Family Practice and Palliative Care

Type: Single-blind peer-reviewed, open access journal
National Index: Tr-Dizin/ULAKBIM
International Index: DOAJ, Index Copernicus
Submission Language: Turkish or English
Publication Language: English
Submission Fee: $20 (Submission check: Scope, Ethics, Quality and Plagiarism checks)
Editorial Processing Charges (EPCs): $110 (Not subject to acceptance/rejection. Requested if it passes submission check)

Publication schedule: Quarterly issues released in March, July, October, and December.

Scope: Family Medicine, Palliative Care, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emergency Medicine, Minor Surgery Branches

Archiving Policy (LOCKSS)
FPPC is using the LOCKSS archiving system. The LOCKSS system has permission to collect, preserve, and serve our journal’s archive at http://www.fppc.com.tr/en/pub/fppc/lockss-manifest.

Advertising Policy
The journal does not feature any form of advertising or marketing content. It should be noted that such content associated with FPPC may be potentially related to fraudulent activities.

Editorial Process and Peer Review

It is mandatory for the researcher to keep the data of each research published for 5 years. According to the rules of our publication policy and the international publishing organizations we are involved in, we will be able to ask the authors of the data and analysis programs of some articles from time to time.

Steps of the Peer-Review and Publishing Process

Understanding Manuscript Steps

Editorial Decisions: The handling Academic Editor makes the final decision. The time to render a first decision averages about 45 days, but times vary depending on how long it takes for the editor to receive and assess reviews. The editor considers reviewer feedback and their own evaluation of the manuscript in order to reach a decision. The following decision types are available: Reject, Major revision, Minor revision, Accept. Decisions are communicated to the corresponding author in a formal letter, along with reviewer feedback and any other requirements from the journal office.

Revisions: If the editor feels that your manuscript has the potential to be published, but requires changes, you’ll be invited to revise it. You’ll have 30 days to resubmit the revised manuscript for both a major or a minor revision. In most cases, the revised manuscript is re-assigned to the original Academic Editor. The editor may make a new decision based on their own assessment of the revised manuscript and your response to reviewers or request additional input from external peer reviewers.

Accepted Manuscripts: When the handling editor is satisfied with the scientific aspects of the manuscript, they’ll issue an editorial accept decision. This is a provisional acceptance, pending final checks for formatting and technical requirements. Once the final requirements are fulfilled, the journal office will send a formal accept decision, and your manuscript will move on to production.

Rejected Manuscripts / Appeals: Authors may submit a formal appeal for rejected submissions. Appeal requests must be made in writing to fppc@sernev.com with the word “Appeal” in the subject line. Authors must provide detailed reasons for the appeal and point-by-point responses to the reviewers’ and/or Academic Editor’s comments.