Joint Diseases and Related Surgery (JDRS), formerly published as Eklem Hastalıkları ve Cerrahisi, is an open access journal and full texts of all published articles are freely available without embargo since 1990. JDRS is the official publication of the Turkish Joint Diseases Foundation. It is an international, double-blind peer-reviewed periodical journal indexed in:

  • Science Citation Index Expanded/Journal Citation Report/Web of Science
  • PubMed/MEDLINE
  • PubMed Central (PMC)
  • Scopus
  • TÜBİTAK ULAKBİM/TR Index
  • Turkish Citation Index.

The Journal is published three times a year (January, May and September) and welcomes original, clinical and empirical scientific research articles, reviews and case reports or clinical pictures in joint diseases and related surgery, arthroplasty, arthroscopy, pediatric orthopedics, hand surgery, orthopedic oncology, general orthopedics and traumatology written only in English.

Statements and opinions expressed in the articles are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the editors and the publisher. Turkish Joint Diseases Foundation has the international copyright of all the material published in the Journal. The Journal’s content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Joint Diseases and Related Surgery aims:

  • Raising awareness of the burden of joint diseases & injuries
  • Increasing knowledge of the suffering and costs of joint diseases & injuries
  • Improving access to cost-effective prevention and treatment
  • Increasing research in joint diseases & injuries, prevention and treatment

Handling of Manuscripts

The editorial and publication processes of the Journal are conducted in accordance with the guidelines of the International Council of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME), the Council of Science Editors (CSE), the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the European Association of Science Editors (EASE), and National Information Standards Organization (NISO). The journal conforms to the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing (https://doaj.org/apply/transparency/).

Of All manuscripts of Joint Diseases and Related Surgery receive annually, around 40 % are accepted for publication. For peer reviewed manuscripts, mean time from submission to rejection is three months. Acceptance takes a mean time of three months after submission, which is mostly affected by the number of necessary revisions.

Editor-in-Chief has full authority over the entire editorial content of the journal and the timing of publication of that content. Journal owners do not interfere in the evaluation, selection, scheduling, or editing of individual articles either directly or by creating an environment that strongly influences decisions. Editors and reviewers make editorial decisions based on the validity of the work and its importance to the Journal’s readers. Editors and reviewers are free to express critical but responsible views about all aspects of medicine.

Submission Fee

The submission fee is 50 $ (for foreign authors) and 450 TL (for Turkish authors) per article. This fee is separate from the article processing charge (APC) and will be collected by the contracted IT Company (Yazılım Parkı) as usage fee for the online article submission and tracking system. After payment of submission fee to Yazılım Parkı you may send your article through the editorial managing system. This fee will not be repaid if the article is rejected in any stage. Neither our journal nor our foundation has any legal or financial liability due to these fees.

Yazılım Parkı Payment Information for Wire Transfer / EFT:
Bank Name: Garanti BBVA (Branch Name: Birlik Şubesi)
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Article Processing Charge

Joint Diseases and Related Surgery is an open access journal and full texts of all published articles are freely available without embargo since 1990. All expenses and costs related to the journal are covered by article processing charges.

ARTICLE PROCESSING CHARGE (APC) to be paid by the AUTHORS of the ACCEPTED ARTICLES for PUBLICATION in the JOURNAL

The authors with accepted articles for publication in the Journal will be required to make a financial contribution. This contribution share will be determined according to the number of pages which the articles cover in the Journal.

It will become:

186 € [Euro] (for foreign authors) per page which includes %20 VAT plus %25 at least other taxes.

3.987 TL (for Turkish authors with 33% reduction) per page which includes %20 VAT plus %25 at least other taxes.                    

Article Processing Charge may be regulated (increased or decreased) any time due to economic conditions.

2. Turkish Joint Diseases Foundation for publishing and other services:

Bank Account for FOREIGN authors:
Ziraat Bankasi Bilkent Plaza Ankara Subesi
€ 
[Euro] IBAN: TR81 0001 0017 6289 9775 4450 06
Swift code: TCZBTR2A
Payee’s name:
Turkiye Eklem Hastaliklari Tedavi Vakfi Iktisadi Isletmesi

Bank Account for TURKISH authors:
Ziraat Bankası Bilkent Plaza Ankara Şubesi
TL IBAN: TR38 0001 0017 6289 9775 4450 04
Payee’s name:
Türkiye Eklem Hastalıkları Tedavi Vakfı İktisadi İşletmesi

  • These fees are in no way related to the scientific evaluations conducted voluntarily by our journal’s editorial board and consultant referees.
  • Any rejected article has no competence or priority for our journal scientifically. No further details should be requested from us.

Editor-in-Chief: O. Şahap Atik, MD, Professor
Mustafa Kemal Mahallesi, Dumlupınar Bulvarı 274/2 C2 Blok Ofis: 5 Çankaya, Ankara, TURKEY
Phone: +90 312 467 96 86
E-Mail: satikmd@gmail.com

Web page: www.sahapatik.com | www.jointdrs.org | www.tevak.org

Publisher: Bayçınar Tıbbi Yayıncılık
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