期刊名称:JOURNAL OF DENTISTRY
期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
The Journal of Dentistry appeals to a substantial international readership seeking to keep up-to-date with research and developments in the field of dental science, with an emphasis on new knowledge and innovations pertinent to the contemporary practice of clinical dentistry.
The Journal of Dentistry provides clinicians, scientists and students of dentistry with a comprehensive periodical published eight times per year, publishing original research papers, reviews and leaders and supportive material including a calendar.
Topics covered in the journal include the management of dental disease, long-term clinical trials, evaluation of dental equipment, new experimental techniques, epidemiology and oral health, dental biomaterials science, restorative dentistry, periodontology, endodontology, operative dentistry, prosthodontics, paediatric dentistry, orthodontics and dental education.
Instructions to Authors The requirements for submission are in accordance with the "Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals," Annals of Internal Medicine, 1977, 126, 36-47.
Contributions should be submitted to the Administrative Editor at the following address: Joanne Frankland, Administrative Editor, Journal of Dentistry, Health Sciences, Elsevier, The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB. JOD@elsevier.com
Contributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: - Original Research Reports: maximum length 6 printed pages approximately 20 typescript pages, including illustrations and tables. - Review articles: maximum length 10 printed pages, approximately 33 typescript pages, including illustrations and tables. - Short communication for rapid publication: maximum length 2 printed pages, approximately 7 typescript pages, including illustrations. - Letters providing informed comment and constructive criticism of material previously published in the Journal.
Authors are urged to write as concisely as possible.
Articles should be arranged in the following order. Title, Summary, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions, Acknowledgements, References, Tables and Legends to Illustrations.
Summary: should not exceed 250 words and should be presented under the following subheadings: Objectives, Methods; Results; Conclusions (For Reviews: Objectives; Data; Sources; Study selection; Conclusions). These subheadings should appear in the text of the summary. Please repeat the title of the article at the top of the abstact page.
Introduction: must be presented in a structured format, covering the following subjects, although not under subheadings: succinct statements of the issue in question; the essence of existing knowledge and understanding pertinent to the issue; and the aims and objectives of the research being reported.
Keywords: up to 10 keywords should be supplied.
Abbreviations and acronyms: terms and names to be referred to in the form of abbreviations or acronyms must be given in full when first mentioned.
Units: SI units should be used throughout. If non-SI units must be quoted, the SI equivalent must immediately follow in parentheses.
The complete names of individual teeth must be given in the test. In tables and legends for illustrations individual teeth should be identified using the FDI two-digit system.
Illustrations: The following are acceptable ways to present illustrations: white card or plastic; high quality computer generated line drawings; unmounted glossy photographs.
Illustrations should be clearly labelled on the back with the title of the article, the figure number and an arrow to indicate the top edge.
When preparing illustrations authors should consider that the majority of illustrations will be reduced to the width of a single column (approximately 85 mm). Authors can indicate if they feel an illustration should be full page width.
All typescripts should be accompanied by a letter signed by each author, affirming that the paper has been submitted solely to Journal of Dentistry and that it is not concurrently under consideration for publication in another journal. All of the named authors should have been involved in the work leading to the publication of the paper and should have read the paper before it is submitted for publication.
Offprints and page charges: no page charges are levied on articles published in Journal of Dentistry. Each corresponding author receives 25 reprints of their article free of charge after it has been published; they will also have the opportunity to order additional copies.
The Editor and Publisher reserve the right to make such corrections to typescripts as may be necessary for clarity of expression, or to conform to the style required.
Notes for Typescript Preparation - Three copies of the manuscript should be submitted: each accompanied by a set of illustrations. - Scripts should be typed on one side of A4, double-line spaced with margins of 30 mm. - A disk should be submitted initially with the manuscript. The file on disk should exactly match the printed version of the manuscript. Please refer to www.elsevier.com/locate/disksub for guidelines for the submission of manuscripts on disk. - Authors are encouraged to submit electronic artwork files with the original printed illustrations. Please refer to http://authors.elsevier.com for guidelines for the preparation of electronic artwork files. - To facilitate anonymity the authors' names and any reference to their addresses should only appear on the title page.
The title page should contain the following information: - Title of paper - Short title - Name(s) and address(es) of author(s) - Name, address, telephone, fax and e-mail of the corresponding author - Up to 10 keywords
Spelling: Either the Oxford English Dictionary or Websters should be followed for each manuscript. Spelling should be consistent within any one submission.
Legends to illustrations should be typed on a separate sheet.
References:These should appear in the text in numerical order and should follow the Vancouver Reference system (details may be found at http://www.icmje.org/index.html#reference. Please note that the house style of the Journal of Dentistry includes:
- to refer to the name of the Journal in full - to put the name of the Journal in Italics - to put the volume number in bold
Examples as follows
Burrow, MF, Tagami J, Negishi T. Early tensile bond strengths of several enamel and dentin bonding systems. Journal of Dental Research 1994; 74:522-28. Phillips SJ, Whisnant JP. The role of dentine under restorations. In: Laragh JH, Brenner BM, editors. The science of restorative dentistry. 2nd ed. Oxford: Elsevier; 2003. p.266-78.
If there are seven or more authors please list the first six and et al., otherwise list all authors. Journal titles should be given in full.
Disk Submission: Disks must be submitted initially with the manuscript. The Editor will request revised disks from authors at the appropriate time. Further information on disk submission and electronic artwork preparation is available at http://authors.elsevier.com
Proofs: Proofs will be sent to the author (first-named author if no corresponding author is identified on mutli-authored papers) by PDF wherever possible and should be returned within 48 hours of receipt, preferably by e-mail. Corrections should be restricted to typesetting errors; any other amendments made may be charged to the author. Any queries should be answered in full. Elsevier will do everything possible to get your article corrected and published as quickly and accurately as possible. Therefore, it is important to ensure that all of your corrections are returned to us in one all-inclusive e-mail or fax. Subsequent additional corrections will not be possible, so please ensure that your first communication is complete.
Should you choose to mail your corrections, please return them to: Log-in Department, Elsevier, Stover Court, Bampfylde Street, Exeter, Devon EX1 2AH, UK.
Editorial Board
- Editor-in-Chief
- A.D Walmsley, Professor of Restorative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, The University of Birmingham, St Chad's Queensway, Birmingham B4 6NN, UK. Tel: +44 (0)121 237 2813, Fax: +44 (0)121 625 8815, Email: a.d.walmsley@bham.ac.uk
- Statistical Advisor
- S. McHugh, Glasgow, UK
- Associate Editors:
- J.L. Drummond, University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Restorative Dentistry (M/C 555), Division of Biomaterials and Technology, College of Dentistry, 801 South Paulina Street, Chicago, IL 60612-7212, USA; Tel: (312) 413-3790, Fax: (312) 996-3535, Email: Drummond@uic.edu
G. Fleming, School of Dentistry, The University of Birmingham, St. Chad's Queensway, Birmingham B4 6NN, UK Tel: +44 (0)121 237 2915, Fax: +44 (0)121 625 8815, Email: g.j.fleming@bham.ac.uk F. Garcia-Godoy, Nova Southeastern University, College of Dental Medicine, 3200 S. University Drive, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33328, USA Tel: (954) 262-7373, Fax: (954) 262-1782, Email: Godoy@nova.edu A. Yap, Department of Restorative Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, National University of Singapore, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore Tel: (65) 6772 4949, Fax: (65) 6773 2603, Email: rsdyapuj@nus.edu.sg
- Editorial Board:
- M. Addy, Bristol, UK
Y. Akagawa, Hiroshima, Japan K.J. Anusavice, Gainesville, FL, USA J. Bagg, Glasgow, UK S.C. Bayne, Chapel Hill, NC, USA G. Bergenhdtz, Goteborg, Sweden F.J.T. Burke, Birmingham, UK R.G. Caffesse, Houston, TX, USA C.-L. Chew, Singapore V. Clerehugh, Leeds, UK I. Denry, Columbus, USA S. Ebisu, Osaka, Japan W.J. Finger, Dormagen, Germany R.A. Giordano, Boston, USA M. Goldberg, Montrouge, France H.O. Heymann, Chapel Hill, NC, USA T.J. Hilton, Oregon, USA K. Horner, Manchester, UK K. Horner, Manchester, UK J.C. Knowles, London, UK P.-J. Lamey, Belfast, UK Y. Maeda, Osaka, Japan E. Matson, Sao Paulo, Brazil J.F. McCabe, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK N. Nakabayashi, Tokyo, Japan H. Ngo, Adelaide, Australia D.H. Pashley, Augusta, GA, USA J.D. Pecora, S?o Paulo, Brazil R. Randall, St. Paul, USA J.-F. Roulet, Berlin, Germany R. Sakaguchi, Oregon, USA F.R. Tay, Hong Kong, China Y. Tsuchitani, Osaka, Japan M.J. Tyas, Melbourne, Australia P. Vallitu, Turku, Finland P.K. Vallitv, Turku, Finland R. van Noort, Sheffield, UK D.C.
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