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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 rected, or withdrawn, as the case may be.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 edito- torialmanager.com/rpemd and should include the following
rial office performs preliminary checks on submitted manu- elements:
scripts. If considered in compliance with the submission guide-
lines, editorial policies, and ethical standards, the submission is 1. Presentation letter
assessed by the Editor -in -Chief, who decides whether to proceed The presentation letter should be signed by all authors and ad-
with peer review and may assign a suitable Associate Editor as dressed to the Journal’s Editor in -Chief, stating that the paper is not
the handling editor to guide the peer -review process. The han- published or submitted to be published in other journal and that it
dling editor sends review invitations to independent external will not be submitted elsewhere until the final decision on this sub-
experts, who ponder the invitation considering their own exper- mission is taken. It should also state that all authors have read and
tise, conflicts of interest, and availability, and then accept or de- agreed with the submitted version and that, in case of acceptance,
cline it, possibly suggesting alternative reviewers. Each submis- the copyright of the paper will be transferred to the Journal.
sion must be reviewed by at least two experts in the field, taking According to the “Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts
into account originality, scientific soundness, study design, sourc- Submitted to Biomedical Journals,” the authorship implies a sub-
es of bias, among others. The reviewers submit a detailed review stantial contribution to the manuscript. Thus, each author’s con-
of the manuscript to the Journal and recommend its acceptance tribution to the paper submitted should be indicated in the letter.
or rejection or request for further revision before it is reconsid-
ered. If the reviewers’ assessment differs widely, the handling e.g.: John Doe conceived this study and supervised all the aspects of
editor may invite an additional reviewer before suggesting a de- its implementation. Peter Doe collaborated in the experimental pro-
cision. The submission is then sent to the Editor -in -Chief, who tocol and performed the statistical analysis of the data. Charles Doe
makes the final decision. All articles, except for Editorials, are collected the data and collaborated in its analysis. All authors con-
externally peer -reviewed before a final decision is made about tributed to the interpretation of the results and the article revision.
acceptance for publication.
The presentation letter should also include the manuscript’s
Editorial and Journal Policies title, and a justification whenever the number of authors ex-
Papers considered for publication must contain original ceeds six.
material that has not been published, either in full or in part
(including tables and figures), nor has been submitted to or 2. Cover page
accepted for publication by other journals. Before sending the This document should only contain information about the
manuscripts, authors must obtain all permissions needed for authors and the title of the manuscript. The authors’ infor-
publication of the presented material. Note that, to comply with mation must only be provided in this independent document,
regulations governing authors’ rights, the reproduction of im- and not included in the document with the manuscript, in
ages, figures, or graphs from other publications must have the order to guarantee authors’ anonymity during the peer -review
respective authors’ prior authorization, who should be includ- process.
ed in the references.
All papers published in the Journal are Open Access without 2.1. Title
Article Processing Charges. 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