Volume: 1 Issue: 3

The aim of the Eurasian Dental Research journal is to contribute to the field of dentistry at national and international level and also to create a scientific platform where scientists can share their knowledge, ideas, findings and research.

Eurasian Dental Research is the international and open access scientific journal of Biruni University Faculty of Dentistry, published within the framework of independent, impartial and double-blind refereeing principles. The journal is published quarterly in April, August and December, and a volume is completed at the end of three issues. Publication language is English. Eurasian Dental Research accepts articles on clinical/experimental original research and rare case reports in all areas of dentistry.

Writing Rules

Pre-examined articles are scanned for plagiarism using software such as iThenticate, Turnitin and İntihal.net. If plagiarism/self-plagiarism is detected, the authors are informed. If necessary, the editors can subject the article to plagiarism control at various stages of the evaluation or production process. High similarity rates can cause an article to be rejected before or even after it is accepted. Depending on the type of article, this rate is expected to be less than 20%. Articles with 20% or more similarity will be returned to the authors.

Manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with ICMJE-Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals (updated in December 2015 - http://www.icmje.org/icmje-recommendations.pdf). Randomized studies should follow CONSORT, observational studies STROBE, diagnostic value studies STARD, animal-based studies ARRIVE, and nonrandomized behavioral and public health studies TREND guidelines.

Articles can only be sent through the Dergipark online article uploading and evaluation system. Articles sent from different channels will not be evaluated.

Submitted articles will be checked for compliance with journal writing rules. Manuscripts that are not prepared in accordance with the writing rules of the journal will be sent back to their authors for correction.

The author(s) must submit the following:

Copyright Form
Conflict of Interest Form
Title Page
Article file with the names of the authors removed

Copyright Form: It can be downloaded from the system during article submission.

Conflict of Interest Form: It can be downloaded from the system during article submission.

Title Page: A separate cover page must be submitted with all submitted articles.

On this page;
• The title of the article not exceeding 50 characters,
• Authors’ names, institutions, degrees and ORCID numbers
• Detailed information about financial support information and other support resources,
• Corresponding author’s name, address, telephone (including mobile phone), fax number and e-mail address,
• Information about individuals who contributed to the manuscript preparation process but did not meet the authorship criteria.
• Acknowledgements. All individuals who did not meet the criteria for authorship but contributed to the study should be listed in the “acknowledgments/information” section. Examples of these are people who only provide technical support, help with writing, or just provide general support, and financial and material support.

Manuscript File with Names of Authors Removed: The article file in Word format, which does not contain the names of the authors, should be uploaded to the system.

ABSTRACT

All articles must have English abstracts. Abstracts of Original Research articles should be prepared in such a way as to include the subheadings of “Aim”, “Material and Method”, “Results” and “Conclusion”. Abstracts of case reports should be prepared in a way that includes the sub-headings of “Aim”, “Case Report”, “Discussion" and "Conclusion”. Abstracts should not exceed 250 words.

Keywords: All articles should be submitted with 5 keywords. Key words should be written just below the abstract. Abbreviations should not be used as keywords. Keywords should be selected from the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) database prepared by the National Library of Medicine (NLM). You can use (www.bilimterimleri.com) for keywords.

Article Types

Original Article: Main text; It should consist of “Introduction”, “Materials and Methods”, “Results” and “Discussion” subheadings. Statistical analysis is often required to support the result. Information about statistical analysis should be written as a separate subtitle in the Material and Method section and the software used should be defined strictly. Units should be prepared in accordance with the International System of Units (SI), which is the international unit system.

Case Report: A limited number of places are reserved for case reports, and only cases with interesting and instructive features, which describe a new method, reflect information that are not included in the books, related to rare diseases that are difficult to diagnose and treat, are accepted for publication. Main text should contain sub-titles of “Introduction”, “Case Report”, “Discussion” and Conclusion”.

Tables

Tables should be added as a separate Word file and numbered in accordance with the order of passage in the main text. There should be a descriptive title on the tables and the expansions of the abbreviations in the table should be written under the table. Tables should be prepared in a Microsoft Office Word file using the “Insert Table” command and should be arranged in an easy-to-read manner. The data presented in the tables should not be a repetition of the data presented in the main text. The data must be of a supporting nature.

Picture and Picture Legends

Pictures, graphics and photographs should be uploaded to the system as separate files in JPEG format. Images should not be presented in a Word document or in the main text. When there are images divided into subunits, the subunits should be given in a single image. Pictures should be labeled to identify subunits (a, b, c, etc.). Bold and thin arrows, arrowheads, stars, asterisks, and similar signs can be used to support captions on images. As with the rest of the article, the pictures should be blind. For this reason, the person and institution information in the pictures should not be included. Images must have a minimum resolution of 300 DPI. In order to avoid disruptions in the evaluation process, the resolution of all submitted images should be clear and large (minimum dimensions 100x100 mm). Image captions should be placed at the end of the main text. All abbreviations in the article should be explained separately in the main text and abstract if they are used for the first time, and the abbreviation should be given in parentheses after the explanation.

In the main text, device software, medicine, etc. when products are mentioned, all information including the name of the product, the manufacturer, city and country information should be given in parentheses; “Ex: Diagnostic Ultrasonography Device (Siemens Healthcare Germany)”.

Limitations, barriers and deficiencies of original research should be included in the “Discussion” section before the conclusion paragraph.

References

All references, tables and pictures should be cited in the main text by numbering in the appropriate places in the main text. The most recent and most up-to-date publications should be preferred when citing. The author(s) are responsible for the accuracy of the references.

Journal names should be abbreviated in accordance with the journal abbreviations in Index Medicus/Medline/PubMed. All author names should be listed when there are six or fewer authors.

If there are 6 or more authors, after the first 6 authors are listed, “et al.” should be written. When citing sources in the main text, Arabic numerals should be used in parentheses before the period in the “Vancouver” format.

Ex: ……..in the head and neck region (1-3).

Revisions

When submitting the revision files of the articles, the author(s) should mark the changes they have made on the main text, in addition, they should send their notes on the suggestions put forward by the reviewers in the “Reply to the Reviewers” file. In the Reply to Reviewers file, the author’s reply should follow each referee’s comment and the line numbers where the changes were made should also be indicated. Revised articles should be sent to the journal within 30 days of the decision letter. If the revised version of the article cannot be uploaded within the specified time, the revision option may be revoked. If the author(s) needs additional time for revision, they must submit their extension requests to the journal before the first 30 days expire.

Publication Process

Articles accepted for publication are sent to the language editor for checking in terms of grammar, punctuation and format. After the grammar control is done, the article is submitted to the author’s approval. After the approval of the author, the article is placed in the layout. The typed article is sent back to the author for final approval. Articles with final approval from the author and completed typesetting are published on the journal website in early online format before publication with the issue in which they are included in the publication schedule. Print-ready PDF files of accepted articles are sent to the responsible authors and publication approvals are requested to be sent to the journal within 2 days.

Ethical Principles and Publication Policy

Publication Ethics Statement

Eurasian Dental Research will adhere to the highest standards in publication ethics and ethical publishing published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) and World Association of Medical Editors (WAME). All articles to be submitted must be original, unpublished, and not in the process of being evaluated in another journal. Each article will be double-blindly reviewed by one of the editors and at least two reviewers. Plagiarism, duplication, false authorship/denied authorship, research/data fabrication, article slicing, slicing, copyright infringement and concealment of conflict of interest will be considered unethical behaviors. All articles that do not comply with accepted ethical standards will be removed from publication. This includes articles with possible irregularities and inconsistencies detected after publication.

Research Ethics

The journal will observe the highest standards in research ethics and adopt the international research ethics principles defined below. The compliance of the articles with the ethical rules is the responsibility of the authors. Principles of integrity, quality and transparency should be ensured in designing the research, reviewing the design, and conducting the research.

The research team and participants should be fully informed about the purpose, methods and possible uses of the research, the necessities and risks, if any, of participating in the research. Research participants should take part in the research voluntarily and should not be under any coercion. Harm to the participants should be avoided. The research should be planned in such a way that it does not put the participants at risk. It should be clear about research independence, and if there is a conflict of interest, it should be stated. In experimental studies, written informed consent should be obtained from participants who decide to participate in the research. The consent of the legal guardian of children and custodians or those with a confirmed mental illness must be obtained. If the study will be carried out in any institution or organization, approval must be obtained from that institution or organization. In studies with a human element, it should be stated in the “methods” section that “informed consent” was obtained from the participants and ethics committee approval was obtained from the institution where the study was conducted.

Responsibility of the Author

Compliance of the articles with scientific and ethical rules is the responsibility of the authors. The author must provide assurance that the article is original, has not been previously published elsewhere, and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere or in another language. Applicable copyright laws and agreements must be observed. Copyrighted material (for example, tables, figures, or large quotations) should be used with due permission and acknowledgment. All authors must have a direct academic and scientific contribution to the submitted article, in this context “author” is someone who has made a significant contribution to the conceptualization and design of a published research, to the acquisition, analysis or interpretation of data, to writing the manuscript or to critically reviewing it in terms of content. Other conditions for being an author are to plan or perform and/or revise the work in the article. Funding, data collection, or general supervision of the research group alone does not confer authorship. All individuals listed as authors must meet all the criteria listed, and any individual who meets the above criteria may be listed as an author. The naming order of the authors should be a joint decision. All authors must indicate the author rank on the Copyright Agreement Form signed.

All individuals who did not meet the criteria for authorship but contributed to the study should be listed in the “thanks/information” section. Examples of these are people who only provide technical support, help with writing, or just provide general support, and financial and material support. All authors must declare financial relationships, conflicts of interest, and competition of interest that have the potential to affect the results of the research or scientific evaluation. If an author detects a significant error or inaccuracy in his or her published article, it is their responsibility to immediately contact and cooperate with the editor for correction or retraction of these inaccuracies.

Editor and Reviewer Responsibilities

The editor-in-chief evaluates articles regardless of the authors’ ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, religious beliefs, and political philosophy. He or she ensures that the articles submitted for publication undergo a fair double-blind peer-review. He or she guarantees that all information regarding the submitted articles will remain confidential until the article is published. The editor-in-chief is responsible for the content and the overall quality of the publication. If necessary, he or she should publish an error page or make corrections. The editor-in-chief does not allow any conflict of interest between authors, editors and reviewers. He or she has full authority to appoint a referee and is responsible for making the final decision on the articles to be published in the Journal.

Reviewers should not have conflicts of interest with the research, with the authors and/or with the financial supporters of the research. They should reach an impartial judgment as a result of their assessment. During the evaluation process, the editor clearly states that the articles submitted for review to the reviewers are the exclusive property of the authors and this is a privileged communication. Reviewers and editorial board members cannot discuss articles with other people. Care should be taken to keep the identities of the reviewers confidential. In some cases, with the decision of the editor, the comments of the relevant reviewers regarding the article can be sent to other reviewers who have commented on the same article, and the reviewers can be enlightened in this process.

Publishing Policy

Submitted articles must be in accordance with the purpose and scope of the journal. Manuscripts that are original, unpublished and not in the process of evaluation in another journal, whose content and submission have been approved by each author, are accepted for evaluation. After the article is sent to the journal for publication, the name of any of the authors cannot be deleted from the list of authors without the written consent of all authors, a new name cannot be added as an author, and the order of authors cannot be changed.

Plagiarism

Double-Blind Reviewing

After plagiarism control, eligible articles are evaluated by the editor-in-chief for originality, methodology, importance of the topic covered, and compatibility with the journal scope. The editor ensures that the articles go through a fair double-blind review and, if the article complies with the formal principles, they submit the incoming article to at least two reviewers from the country and / or abroad, and if the reviewers deem it necessary, the editors approve the publication after the requested changes are made by the authors.

Copyright

Authors own the copyright of their work published in the journal and their work is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.tr. The CC BY-NC 4.0 license permits the work to be shared, copied, reproduced in any size and format other than for commercial use, and adapted, including re-editing, transforming, and building upon the original work, with proper attribution.

Reviewing Process

Articles that have not been published before or that are not yet under evaluation in another journal for publication and that are approved by each author are accepted for evaluation. Articles are sent to at least two national/international reviewers for evaluation. The publication decision is made by the editor-in-chief after the arrangements made by the authors in line with the requests of the reviewers and the review process.

The evaluations of the reviewers should be objective. During the review process, the reviewers are expected to make their evaluations by considering the following points.

- Does the article contain new and important information?

- Does the abstract clearly and properly describe the content of the article?

- Is the method coherent and clearly defined?

- Are the comments made and conclusions proven by the findings?

- Are adequate references given to other studies in the field?

- Is the language’s quality adequate?

Reviewers should ensure that all information regarding the submitted articles remain confidential until the article is published, and should report any copyright infringement and plagiarism on the part of the author to the editor. If the reviewer does not feel qualified about the subject of the article or if it does not seem possible to provide a timely response, he should notify the editor of this situation and ask him not to involve himself in the review process. During the evaluation process, the editor clearly states that the articles submitted for review to the reviewers are the exclusive property of the authors and this is a privileged communication. Reviewers and editorial board members cannot discuss articles with other people. Care should be taken to keep the identities of the reviewers confidential.

Price Policy

The publication of articles in the journal and the execution of article processes are free of charge. No processing fee or submission fee is charged for articles submitted to the journal or accepted for publication.