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INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS

ABOUT THE JOURNAL Plagiarism
Plagiarism includes, but is not limited to, copying or reusing
Aims and scope text, ideas, images, or data from other sources without a clear
The Portuguese Journal of Stomatology, Dental Medicine and attribution and goes against the principle of academic publica-
Maxillofacial Surgery (Revista Portuguesa de Estomatologia, Me- tion. All manuscripts are submitted to a plagiarism detection
dicina Dentária e Cirugia Maxilofacial) is published quarterly and software (Crossref Similarity Check, developed by iThenticate),
considers for publication systematic reviews, original research and in case of doubts, the COPE guidelines will be followed. If at
papers, clinical case reports, and clinical innovation reports of any stage of the submission, publication, or post -publication pro-
scientific interest to clinicians and researchers directly or indi- cess, plagiarism is detected, the manuscript can be rejected, cor-
rectly related with oral health. rected, or withdrawn, as the case may be.

Peer -review process
All papers are peer -reviewed by independent external review- MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION
ers who determine their acceptance for publication. The Portu-
guese Journal of Stomatology, Dental Medicine and Maxillofacial The main text should be written in Portuguese or English. If
Surgery uses a double -blind peer -review system where both au- written in English, a signed declaration from a professional lan-
thors and reviewers are anonymous; i.e., reviewers do not know guage editor/translator or one of the authors, assuming the re-
the names of the authors, and the authors do not know who has sponsibility for the English language quality, must be submitted.
revised their manuscript. Submissions may only be made online at http://www.edi-
After the submission by the corresponding author, the ed- torialmanager.com/rpemd and should include the following
itorial office performs preliminary checks on submitted man- elements:
uscripts. If considered in compliance with the submission
guidelines, editorial policies, and ethical standards, the sub- 1. Presentation letter
mission is assessed by the Editor -in -Chief, who decides wheth- The presentation letter should be signed by all authors and ad-
er to proceed with peer review and may assign a suitable As- dressed to the Journal’s Editor in -Chief, stating that the paper is not
sociate Editor as the handling editor to guide the peer -review published or submitted to be published in other journal and that it
process. The handling editor sends review invitations to inde- will not be submitted elsewhere until the final decision on this sub-
pendent external experts, who ponder the invitation consid- mission is taken. It should also state that all authors have read and
ering their own expertise, conflicts of interest, and availabili- agreed with the submitted version and that, in case of acceptance,
ty, and then accept or decline it, possibly suggesting alternative the copyright of the paper will be transferred to the Journal.
reviewers. Each submission must be reviewed by at least two According to the “Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts
experts in the field, taking into account originality, scientific Submitted to Biomedical Journals,” the authorship implies a sub-
soundness, study design, sources of bias, among others. The stantial contribution to the manuscript. Thus, each author’s con-
reviewers submit a detailed review of the manuscript to the tribution to the paper submitted should be indicated in the letter.
Journal and recommend its acceptance or rejection or request
for further revision before it is reconsidered. If the reviewers’ e.g.: John Doe conceived this study and supervised all the aspects of
assessment differs widely, the handling editor may invite an its implementation. Peter Doe collaborated in the experimental pro‑
additional reviewer before suggesting a decision. The submis- tocol and performed the statistical analysis of the data. Charles Doe
sion is then sent to the Editor -in -Chief, who makes the final collected the data and collaborated in its analysis. All authors con‑
decision. All articles, except for Editorials, are externally peer- tributed to the interpretation of the results and the article revision.
-reviewed before a final decision is made about acceptance for
publication. The presentation letter should also include the manuscript’s
title, and a justification whenever the number of authors ex-
Editorial and Journal Policies ceeds six.
Papers considered for publication must contain original
material that has not been published, either in full or in part 2. Cover page
(including tables and figures), nor has been submitted to or This document should only contain information about the
accepted for publication by other journals. Before sending the authors and the title of the manuscript. The authors’ infor-
manuscripts, authors must obtain all permissions needed for mation must only be provided in this independent document,
publication of the presented material. Note that, to comply with and not included in the document with the manuscript, in
regulations governing authors’ rights, the reproduction of im- order to guarantee authors’ anonymity during the peer -review
ages, figures, or graphs from other publications must have the process.
respective authors’ prior authorization, who should be includ-
ed in the references. 2.1. Title
All papers published in the Journal are Open Access. The title of the manuscript should be short (maximum 15
The published papers will remain property of the Portuguese words) and clearly define the subject in question. It should be
Journal of Stomatology, Dental Medicine and Maxillofacial Sur- presented in both Portuguese and English.
gery and cannot be reproduced, either in full or in part, without
the Editor -in -Chief’s permission. The opinions expressed are of 2.2. Authors
the authors’ exclusive responsibility and may not express the The title, name (first name, middle name, surname), and af-
opinion of editors and editorial board members. filiation (University, Faculty, Research unit) of each author should