• Responsibilities of the editorial board   

• Editors are responsible and authorized to reject/accept the article.
• Editors should have no conflict of interest regarding the manuscripts they accept/reject.
• In the event of an error in a manuscript, publication editors will pursue a retraction or correction.
• Reviewers and authors will be anonymous to each other.
• If the article is received, accepted or rejected, an email will be sent to all the authors of the article.

• Ethical considerations for publishing/ethical oversight 

• To publish an original article in the HMED journal, the author or authors must obtain ethical approval (ethical approval code) from their institution, according to which the authors agree on accepted ethical behavior. Ethical considerations should be mentioned in the article.
• All subjects should be aware of the objectives of the research as well as any possible side effects of the intervention.
• In the article review request letter, it must be mentioned that the article has not been published before in any domestic or foreign journal and that the article will not be sent to another journal until the end of the review and evaluation of the article and the final statement of opinion.
• All manuscripts are screened by plagiarism checking software at the time of submission and before publication to confirm its authenticity.
• It is not possible to use verbatim texts from other sources without approval. All manuscripts must be an original work of the authors and plagiarism from other studies is prohibited. COPE guidelines and flowcharts are reviewed in cases where plagiarism is found.
• An undertaking form must be signed by all authors indicating that the original work is not yet published and is not under consideration for final publication in other journals either electronically or in print.
• Data falsification/data falsification: falsification is the alteration or deletion of data, materials or research processes in such a way that the findings of the research are no longer accurately reflected. refers in the study. Such misconduct constitutes fraud that alters the integrity of the investigation. Therefore, the manuscripts must be in accordance with the original data and the use of fictitious or fake data is strictly prohibited.
• All contents of HMED magazine are protected under the worldwide copyright. HMED magazine is for non-commercial use only. Modifying, copying, distributing, transferring, displaying or publishing the contents of the magazine is possible after obtaining written permission from the editor or the copyright owner. Financial support is mentioned at the end of the article and in the sponsor section.
• In HMED, authors are encouraged to submit original diagrams, and in accepted manuscripts, digital images are evaluated for inappropriate manipulation. Contrast, color balance, or brightness settings are acceptable when applied to the entire image and such settings do not misrepresent any data, including the background. Editors are asked to submit original data to compare manipulated graphs when they suspect improper manipulation.
• The author of manuscripts containing any previously published text or image must obtain permission from the copyright owners and submit it as original written permission letters.

•  Ethical considerations for writing

HMED is a member of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) and follows its guidelines. For authorship, all four of the following criteria must be met simultaneously:

• The author must contribute effectively and significantly in at least one subcategory of study design or research idea or data analysis and interpretation or data collection.
• The author must cooperate in preparing the draft of the manuscript or in its revision or fundamental revision so that the manuscript is exposed to the improvement and change of the scientific content. The scientific qualification required for the basic examination is required with regard to scientific experience and work or academic experience.
• The authors of the final version must be read and approved before publication.
• The author must respond to all aspects of conducting the study resulting in the manuscript, such as the responsibility of following the general and specific guidelines of research ethics in conducting, designing and publishing the manuscript. Authors should either have conducted different studies according to technical, scientific, ethical criteria and different standards, or they should be sure of the integrity and scientific ability of those who have done different stages of the study.
• Removing the name of the person or persons with the above four criteria for authorship (ghost author is not accepted. - You cannot add the name of a person or persons who do not meet these criteria for authorship (guest author).
• All authors have a legal and moral responsibility to ensure that the names of the people whose names are written among the authors meet the criteria for authorship, or if they do not have these criteria for authorship, their names are removed from the list of authors.
• The requirement to have writing criteria is also true for multi-member research teams, and only being a member of a research group or being an individual in a research project does not create the criteria required for writing. They can participate as authors even if they no longer work with that research team or center.
• In the manuscript extracted from theses, the authors, including supervisors, advisors, relevant students, etc., must meet all of these writing criteria.
• Merely cooperating in financing and preparing research, providing advice such as methodological and statistical advice, providing or creating laboratory facilities, performing experimental procedures on research samples or patients, or introducing and referring patients to researchers is not a criterion of authorship. even if the said people have not received a fee for providing these services.
• All people who collaborate in the implementation, design, support or other phases of the research, but do not meet all the criteria mentioned for authorship, should be mentioned in the "Acknowledgments" section.
• Those who are editors or translators of a manuscript do not have the criterion of authorship. Such cases can be mentioned in the "acknowledgment" section.

• Peer review/accountability for reviewers

• Judgment is necessary for objectivity.
•  Reviewers should not have any conflict of interest with authors, research and/or research funders.
• Reviewers should refer to relevant published works that have not yet been cited.
• Reviewed articles must be kept confidential.
•  Suggested comments and corrections are recommended by the referees. However, the editors make the final decision.
• Reviewers should provide constructive comments to improve the quality of the article.