PUBLISHING ETHICS GUIDELINES
Ethical publishing enables a better scientific community where everyone is valued and everyone is responsible for their work. Clinical Dentistry and Research adheres to //www.icmje.org recommendations and international standards established by the World Medical Association (www.wma.net) for Editors and authors in scientific articles submitted to the journal. The Clinical Dentistry and Research adheres to the following ethical guidelines for publication and research

Publishing ethics for Editors and Reviewers

Members of the Editorial Board explain the journal policies aimed at displaying the ethical behavior model of the Reviewer(s) and Author(s). A commitment to ethical professional behavior is expected from all Editorial Board Members.
1.Integrity and individuality
1.1. Reviewers must accept the rules and policies governing the Journal, understand and apply their personal “ethical code”.
1.2. Reviewers should not discriminate against individuals and groups that may benefit from the feedback, and should complete the review in a timely manner.
1.3. Respecting the integrity and individuality of the author(s) and other Reviewers' comments is essential.
1.4. Referee(s) should exercise their privileged position in a confidential, impartial, prompt, constructive and sensitive manner and should not advance private interests at the expense of the research work under scrutiny.
1.5. All Authors and Editorial Board Members should be treated regardless of race, religion, gender, special needs, age, or national origin.
1.6. Copyrighted, patented materials, trade secrets or other intangible property should not be misused.
2. Conflict of Interest and Right of Refusal
Reviewer(s) should refuse to review articles that have any conflict of interest arising from a joint, financial, corporate, personal or other relationship or affiliation with any company, institution or person. Reviewers should refuse to review articles for which they have provided the author with written comments on the article or an earlier version and not write anything that might introduce themselves to an Author.
3. Double-Blind Review
Clinical Dentistry and Research follows a double-blind review process.
4. Confidentiality
It is very important to respect the confidentiality of the manuscript. The Editor-in-Chief(s) and their Editorial Board Member(s) should not disclose information about an article to anyone other than the Reviewers and Authors.
5. Review Quality
At least two Reviewers should be invited to comment on an article.
6. Unbiased
All manuscripts should be evaluated in an objective, fair and professional manner solely on the basis of their scientific merit.
7. Accuracy
Reviewer(s) accept the responsibility of reviewing the Author's articles within their field of research by providing comments on the research that may improve the quality of the research work.
8. Timelines
Reviewer(s) should take steps to ensure that all manuscripts are reviewed in a timely manner.

Publishing ethics for authors
In addition to the informent consent and provide assurances that participants’ rights are protected, the author must declare to the selected journal that the article has not been published elsewhere, the conflict of interest, funding statements, all co-authors meet criteria for authorship, signed copyright agreement, registration of clinical trials, how used the human or animal subjects, research has been reported acurately and completely.

Authorship
Authors submitting articles confirm that the article has been read and approved by all authors and that all authors agree to submit the article to the Journal. Clinical Dentistry and Research adheres to the definition of authorship established by //www.icmje.org .According to the ICMJE, the criteria for authorship should be based on:
1. make significant contributions to the design, acquisition, analysis or interpretation of data,
2. preparing the article or critically reviewing it for important intellectual content,
3. final approval of the version to be published.

Ethical Approvals
Experiments involving human subjects may only be published if such research has been conducted in accordance with ethical principles, including the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki (version 2008) and, if any, additional requirements of the country in which the research was conducted.
When experimental animals are used; experiments should be conducted in accordance with the Guidelines set by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the USA regarding the care and use of animals for experimental procedures or the Council of the European Communities Directive (2010/63/EU) and local laws and regulations.
All studies using human or animal subjects should include a clear statement describing the review and ethics committee approval for each study in the Materials and Methods section.