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Welcome to the website for West China Journal of Stomatology
Plagiarism and fabrication
Duplicate publication
Correction and retraction policy
Human and other animal experiments
Conflict of interest statement
Format of papers
Process for manuscript submission
Author fees
West China Journal of Stomatology seeks to publish the research from all aspects of oral science and related interdisciplinary fields, including basic, applied and clinical research. The journal publishes expert forum, expert consensus, original articles and research reports, case report, and other columns.
Topics of particular interest within the journal's scope include, but are not limited to, those listed below:
Oral microbiology
Oral and maxillofacial oncology
Cariology
Oral inflammation and infection
Dental stem cells and regenerative medicine
Craniofacial surgery
Dental material
Oral biomechanics
Dental implants
Oral, dental and maxillofacial genetic and developmental diseases
West China Journal of Stomatology operates a double blind review process. After passing the preliminary review, at least two review experts are invited for peer review. Reviewers primarily evaluate the originality, validity and importance of the manuscripts, and provide detailed and evidence-based (with references) comments to help editors to make publication decisions (accept, revise or reject) and authors to make improvements.
West China Journal of Stomatology is an open access journal which means that all contents are freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, cite, or link to the full texts of the articles in this journal without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author.
West China Journal of Stomatology uses creative Commons to allow third-party users to share by-signature (BY) - non-commercial use (NC) - ND (CC BY-NC-ND) Published articles can be made public immediately and are permanently accessible free of charge on the official website (www.hxkqyxzz.net), allowing users to read, download, copy, print, search, or obtain a link to the full text of the articles, or use them for other legitimate purposes. At the same time, the author can also use this article for any non-commercial purposes，No profit.
The editorial department of West China Journal of Stomatology owns the compilation right (part or all of the articles), the reproduction right, the distribution right and the information network communication right of the printed and electronic versions of the articles published in West China Journal of Stomatology. Without the permission of the editorial department of West China Journal of Stomatology, manuscripts of this journal shall not be compiled, reproduced or published. Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms: ①Once the manuscript is adopted by West China Journal of Stomatology, a Copyright Transfer Agreement signed by all the authors should be submitted immediately. The authors agree to transfer the copyrights and related property rights to the editorial department of the editorial department of West China Journal of Stomatology. Among others, the editorial department of West China Journal of Stomatology has the following exclusive use rights to the full text of this article: compilation rights, distribution rights, reproduction rights, translation rights, and web publishing and information dissemination rights. The editorial department has the right to transfer the above rights to third parties, allowing domestic and foreign document retrieval systems and networks and database systems to search and collect related data, and to allow or publish the rights of this article in various media. ②After publication of the author’s paper, the editorial department of West China Journal of Stomatology will pay the authors a one-time remuneration including the cost of the copyright transfer.
The journal's website will permanently preserve contents published from 1994. If readers find missing papers or inaccessible, please contact us.
Plagiarism and fabrication
Plagiarism is when an author attempts to pass off someone else's work as his or her own. Duplicate publication, sometimes called self-plagiarism, occurs when an author reuses substantial parts of his or her own published work without providing the appropriate references. Plagiarism without dishonest intent is relatively frequent, for example, when an author reuses parts of an introduction from an earlier paper.
Because of some confusion as to the appropriate use of other authors' writing, we offer the following guideline in addition to the normal principles regarding plagiarism: if more than 10 consecutive words are taken verbatim from the text of another publication (including the authors’ own work), this fact should be indicated by the use of inverted commas, as well as citation of the original source. It is not appropriate to make trivial changes to the wording instead. This rule can be relaxed slightly for descriptions of methodology from the authors’ own papers, or for common phrases. If plagiarism is found, the journal will contact the author and, in some cases, the author's institute and funding agencies. The paper containing the plagiarism will be marked on each page of the PDF, and depending on the extent of the plagiarism, the paper may be formally retracted.
AMLC is an academic misconduct detection system developed by CNKI company. West China Journal of Stomatology uses AMLC to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts. To find out more about AMLC visit http://check.cnki.net/.
Duplicate publication
Material submitted to the journal must be original and not published or submitted for publication elsewhere in any language.
Authors submitting a manuscript should notify the editor(s) if part of their contribution has appeared or will appear elsewhere, or if any related material is under consideration or in press elsewhere.
If a submission contains a figure that is published elsewhere or that is copyrighted, the author must provide documentation that the previous publisher or copyright holder has given permission for the figure to be re-published. The editors consider all material in good faith, and assume that the journal has full permission to publish every part of the submitted material, including illustrations.
Correction and retraction policy
We recognize our responsibility to correct errors. Content published online is final and cannot be amended. The online version is part of the published record; therefore the original version must be preserved and changes to the paper should be made as a formal correction. If an error is noticed after online publication an HTML (or full-text) version of the correction will be created and linked to the original article.
Human and other animal experiments
Work on human beings that is submitted to West China Journal of Stomatology should comply with the principles laid down in the Declaration of Helsinki; Recommendations guiding physicians in biomedical research involving human subjects. The manuscript should contain a statement that the work has been approved by the appropriate ethical committees related to the institution(s) in which it was performed and that subjects gave informed consent to the work. Studies involving experiments with animals must state that their care was in accordance with institution guidelines. Patients' and volunteers' names, initials, and hospital numbers should not be used.
Conflict of interest statement
At the end of the text, under a subheading "Conflict of interest statement" all authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work. Examples of potential conflicts of interest include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding.
Format of papers
Original Articles
Original Articles describe original research, and should be 3000-8000 words (excluding the abstract, tables, figure legends and references) and contain no more than 8 displayed items (such as figures or tables).
Article Requirements
Cover letter
Each manuscript must be accompanied by a cover letter including statements that:
1. All authors agree with the submission;
2. The work has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere, either completely or in part, or in another form or language;
3. If material has been reproduced from another source, the authors have authorization from the copyright holder (usually the Publisher) to use it, and have included this authorization with their submission;
4. Conflict of Interest Statement
Organization of manuscript
Manuscripts should be presented in the following order (omitting sections inappropriate for specific article types e.g. ‘Materials and methods’ for Reviews). Footnotes to the text are not allowed and any such material should be incorporated into the text as parenthetical matter.
(i) Title page
The title page should include a succinct title (less than 20 words); the full names of all authors including their given names; the affiliations (including city, state and country) of all authors; and the full contact details of the corresponding author (including telephone and fax numbers, and email address).
(ii) Abstract
A brief abstract (maximum 200-300 words) should state the purpose, basic procedures, main findings and principal conclusions of the study. The abstract should not contain abbreviations or references and should not be structured.
(iii) Key words
Three to eight key words, for the purposes of indexing, should be supplied below the abstract, in order of relevance.
(iv) Introduction
The Introduction should summarize the rationale for the study and outline pertinent background material. The Introduction should not contain either results or conclusions.
(v) Materials and Methods
Materials and Methods should be described in sufficient detail to allow the experimental work to be reproduced in another laboratory, and to leave the reader in no doubt as to how the results were derived.
(vi) Results
The Results should be presented in a logical sequence in the text, tables and figures; repetitive presentation of the same data in different forms should be avoided. The Results should not include material appropriate to the Discussion.
(vii) Discussion
The Discussion should not reiterate Results, but rather should consider them in relation to any hypotheses advanced in the Introduction. This may include an evaluation of methodology and the relationship of new information to the existing body of knowledge in that field.
(viii) Acknowledgments
Authors should acknowledge the source of financial grants and other funding, and declare any industrial links or affiliations. The contribution of colleagues or institutions should also be acknowledged. Personal thanks and thanks to anonymous reviewers should not be included.
(ix) Conflict of interests
A conflict of interest statement must be included for each contributing author. Please see the Conflict of Interest guidelines in the Editorial Policies section for more information and for guidelines on what constitutes a conflict of interest.
(x) References
Authors are responsible for the accuracy of the references. Only articles that have been published may be included in the references. References follow the information and documentation--Rules for bibliographic references and citations to information resources GB/T 7714-2015. In the text, references should be cited using superscript Arabic numerals in the order in which they appear. If cited in tables or figure legends, references should be numbered according to the first identification of the table or figure in the text. References are listed sequentially at the end of the paper, according to the numbering and order of citations in the text. The first three authors are to be listed, after which, list only the first three authors and ‘et al’. Abbreviations of journal names should conform to the Index Medicus style. The first and last page numbers for each reference should be provided.
(x) Tables and figures
Tables should be labeled sequentially as Table 1, Table 2, etc. Each table should be numbered, titled and cited in the text. Reference to table footnotes should be made by using Arabic numerals. Tables should not duplicate the content of the text. They should consist of at least two columns, and each column should have a heading. Authors should ensure that the data in the tables are consistent with those cited in the relevant places in the text, totals add up correctly, and percentages have been calculated correctly. Unlike figures or images, tables may be embedded into the main manuscript file if necessary, or supplied as separate electronic files.
Figures and images should be labeled sequentially, numbered and cited in the text. Each figure should be saved in a separate file. Figures including multiple parts (e.g. Fig.1a, 1b, 1c) should be saved in a single file (e.g. Fig 1a-c). The figure number should be placed above each figure. Figure legends should be inserted in the article’s text file. The use of three-dimensional histograms is strongly discouraged when the addition of the third dimension gives no extra information. If a table or figure has been published before, the authors must obtain written permission to reproduce the material in both print and electronic formats from the copyright owner and submit it with the manuscript. This also applies to quotes, illustrations and other materials taken from previously published works not in the public domain. The original source should be cited in the figure caption or table footnote.
Color figures
Color figures must be supplied in the following format.
For Single Images:
Width 500 pixels (authors should select "constrain proportions", or equivalent instructions, to allow the application to set the correct height automatically.)
Resolution 125 dpi (dots per inch)
Format JPEG for photographs; GIF for line drawings or charts
Filenaming Please save image with .jpg or .gif extension to ensure it can be read by all platforms and graphics packages.
For Multi-part Images :
Width 900 pixels (authors should select "constrain proportions", or equivalent instructions, to allow the application to set the correct height automatically.)
Resolution 125 dpi (dots per inch)
Format JPEG for photographs; GIF for line drawings or charts
Filenaming Please save image with .jpg or .gif extension to ensure it can be read by all platforms and graphics packages.
Black and white images
1. Image resolution of at least 300 dpi at publication size
2. Images should be scanned at a minimum of 300 dpi
3. During software manipulation of images, care should be taken that resolution is maintained
4. Images may be rotated or scaled, but this must be the same in the x and y dimensions
5. Contrast and brightness can be adjusted, but this must be uniform across the entire image, and must not result in the loss of any feature, band or spot. The background should still be visible
6. If lanes are removed, and once separate parts of an image are joined together, a black, white or grey line should indicate clearly where the image was cut
7. If black borders are drawn around the image, the lines should correspond to all edges where the image was cut
8. Protein molecular weights or DNA fragment sizes should be indicated for all figure panels showing gel electrophoresis
Graphs, Histograms and Statistics
1. Error bars must be described in the figure legend
2. Axes on graphs should extend to zero, except for log axes
3. Statistical analyses (including error bars and p values) should only be shown for independently repeated experiments, and must not be shown for replicates of a single experiment
4. The number of times an experiment was repeated (N) must be stated in the legend
House Style
As the electronic submission will provide the basic material for typesetting, it is important that papers are prepared in the general editorial style of the journal.
1. See the information above of figures
2. Do not make rules thinner than 1 pt (0.36 mm)
3. Use a coarse hatching pattern rather than shading for tints in graphs
4. Color should be distinct when being used as an identifying tool
5. Use SI units throughout
6. Spaces, not commas should be used to separate thousands
7. Abbreviations should be preceded by the words for which they stand in the first instance of use and should not be used for terms used fewer than 4 times
8. Text should be double spacing with a wide margin
9. Use a common word-processing package (such as Microsoft Word) for the text. Embed tables converted into images at the end of the Word document, or as a separate file in whichever program you used to generate them
10. If you submit raw data, this can be done in Excel, or tab/comma delimited format
11. At first mention of a manufacturer the town and country should be provided.
File Formats
File formats for manuscript files, figures and tables that are acceptable for our electronic manuscript submission process are given on the online forms. Further advice on file types is also available from the Tips webpage. Please use a common word-processing package (such as Microsoft Word) for the text. Either embed tables converted into images at the end of your Word document, or as a separate files in whichever program you used to generate them. If you submit raw data, this can be done in Excel, or tab/comma delimited format.
Supplementary information
Supplementary information is peer-reviewed material directly relevant to the conclusions of an article that cannot be included in the printed version owing to space or format constraints. It is posted on the journal's website and linked to the article when the article is published and may consist of data files, graphics, movies or extensive tables.
The article must be complete and self-explanatory without the supplementary information. Supplementary information enhances a reader’s understanding of the manuscript but is not essential to that understanding.
Supplementary information must be supplied to the Editorial Office in its final form for peer review. On acceptance the final version of the peer reviewed supplementary information should be submitted with the accepted manuscript.
To ensure that the contents of the supplementary information files can be viewed by the editor(s), referees and readers, please also submit a ‘read-me’ file containing brief instructions on how to use the file.
Supplying supplementary information files
Authors should ensure that supplementary information is supplied in its FINAL format because it is not subedited and will appear online exactly as originally submitted. It can neither be altered, nor added to, after the paper has been accepted for publication.
Accepted file formats
1.JPEG image files (.jpg)
2.Acrobat files (.pdf)
3.MS Word documents (.doc)
4.MS Excel spreadsheet documents (.xls)
File sizes must be as small as possible, so that they can be downloaded quickly.
Process for manuscript submission
Please make sure you have gathered all the required manuscript information BEFORE starting the submission process. The manuscript submission process begins when you click on the ‘Online Submission’ link on your homepage. The manuscript submission process is broken down into a series of tasks which gather detailed information about your manuscript and allow you to upload text and figure/image files.
Author fees
The magazine charges 420 RMB for each page and 100 RMB for each color picture.
