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MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION- CASE REPORT, REVIEW ARTICLES
MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION- ORIGINAL RESEARCH PAPERS
INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS
UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF DENTAL SCIENCES (UJDS)
UJDS is the peer-reviewed Official publication of theDr Ziauddin Ahmad Dental College & Hospital, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India. The purpose of publishingjournals is to publish research papers, articles on dentistry and allied branches including oral biology and to disseminate the knowledge, substantially facilitate scholarly communication, publish and maintain the record of scientific advance, in addition to encourage young researchers by publishing their high quality researches.
Number of issues per year: 4
Month(s) of publication:MARCH; JUNE;SEPTMBER; DECEMBER
SCOPE OF THE JOURNAL:
It publishes articles from all the 9 Specialties of Dentistryand allied branches across the country and globally.
Types of Manuscripts:
Randomised controlled trials (RCTs), Intervention studies, studies of screening and diagnostic test, outcome studies, cost effectiveness analyses, Case-control series, and surveys with high response rate. Up to 2500 words excluding references and abstract.
Up to 1000 words excluding references and abstract and up to 8 references. A short communication has only a short report of the case (only pertinent details) and a cursory discussion and references up to a maximum of 8. OR short research that does NOT require further confirmation. Number of figures should be restricted to a maximum of 6.
Only New / interesting / rare cases can be reported. Cases with clinical significance or implications will be given priority, whereas mere reporting of a rare case may not be considered. Up to 1200 words excluding references and abstract and up to 10 references.
Systemic critical assessments of literature and data sources. Up to 3500 words excluding references and abstract. Research Gaps in Policies, Protocols and Practice: This section would cover insights on existing gaps in the policies, protocols and practice about oral health and diseases. The review formats must highlight the need to bridge the gap in one or all aspects, so that the optimum oral health is achieved.
Should be short, decisive observation. They should not be preliminary observations that need a later paper for validation. Up to 400 words and 4 references.
Only those who have done substantial work in a particular field can write a review article. A short summary of the work done by the authors (s) in the field of review should accompany the manuscript. The journal expects the authors to give post-publication updates on the subject of review. The update should be brief, covering the advances in the field after the publication of article and should be sent as a letter to the editor, as and when major development occurs in the field. Please Note: NARRATIVE REVIEWS are strongly discouraged. Systematic review and Meta-analysis, with specific hypothesis and universally accepted methodology (Like PRISMA statements) only would be considered.
THEREVIEW/EDITORIALPROCESS:
Manuscripts must be prepared in accordance with "Uniform requirements for Manuscripts submitted to Biomedical Journal" developed by International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (October 2001). The uniform requirements and specific requirements of University Journal of Dental Sciencesare summarized below. Before sending a manuscript, contributors are requested to check for the latest instructions available.
AUTHORSHIP CRITERIA
All persons designated as authors should qualify for authorship, and all those who qualify should be listed. Each author should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for appropriate portions of the content. One or more authors should take responsibility for the integrity of the work as a whole, from inception to published article. The name and order of the authors cannot be changed once the article is provisionally accepted.
Authorship credit should be based only on:
Conditions 1, 2, 3 and 4 must all be met. Acquisition of funding, the collection of data, downloading references or general supervision of the research group, by themselves, do not justify authorship. Please read ICMJE guidelines in details at http://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/roles-and-responsibilities/defining-the-role-of-authors-and-contributors.html
The order of authorship on the byline should be a joint decision of the co-authors. Authors should be prepared to explain the order in which authors are listed. Once submitted the order cannot be changed without written consent of all the authors.
For an Original research/Meta-analysis, the number of authors should not exceed six.
For a Case-report and for a Review article, the number of authors should not exceed four. For Short communication, the number of authors should not be more than three. A justification should be included if the number of authors exceeds these limits, even if from a Multicentric unit.
If Data is published from Dissertations/ thesis, then it shall be declared in the covering letter - with details of the university; year; title; Guide and Co-guide ONLY with consent of the Institution.The text of Original articles amounting to up to 3000 words (excluding abstract, references and tables)
SUBMITTING THE MANUSCRIPT TO THE JOURNAL
Articles should be submitted online from https://ujds.in/index.php/ujds/about/submissionsNew authors will have to register as author before submission.
The title page should carry -
The second page should carry the full title of the manuscript and an abstract (of no more than 150 words for Case reports, brief reports and 250 words for original articles). The Abstract should be structured and state the Context Introduction/Background; Aim; Materials and Methodology; Results; Conclusion. Below the Abstract should provide 3 to 10 key words.
State the purpose of the article and summarize the rationale for the study or observation.
It should include and describe the following aspects:
Technical information: Identify the methods, apparatus (give the manufacturer's name and address in parentheses), and procedures in sufficient detail to allow other workers to reproduce the results. Give references to established methods, including statistical methods (see below); provide references and brief descriptions for methods that have been published but are not well known; describe new or substantially modified methods, give reasons for using them, and evaluate their limitations. Identify precisely all drugs and chemicals used, including generic name(s), dose(s), and route(s) of administration.
Reports of randomized clinical trials should present information on all major study elements, including the protocol, assignment of interventions (methods of randomization, concealment of allocation to treatment groups), and the method of masking (blinding), based on the CONSORT Statement (http://www.consort-statement.org).
Sample size estimation: The formula used for calculation of sample size and derivation of sample size for the study should be added. Adequate provision should be made for the inclusion of dropoutsetc.
Present the results in a logical sequence in the text, tables, and illustrations, giving the main or most important findings first. Do not repeat in the text all the data in the tables or illustrations; emphasize or summarize only important observations. Extra- or supplementary materials and technical details can be placed in an appendix where it will be accessible but will not interrupt the flow of the text; alternatively, it can be published only in the electronic version of the journal. When data are summarized in the Results section, give numeric results not only as derivatives (for example, percentages) but also as the absolute numbers from which the derivatives were calculated, and specify the statistical methods used to analyze them. Restrict tables and figures to those needed to explain the argument of the paper and to assess its support. Use graphs as an alternative to tables with many entries; do not duplicate data in graphs and tables. Where scientifically appropriate, analyses of the data by variables such as age and sex should be included.
Include a summary of key findings (primary outcome measures, secondary outcome measures, results as they relate to a prior hypothesis); Strengths and limitations of the study (study question, study design, data collection, analysis, and interpretation); Interpretation and implications in the context of the totality of evidence (is there a systematic review to refer to, if not, could one be reasonably done here and now?, what this study adds to the available evidence, effects on patient care and health policy, possible mechanisms); Controversies raised by this study; and Future research directions (for this particular research collaboration, underlying mechanisms, clinical research). Do not repeat in detail data or other material given in the Introduction or the Results section. In particular, contributors should avoid making statements on economic benefits and costs unless their manuscript includes economic data and analyses. Avoid claiming priority and alluding to work that has not been completed. New hypotheses may be stated if needed, however they should be clearly labeled as such. About 30 references can be included. These articles generally should not have more than six authors.
References should be numbered consecutively in the order in which they are first mentioned in the text (not in alphabetic order). Identify references in text, tables, and legends by Arabic numerals in superscript with a square bracket after the punctuation marks. References cited only in tables or figure legends should be numbered in accordance with the sequence established by the first identification in the text of the particular table or figure. Use the style of the examples below, which are based on the formats used by the NLM in Index Medicus. The titles of journals should be abbreviated according to the style used in Index Medicus. Use the complete name of the journal for non-indexed journals. Avoid using abstracts as references. Information from manuscripts submitted but not accepted should be cited in the text as "unpublished observations" with written permission from the source. Avoid citing a "personal communication" unless it provides essential information not available from a public source, in which case the name of the person and date of communication should be cited in parentheses in the text. The commonly cited types of references are shown here, for other types of references such as newspaper items please refer to ICMJE Guidelines (http://www.icmje.org or http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/uniform_requirements.html). Authors should add at least 50% of total references from the last 05 year (s) published articles. (Recent References)
Journal article on the Internet: Margaret A. Paving the Way for Personalized Medicine: FDA’s Role in a New Era of Medical Product Development. Available from: http://www.fda.gov/downloads/.../personalized medicine/ucm372421.pdf. [Last accessed on 2022 Feb 14].
Instruction for Table(s)
Tables should be self-explanatory and should not duplicate textual material.
Instruction for Figure(s)/ Illustration(s)
Legends for Illustrations
REVIEW ARTICLES
It is expected that these articles would be written by individuals who have done substantial work on the subject or are considered experts in the field. A succinct summary of the work done by the contributor(s) in the field of review should accompany the manuscript. The prescribed word count is up to 3000 words excluding tables, references and abstract. The manuscript may have about 90 references. The manuscript should have an unstructured Abstract (250 words) representing an accurate summary of the article. The section titles would depend upon the topic reviewed. Authors submitting review article should include a section describing the methods used for locating, selecting, extracting, and synthesizing data. These methods should also be summarized in the abstract. Review articles could be authored by up to four authors. The guidelines for references, tables, and illustrations (figures) are the same as mentioned above.
CASE REPORTS
New, interesting, and rare cases can be reported. They should be unique, describing a great diagnostic or therapeutic challenge, and providing a learning point for the readers. Cases with clinical significance or implications will be given priority. These communications could be of up to 1000 words (excluding Abstract and references) and should have the following headings: Abstract (unstructured), Key-words, Introduction, Case report, Discussion, Reference, Tables and Legends in that order. The manuscript could be of up to 1000 words (excluding references and abstract) and could be supported with up to 10 references. Case reports could be authored by up to four authors. The guidelines for references, tables, and illustrations (figures) are the same as mentioned above.
SHORT COMMUNICATION
Short communications should be no longer than two printed pages with illustrations (up to 500 words). They should contain important, new, definitive information of sufficient significance to warrant publication. Short communications should include a short abstract and will be subjected to peer review.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters to the Editor should normally not exceed one printed page, including references. These usually pertain to issues spurred by articles published in the Journal. In that case, the authors of the earlier article will be given the opportunity to respond in print.
Protection of Patients' Rights to Privacy
Identification information should not be published in written descriptions, photographs, sonograms, CT scans, etc., and pedigrees unless the information is essential for scientific purposes and the patient (or parent or guardian, wherever applicable) gives informed consent for publication. Authors should remove patients' names from figures unless they have obtained informed consent from the patients. The journal abides by ICMJE guidelines:
Sending a Revised Manuscript
The revised version of the manuscript should be submitted online in a manner similar to that used for submission of the manuscript for the first time. However, there is no need to submit the “First Page” or “Covering Letter” file while submitting a revised version. When submitting a revised manuscript, contributors are requested to include, the ‘referees’ remarks along with point to point clarification at the beginning in the revised file itself. In addition, they are expected to mark the changes as underlined or coloured text in the article.
Copyrights
The entire contents of the University Journal of Dental sciences are protected under Indian and international copyrights. The Journal, however, grants to all users a free, irrevocable, worldwide, perpetual right of access to, and a license to copy, use, distribute, perform and display the work publicly and to make and distribute derivative works in any digital medium for any reasonable non-commercial purpose, subject to proper attribution of authorship and ownership of the rights. The journal also grants the right to make small numbers of printed copies for their personal non-commercial use under Creative Commons Attribution-Non-commercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.
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Tables and figures
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