Submissions
Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.- The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
- The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
- Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
- The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
- The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
- You have separated the title page from the rest of the manuscript and anonymized the document
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You have labelled the first page containing author/s information as "Title page" and you have labelled the rest of the document as "manuscript"
Articles
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The articles are published under the Creative Commons International attribution 4.0 License.. Authors retain the copyright to their articles.
Privacy Statement
Licensing statement: All articles published by the Nigerian Dental Journal are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Copyright statement
Copyright © 1999 The authors. This work, Nigerian Dental Journal by Nigerian Dental Association is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. This permits authors and everyone one to copy, redistribute, remix, transmit and adapt the work provided the original work and source is appropriately cited.
Privacy statement
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Editorial policies:
Policy on type of publication types: The Nigerian Dental Journal, the official publication of the Nigerian Dental Association publishes peer-reviewed, scientific articles relevant to the needs of dental, medical and other health professionals in Nigeria and other parts of the world. The Nigerian Dental Journal is published biannually and the contributions that are accepted for publication include clinical papers, research papers, review papers, technical notes (surgical techniques, technical innovations), case reports and letters to the editor that are related to dentistry and allied professions. eISSN: 0189-1006
Editorial policy on submissions: Articles are currently submitted through our new journal website for online journal management including online submissions. We onky accept articles not under consideration for publication anywhere else.
Editorial peer-review policy: These are in line with editorial global best practices, and the journal requests authors to meet standards of confidentiality for research participants. All articles are subjected to a blind peer-review process. The peer-review duration varies but we try our best to be prompt. In cases where authors disagree with reviewers, the decision of the Editor-in-Chief after seeking expert review is final.
Editorial policy on allegations of misconduct: The Nigerian Dental Journal has zero tolerance for paganism and other forms of publication misconduct. All allegations must however, be substantiated and signed. The editorial board will use its discretion in the handling of anonymous reports if the weight of the evidence is strong enough with or without the identity of the complainant. In the first instance, authors will be contacted, and proven cases will be withdrawn and the author's institution informed.
Open Access Statement
- We became Open Access since January 2023.
- Our new and archived materials are available free of charge on open basis and under a Creative Commons license as stated below
Article Processing Charge(APC): We charge an APC on accepted manuscripts only. There is no submission fee.
Plagiarism
The Nigerian Dental Journal has zero tolerance for plagiarism. We screen any suspicious submissions for plagiarism and if found, the submission will be outrightly rejected.