Anatomy (International Journal of Experimental and Clinical Anatomy) is the official publication of the Turkish Society of Anatomy and Clinical Anatomy, TSACA. It is a peer-reviewed scientific journal and publishes original articles, case reports and reviews in English.

For a manuscript to be published in the journal, it should not be published previously in another journal or as full text in congress books and should be found relevant by the editorial board. Relevant manuscripts undergo conventional peer review procedure (at least three reviewers). For the publication of accepted manuscripts, author(s) should reveal to the Editor-in-Chief any conflict of interest and transfer the copyright to the Turkish Society of Anatomy and Clinical Anatomy, TSACA (see PDF documents [each 96 KB]: Conflicts of Interest Disclosure Statement and Copyright Transfer Form).

In the Materials and Methods section of the manuscripts where experimental studies on humans are presented, a statement that informed consent were taken from the volunteers or patients after the explanation of the procedures should be included. This section also should contain a statement that the investigation conforms with the principles outlined in the appropriate version of 1964 Declaration of Helsinki. A copy of approval from appropriate ethics committee should be sent. Investigations using experimental animals must include a statement that indicating the steps taken to eliminate pain and suffering.   

Anatomical terms used should comply with Terminologia Anatomica by FCAT (1998).

No publication cost is charged for the manuscripts but reprints and color printings are at authors’ cost.

During the preparation of the manuscripts, uniform requirements of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, a part of which is stated below, are valid (see ICMJE. Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals. Ann Int Med 1997; 126: 36-47. Updated content is available at www.icmje.org). 

The manuscript should be typed double spaced on one side of a 21x 29.7 cm (A4) blank sheet of paper with a laser printer. Sending electronic manuscripts together with the hard copies will accelerate the preparation of the manuscripts for publication (see electronic manuscripts). At the top, bottom and right and left sides of the pages a space of 2.5 cm should be left and all the pages should be numbered except for the title page. 

Manuscripts should not exceed 15 pages (except for the title page) and be sent in 3 hard copies. They must be accompanied by a cover letter signed by corresponding author and the Conflicts of Interest Disclosure Statement and Copyright Transfer Form signed by all authors.

The contents of the manuscript (original article) should include:
1- Title Page, 2- Abstract, 3- Introduction, 4- Materials and Methods, 5- Results, 6- Discussion (Conclusion and/or Acknowledgement if necessary), 7- References

In all manuscripts the title of the manuscript should be written at the top and the full names and surnames and titles of the authors beneath. These should be followed with the affiliation of the author. Manuscripts with long titles are better accompanied underneath by a short version (maximum 80 characters) to be published as running headings. In the title page the correspondence address and telephone, fax and e-mail should be written. At the bottom of this page the name of the supporter if present should be noted. It also should be indicated in a separate line if the study had been presented in a congress or likewise scientific meeting. Other information such as name and affiliation are not to be indicated in pages other than the title page.

Reference numbers should be given in parenthesis according to the order in the manuscript. If the number of authors is 6 or less than 6, all authors; if the number is more than 6 then only first 3 authors should be written and at the end “et al.” should be added. If necessary, a copy of the first page of a referred article can be requested from the author(s). Journal names should be abbreviated as in Index medicus. Examples of main reference types are shown below:
• Regular papers: Sargon MF, Celik HH, Aksit MD, Karaagaoglu E. Quantitative analysis of myelinated axons of corpus callosum in the human brain. Int J Neurosci 2007;117: 749-55.
• Books:
– Lang J. Skull base and related structures. Atlas of clinical anatomy. 2nd ed. Stuttgart: Schattauer; 2001.
– Federative Committe of Anatomical Terminology (FCAT). Terminologia anatomica. Stuttgart: Thieme; 1998.
• Chapter in book:
– Doyle JR. Hand. Part 1. Palmar hand. In: Doyle JR, Botte MJ, eds. Surgical anatomy of the hand and upper extremity. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins; 2003. p. 532-641.
– Williams PL, Bannister LH, Berry MM, et al. (eds.) Median nerve. In: Gray's anatomy. 38th ed. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone; 1999. p. 1270-2.
– Potten CS, Wilson JW. Development of epithelial stem cell concepts. In: Lanza R, Blau H, Melton D, Moore M, et al, eds. Handbook of stem cell. Vol. 2. Adult and fetal. Amsterdam: Elsevier; 2004. p. 1-11.

• Doyle JR. Hand. Part 1. Palmar hand. In: Doyle JR, Botte MJ, eds. Surgical Anatomy of the Hand and Upper Extremity. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins; 2003. p. 532-641.
• Williams PL, Bannister LH, Berry MM, et al. (eds.) Median nerve. In: Gray's Anatomy. 38th ed. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone; 1999. p. 1270-2.
• Potten CS, Wilson JW. Development of epithelial stem cell concepts. In: Lanza R, Blau H, Melton D, et al, eds. Handbook of Stem Cell. Vol. 2 . Adult and Fetal. Amsterdam: Elsevier; 2004. p. 1-11.

They should be numbered in different categories in the manuscript and Roman numbers not to be used in numbering. Legends of the illustrations and tables should be added to the end of the manuscript as a separate page. Photographs are to be printed in glossy paper, sent in a separate envelope and not stuck on papers. To the backside of the photograph the number in the manuscript and first author should be written on a sticker and the top to be indicated with an arrow. Attention should be paid to the dimensions of the photographs to be proportional with 10x15 cm. Drawings and tables should be printed with a laser printer on a separate sheet of paper with the headings at the upper part. Some abbreviations out of standards can be used in related illustrations and tables. In this case, abbreviation used, should be explained in the related legend. Figures and tables published previously can only be used when necessary for a comparison and only by giving reference after taking permission from the author(s) or the publisher (copyright holder).

Sending electronic manuscripts (3.5 inch disk, ZIP cartridge, CD-ROM) together with the hard copies will accelerate the preparation of the manuscripts for publication by avoiding the possibility of introducing errors and resulting in reliable and fast delivery of proofs.

The disk should be labeled with the name of the author, the title of the manuscript, correspondence address. A complete list of the file names and extensions should also be included.

Manuscripts should be written with updated versions of frequently used programs. MS-Word is the preferred word-processing package. Some other PC programs or ASCII format can also be accepted. For the files with Macintosh format screen and printer fonts should also be installed in disks or CD-ROMs. No layout is necessary. Bold, italic or subscript/superscript characters can be used. A space must be given after punctuation, no space is necessary after apostrophe (’). Tables should be included at the end in a manuscript. Legends of tables and illustrations should also be added at the end of the manuscript.

Illustrations are to be presented as separate files and not be embedded in the manuscript. Drawings and graphics can be recorded as TIF, EPS or WMF format. Halftone illustrations should be stored as RGB (8 bits) in TIF format. If illustrations are to be sent as scanned or captured document both the original scanned format and the processed format should be separately prepared. Scanned documents should be recorded as RGB (24 bits) for color illustrations, as grayscale (8 bits) for monotone illustrations in TIF format with a final resolution of 300 dpi. Scanned documents of black/white line drawings should be recorded in a scan mode of line with a final resolution of 800 dpi in EPS format.

• Length of the manuscript (max. 15 pages)
• Manuscript format (double space; one space before punctuation marks except for apostrophes)
• Title page (author names and affiliations; running heading; correspondence)
• Abstract (100-250 words)               
• Key words (at least three)
• References (relevant to Index medicus)
• Illustrations and tables (numbering; legends)
• Conflicts of Interest Disclosure Statement and Copyright Transfer Form (see above)
• Cover letter

Our journal's online manuscript submission and tracking system will be activated in 2010. Therefore, until the system is activated, contributions should be submitted for publication under the following categories to:

Salih Murat Akkın, MD
Editor-in-Chief
Department of Anatomy, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University
K.M.Paşa 34098 Istanbul, Turkey
Phone: 0090 212 414 30 57 Fax: 0090 216 414 83 42
e-mail: sma@deomed.com

• Original Articles describing substantial original research that falls within the scope of the Journal.
• Reviews section highlights current development in relevant areas of anatomy. They are generally invited; other prospective authors should consult with the Editors-in-Chief.
• Teaching Anatomy section contains regular or all formats of papers which are relevant in order to compare the teaching models or to introduce novel techniques, including especially the own experiences of the authors
• Case Reports including new, noteworthy or unusual cases which could be of help for basic notions and clinical practice
• Technical Note articles cover technical innovations and developments containing a specific technique or procedure or a modification of an existing technique. They should be sectioned like an original research article but not exceed 2000 words
• Viewpoint articles give opinions on controversial topics or future projections, some of them are invited
• Historical View category presents overview articles about the historical sections in all areas of anatomy
• Terminology Zone category is a platform for the articles which discuss some terminological controversies or opinions

For detailed instructions concerning the submission of manuscripts, see above.