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Instructions to Authors

The instructions to authors are divided into three sections. Authors are advised to read the following policies:

• Pre Submission information – Authors are advised to read these policies

• How to prepare manuscript – Guidelines to prepare the manuscript

• Pre-submission Checklist – Make sure to check it for efficient processing

1. Pre Submission Information:

Enviro Dental Journal is an open-access journal. Please ensure the manuscript fits the aims & scope of the journal and follows guidelines defined by:

• COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics)

• DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals)

• ICMJE (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors)

• WAME (World Association of Medical Editors)

We suggest authors make themselves aware of policies on ethical publishing practices defined by the above-mentioned organizations.

Enviro Dental Journal advises the authors to read carefully the following policies:

a. Article Processing Charges

          The Article Processing Charges (APC) for each manuscript accepted for publication is Rs. 4000/- for articles from India and $200 for foreign.

b. Licensing / Copyright Policy:

As an open-access journal, Enviro Dental Journal follows the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License 

c. Statement of Informed Consent

Individual participants in studies have, the right to decide what happens to the (identifiable) personal data gathered, to what they have said during a study or an interview, as well as to any photograph that was taken.

The manuscripts that include details, images, or videos relating to individual participants, written informed consent for the publication of these must be obtained from the participants (or their parent or legal guardian in the case of children under 16) and a statement to this effect should appear in the manuscript. If the participant has died, then consent for publication must be sought from the next of kin of the participant. Documentation showing consent for publication must be made available to the Editor on request. In cases where images are entirely unidentifiable and there are no details on individuals reported within the manuscript, consent for publication of images may not be required. The final decision on whether consent to publish is required lies with the Editor.

d. Ethics in publishing 

Enviro Dental Journal Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement is based, in large part, on the guidelines and standards developed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Please see  http://www.dentaljournal.org/page/about/publication-ethics-and-malpractice-statement/ 

e. Conflict of interest

All authors are requested to disclose any conflict of interest including any financial, personal or other relationships with other people or organizations that can influence their work.

The conflict of interest is filled in a section in copyright form.

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f. Declaration of Funding Sources:

This section will include any funding sources along with the grant number (if any) provided to facilitate the research work.  
If there are no funding sources then following statement should be mentioned: 

“The author(s) received no financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.”

g. Plagiarism

By submitting articles to Enviro Dental Journal the author attests the following:

1. None of the parts of the manuscript is plagiarized from other sources.

2. Proper reference is provided for all contents extracted from other sources.

Strong action will be taken against cases of plagiarism. The journal is a member of 'Crossref' and uses iThenticate plagiarism detection tool for each article.

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h. Correction and Retraction Policy

1. 1. 1. Corrections

Corrections are published if the publication record is seriously affected with regard to the accuracy of published information. Corrections are published in the subsequent issue under corrections and addendum.

1. 1. 2. Retractions

Retractions are done when the main conclusion of the paper is seriously undermined.

i. Authorship Policy

Before publishing: Requests to add or remove an author, or to rearrange the author names, must be sent to the Editor from the corresponding author of the accepted manuscript and must include:

1. 1. 1. 1. The reason why the name should be added or removed.

         2. Emailed confirmation from all authors that they agree with the addition, removal, or rearrangement.

         3. A corrigendum will be issued if the author names are added, deleted, or rearranged in an article published online in the coming issue.

A declaration of contributions from individual co-authors in the preparation of the article should be submitted.

j. Withdrawal Policy:

Manuscripts may be withdrawn by submitting a letter to the editorial office stating the reasons for manuscript withdrawal and submitting the signed manuscript withdrawal form.

If an author requests a withdrawal within 10 days of submission, the author is allowed to withdraw the manuscript without paying any withdrawal fee, however, if authors withdraw manuscripts any time after review and acceptance, a withdrawal fee will have to be paid.

For India Rs. 1000/-

for Other countries $50/-

2. How to Prepare Manuscript:

1. a. General Instructions

Use MS word to prepare manuscript. Other open source word-processing software can also be used. Keep the format as per following instructions: 

1. The manuscript fits the Aims & Scope of the journal.
2. The manuscript adheres to specified limits for word count, references, and figures/tables based on article types:

• Research article (6000 words, 30 references, 6 tables & figures combined)
• Review article (8000 words, 60 references, 8 tables & figures combined)
• Short communication (3000 words, 25 references, 3 tables & figures combined)

3. Keep the text in single column, normal font size 12, 1.5 line space.
4. Keep the text left aligned, do not justify the paragraph.
5. The text is written in good English.
6. Check the quality of scanned figures. The legends should be clearly visible.
7. Place the tables and figures in the appropriate places and cite tables and figures consecutively in text
8. Any experiments involving humans/animals are accompanied by an ethical statement.
9. Conflict-of-interest statement is included in your declarations section
10. All relevant sources, including peer-reviewed articles, websites, books, and theses, are listed in the References section. The number of references adheres to the specified limit. If the theses referred to in the manuscript are from a pre-print edition or online repository, kindly declare them in the cover letter and reference them appropriately in the manuscript.
11. Include a cover letter with the manuscript that introduces your article, highlighting the research’s novelty and key outcomes. The cover letter should specifically address the following :
    • The submitted article’s type (original research article/review/short communication).
    • Details such as the total word count of the manuscript (excluding tables and figure legends), the number of references, and the count of tables and/or figures included in the manuscript.

b. Title

The title is important as it shows what your work is all about. The title should be:

1. Brief and concise.

2. Do not use the ‘&’ symbol and avoid using abbreviations.

c. Authors Name and affiliations

The name(s) of the author(s) should be as follows:

1. First Name Middle Name Last Name.

2. Names should not include titles.

3. Full names should be mentioned.

4. Mention the ORCID ID for each author.

5. The affiliation should be mentioned as superscript numbers.

6. Multiple affiliations should be mentioned as superscript multiple .numbers corresponding to institutions.

7. The corresponding author should be marked as superscript *.

8. Email and corresponding authors' address should be mentioned following the names.

Example of title, names, and affiliation:

Guidelines to authors for preparing the manuscript

Ryan Clark Keagy¹, Sammy Matthew Watson^2* and Tyler Matthew Smith³

¹Dept. of Dental surgery, City1, Country1

²Dept. of Prosthodontics, City2, Country1

³Dept. of Dental Science, City2, Country1

Example for multiple affiliations

Ryan Clark Keagy^{1, 2}, Sammy Matthew Watson^2* and Tyler Matthew Smith<sup>3

1</sup>Dept. of Dental surgery, City1, Country1

²Dept. of Prosthodontics, City2, Country1 

³Dept. of Dental Science, City2, Country1

Corresponding Author Email: ______________________

Corresponding Author Address: ______________________________________________
 

d. Abstract

Abstracts should be clear and concise and briefly reflect all aspects of the study, as most indexing databases list mainly abstracts. Short Communications as well as Review Articles should have an Abstract. 

e. Keywords

1. Provide four to eight appropriate keywords after abstract. Each keyword should be separated by “ , ” (Comma) or “ ; ” (semicolon)
2. Keywords should be arranged alphabetically with first letter of each word in capital

f. Introduction

Start immediately after the keywords, as the next paragraph.

1. The Introduction should lead the reader to the importance of the study.

2. Should tie-up published literature with the aims of the study and clearly states the rationale behind the investigation.

g. Materials and Methods

Start as a continuation of an introduction on the same page.

1. All important materials used along with their source shall be mentioned.

2. The main methods used shall be briefly described, citing references. New methods or substantially modified methods may be described in sufficient detail.

3. The statistical method should be clearly stated.

Enviro Dental Journal prefers to publish work that has been subjected to an appropriate statistical test at one level of significance.  

h. Results

All findings presented in the tabular or graphical form shall be described in this section.

1. The data should be statistically analyzed and the level of significance stated.

2. Data that is not statistically significant need only to be mentioned in the text – no illustration is necessary.

3. All Tables and figures must have a title or caption and a legend to make them self-explanatory.

4. Results section shall start after the materials and methods section on the same page.

i. Discussion

This section should follow results, deal with the interpretation of results, and convey how they help increase the current understanding of the problem.

1. The unsupported hypothesis should be avoided.

2. The Discussion should state the possibilities the results uncover, that need to be further explored.

3. Results and discussion of results can also be combined under one section, Results and Discussion.

j. Acknowledgments

Acknowledgement will include the acknowledgement to the research team or any entity which has provided help during the work. 

k. Funding Sources

This section will include any funding sources along with the grant number (if any) provided to facilitate the research work. 
 

If there are no funding sources then following statement should be mentioned:

“The author(s) received no financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.”

l. Conflict of Interest  

All authors are requested to disclose any conflict of interest including any financial, personal or other relationships with other people or organizations that can influence their work. 
If there is no conflict of interest then following statement should be mentioned: 

“The author(s) declares no conflict of interest.”

m. Authors’ Contribution
 
Authors are required to provide a statement detailing the specific contributions of each author to the manuscript.
Each author mentioned has significantly and directly contributed intellectually to the project and has given their approval for its publication.

n. Data Availability Statement
The manuscript incorporates all datasets produced or examined throughout this research study. If your manuscript does not contain any data, please state 'Not applicable' in this section.

o. Ethics Statement
If the study involves an experiment on humans and animals; then the name of the authorizing body should be stated in the paper.

p. Informed Consent Statement
If the study involves an experiment on humans and animals; Manuscripts should include a statement that the informed consent was obtained for experimentation and that it conforms to the standards currently applied in the country of origin. The privacy rights of human subjects must always be observed.If your manuscript does not contain data from any individual person, please state “Not applicable” in this section of the Declarations.

q. Permission to reproduce material from other sources
(If applicable)

r. Clinical Trial Registration
(If applicable)

s. References

Reference style: AMA (American Medical Association) 
1.    References should be numbered consecutively in the order in which they are first mentioned in the text (not in alphabetic order).  
2.    References should be cited in the text in superscripts only Use the style of the examples below.

Example

                  Godhia M. L., Naik N. Altered Lipid Responses to Dietary Interventions in Obesity. Enviro Dental Journal. 2015;3 (1):01-11 DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.12944/EDJ.01.01.01