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INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS

ABOUT THE JOURNAL All papers published in the Journal are Open Access
without Article Processing Charges.
Aims and scope
The Portuguese Journal of Stomatology, Dental Medicine and Open Access Policy
Maxillofacial Surgery (Revista Portuguesa de Estomatologia, Me- All papers published in the Portuguese Journal of
dicina Dentária e Cirurgia Maxilofacial) is an international open Stomatology, Dental Medicine and Maxillofacial Surgery are
access journal which is published quarterly and considers for fully open access: immediately and permanently freely
publication systematic reviews, original research papers, clinical available to read, download and share. Permitted third party
case reports, and clinical innovation reports of scientific interest use is defined by the following Creative Commons user li-
to clinicians, researchers and community directly or indirectly cense: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoD-
related with oral health. erivs (CC BY-NC-ND). The published articles remain proper-
ty of the Portuguese Journal of Stomatology, Dental Medicine
Peer-review process and Maxillofacial Surgery, and may be reproduced, in whole
All papers are peer-reviewed by independent external re- or in part, with recognition of authorship, in accordance
viewers who determine their acceptance for publication. The with the CC BY-NC-ND license.
Portuguese Journal of Stomatology, Dental Medicine and Maxil- A complete version of the work and all supplemental
lofacial Surgery uses a double-blind peer-review system where materials in a suitable standard electronic format are de-
both authors and reviewers are anonymous; i.e., reviewers do posited immediately upon initial publication in the journal
not know the names of the authors, and the authors do not website (https://revista.spemd.pt ) that is an online reposi-
know who has revised their manuscript. tory supported by the scholarly society SPEMD – Sociedade
After the submission by the corresponding author, the ed- Portuguesa de Estomatologia e Medicina Dentária.
itorial office performs preliminary checks on submitted man-
uscripts. The manuscripts that do not fit in the submission Plagiarism
guidelines, editorial policies, and ethical standards of the jour- Plagiarism includes, but is not limited to, copying or reusing
nal will be rejected prior to peer review process, while poorly text, ideas, images, or data from other sources without a clear
prepared manuscripts may be sent to the corresponding author attribution and goes against the principle of academic publica-
for proper revision and resubmission. If considered in compli- tion. All manuscripts are submitted to a plagiarism detection
ance with the submission guidelines, editorial policies, and software (Crossref Similarity Check, developed by iThenticate),
ethical standards, the submission is assessed by the Edi- and in case of doubts, the COPE guidelines will be followed. If
tor-in-Chief, who decides whether to proceed with peer review, at any stage of the submission, publication, or post-publication
depending if the work is scientifically sound and if fits in the process, plagiarism is detected, the manuscript can be rejected,
journal scope, and may assign a suitable Associate Editor as corrected, or withdrawn, as the case may be. Plagiarism is not
the handling editor to guide the peer-review process. The han- allowed in the Portuguese Journal of Stomatology, Dental Med-
dling editor sends review invitations to independent external icine and Maxillofacial Surgery.
experts, who ponder the invitation considering their own ex-
pertise, conflicts of interest, and availability, and then accept
or decline it, possibly suggesting alternative reviewers. Each MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION
submission must be reviewed by at least two experts in the
field, taking into account originality, scientific soundness, The main text should be written in Portuguese or English. If
study design, sources of bias, among others. The reviewers sub- written in English, a signed declaration from a professional lan-
mit a detailed review of the manuscript to the Journal and rec- guage editor/translator or one of the authors, assuming the re-
ommend its acceptance or rejection or request for further re- sponsibility for the English language quality, must be submitted.
vision before it is reconsidered. If the reviewers’ assessment
differs widely, the handling editor may invite an additional Submissions may only be made online at http://www.editorial-
reviewer before suggesting a decision. The submission is then manager.com/rpemd and should include the following elements:
sent to the Editor-in-Chief, who makes the final decision. The
authors are requested to answer in a point-by-point process to 1. Presentation letter
the reviewers in case any concern is expressed by the later. All The presentation letter should be signed by all authors and
articles, except for Editorials, are externally peer-reviewed be- addressed to the Journal’s Editor in-Chief, stating that the pa-
fore a final decision is made about acceptance for publication. per is not published or submitted to be published in other
journal and that it will not be submitted elsewhere until the
Editorial and Journal Policies final decision on this submission is taken. It should also state
Papers considered for publication must contain original that all authors have read and agreed with the submitted ver-
material that has not been published, either in full or in part sion and that, in case of acceptance, the copyright of the paper
(including tables and figures), nor has been submitted to or will be transferred to the Journal.
accepted for publication by other journals. Before sending The presentation letter should also include the manu-
the manuscripts, authors must obtain all permissions need- script’s title, and a justification whenever the number of au-
ed for publication of the presented material. Note that, to thors exceeds six.
comply with regulations governing authors’ rights, the re-
production of images, figures, or graphs from other publica- 2. Cover page
tions must have the respective authors’ prior authorization, This document should only contain information about the
who should be included in the references. authors and the title of the manuscript. The authors’ information
The opinions expressed are of the authors’ exclusive respon- must only be provided in this independent document, and not
sibility and may not express the opinion of editors and editori- included in the document with the manuscript body, in order to
al board members. guarantee authors’ anonymity during the peer-review process.