Author’s guidelines
AUTHOR’S GUIDELINES Stomatology Edu Journal (Stoma Edu J) publishes following manuscript categories: Original Scientific ArticlesOriginal scientific articles that describe cases require parental/patient consent. For cohort studies, please upload a copy of your IRB approval.Word limit: 5,000 words maximum, excluding abstract and references.Abstract: should be no more than 250 words; must be structured, under the sub-headings: 1) Introduction; 2) Methodology; 3) Results; 4) Conclusion.References: Maximum of 50 references. Review ArticlesStructured summary giving information on methods of selecting the publications cited.Word limit: 5,000 words maximum, excluding references.Abstract: should be no more than 250 words; must be structured, under the sub-headings: 1) Background;...
Open Access
The Stomatology Edu Journal (Stoma Edu J) is a new Green Open Access journals in the field of dental medicine, publishing well-established authors, but equally committed to encouraging early career researchers and professionals alike to publish their work after a non-partisan, objective, double-blind rigorous peer-reviewed process. Our aim is to publish in the shortest possible time frame and ensure the rapid dissemination of your work via our journal page, but also through our indexing partners which reach the vast mass of dental researchers, professionals and practitioners across the world as Dr. Greene Vardiman Black stated: “the professional man has no...
Submit A Manuscript
Authors should kindly note that submission implies that the content has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere except as a brief abstract in the proceedings of a scientific meeting or symposium. Once the submission materials have been prepared in accordance with the Author Guidelines, manuscripts should be submitted online at www.ManuscriptManager.net/stom The submission system will prompt authors to use an ORCID iD (a unique author identifier) to help distinguish their work from that of other researchers. Click here to find out more. For help with submissions, please contact: Editorial Office (Anmol S. Kalha: anmolkalha8@gmail.com) All manuscripts must be...
Editorial Policies and Process
Our objective is to publish a dental journal of consistent high quality and help to increase exposure to literature written by dental professionals at a global level. Original research, literature review, clinical case reports, consensus declaration coming from an association or a group of specialists, letters to the editor and book reviews are covered by the scope of the published material. All aspects of stomatology are presented in a scientific way, starting each year with abstract articles with keywords, backed up by references in accordance with the Vancouver citation style. Dental Continuing Education is provided by the set of four...
Authorship
All authors should have made substantial contributions to all of the following: (1) the conception and design of the study, or acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data, (2) drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content, (3) final approval of the version to be submitted. CHANGES TO AUTHORSHIP Authors are expected to consider carefully the list and order of authors before submitting their manuscript and provide the definitive list of authors at the time of the original submission. Any addition, deletion or rearrangement of author names in the authorship list should be made only...
Policies on Conflict of Interest
Authors are required to disclose all sources of institutional, private and corporate financial support for their study. Donors of materials (for free or at a discount from current rates) should be named in the source of funding and their location (town, state/county, country) included. Other donors will be identified in the text. If no funding has been available other than that of the author’s institution, this should be specified upon submission. Authors are also required to disclose any potential conflict of interest. These include financial interests (eg, patent, ownership, stock ownership, consultancies, speaker’s fee) or provision of study materials by...
Policies on Human and Animal Rights
The Stomatology Edu Journal (Stoma Edu J) endorses the Helsinki Declaration and the guidelines of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. Human Experiments Studies involving human participants must be performed in accordance with relevant institutional and national guidelines, with the appropriate institutional ethics committee’s approval and informed written consent from all human subjects involved in the study, including the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki (version, 2013) and the guidelines of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (see here). Patient anonymity should be preserved. Photographs need to be cropped sufficiently to prevent human subjects being recognized (or an...
Informed Consent
For all manuscripts that include details, or images relating to individual participants, written informed consent for the publication of these must be obtained from the participants (or their parent or legal guardian in the case of children under 16) and a statement to this effect should appear in the manuscript. If the participant has died, then consent for publication must be sought from the next of kin of the participant. Documentation showing consent for publication must be made available to the Editor on request, and will be treated confidentially. In cases where images are unidentifiable and there are no details...
Advertising Policies for Print and Web Publications
Our advertising policy is consistent with the principles mentioned in the Recommendations on Publication Ethics Policies for Medical Journals which issued by the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME). http://www.wame.org/recommendations-on-publication-ethics-policie
Compliance with ICMJE Recommendations
The Stomatology Edu Journal (Stoma Edu J) will follow as much as possible the recommendations of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (Vancouver Group) with regard to preparation of manuscripts and authorship (Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals. International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. Ann Intern Med. 1997;126(1):36-47).