Author Guidelines

The Current Retina Journal continues its publication activities by accepting manuscripts written in English. Turkish manuscripts were accepted for articles published before 2027.

The Current Retina Journal (Güncel Retina Dergisi) charges no submission or manuscript processing fee.

Manuscripts should be prepared using Microsoft Word, size A4 with 2.5 cm margins on all sides, 11 pt Arial font, and 1.5 line spacing. Abbreviations should be defined at first mention and used consistently thereafter. Manuscripts must be prepared in accordance with academic writing principles, language rules, and the journal’s author guidelines.

Text(s) and table(s) should be prepared in MS Word format, and graphic(s), and picture(s) should preferably be in JPEG format (minimum 300 DPI). It is also possible to upload figures to the system by placing them in a single-word document.

Articles to be sent to the journal should be sent after the e-mail invitation. Manuscript submission levels must be completed in full. This system enables online submission and evaluation of the manuscript. The manuscripts collected via this way are accepted by the system according to the rules of ICMJE, PubMed, and Ulakbim-Turkey Citation Index and archived. Online article submission guidelines are given in the “Author guidelines” section.

1- Cover letter (As a separate file)

The cover letter should include statements about the manuscript title, single-journal submission affirmation, conflict of interest statement, sources of outside funding, and equipment (if applicable) for original articles (Please prepare it in accordance with the template prepared in the Documents section).

2- Title Page (As a separate file)

This page should include the title of the manuscript, short title, name(s) and surname(s) of the author(s) (without abbreviations and academic titles) and affiliations, Orcid information, address, e-mail, phone and fax number of the corresponding author. If the study was presented in a congress, the author(s) should identify the date/place of the congress of the study presented (Please prepare it in accordance with the template prepared in the Documents section).

3- Main text (As a separate file)

Please prepare it in accordance with the template prepared in the Documents section. The manuscript should not include the author'(s') name(s) or institutional affiliation information. Must be in the following order

a- Title: Up to 250 characters. In the title of the article, the first letter of each word should be capitalized. All of them should not be capital letters.

b- Summary: The full scope of the study should be provided and should not be configured. Sub-headings should not contain. At least 50 words and should be less than 1000 words.

c- Keywords: Should be at least 3 keywords in accordance with NLM MESH terms. (Look: www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/MBrowser.html.)

d- Introduction

e- Subheading

f- Conclusion

g- Acknowledgements: If editorial support, scientific analysis, evaluation, and/or technical assistance has been received, these contributions should be stated at the end of the manuscript.

h- References: Authors are responsible for the accuracy of the references. References should be numbered consecutively in the order in which they are first mentioned in the text. References should be indicated in red color and as a “superscript” immediately after the period/full stop of the relevant sentence. If more than one reference is pointing to the same opinion, the consecutive references should be separated with “-”, if the references are not consecutive each one should be separated with “,”. If the author(s) of a reference is/are indicated at the beginning of the sentence, this reference should be written as a superscript immediately after the author’s name. The journal names should be abbreviated as in “Index Medicus”. The use of relevant Turkiye-based references is also recommended. 

The Current Retina Journal (Güncel Retina Dergisi) has started to use the American Medical Association (AMA) citation style for the display of references as of 2024.

Each reference should be cited within the text using superscript Arabic numerals (e.g. 1, 2, 3…). Multiple references may be cited in the same example. If sequential references are cited, they should be indicated with a hyphen (-). Non-sequential sources sholuld be separated by commas. There should be no spaces between numbers. References should be listed at the end of the article under the title "References" and each source should be listed numerically, not alphabetically. The format of author names should be "Surname1 AB, Surname2 CD, ...". There sholuld be a comma between each full name; However, each name must not contain any punctuation marks. If a reference had up to six authors, all of them must be included. If there are more than six authors, the first three should be written, followed by "et al." Then, the name of the article (only the first letter of the sentence and the first letter of the special names will be capitalized), the short journal name, year, volume, issue number, and page number should be added. The journal name should be written in italics and a point should be placed at the end. In the reference section, the DOI (Digital Object Identifier) number of the related article should be provided at the end of each reference. The format used for manuscript submission should be as specified in Index Medicus (www.icmje.org).

Examples of citing references are as follows:

1) Journal article

Author(s), article title, journal name (abbreviated and italicized), year of publication (followed by semi-colon), volume number, issue number, part or supplement number (when applicable), page number(s), and DOI number.

Examples:
-Freund KB, Staurenghi G, Jung JJ, et al. Macular neovascularization lesion type and vision outcomes in neovascular age-related macular degeneration: Post hoc analysis of HARBOR. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2022;260(8):2437-2447. doi: 10.1007/s00417-022-05586-w. 

-Freund KB, Fine HF. Pachychoroid Disease. Ophthalmic Surg Laser Imaging of Retina. 2020;51(4):206-209. doi: 10.3928/23258160-20200326-01.

2) Whole Book
Author(s). Book Title. Number of editions ( second edition or above). Publisher's name: Copyright Year

Example: 
Salmon JF. Kanski's Clinical Ophthalmology: A Systematic Approach. 9th Edition. Elsevier: 2020.

3) Chapter in a Book
Author(s). Chapter title. In: Editor, eds. Book Title. Number of editions (second edition or above). Publisher's name: Copyright Year: pages.

Example: 
Venkat A, Englander M, Xu D, Kaiser PK. Optical Coherence Tomography in Retinal Imaging. In: Myron Yanoff Jay S. Duker, eds. Ophthalmology. 5th Edition. Elsevier: 2018: 450-456.

4) Article in electronic format
Example:
Spaide RF. Moving Beyond Pachychoroid. Retina Today (serial online). 2021 March; 2: 15-16.  Available from: https://assets.bmctoday.net/retinatoday/pdfs/0321RT_Special_Report.pdf

For other reference styles, please refer to “ICMJE Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Sample References”

i- Figure Legends: Legends for illustrations should be written starting on a separate page after references in the main text and Arabic numerals should be used for corresponding illustrations.

4- Table titles and Table(s) (As a separate file)

All tables should be enumerated according to their sequence within the text and a brief descriptive caption should be written. Any abbreviations used should be defined in the accompanying legend. Tables, in particular, should be explanatory and facilitate readers’ understanding of the manuscript, and should not repeat data presented in the main text.

5- Picture(s)/Phtograph(s) (As a separate file)

Images (pictures) should be numbered and include a brief title. Permission to reproduce pictures that were published elsewhere must be included. All pictures should be of the highest quality possible, preferably in JPEG format, and at a minimum resolution of 300 dpi.

6- Photo and a short CV of the first author

Current Retina Journal (Güncel Retina Dergisi) seeks to further enhance recognition for the contributors to the scientific content in the Journal. Please add a short CV (limited to an average of 100 words and one paragraph) and a digital photo of the first author on the website with the online submission system.

Note: ORCID information is being used in national and international journals. ORCID is an organization that provides the Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID), allowing researchers to register for a unique identifier. ORCID is providing an identifier for individuals to use with their names as they engage in research, scholarship, and innovation activities. These identifiers are primarily used to disambiguate authors in the publishing world. The Current Retina Journal (Güncel Retina Dergisi) also includes this information for the indexing requirement.

You can get your ORCID from the link below.

https://orcid.org/register