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InstructionstoAuthors
TheJournalofDentalResearch(JDR)adherestotheCSE(8thEdition)editorialstyle.Allsubmittedmanuscriptsshouldbeformattedinthisstyle
TheJournalofDentalResearch(JDR)isapeer-reviewedscientificjournaldedicatedtothedisseminationofnewknowledgeandinformationonallsciencerelevanttodentistryandtotheoralcavityandassociatedstructuresinhealthanddisease.TheJournalofDentalResearch’sprimaryreadershipconsistsoforal,dentalandcraniofacialresearchers,clinicalscientists,hard-tissuescientists,dentists,dentaleducators,andoralanddentalpolicy-makers.TheJournalispublishedmonthly,allowingforfrequentdisseminationofitsleadingcontent.TheJournalofDentalResearchalsooffersOnlineFirst,bywhichforthcomingarticlesarepublishedonlinebeforetheyarescheduledtoappearinprint.
AuthorsofalltypesofarticlesshouldbeawareofthefollowingguidelineswhensubmittingtoJDR.
ONLINESUBMISSION
Ifanydifficultyisencounteredatanytimeduringtheaccountcreationorsubmissionprocess,authorsareencouragedtocontacttheJournalofDentalResearchatjdr@iadr.org.
MANUSCRIPTREQUIREMENTSBYTYPE
TheJournalofDentalResearchacceptsthefollowingtypesofmanuscriptsforconsideration:
OriginalResearchReports:Thesemanuscriptsarebasedonclinical,biological,andbiomaterialsandbioengineeringsubjectmatter.Manuscriptssubmittedasresearchreportshavealimitof3,200words(includingintroduction,materials,methodsresults,discussionand;excludingabstracts,acknowledgments,figurelegendsandreferences);atotalof5figuresortables;40references;andmustcontaina300wordabstract.
LetterstotheEditor*:LettersmustincludeevidencetosupportapositionaboutthescientificoreditorialcontentoftheJDR.Manuscriptssubmittedasalettertoeditorhavealimitof250words.Nofiguresortablesarepermitted.Lettersonpublishedarticlesmustbesubmittedwithin3monthsofthearticle’sprintpublicationdate.
GuestEditorials*:Aclearandsubstantiatedpositiononissuesofinteresttothereadershipcommunitycanbeconsideredforthismanuscripttype.GuestEditorialsarelimitedto1,000words.Nofiguresortablesarepermitted.
Discovery!:Essaysthatexploreseminaleventsandcreativeadvancesinthedevelopmentofdentalresearchareconsideredforthe“Discovery!”sectionofthejournal.Manuscriptssubmittedfor“Discovery!”havealimitof2,500wordsandatotalof2figuresortables.Manuscriptsaretobesubmittedbyinvitationonly.
CriticalReviewsinOralBiology&Medicine:Thesemanuscriptsshouldsummarizeinformationthatiswellknownandemphasizerecentdevelopmentsoverthelastthreeyearswithaprominentfocusoncriticalissuesandconceptsthataddasenseofexcitementtothetopicbeingdiscussed.Manuscriptsaretobesubmittedbyinvitationonly.AuthorsinterestedinsubmittingtothissectionmustcontacttheEditorofCriticalReviewsinOralBiology&Medicine,Dr.DanaGraves,atdgraves@iadr.orgforsubmissionapprovalandinstructions.ManuscriptssubmittedasCriticalReviewshavealimitof4,000words;atotalof6figuresortables;60references;andmustcontaina300wordabstract.
AdditionalInstructionsforCriticalReviews:
-Itisimportanttoincludeseveralillustrationsordiagramstoenhanceclarity.Manuscriptsthatlackfiguresordiagramstypicallyreceivealowpriorityscore.
-Summarizeimportantconceptsintablesorflowchartsorshowcriticaldataintheformoffigures.NOTE:authorswillneedtoobtainpermissiontoreproduceapreviouslypublishedfigureortable.
-Duetothebroadreadership,abbreviationscommonlyrecognizedinonefieldmaynotbereadilyapparenttothoseinadifferentfield.Keepabbreviationusetoaminimum.
-Thecoverpage,abstract,text,summary,figurelegends,andtablesshouldbecombinedintoasingleWorddocument.Figuresshouldbesubmittedasaseparatedocument.
-ToviewexamplesofrecentCriticalReviewsintheJournal,pleaseclickthefollowinglinks:
*BriefresponsestoLetterstotheEditororGuestEditorialswillbesolicitedforconcurrentpublication.
ClinicalReviews(formerlyConciseReviews):Thesemanuscriptsaregenerallysystematicreviewsoftopicsofhighclinicalrelevancetooral,dentalandcraniofacialresearch.Meta-analysesshouldbeconsideredonlywhensufficientnumbersofstudiesareavailable.Manuscriptsthatincludeinvestigationsoflimitedstudyqualityofunder-studiedareasaretypicallynotacceptableastopicsforaclinicalreview.Althoughsomesystematicreviewsmaybewelldone,thosethatreceivehighestscientificprioritywillonlybeconsideredgiventheverylimitedspaceallowedforthesereviewsinthejournal.
ManuscriptssubmittedasClinicalReviewshaveastrictlimitof4,000words(includingintroduction,materials,methodsresults,discussionand;excludingabstracts,acknowledgments,figurelegendsandreferences);atotalof6figuresortables;uptoamaximumof60references;andmustcontaina300wordabstract.Manuscriptsabovethe4,000word/6figureortablelimitmayusesupplementalappendicesforothersupportinginformationthatwouldbeavailableonlineonly.
AdditionalInstructionsforClinicalReviews:
-Itisimportanttoincludeillustrationsordiagramstoenhanceclarity.Manuscriptsthatlackfiguresordiagramstypicallyreceivealowpriorityscore.
-Thecoverpage,abstract,text,summary,figurelegends,andtable(s)shouldbecombinedintoasingleWorddocument.Figuresshouldbesubmittedasaseparatedocument.
PleasesubmitthenamesandemailaddressesoffourpreferredreviewerswhenpromptedbytheSAGETracksystem.Preferredreviewerscannotbecolleaguesatthecontributors’institutionorpresentorformercollaborators.
TITLES
Titlescanconsistofamaximumof75characters(includingspaces).Titlesdonotnormallyincludenumbers,acronyms,abbreviationsorpunctuation.Thetitleshouldincludesufficientdetailforindexingpurposesbutbegeneralenoughforreadersoutsidethefieldtoappreciatewhatthepaperisabout.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Authorsarerequiredtoreportallsourcesofsupportfortheirprojectorstudy,includingbutnotlimitedto:grantfunds,commercialsources,fundsfromacontributors’institution.Donotrefertoastudybeing“partiallyfundedbythecitedsources.”Consultanciesandfundspaiddirectlytoinvestigatorsmustalsobelisted.AuthorsarerequiredtospecifyduringthesubmissionprocessiftheirpaperreceivedfundingfromNIH,NIDCR,oranyotherNIHInstituteorCenterandprovidethegrantnumber.TocomplywiththeNIHPublicAccessMandate,forqualifyingNIH-fundedpapers,theJournalofDentalResearchwilldepositthefinal,copyeditedpapertoPubMedCentralonbehalfoftheauthors.
AuthorsarerequiredtoprovideawrittenstatementofauthorcontributionsaspartofyourAcknowledgements.Includeasmanyauthorsasyouhave,notetheircompletedroles,andconcludewiththefollowingstatement.“Allauthorsgavetheirfinalapprovalandagreetobeaccountableforallaspectsofthework.”
Forexample:
Authorcontributions
Author1:Contributedtoconception,design,dataacquisitionandinterpretation,draftedandcriticallyrevisedthemanuscript
Author2:Contributedtoconception,design,dataacquisitionandinterpretation,performedallstatisticalanalyses,draftedandcriticallyrevisedthemanuscript
Author3:Contributedtoconception,design,andcriticallyrevisedthemanuscript
FIGUREANDTABLEREQUIREMENTS
Theseguidelinesareintendedtoaidauthorsinprovidingfiguresthatwillreproducewellinbothprintandonlinemedia.Submittingdigitalimagefilesthatconformtotheseguidelineswillpreventdelaysinthereviewandpublicationprocesses,andmaximizethepublishedqualityofyourfigures.
FigureTypes
JDRfigurescanfallintooneofthreecategories:Continuous-toneimages,Line-artimages,andCombinationimages.Eachimagetypehasspecificrequirementsintermsoftheresolutionneededforpublicationandthefiletypesbestsuitedforthefigure.Seethefollowingpanelsforexamplesandrequirements.
Resolution
Inorderforafiguretobeusedinpublication,itsDigitalImageFilemusthavetherequiredresolutionwhenitiscreated.Theresolutioncannotberaisedaftertheoriginalimageismade.Attemptingtodoso(forexample,withAdobePhotoshop’s“ImageSize”command)resultsintheadditionofartificialpixelsthatdistorttheimageandloweritssharpness.Thefiguresontherightshowanexampleofthisreducedsharpness.
ImageIntegrityGuidelines
Experimentalcontrols
Appropriatecontrolsshouldbeprovidedforallexperimentalmethods.Forexample,negativecontrolsareneededforimmunofluorescence(IF)andimmunohistochemistry(IHC),i.e.controlprimaryantibodyorantibodyplusexcessantigen,whichcanbeaddedassupplementaldata.Inaddition,arrowsshouldidentifyrepresentativeimmunopositivecellsthatareclearlydistinguishedfrombackgroundstaininginIFandIHCimages.
Fonts
LimitfontsusedinanyfiguretoTimes,TimesNewRoman,Arial,Frutiger,andSabon.Otherfontscannotbeguaranteedtoreproduceproperly.
Filescontainingfiguresandtablesshouldbeclearlylabeledtoindicatetheirplacementinthetextorappendix.Tablesshouldbeviewableinaportraitview.Tablesthatarecreatedinalandscapeviewaremoresuitableforanappendix.
Iftheonlineversionisincolorandtheprintedversioninblackandwhite,pleasesubmitseparatefilesforeachversion.Figuresshouldbeidenticalexceptincolororgrayscale.Thecostofcolorfiguresintheprintversionwillbebornebytheauthors.Ratesforcolorreproductionare
$300perinitialpageofcolorand$150foreachadditionalpageofcolor.However,therearenochargesforfiguresanddiagramsprintedinblackandwhite.ColorfiguresmanybeincludedintheonlineversionofJDRwithnoextracharges.
REFERENCES
SUPPLEMENTALFILES
Additionalsupportingdatamaybereferencedasasupplementalappendixforpublicationonlineonly.Allsupplementalappendixfilesmustbesubmittedwiththemanuscriptforreview.Supplementaryfileswillbesubjectedtopeer-reviewalongsidethearticle.
Supplementaryfileswillbeuploadedassupplied.Theywillnotbecheckedforaccuracy,copyedited,typesetorproofread.Theresponsibilityforscientificaccuracyandfilefunctionalityremainswiththeauthors.Adisclaimerwillbedisplayedtothiseffectwithanysupplementarymaterialpublished.SupplementalfilesmayincludeadditionalfiguresortablesthatexceedtheJournal’slimit.Materialintendedforthesupplementalappendixmusthave“supplemental”or“appendix”inthefilenameuponupload.Whenformattingyoursupplementalfiles,pleasefollowtheseinstructions:
AuthorsshouldprovideasingleWordfilewithallAppendixcontent.FiguresandtablesshouldbeincludedinthemainAppendixfilesotheycanappearimmediatelyalongsidetheircaptions.Highresolutionfiguresmayalsobesuppliedseparatelyifauthorswish,buttheyalsomustbecopiedintotheWordfilesoeverythingcanbekepttogether.
Besuretorunspellcheckandproofreadthetext.
Removeallhighlighting/othercolors.Useonefontthroughout.
TheAppendixshouldincludethetitleofthearticleandallauthors.Pagenumbersarerecommended.
FiguresandTablesshouldbelabeledAppendixFigure/Table1,AppendixFigure/Table2,etc.AvoidlabelingasS1,S2,andsoforth.
Alltablefootnotesandfigurelegendsshouldbeincluded.
Preferably,authorsshouldn’tlabelseparatepartsas“Appendix1”,“Appendix2”,etc.;justusesectionheadsasinaregulararticle.
LanguageEditing:ManuscriptssubmittedforpublicationconsiderationshouldbewritteninEnglish.Priortosubmission,ifamanuscriptwouldbenefitfromprofessionalediting,authorsmayconsiderusingalanguage-editingservice.Suggestionsforthistypeofservicecanbefoundatwww.iadr.org/EditingServices.TheJournalofDentalResearchdoesnottakeresponsibilityfor,orendorsetheseservices,andtheirusehasnobearingonacceptanceofamanuscriptforpublication.
GENERALINFORMATIONFORAUTHORSSUBMITTINGAMANUSCRIPTPRIORPUBLICATION
ManuscriptssubmittedtotheJournalofDentalResearchareacceptedforconsiderationgivingtheunderstandingthatitcontainsoriginalmaterialthathasnotbeensubmittedforpublicationorhasbeenpreviouslypublishedelsewhere.Anyformofpublicationotherthananabstractonlyconstitutespriorpublication.
Manuscriptspostedorsubmittedtoanon-commercialpreprintserverarenotconsideredpreviouslypublished.Submittingauthorswillberequiredtodiscloseifthemanuscripthasbeenpostedorsubmittedtoanon-commercialpreprintserver.
ICMJECOMPLIANCESTATEMENT
CONSORT2010CHECKLISTCOMPLETIONRANDOMIZEDCLINICALTRIALSPOLICY
ManuscriptsreportingarandomizedclinicaltrialarerequiredtofollowtheCONSORTguidelines.TheJournalrequiresauthorsofstudiesinvolvinglaboratoryanimalssubmitwiththeirmanuscriptthefullversionoftheAnimalResearch:ReportingInVivoExperiments(ARRIVE)2.0checklist.AuthorsofhumanobservationsstudiesinepidemiologyarerequiredtoreviewandsubmitaSTROBEstatement.WhenuploadedtotheSAGETracksystem,anychecklistscompletedbyauthorsshouldbegivenasupplementaryfiledesignation.AuthorswhohavecompletedtheARRIVEorSTROBEchecklistshouldincludeasthelastsentenceintheMethodssectionasentencestatingcompliancewiththeappropriateguidelines/checklist.
AdditionalguidanceoncompliancewithvariousresearchguidelinescanbefoundontheGuidelineInformation-EnhancingtheQualityandTransparencyofHealthResearch:www.equator-network.org.
TheCONSORTchecklistcanbedownloadedfrom:
TheARRIVEguidelinescanbefoundhere:
TheSTROBEchecklistscanbefoundhere:
www.strobe-statement.org/index.phpid=strobe-home
TheJournalofDentalResearchrequiresauthorstoregistertheirclinicaltrialsinapublictrialsregistry.Authorsofmanuscriptsdescribingsuchstudiesareaskedtosubmitthenameoftheregistryandthestudyregistrationnumberpriortopublication.Authorsareaskedtoinclude
theirclinicaltrialregistrationnumberattheendoftheirabstracts.Inaccordancewiththeaforementioned“UniformRequirementsforManuscriptsSubmittedtoBiomedicalJournals,”clinicaltrialswillonlybeconsideredforpublicationiftheyareregistered.
INSTITUTIONALREVIEWBOARDANDWRITTENINFORMEDCONSENT
Forprotocolsinvolvingtheuseofhumansubjects,authorsshouldindicateintheirMethodssectionthatsubjects’rightshavebeenprotectedbyanappropriateInstitutionalReviewBoardandwritteninformedconsentwasgrantedfromallsubjects.Whenlaboratoryanimalsareused,indicatethelevelofinstitutionalreviewandassurancethattheprotocolensuredhumanepractices.
PUBLICGENEDATA
Priortosubmission,theJournalofDentalResearchasksthatnovelgenesequencesbedepositedinapublicdatabaseandtheaccessionnumberprovidedtotheJournal.Authorsmaywantto
usethefollowingJournalapproveddatabases:
GenBank:www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Genbank/submit.html
EMBL:www.ebi.ac.uk/embl/Submission/index.html
ManuscriptsubmissionsincludingmicroarraydatashouldincludetheinformationrecommendedbytheMIAMEguidelinesintheirsubmission,and/oridentifythesubmissiondetailsfortheexperimentsdetailstooneofthepubliclyavailabledatabasessuchasArrayExpressorGEO.InformationonMIAME,ArrayExpressandGEOcanbefoundbyclickingonthecorrespondinglinksbelow:
FUNDINGCOMPLIANCESTATEMENT
EffectiveApril7,2008theNationalInstitutesofHealth(NIH)RevisedPolicyonEnhancingPublicAccesstoArchivedPublicationsResultingfromNIH-FundedResearch(PublicAccessPolicy)requiresallstudiesfundedbyNIHtosubmitorhavesubmittedforthemtheirfinalpeer-reviewedmanuscriptuponacceptanceforpublicationtotheNationalLibraryofMedicine'sPubMedCentral(PMC)tobemadepubliclyavailablenolaterthan12monthsaftertheofficialdateofpublication.Onlyfinal,copyeditedmanuscriptsareuploaded.
ManuscriptsbyauthorswhoseworkisfundedbytheWellcomeTrustmaysubmittheirfinalpeer-reviewedmanuscriptuponacceptanceforpublicationtoEuropePMCtobemadepubliclyavailablenolaterthan6monthsaftertheofficialdateofpublication.Onlyfinal,copyeditedmanuscriptsareuploaded.
AuthorsarerequiredtospecifyduringthesubmissionprocessiftheirpaperreceivedfundingfromNIH,NIDCR,ortheWellcomeTrustandprovidethegrantnumber.
TheJournalofDentalResearchwilldepositfinal,copyeditedpaperstoPubMedCentralonbehalfoftheauthors.
DEFINITIONOFCONTRIBUTORSHIPINJDR
AsstatedintheUniformRequirementsforManuscriptsSubmittedtoBiomedicalJournals,putforthbytheICMJE,theJournalconsidersthefollowingasanaccuratedefinitionofcontributorship:
ContributorsListedinAcknowledgments
Allcontributorswhodonotmeetthecriteriaforauthorshipshouldbelistedinanacknowledgmentssection.Examplesofthosewhomightbeacknowledgedincludeapersonwhoprovidedpurelytechnicalhelp,writingassistance,oradepartmentchairpersonwhoprovidedonlygeneralsupport.Editorsshouldaskcorrespondingauthorstodeclarewhethertheyhadassistancewithstudydesign,datacollection,dataanalysis,ormanuscriptpreparation.
Ifsuchassistancewasavailable,theauthorsshoulddisclosetheidentityoftheindividualswhoprovidedthisassistanceandtheentitythatsupporteditinthepublishedarticle.Financialandmaterialsupportshouldalsobeacknowledged.
Groupsofpersonswhohavecontributedmateriallytothepaperbutwhosecontributionsdonotjustifyauthorshipmaybelistedundersuchheadingsas“clinicalinvestigators”or“participatinginvestigators,”andtheirfunctionorcontributionshouldbedescribed—forexample,“servedasscientificadvisors,”“criticallyreviewedthestudyproposal,”“collecteddata,”or“providedandcaredforstudypatients.”Becausereadersmayinfertheirendorsementofthedataandconclusions,thesepersonsmustgivewrittenpermissiontobeacknowledged.
CONTRIBUTORFORMS
AllrightstomanuscriptswillbetransferredtotheJournalofDentalResearchuponsubmission.Submissionofamanuscriptwillconstituteeachauthor’sagreementthattheJournalholdsallproprietyrightsinthemanuscriptsubmitted,includingallcopyrights.Uponacceptance,thecorrespondingauthorwillbeaskedtosignaformaltransferofcopyright.Onlythecorrespondingauthorisrequiredtocompleteacontributorformunlessanyco-authorsarework-for-hireorgovernmentemployees.Ifco-authorsfallintoeitherofthesecategories,thecorrespondingauthorshouldcontacttheeditorialofficeatjdr@iadr.orgforadditionalinstruction.
PleasenotethattheJournalofDentalResearchsecurescompletedcontributorformselectronicallyviatheSAGETrackonlinesubmissionandreviewsystem.
Withoutthecompletionofthecontributorformforallco-authorslisted,acceptedmanuscriptscannotcontinueintoproduction,delayingpublication.
CHARGESASSOCIATEDWITHPUBLICATION
PageCharges
Thereisachargeof$40(U.S.)foreveryprintedpageintheJournalofDentalResearch.Youwillreceiveaninvoicewithyourpageproofs.
ColorFigureCharges
Thecostofcolorfiguresintheprintversionwillbebornebytheauthors.Ratesforcolorreproductionare$300perinitialpageofcolorand$150foreachadditionalpageofcolor.However,therearenochargesforfiguresanddiagramsprintedinblackandwhite.ColorfiguresmanybeincludedintheonlineversionofJDRwithnoextracharges.
ReprintCharges
ReprintscanbeorderedformaterialprintedintheJournalofDentalResearchandonlineonlyappendices.Quantitiesofreprintscanbepurchasedwiththereprintorderformsentwithpageproofstothecontributors.Pre-paymentisrequiredforreprints.Visa,MasterCard,AmericanExpressandcheckareallacceptableformsofpayment.Authorsmustpayforcolorfiguresinreprints.Reprintswillbemailedfrom6to8weeksafterthearticleappearsintheJournal.TocontactSAGEforadditionalinformationortoorderreprints,visittheSAGEsiteatSAGEPublishingReprints.