General Guidelines
Archives of Orofacial Sciences (AOS) accepts original articles, review articles and case reports comprising interesting, original findings, and comprehensively sums up the current state of research pertaining to the orofacial complex, topics in relation to general dentistry, medical and dental education as well as state of the art dental technology. Articles shall have a maximum length of 6,000 words (the word count limit includes title, abstract, tables, figures, and references list). Invited state of the art reviews, short analytical reviews and letters to the editors may be published. The state of art review may be submitted upon the editor’s invitation to an authoritative expert to review advancing areas in dental and biomedical sciences. Letters to the editors must be supported by evidence about the editorial content of the journal and are limited to only 400 words. AOS is a peer reviewed journal. Every published article has been reviewed by reviewers appointed by the editor-in-chief and associate editors.
Submission
Complete manuscripts, written in English (UK spelling) along with tables and illustrations should be submitted via ScholarOne.
Conditions
All manuscripts submitted for publication must be accompanied by a cover letter certifying originality of the work, freedom from conflict of interest and conduct of research in accordance to ethical guidelines established for human subjects and animal welfare. In addition, a statement of agreement of all the authors to transfer all the copyrights to the journal should also accompany the manuscript. Manuscripts submitted for publication are understood to be offered only to AOS and which have not been sent to other journals for consideration.
Reviewing Process
Each manuscript undergoes a double-blind peer review process starting with initial review by the Editorial Board members. If found to be of a suitable quality and meets the aims and scope of the journal, it will then be sent to at usually two reviewers. The reviewing process takes up to 4 months from the date of receipt of the article. The detailed processes are:
Each manuscript undergoes a double-blind peer review process starting with initial review by the Editorial Board members. If found to be of a suitable quality and meets the aims and scope of the journal, it will then be sent to at usually two reviewers. The reviewing process takes up to 4 months from the date of receipt of the article. The detailed processes are:
1) 2-4 weeks for desk review (determining plagiarism and other technical checks)
2) 2-4 weeks for an internal review by an Editorial Board member and;
3) 1-2 months for external review (this 3rd stage is usually beyond our control, but we do send reminders and follow-up emails to the reviewers.)
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