Manuscripts in Turkish and English are accepted for publication in the Journal of Ophthalmology which is the periodical of the Turkish Ophthalmology Society.
The scientific and ethical liability of the manuscripts belongs to the authors and the copyright of the manuscripts belongs to the Turkish Journal of Ophthalmology. Authors are responsible for the contents of the manuscript and accuracy of the references.
The abbreviation of the Turkish Journal of Ophthalmology is TJO, however, it should be denoted as Turk J Ophthalmol when referenced. In the international index and database, the name of the journal has been registered as Turkish Journal of Ophthalmology and abbreviated as Turk J Ophthalmol.
All manuscripts submitted for publication must be accompanied by the Copyright Transfer Form [copyright transfer]. Once this form, signed by all the authors, has been submitted, it is understood that neither the manuscript nor the data it contains have been submitted elsewhere or previously published and authors declare the statement of scientific contributions and responsibilities of all authors.
For the experimental, clinical and drug studies having the obligation of being approved by ethical committee and being sent in order to be published in the Turkish Journal of Ophthalmology, ethical committee approval report being in accordance with the international agreements with Helsinki Declaration revised 2008 is required (www.wma.net/e/policy/b3.htm).
In experimental animal studies, the authors should indicate that the procedures followed were in accordance with animal rights “Guide for the care and use of laboratory animals” (http://oacu.od.nih.gov/regs/guide/guide.pdf) and they should obtain animal ethics committee approval. The approval of the ethical committee and the fact that the “informed consent” is given by the patients should be indicated in the “Material and Method” section.
If the article includes any direct or indirect trade contact or an institution which has given material support to the study, authors must state on the cover letter that they have no commercial relationship with the commercial product, drug, pharmaceutical company etc. concerned; or the type of relationship (consultant, other agreements), if any.
All manuscripts are reviewed by the editor, concerned associate editors and at least three expert referees. The scientific board guiding the selection of the papers to be published in the Journal consists of elected experts of the Journal and if necessary, selected from national and international authorities. The authors of the accepted manuscripts should be in consent that the editor and associate editors can make corrections without changing the main text of the paper.
In case of any suspicion or claim regarding scientific shortcoming or ethical infringement, the Journal reserves the rights to submit the manuscript to the supporting institutions or other authorities for investigation. The Journal accepts the responsibility of following-up the issue but does not undertake any responsibility for an actual investigation or any power of decision.
Manuscript format in accordance with Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Writing and Editing for Biomedical Publication (http://www.icmje.org/).
The journal abbreviation in the medical archives websites is TJO.

GENERAL GUİDELİNES
Manuscripts can only be submitted electronically through the web site www.journalagent.com/tod after creating an account. This system allows online submission and review.
The manuscripts are archived according to ICMJE-www.icmje.org, Index Medicus (Medline/PubMed) and Ulakbim-Turkish Medicine Index Rules.  Rejected manuscripts, except artwork are not returned.
Manuscripts should be typed in single column format on one side of the paper (A4) with a 2.5 cm. margin for all sides, 12 pt Arial font and 1.5 line spacing, using the software Microsoft Word.
Abbreviations: Abbreviations should be defined at first mention and used consistently thereafter. Guidelines might be referred for the internationally accepted abbreviations.
Cover letter: Cover letter should include statements about manuscript category designation, single-journal submission affirmation, conflict of interest statement, sources of outside funding, equipments (if so), approval for language for articles in English and approval for statistical analysis for original research articles.

BİYOİSTATİSTİCS

To ensure controllability of the research findings, the study order, the sample, the methodological approaches and the applications should be explained and their resources should be submitted.
“P” value defined as limit of significance along with proper error and indeterminate portions (confidence interval, etc) should also be specified. Statistical terms, abbreviations and symbols used in the article should be described and the software used should be defined. Statistical terminology (random, significance, correlation, etc) should not be used in non-statistical meanings.
All results of data and analysis should be presented in the section of “Results” as table, figure and graphic; biostatistical methods used and applications details should be presented in the section of “Materials and Methods” or under a separate title.

MANUSCRİPT TYPES
Original Articles
Clinical research should comprise clinical observation, new techniques or laboratories studies. They should include title, abstract, key words relevant to the content of the article, introduction, materials and methods, results (findings), discussion, references, tables, charts, pictures and acknowledgements. Title, abstract and key words should be written in Turkish and English. The manuscript should be written in accordance with the above mentioned rules and should not exceed sixteen (A4) pages.
Title Page: This page should include the title of the manuscript, name(s) of the authors and author information. Following descriptions should be stated respectively:
1.  Title of the manuscript (Turkish and English)
2. Name(s) and surname(s) of the author(s) (without abbreviation, and academic titles) and affiliations.
3. Name, address, e-mail, phone and the fax number of the corresponding author.
4.  The place and date of scientific meeting, in which the manuscript was presented and its abstract was published in the abstract book.
Abstract: Turkish and English summaries of the manuscript should take place. The references should not be cited in the summary section. As far as possible, use of abbreviations is to be avoided. If any abbreviations are used, they must be taken into consideration independently of the abbreviations used in the text.  The summary should be written with four running titles. A structured abstract  should be provided for the original articles using the following headings:
Objectives: The aim of the study should be clearly stated.
Materials and Methods: The study should be defined, the standard criteria; it should be also indicated whether the study is randomized or not, whether it is retrospective or prospective, the statistical method, if any, should be indicated.
Results: The detailed result of the study should be given and the statistical significance level should be indicated.
Conclusion: It should reflect the results of the study, its clinical applicability should be defined, the favorable and unfavorable aspects should be declared.
Key words: A list of minimum 2, but no more than, 5 key words must follow the abstract. Key words in English should be consistent with “Medical Subject Headings (MESH)” ((www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/MBrowser.html). Turkish key words should be direct translation of the terms in MESH.
Introduction: Brief explanation about the topic should be done, the objective of the study should be indicated and these should be supported by the literature information.
Materials and Methods: The study plan should be given, it should be indicated whether it is randomized or not whether it is retrospective or prospective, the number of trials, the characteristics, the used statistical methods should be indicated. If any, it should be indicated that the results should be scrutinized.
Results: The results should be given, the tables and the pictures should be given in numerical order and, the results should be indicated in accordance with statistical analysis methods.
Discussion: The obtained values should be discussed with its favorable and unfavorable aspects and, they should be compared with literature. The conclusion of the study should be highlighted.
Acknowledgement: Any technical or financial support, or editorial contribution (statistical analysis, English/Turkish evaluation) contributions towards the study should appear at the end of the article.
References: Authors are responsible for the reality of the references. References should be numbered consecutively in the order in which they are first mentioned in the text. If references used are mentioned in the text, they should be indicated as a superscript immediately after point, at the end of relevant sentence. If author/authors of references used are indicated at the beginning of the sentence, this reference should be written as a superscript immediately after author’s name. If number of authors is 6 or less than 6, all authors should be indicated; if they are 7 or more than 7, only the first three should be listed and after the third name “et al” (or “ark” in Turkish references) should be given. Care must be taken to indicate Turkish reference, if exists. Presentations presented in congresses, unpublished manuscripts, theses, Internet addresses, personal interview or experiences should not be indicated as references. If such references want to be mentioned, in order to specify the nature of them, they should be indicated at the end of the sentence passed in the text, without reference number and in parenthesis as open letter.
Reference Format
Journal: Last name(s) of the author(s) and initials, article title, publication title and its original abbreviation, publication date, volume, the inclusive page numbers.
i.e. Collin JR, Rathbun JE. Involutional entropion: a review with evaluation of a procedure. Arch Ophthalmol. 1978;96:1058-64.
Book: Last name(s) of the author(s) and initials, chapter title, book editors, book title, edition, place of publication, date of publication and inclusive page numbers of the cited piece
i.e. Herbert L.  The Infectious Diseases (1st ed). Philadelphia; Mosby Harcourt; 1999:11;1-8.
Book Chapter: Last name(s) of the author(s) and initials, chapter title, book editors, book title, edition, place of publication, date of publication and inclusive page numbers of the cited piece
i.e. O’Brien TP, Green WR. Periocular Infections. In: Feigin RD, Cherry JD, eds. Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (4th ed). Philadelphia; W.B. Saunders Company;1998:1273-8.
Books which the editor and author are the same person: Last name(s) of the author(s) and initials, chapter title, book editors, book title, edition, place of publication, date of publication and inclusive page numbers of the cited piece.
i.e. Solcia E, Capella C, Kloppel G. Tumors of the exocrine pancreas. In: Solcia E, Capella C, Kloppel G, eds. Tumors of the Pancreas. 2nd ed. Washington: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology; 1997:145-210.
Tables, Graphics, Figures, and Pictures: Picture legends and pictures: Pictures should be numbered and should be with a brief title. Permission to reproduce pictures that were published elsewhere must be included. All pictures should be of the highest quality possible at a minimum resolution of 500 dpi. 

Tables, Graphics, Figures
All tables, graphics or figures should be enumerated according to the sequence within the text and a brief descriptive caption should be written. The abbreviations used should be definitely explained in the figure’s legend. Especially, the text of tables should be easily understandable and should not repeat the data of the main text. All visual materials including legends should be located on separate pages that follow the main text.

Case Reports
Case reports should include cases which are rarely seen and different in diagnosis and treatment, and should contribute to our present knowledge. Title in Turkish and English, unstructured summary not exceeding 150 words and key words should be located on the first page. The main text should be constituted of introduction, case report, discussion and references.  All the text should not exceed 5 papers in (A4) sizes. The general guidelines mentioned for the original articles are also applicable for the case reports.

Review Articles
Reviews articles analyze topics in depth independently and objectively. The first chapter should include title in Turkish and English, summary and key words. Summary section should not be structured. Source of all citations should be indicated. All the text should not exceed 25 (A4) pages.
Letters to the Editor
They should be assays considering current developments in ophthalmology from the scientific and social aspects. Letters to the Editor may be submitted in response to work that has been published in the Journal. Letters should be short commentaries related to current developments in the field from the scientific and social aspects of ophthalmology. They especially include questions about the published manuscripts and contributions to the published work. Letters should be no longer than 1000 words and with no more than five complete references.
Correspondence
All correspondences can be done to the following postal address or to the following e-mail address, where the journal editorial resides:
Turkish Ophthalmology Society
Millet Cad. Gülşen Apt. B Blok No: 21/7 Aksaray-İstanbul-Turkey
Phone: +90 212 632 99 98 Fax: +90 212 529 78 30
Web Page: www.oftalmoloji.org
E-mail: dergi@oftalmoloji.org-nevbahartamcelik@gmail.com