The aim of the journal is to contribute to science by publishing high quality publications of scientific importance. For this purpose, original research articles, reviews, case reports and letters to the editor are published in all fields related to basic or extended clinical experience in health sciences. Nigde Medical Journal is an independent, double-blind peer-reviewed, open access and online journal aiming to publish articles in all relevant fields of medicine. Articles should disclose original data that has not been previously published or submitted for publication elsewhere. Manuscripts deemed suitable for the Nigde Journal of Medicine submission rules and the scope of the journal are sent for scientific evaluation to at least two reviewers who are experts in their field. The members of the Nigde Medical Journal Editorial Board consider the comments of the reviewers regarding each submission upon discussing its suitability. The final decision for all submitted manuscripts rests with the Editor-in-Chief. The Editorial Board of Nigde Medical Journal is committed to complying with the International Council of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) and Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) criteria.

Medical Sciences, Dental Sciences, Nursing Sciences, Midwifery Sciences, Multidisciplinary Health Sciences, Multidisciplinary Health Related Sciences

Emergency Medicine, Forensic Medicine, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Family Practice, Algology, Anatomy, Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Military Health Services, Neurosurgery, Biophysics, Biostatistics, Paediatrics, Paediatric Emergency, Paediatric Endocrinology, Paediatric Infectious Diseases , Paediatric Gastroenterology, Paediatric Genetic Diseases, Paediatric Thoracic Diseases, Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, Paediatric Immunology and Allergy Diseases, Paediatric Cardiology, Paediatric Metabolic Diseases, Paediatric Nephrology, Paediatric Neurology, Paediatric Rheumatology, Paediatric Intensive Care, Neonatology, Paediatric Surgery, Paediatric Urology, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Skin and Venereal Diseases, Hand Surgery, Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Physiology, General Surgery, Surgical Oncology, Gastroenterology Surgery, War Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Thoracic Diseases, Eye Diseases, Public Health, Air and Space Medicine, Histology and Embryology, Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism Diseases, Gastroenterology, Geriatric, Haematology, Nephrology, Medical Oncology, Immunology and Allergy Diseases, Occupational Diseases, Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Gynaecological Oncology Surgery, Perinatology, Cardiovascular Surgery, Cardiology, Otorhinolaryngology, Neurology, Nuclear Medicine, Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Radiation Oncology, Radiology, Rheumatology, Mental Health and Diseases, Military Psychiatry, Sports Medicine, Underwater Medicine and Hyperbaric Medicine, Basic Immunology, Medical Biochemistry, Medical Biology, Medical Ecology and Hydroclimatology, Medical Pharmacology, Medical Genetics, Medical Microbiology Bacteriology, Medical Mycology, Medical Microbiology, Medical Parasitology, Medical Virology, Medical Pathology, Medical Education, History of Medicine and Ethics, Urology, Intensive Care, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Paediatric Dentistry, Endodontics, Orthodontics, Periodontology, Prosthetic, Dentistry, Restorative Dentistry, Surgical Diseases Nursing, Paediatric Nursing, Internal Diseases Nursing, Obstetrics and Gynaecology Nursing, Public Health Nursing, Nursing Education, Nursing Principles and Management, Psychiatric Nursing, Midwifery, Nutrition and Dietetics, Speech and Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Physiopathology, Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Audiology, Neuroscience, Toxicology, Health Informatics, Health Economics, Health Physics, Health Management

Full Text Publication Language:

• Primary Language: Turkish

• Secondary Language: English

Content Written in English and Latin alphabet:

• Article Title: Turkish & English

• Author’s Name: Turkish (in Latin alphabet)

• Author’s Address: Turkish (in Latin alphabet)

• Keywords: Turkish & English

• Bibliography: Turkish (in Latin alphabet)

Full Text: Turkish (in Latin alphabet)

Submitted articles must be in accordance with the aim and scope of the journal. Manuscripts that are original, unpublished and not in the process of evaluation in another journal, whose content and submission have been approved by each author, are accepted for evaluation.

Target audience is the professionals in all fields of health, specialists, researchers, specialty and doctoral students, as well as students related to this field. It aims to contribute to the dissemination of continuous professional development and research culture.

The publication of articles and the execution processes in the journal are free of charge. No processing fee or submission fee is charged under any name for articles submitted to the journal or accepted for publication. Nigde Medical Journal does not accept sponsorship and advertisement due to its publication policies. All expenses of Nigde Medical Journal are covered by Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University Faculty of Medicine Dean’s Office.

The copyrights of the studies published in the Nigde Medical Journal belong to their authors. The authors allow the intellectual work they sent to be published by Niğde Medical Journal under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license.

Nigde Medical Journal does not accept studies previously published elsewhere. However, sometimes articles published in a foreign language can be processed.