Journal History
Bagcilar Medical Bulletin is a periodical scientific publishing of Health Sciences University, İstanbul Bağcılar Training and Research Hospital. Our editorially independent and unbiased journal periodically publishes peer-reviewed work in the all medical fields on an international scientific basis. The publication language of the Bağcılar Medical Bulletin is English for full text and Turkish and English for abstracts. The journal has been published as an e-journal since December issue of 2016.
The journal is published quarterly in March, June, September and December.
English Title: Bagcilar Medical Bulletin
Turkish title: Bağcılar Tıp Bülteni
Official Abbreviation: Bagcilar Med Bull
Owner: University of Health Sciences Turkey, İstanbul Bağcılar Training and Research Hospital In the name of T.C. Health Ministry, University of Health Sciences Turkey, İstanbul Bağcılar Training and Research Hospital, Hospital Administrator Assoc. Prof., Aykut Çolakerol (University of Health Sciences Turkey, İstanbul Bağcılar Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Urology, İstanbul, Turkey).
Responsible Manager: Assoc. Prof. Murat Altuntaş
E-ISSN: 2547-9431
Free-of-Charge Publication
No fee is charged from the authors during the submission, evaluation and publication process. Journal practices, ethical rules, technical information and necessary forms are specified on the journal's web page.
The manuscripts must be submitted via the JournalAgent online article system, represented on the journal website.
Abstracting and Indexing
Copyright
The authors agree to transfer the copyright to the Istanbul Bagcilar Training and Research Hospital when the article is accepted for publication.
Bagcilar Medical Bulletin is an open access publication, and the journal’s publication model is based on Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) declaration. All published content is available online and free of charge at behmedicalbulletin.org.The journal’s content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC-ND) 4.0 International License.
Digital Archiving and Preservation Policy
Digital preservation is a set of processes and activities that ensure the retrieval and distribution of information now available in digital formats to guarantee long-term, perpetual access. The preservation policy includes the following measures:
Website archiving
All of the electronic content (website, manuscript, etc.) is stored in three different sources. Content on a server is online and accessible to readers. A copy of the same content is preserved as a backup on other servers. Should a server fail, other resources can be brought online, and the website is expected to be available in 24-36 hours.
Abstracting/Indexing services
Our journal's Abstracting/Indexing services store essential information about articles. In addition, some of our journals’ Abstracting/Indexing services archive metadata about the article and electronic versions of the articles.In this way, copies of articles are presented to the scientific community through these systems as an alternative to journals.
Author Self-Archiving Policy
Abstract and citation information
Authors may reuse the Abstract and Citation information (e.g. Title, Author name, Publication dates) of their article anywhere at any time including social media such as Facebook, blogs and Twitter, providing that where possible a link is included back to the article on the Bagcilar Medical Bulletin website.
Accepted manuscript
The accepted manuscript is the final draft author manuscript, as accepted for publication by a journal, including modifications based on referees’ suggestions, before it has undergone copyediting, typesetting and proof correction. This is sometimes referred to as the post-print version. Authors of Open Access articles are free to post and distribute their links anywhere immediately upon publication.
