About the Journal

The Ulutas Medical Journal (Ulutas Med J; p-ISSN 2149-0430, e-ISSN 2149-388X) is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal published quarterly (March, June, September, and December) since 2015. All articles are published in English.

Aims and Scope: The journal publishes original research articles, case reports and review articles in the basic, internal and surgical medical sciences. It aims to disseminate clinically relevant and methodologically sound research to clinicians and researchers worldwide.

Peer review: Every manuscript is evaluated through double-blind peer review by at least two independent external reviewers.

Open access and license: All articles are freely available online immediately upon publication, without embargo or registration. Articles published from Volume 12, Issue 3 (September 2026) onwards are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0); earlier articles are licensed under CC BY-NC. Authors retain copyright.

Standards: The journal follows the recommendations of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) and the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). All submissions are screened for similarity using iThenticate.

Indexing and abstracting: Index Copernicus, ScopeMed, Crossref (DOI), Google Scholar, TÜRK MEDLINE.

2026, Vol: 12, Issue: 3