Necmettin Erbakan University Dental Journal

The aim of our journal is to inform our readers about clinical, practical and scientific ideas, opinions and developments in dentistry. Especially, it is intended to disseminate and promote the exchange of scientific information through basic and clinical research. In order to maintain a high quality journal, our articles are subjected to a peer reviewing process consisting of at least two reviewers. More information can be found in the “For reviewers” section.

NEU Dental journal publishes original scientific research papers and invited reviews in the field of oral and maxillofacial radiology, oral and maxillofacial surgery, prosthetic dentistry, restorative dentistry and endodontics, pedodontics, periodontology, orthodontics, preventive dentistry, dental materials science, clinical trials, epidemiology and oral health, oral implant, oral pathology, oral medicine, oral biology. Case reports and book reviews are also welcome.

Research article: Consists of scientific articles that focus on clinical research which allow researchers to share their findings. Studies should be conducted under ethical rules; there should be no errors in statistical methods, and the results must be expressed clearly and concisely.

Reviews: Should give a modern perspective on the chosen topic and be informative so the reader can create their own opinion on the matter.

Case reports: Only those cases that will have a serious impact on daily clinical practice or if the case is very unusual and interesting catching the journal’s readership attention. Case reports other than these will not be accepted.

Book reviews: Providing a comprehensive overview of dental textbooks.

Letter to the editor: Short articles that do not fall into the categories listed above; It can be about any subject that concerns the readership of the journal or it can be a response to an article previously published in the journal.

        Author Guidelines (Valid through 2021)

• Authors are required to upload a minimum of 5 files to the system consisting of but not limited to: Title page, main text, ethics committee approval, copyright notice text, and originality report.
• Ethics Committee approval: In clinical trials on humans, approval from the Ethics Committee must be first gained. This approval report is required for experimental and clinical studies using human subjects. Any kind of survey, test, measurement, interview, observation, X-ray film and audio-recording data obtained by researchers in person or simulated environments must be within the limits of the Ethic Committee’s approval. Pertaining to studies which do not require approval (e.g. reviews or material analysis unrelated to human resources), authors are required to sign and upload the declaration of ethical principles form. Approved studies are not required to upload this declaration; uploading the approval report is sufficient. Upon request from the editor, a copy of the informed consent form taken during clinical trials or case reports should be made available. The ethical declaration form could be accessed in the file submission tab or by clicking HERE.
• Copyright notice text: The copyright notice text must be filled out and signed by the corresponding author while uploading articles to the system. The copyright notice text can be accessed in the article submission files tab, or by clicking HERE.
• Originality report: To prevent plagiarism, manuscripts should be uploaded to the system after authentication by providers such as iThenticate, Turnitin. Similarity should be no greater than 15%. Authors can access detailed information about the originality report in the article submission files tab, or by clicking HERE.

        Article Guidelines

• Articles will first be screened for format errors, and any article that is not prepared in accordance with the article format and structure principles will be sent back to the author along with correctional requests.
• Technical terms, symbols and abbreviations should be definitively expressed when first used in the writing.
• In order to maintain a non-biased peer evaluation, the author’s institution name should be hidden using a dark cover if and when it is mentioned in the article.
• The sample article template can be accessed in the article submission files tab or by clicking HERE.

        Title Page:

• The title (Turkish and English), the full names of all the authors, their institutions and respective academic titles, e-mail addresses, and ORCID numbers should all be specified. The corresponding author should also provide their telephone number and correspondence address.
• Authors should include in the title page existing or potential bias/ conflict of interests surrounding financial, institutional and other relationships.
• Acknowledgments should be made within the title page. To maintain an un-biased peer review, acknowledgment statements should not be included in the main text.
• If the article has been presented in a scientific meeting either orally or as a poster before, the name of the organization, location and date of the presentation should be stated on the title page.
  
• Authors should prepare their title page through modifications made on the sample template. The sample title page can be accessed from the article submission files tab, or by clicking HERE.

        Abstract (English and Turkish):

• All articles must contain an abstract written in English and Turkish.
• The English abstract should be the identical representation of the Turkish abstract.
• The Turkish abstract in original research papers should be prepared to include “Amaç”, “Gereç ve Yöntemler”, “Bulgular”, and “Sonuç” subheadings.
• The English abstracts should be prepared to include “Aim”, “Materials and Methods”, “Results”, and “Conclusion” subheadings.
• Abstracts should be no less than 150 and no greater than 250 words.
• Abstracts in case reports and reviews should not contain any subheadings.

        Keywords:

• Articles should contain a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 5 keywords.
• Keywords should be written right below, and under both abstracts (Turkish and English).
• Abbreviations should not be used as keywords.
• Keywords should be selected using the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) database prepared by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and the “Türkiye Bilim Terimleri” (Turkish Scientific Terminology) database.

        Research Articles:

• The main text should be prepared to include “Abstract”, “Introduction”, “Materials and Methods”, “Results”, “Discussion”, “Conclusion”, and “References” subheadings.
• Statistical analysis should be written within the “Materials and Methods” section under a separate subheading, and the software used should be specified. The unit of measurement should be in accordance with the International System of Units (SI).

        Review Articles:

• Reviews should constitute of articles prepared by adept professionals pertaining to the topic at hand, whose knowledge and experience has been reflected within international literature through their publications and citations.
• Their authors may also be invited by the journal. It should contain the description, discussion and evaluation of the latest advancements surrounding a topic and its clinical use, and also guidelines and suggestions for future studies.

        Case Reports:

• Case reports have a limited setting in which they are included, and only cases with interesting and instructive information regarding diseases which are difficult to diagnose and treat, which suggest unprecedented treatment methods, and reflect upon unpublished information are accepted for publication.
• Case reports should also include “Abstract”, “Introduction”, “Case report”, “Discussion”, “Conclusion”, and “References” subheadings in both English and Turkish.

        Figures, Images, and Tables:

• The corresponding place for the figures, images and tables should be included at the end of each relevant sentence. Figures, images and tables should be presented individually on each page following the reference list, numbered according to their transition order and placed fittingly to the titles in the main text.
• Any abbreviations used should be expressed in the caption following the figures, images and tables.
• Published figures, images and tables should only be used with written permission, which should be indicated in the caption under the figure, image and table.
• Pictures / photographs must be of optimal resolution, colorful and clear enough to identify details (at least 300 DPI).

        References:

• Any reference made in the text should also be found in the “References” section (and vice versa).
• References are to be cited using the Vancouver format. They should be numbered as superscript as they appear in the main text and listed with same number accordingly in the “References” section. More information is given below.
• Abstracts from scientific meetings, personal experiences, dissertation or thesis and unpublished publications cannot be used as references.
• The title and abstract of the references should be accessible online through PubMed, MedLine, and other databases.
• Journal names should be abbreviated according to the MEDLINE indexed journals list (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/journals).

        In-text Citation:

• While citing a reference, a superscript number is given at the end of the punctuation mark, where the reference is first made in the text. This number corresponds with the referred article in the “Reference” list. A space should be placed if the reference number is to come after the name of the author or another word, whereas after a punctuation mark, no space is put.
• The surname of the author followed by a space and the reference number should be used if there is a desire to include the author’s name within the beginning or middle of a sentence.
• If the cited article includes two authors, the surname of both authors followed by a space and the reference number should be included.
• Pertaining to references with three or more authors, “et al.” followed by a space and the reference number should be included.
• Below are some examples of correct situational in-text citations.

1. Patients are admitted into healthcare institutions in cycles; according to the patients admitted, time of the day, day of the week and month of the year, these samples form a calculable pattern.¹
2. Panoramic radiographic images have been used frequently in epidemiological studies.^{5,13,19,31-33}
3. There should be an approximate 30-50% bone mineral loss for periapical pathology to be visible in radiographic images.^8,9
4. Bender ⁶ reported the importance of radiographic evaluation to diagnose apical periodontitis.
5. Using time modelling techniques, Tandberg and Qualls 5 made estimation on the number of patients that will be admitted in the next six-month period, using gathered data from the previous year.
6. Asplin et al. ¹ found that patient frequency was at peak levels during the day, especially in the afternoon but slowly diminished as the time progressed.

        Reference Management:

Author information:

• If the number of authors is six or less, include each name as given. If the number is seven or more, include the first six authors, then include “et al.” for English texts, and “ve ark.” for Turkish texts.

Books:

• Author AA. Title of the book. Edition # (if not the first). Place of publication: Publisher; Year published: Page.
  Carlson BM. Human embryology and developmental biology. 4th ed. St. Louis: Mosby; 2009: p. 541-67

Chapter from an edited book:

• Author AA, Author BB. Chapter title. In: Editor AA, Editor BB, editors. Title of the book. Edition #. Place of publication: Publisher; Year published: Pages (page numbers of the chapter).
  Blaxter PS, Farnsworth TP. Social health and class inequalities. In: Carter C, Peel JR, editors. Equalities and inequalities in health. 2nd ed. London: Academic Press; 1976: p.165-78.

Articles:

• Include the author’s surname and the initials following. Only the first letter in the title is capitalized (names and proper nouns are also capitalized). The abbreviation of the journal. Year; volume: simplified page range. Do not include the issue number.
• Montero J, Mazzaglia G. Effect of removing an impacted mandibular third molar on the periodontal status of the mandibular second molar. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2011;69:2691–7.
• Karahan A, Tarcan GY, Yeşilaydın GT, Tarcan M. Hastane tercihlerini etkileyen faktörler: öğrenci bakış açısıyla bir değerlendirme. Sosyal Bilimler Derg. 2016;9:298-313.

URLs:

• Include the authors’ surname and the initials following. Only the first letter in the title should be capitalized (names and proper nouns are also capitalized). Date of access: D/M/Y, link to the article.
• Department of Health. Creutzfeldt Jakob disease: guidance for healthcare workers. c2003 [updated 2003 Mar 23; cited 2003 Nov 9]. Available from http://www.doh.gov.uk/pdfs/cjdguidance.pdf

        Upon Correctional Requests;

• Upon this request, authors are required to upload 2 files to the system which includes the response to decision letter as well as the revised text.
• In response to the reviwer report, all the questions and suggestions made by the reviewer should be answered individually.
• Any changes and additions made to the revised text should be indicated in red letters.
  
  

• The publication process for the journals are shaped in accordance with the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics, the European Association of Science Editors and the National Information Standards Organization.
• Our journal complies with the ‘Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing’.
  
• Articles require to be previously not published anywhere else and not been sent to another journal for publication. Articles submitted to the journal are checked for plagiarism: similar articles exceeding the academic citation limit and articles not prepared in accordance with the publication rules will not be evaluated. Ethics committee approval is required for all studies, and certification of this consent will be essential for the publication of the articles.
  
• Studies should have no financial conflict of interest at any stage including data collection experimentation, spelling and language arrangement, and cases of any commercial sponsorship should be reporte.
• No payment is requested from the authors for their articles.
  
• All articles will be finalized by the editor and editorial board within one to three months. However, this period may be prolonged due to uncontrollable delays.
  
• Publication Policy
• Articles should not be plagiarized.
• In cases where an ethical report is required, this should be declared.
• If there is a copyright issue, it is the authors' responsibility to obtain permission.
• All authors must declare that there is no conflict of interest and sign and upload the copyright notice text to the system.
• The submitted article should not have been published simultaneously in another journal during the review process or even in a different language.
• After the article reaches the journal, it is not possible to add or remove authors without the written permission of all authors, the order of the author cannot be changed.
• If the content, form and quality is sufficient, research, case report and review articles go through a double-blind review process.
• Although the evaluation period is 1 month on average, this period may be extended due to delays in the review process.
• If the two reviewers views differ during the manuscript evaluation process, the decision is made by taking the opinion of the editor or a third reviewer.
  

Necmettin Erbakan University Dental Journal (NEU Dent J) does not charge any fees for the submission, evaluation and publication of the articles. Authors do not pay article processing fee for the studies they submit to the journal. All published articles can be accessed free of charge at https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/neudhfdergisi. All expenses of the journal are covered by Necmettin Erbakan University.