design, materials and methods, results, conclusion, maximum 250 words.

2. Keywords Four to eight keywords must be supplied, see www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/MBrowser.html.

3. Main Body: The main text should include the following sections: Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion and Conclusion. The background in the “Introduction” section should not be too long. Aim(s) or hypothesis must be clearly stated in the final paragraph of the “Introduction”. The “Materials and Methods” section should include study design and statistical analysis and ethics. Unnecessary overlap between tables, figures and text should be avoided. Subheadings should be used in order to provide a better understanding in the “Results” and “Discussion” sections. There should be limitations section in the discussion. The “Conclusion” section should include the main findings of the study in 1 or 2 sentences.

4. Tables: Tables should be included after the references according to their sequence in the text. All tables should be titled. The use of abbreviations in the table title should be avoided if possible. If not, expansions of the abbreviations in the table should be listed as footnotes to the table. Table title must appear at the top of the table. Expressions of the results (i.e. mean±standard deviation or median and interquartile ranges) as well as units of measurements should be stated in tables. Each table should be typed on a separate page and should be numbered with Arabic numerals. P values should be provided.

5. Figures: Figures should be numbered with Arabic numerals according to their sequence in the text. Each figure should be submitted as separate files using JPG or TIFF format. For each figure, the file name should include the figure number. Expansion of each abbreviation should be listed in figure legend. P values should be indicated in figure legends. If applicable, statistical significance should be indicated by an asterisk on the figure. If the figure is a radiological or a histopathological photograph, an asterisk or an arrow could be used for demonstration.

6. Figure Legends: Figure legends should be self-explanatory and should be listed at the end of the text, after tables. Figure legends should be listed consecutively on a separate page. The use of abbreviations should be avoided if possible or expansion of each abbreviation should be listed.

7. References: Unpublished data and studies should not be included in the reference list. They must be cited in the text as “name(s), unpublished data” References should be listed according to their sequence in the text. Each reference should be cited in the text by Arabic numerals between brackets ( ). References should be cited in the text right after the referred author. All journal titles should be abbreviated according to the Index Medicus (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/archive/20130415/tsd/serials/lji.html). Names of all authors (name and initial) should be listed when there is three or less. When there are four or more authors, the first three should be listed, followed by “et al.”.  Full title of cited article, title of journal (abbreviated), year of publication, volume of the journal and page numbers should be included after author’s names and initials. If a chapter in a book is cited, name(s) of chapter author(s), title of chapter, name(s) of editor(s), title of book, publisher name, edition of book, year of publication and page numbers should be included.

Examples for;

Journal article:

O’Malley MK, Rhame FS, Cerra FB, et al. Value of routine pressure monitoring system changes after 72 hours of continuous use. Crit Care Med 1994; 22: 1424-30.

Chapter in a book:

Celinski S, Seneff MG. Arterial line placement and care. Irwin RS, Rippe JM. Irwin and Rippe’s Intensive Care Medicine. Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins. 6th ed. 2008: 38-48.

8. Acknowledgements: Individuals who participated in preparation of the manuscript but do not qualify as an author should be acknowledged. The authors should disclose any conflict of interest and any financial or other support that has been received relevant to the submitted manuscript. If the manuscript was partially or completely presented as a thesis or an abstract at a meeting, it should be clearly stated in the “Acknowledgements” section, as well.

A review article should include the following sections:

Review articles in Journal of Critical and Intensive Care are published as invited articles.

1. Title
2. The full name(s), highest academic degree(s), affiliation(s) of author(s)
3. Name and address for corresponding author (including phone, e-mail address)
4. Abstract with no subheadings
5. Keywords (see original research article)
6. Main Body: Appropriate subheadings should be used. The “Conclusion” section should include the main inference of the manuscript in 1 or 2 sentences.
7. Tables, figures and figure legends (see original research article)
8. References (see original research article)
9. Acknowledgements (see original research article)

A case report should include the following sections:

Identity of patients should not be included in the manuscript, figures, tables etc. Authors must obtain written informed permission from the patient, or next of kin for case reports. Copies of the permission must be provided when asked for.

1. Title
2. The full name(s), highest academic degree(s), affiliation(s) of author(s)
3. Name and address for corresponding author (including phone, e-mail address)
4. Abstract with no subheadings
5. Keywords (see original research article)
6. Main Body: Introduction, Case(s), Discussion and Conclusion should be included. In case series, cases should be numbered (i.e. Case 1)
7. Tables, figures and figure legends (see original research article)
8. References (see original research article)
9. Acknowledgements (see original research article)

Editorial

It is the brief evaluation of published manuscripts by an authority assigned by Editor-in-Chief. It can include subheadings; however, an abstract is not required. Tables and figures are not included in editorial.

Letters to the editor

Letters submitted within 2 months after the publication of an original article in PDF format on the web page, will be accepted, if deemed appropriate, and will be published soon after or in the subsequent volume of the published original article together with author’s response.

A letter could also be an independent manuscript not necessarily about an original article as a short report of research findings.

Letters to the editor and author’ response should include the following sections:

1. Title (English)
2. The full name(s), highest academic degree(s), affiliation(s) of author(s)
3. Name and address for corresponding author (including phone, e-mail address)
4. Main Body: It should begin with the statement of “To the Editor”. Maximum one table or one figure can be included (see original research article).
5. References (see original research article)
6. Acknowledgements (see original research article)

Copyright transfer

Authors are responsible for opinions and suggestions as well as the accuracy of references in the manuscript. No copyright fee is paid for the manuscripts submitted to the journal. The authors should submit duly signed “ Copyright Transfer Agreement” during online manuscript submission. If accepted for publication, the authors agree to transfer the copyright of the article to “Journal of Critical and Intensive Care” and that it be published under CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

For detailed information about the license; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/