Submission Guidelines

Paper Submission

1. Submissions for the 5th International Eastern Black Sea Family Medicine Congress, to be held on June 3–5, 2027, may be made as oral or e-oral presentations, in the form of abstracts or full-text papers.
2. The submission deadline is March 31, 2027. Submissions must be made in English; however, presentations may be delivered in either English or Turkish. Full texts must be written exclusively in English. All submissions must be presented during the congress and be open to discussion.
3. Following evaluation, submissions may be published in the Congress Book based on the outcome of a double-blind peer review process. Authors who register for the congress may submit a maximum of two (2) submissions; however, their names may appear as co-authors on more than two submissions.
4. The abstract must be a minimum of 200 words and must not exceed 400 words. The full-text paper, including references, should not exceed 6 pages.
5. Submissions must include the authors’ full names and institutional affiliations. Authors are required to provide their ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) information. ORCID numbers must be entered in the format: https://orcid.org/0000-0000-0000-0000.
6. The title should clearly reflect the content of the study. Except for terms with specific scientific meanings (e.g., pH, NaCl), all words in the title should begin with a capital letter. The title should not end with a period.
7. Due to the automated formatting system, font type and size adjustments are not required.
8. Except for chemical symbols and internationally recognized units, all abbreviations should be spelled out in parentheses at first mention within the text.
9. For submissions made as abstracts, the Abstract section must include the following headings: Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, and Conclusion. For case reports, the Abstract section must include the following headings: Introduction, Case Presentation, and Conclusion.
10. For full-text submissions, the ethics committee approval number must be stated in the “Materials and Methods” section.
11. Only images that are free of copyright restrictions and have open usage rights should be uploaded during full-text submission. All legal responsibility regarding the uploaded images lies with the author(s).
12. The full name of the corresponding author should be clearly indicated in an appropriate section, and their phone number, email address, institution, and full mailing address must also be provided.
13. Standard abbreviations are acceptable. If any non-standard abbreviations are used, their full form must be provided in parentheses at first mention.
14. The References section must be formatted according to the Vancouver style. Citations should be numbered consecutively in the order they appear in the text and listed in the same order in the reference list.

1. Oral Presentations: Oral presentations will be limited to a total of 8 minutes – 6 minutes for the presentation and 2 minutes for discussion. Presentations must be prepared in Microsoft Office PowerPoint format and submitted to the session staff via USB flash drive at least 2 hours before the session (Other presentation software will not be available on the session computers). Presentations will be projected onto the screen using the projector systems in the halls.
2. E-Oral Presentations: Submissions accepted as e-oral presentations will be delivered remotely via online video conferencing. Each participant will log in to the congress online platform using a unique username and password, and will present by sharing their screen from their own computer. No email submission of presentation files is required during the congress period. Participants who will present must connect via computer to enable screen sharing. While it is possible to join and follow sessions via tablet or mobile phone, screen sharing is not supported on these devices.
   • E-oral presentations will be conducted via online video conferencing, and participants will present their prepared slides through screen sharing.
   • Participants presenting via online video conferencing will be able to download their “certificates of participation” by logging into the online congress platform.
   • E-oral presentations delivered through video conferencing will be included in the congress proceedings book. Each author may participate with a maximum of two (2) e-oral presentations. However, their names may appear on more than two e-oral presentations submitted by other co-authors