International Dental and Medical Disorders journal guidelines for authors
Manuscript and Peer Review Submission process is by the e-mail to the
idmdjournal@gmail.com
Introduction
International Dental and Medical Disorders, a
journal of the Ectodermal Dysplasia Group-Turkey, is published anually [or 1
times per year] to promote practice, education, and research specifi cally
related to the specialty of dental and medical disorders especially about
ectodermal dysplasia. Manuscripts are accepted for consideration if neither the
article, nor any part of its essential substance, tables, or figures has been or
will be published in another journal or is simultaneously submitted to another
journal. Published papers do not necessarily represent the views of the editor,
the Ectodermal Dysplasia Group-Turkey.
Types of
articles
The
journal publishes full-length scientific articles not exceeding 8 printed pages
(20 double-spaced 8 1/2x11-in document pages; font no smaller than 12-point
Times New Roman or Arial); and clinical articles and case reports not exceeding
4 printed pages (10 double-spaced 8 1/2x11-in document pages).
Authors
are encouraged to review these Instructions carefully prior to submitting their
manuscripts.
Submission of manuscripts
Submission of manuscripts to the International Dental and
Medical Disorders is via e-mail, also hard copy with electronic
record submissions will be accepted. Submitting authors must provide all
information requested during the submission process, including: corresponding
author’s contact information; names, titles (such as “associate professor,” “chairman,”),
academic degrees (such as”DMD,” “MS,” “PhD,”) , and affiliations of all authors;
short (running) title; and 2 to 5 keywords. Honorary designations should not be
included (eg, “FRCS,”, “FICD”, “Diplomate, ABPD,” etc). Authors should ensure
that the keywords appear in the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical
Subject Headings, or “MeSH” (found at
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/.).
Both an
UNBLINDED and BLINDED version of the manuscript must be sent to the journal.
Tables and graphs should appear at the end of the main document, while photos
and photomicrographs should be submitted as separate files (.jpg or .tiff
format). Prior to submission, the corresponding author must guarantee that the
article has not been published, and is not being considered for publication
elsewhere. Submission of multi-authored manuscripts implies participation of
each of the authors in the preparation of the paper. Only individuals who have
made a significant contribution to the study or manuscript should be listed as
authors. The efforts of others should be noted in the Acknowledgments
section at the end of the manuscript. The corresponding author should submit the
following statement: “All authors have made substantive contribution to this
study and/or manuscript, and all have reviewed the final paper prior to its
submission.” Authors (including authors of letters to the editor) are
responsible for disclosing all financial and personal relationships that might
bias their work. If such conflicts exist, the authors must provide additional
detail in the letter to the editor. Funding sources for the
work
being submitted must be disclosed in the Acknowledgments section of the
manuscript.
Manuscript organization
Scientific articles should be organized under the following headings:
Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions,
Acknowledgments, and References.
Titles of
all papers should not exceed 15 words.
The
Introduction section should include only pertinent references. When included
for a study, the Methods section should be sufficiently detailed to
replicate the study. The Results section should include only results and
not discussion of the data. The
Discussion section should discuss the results, but not repeat them. The
Conclusions section should consist of succinct, numbered statements that are
supported by the results of the study. They should not repeat the Results
section.
Abstracts:
All
submissions must include an abstract. Abstracts should be brief providing the
reader with a concise but complete summary of the paper. Generalizations such as
“methods were described” should not be used. Scientific articles should have a
structured abstract of approximately 200 words with the following sections:
Purpose, Methods, Results, and Conclusions.
Editorial
style: Papers
will be published in English, using American spelling. Manuscripts must be
submitted with proper English grammar, syntax, and spelling. Authors should
express their own findings in the past tense and use the present tense where
reference is made to existing knowledge, or where the author is stating what is
known or concluded. Footnotes should be avoided and their content incorporated
into the text. Numbers should be represented as digits; only numbers beginning a
sentence should be spelled out. The editors reserve the right to revise the
wording of papers in the interest of the journal’s standards of clarity and
conciseness.
Units
of measure: Authors should express all quantitative values in the
International System of Units (SI units)
unless
reporting English units from a cited reference. Figures and tables should use SI
units, with any necessary conversion factors given in legends or footnotes. All
numbers should be expressed as digits, and percent values should be expressed as
whole numbers. Laboratory data values should be rounded to the number of digits
that refl ects the precision of the results and the sensitivity of the
Measurement procedure.
Statistical tests: The results of all statistical comparisons should be
reported to include the statistical test value and the associated P value
and confi dence interval, if appropri- ate. If P> P .01, the
actual value for P should be expressed to 2 digits, whether or not P
is signifi cant, unless rounding a signifi cant P value expressed to
3 digits would make it nonsignifi cant (eg, P=.049, not P P=.05).
If P P<.01, it should P be expressed to 3 digits (eg, P=.003,
not P P<.05). Actual P P values should be expressed unless P<.001,
in which case they P should be so designated. Nonsignifi cant values
should not be expressed as “NS.” For confi dence intervals, the number of digits
should equal the number of digits in the point estimate. For example, for an
odds ratio of 3.56, the 95% confi dence interval should be reported as “1.23,
5.67,” not as “1.234, 5.678.”
Tooth
names: The complete names of individual teeth should be given in full in the
text of articles using the following convention: [primary/permanent] [maxillary/mandibular]
[right/left] [central/lateral or first/second/third] [tooth type]. Examples:
“primary maxillary right first molar,” “permanent mandibular first molars,” but
“mandibular right second premolar.” In tables these names may be abbreviated by
the Universal system (A-T for primary teeth, 1-32 for permanent teeth).
Commercially-produced Materials: Any mention of commercially produced
materials, instruments, devices, software,
etc, must be followed by the name of the manufacturer and the manufacturer’s
location in parentheses. Example: “... in an Excel spreadsheet (Microsoft, Inc,Redmond,
Wash).”
Abbreviations: Abbreviations should be used to make manuscripts more concise.
The first time an abbreviation appears, it should be placed in parentheses
following the full spelling of the term (eg, “…permanent first molars (PFMs)…”).
In manuscripts using more than three abbreviations, authors should use bold
typeface for the first appearance of each abbreviation.
Permissions: For
materials taken from other sources, a written statement from the authors and
publisher giving permission to International Dental and
Medical Disordersfor reproduction must be
provided. Waivers atric and statements of informed consent must accompany
the manuscript when it is submitted for review. Waivers should accompany any
photograph showing a human subject unless the subject’s features are blocked
enough to prevent identifi cation.
Human
and Animal Subjects: Manuscripts of research involving human or animal subjects must state in the
Methods section that the study was approved by an Institutional Review Board (IRB)
or other institutional research ethics committee using language similar to “…this
institutionally approved study… .” IRB approval for human subjects must also be
obtained if the study involved the use of tissues from humans (eg, extracted
teeth), or work produced by humans (eg, systematic analyses and meta-analyses).When
human subjects have been used, the text should indicate that informed consent
was obtained from all participating adult subjects, and parents or legal
guardians of minors or incapacitated adults. If required by the authors’
institution, informed assent must be obtained from participating children at or
above the age specified by the institution. The cover letter for the manuscript
must contain a statement similar to the following: “The procedures, possible
discomforts or risks, as well as possible benefits were explained fully to the
human subjects involved, and their informed consent was obtained prior to the
investigation.”
Figures: Graphics/photos
should be provided at a minimum resolution of 600 dpi as a .tif or .jpg fi le.
Photomicrographs must include a scale labeled with a convenient unit of length (eg,
50 µm). Figures should be inserted at the end of the main Word document. Figures
should be numbered in Arabic numerals in the order of the first citation in the
text. Legends for each figure must be printed on a separate page. Include a key
for symbols or letters used in the figures.
Figure
legends should be understandable without reference to the text. A key for any
symbols or letters used in the figure should be included. Abbreviations should
be explained in a footnote to the figure. If illustrations, tables, or other
excerpts are included from copyrighted works the
author is
responsible for obtaining written permission from the copyright holder prior to
submitting the final version of the paper. Full credit must be given to such
sources with a superscript reference citation in the figure legend. Reference
citations in fi gure legends or captions should follow numerically the reference
number in the text immediately preceding mention of the figure. Figures take up
additional page space and should be limited to those that add value to the text.
Tables: Tables
should be double-spaced, appear on separate pages, and should be titled and
numbered in Arabic numerals in the order of the fi rst citation in the text.
Short headings should appear at the top of each column. Explanatory matter
should be placed in captions, not in the title. For footnotes, use the following
symbols in this sequence: *, †, ‡, §. Tables should be understandable without
alluding to the text. Due to space limitations, only tables adding value to the
text should be included.
Acknowledgments: Funding
and other sources of support must be disclosed in the Acknowledgements
section. Personal acknowledgments should be limited to appropriate professionals
who have contributed intellectually to the paper but whose contribution does not
justify authorship.
References: References should be relevant to the material presented and identifi ed by
superscript Arabic numerals in the text.
A list of
all references should appear at the end of the paper in numeric order as they
are cited in the text. Journal abbreviations are those used by Index Medicus.
Reference style is that used by the Journal of the American Dental Association (http://www.ada.org/prof/resources/pubs/jada/authors/auth_general.asp as #style).
The
following are sample style references:
Journal: Bogert TR, García-Godoy F. Effect of prophylaxis agents on the
shear bond strength of a fi ssure sealant. Pediatr Dent 1992;14:50-1.
For
journals, list all authors when there are 6 or fewer; when there are 7 or more,
list the first 3, then “et al.” Page numbers should be elided where possible.
For example: 12-8, 347-51, 191-5.
Book:
Bixler D. Genetic aspects of dental anomalies. In: McDonald RE, Avery DR,
eds. Dentistry for the Child and Adolescent. 5th ed. Philadelphia: CV Mosby Co;1987:90-116.
Article, report, or monograph issued by a committee, institution, society, or
government agency: Medicine for the public: Women’s health research.
Bethesda, Md.: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health
Service, National Institutes of Health; 2001. DHHS
publication 02-4971.
World
Wide Web: Ectodermal dysplasia cases and main targets. Available at:“http://portal.ektodermaldisplazi.com/index.phpmod=article&cat=Pedodonti”.
Accessed January 21, 2008.
Authors
citing material from the World Wide Web should use WebCite (www.webcitation.org),
a free service for org authors who wish to archive their Web references
to ensure that cited Web material will remain available to readers in the future.
Web citations archived on WebCite will not disappear in the future.
Authors
should provide direct references to original sources whenever possible. Avoid
using abstracts as references.
Avoid
references to papers accepted but not yet published, if possible. If such a
citation is necessary, these papers should be cited as being “in press,” and
verification that they have been accepted for publication must be provided.
Where
possible, references of easily accessible material are preferable to
dissertations, theses, and other unpublished documents. Authors should avoid
citing “personal communication” unless it provides essential information not
available from a public source. In those cases, the name of
the
individual providing the information and the date of communication should be
provided in parentheses in the text and not as a numbered reference.
Authors
should obtain written permission and confi rmation of accuracy from the source
of a personal communication; this permission should be submitted as a
supplementary document at the time of manuscript submission.
Authors
should verify the accuracy of all references and are responsible for ensuring
that no cited reference contains material that was retracted or found to be in
error subsequent to its publication.
Copyright: All
authors must agree to the terms of copyright transfer as indicated along with
the manuscript submission process.
The
Ektodermal Displazi Gurubu Türkiye owns copyright of any contribution, and its
licensees
have the
right to use, reproduce, transmit, derivate, publish, and distribute the
contribution, in the journal or otherwise, in any form or medium. Authors will
not use or authorize the use of the contribution without the Ektodermal Displazi
Gurubu Türkiye’s written consent, except as may be allowed by world fair use law.
