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Author Guidelines

The guidline for authors are based on the CSE’s White Paper on Promotion Integrity in Scientific Journal Publications, 2012 Update and ICMJE's White Paper on Promoting Integrity in Scientific Journal Publications, 2012 Update.

Since 2007 "Pediatric dentistry and dental prophylaxis" publishes timely articles, balancing both clinical and experimental research, case reports, reviews and lectures on pressing problems of rheumatology. The Journal is aimed to provide a forum to discuss etiology and pathogenesis, clinical features, modern diagnostic and treatment approaches to rheumatology and its complications, as well as associated conditions.

The most important objectives of the journal are: generalisation of scientific and practical achievements in the field of pediatric dentistry, prevention of dental diseases, orthodontics, paediatric oral and maxillofacial surgery, improvement of scientific and practical qualification of dentists.
The scientific concept of the journal includes the publication of modern research in all areas of paediatric dentistry and prevention of dental diseases. The journal publishes the results of scientific clinical studies, descriptions of clinical cases and reviews of scientific literature, national and international level.

Both domestic and foreign scientists and doctors working in the field of paediatric dentistry, oral and maxillofacial surgery, orthodontics, prevention of dental diseases and dentistry in general are invited to publish in the journal. The editorial board of the journal pays special attention to the issues of personnel training in the speciality.

The Pediatric dentistry and dental prophylaxis journal publishes articles by researchers and practicing dentists developed on the basis of original clinical and clinical-experimental studies, thematic literature reviews and clinical case reports.

Before submitting a manuscript, authors should make sure that they are not violating ethical standards, as this is a basis to reject it, and if it is accepted for publication – then the article shall be retracted (recalled).

Ethical violations include:

• Copyright infringement, plagiarism (intentional illegal use of the result of someone else’s intellectual activity without a reference to the author):
  - of data,
  - of text,
  - of ideas.
  
  
• Violation of research ethics:
  - misrepresentation of data and results,
  - falsification of materials, images (photos, figures, graphs), data, equipment, devices, methods or processes,
  - citation and reference list manipulation (no references to used sources, inclusion of unused sources in the list of references, incorrect citation, etc.),
  - violation of the ethical conduct of research, when the study objects are people or animals.
  
  
• Violation of publication ethics:
  - simultaneous submission of a manuscript to several journals for consideration,
  - excessive self-citation,
  - duplication of data from an already published study without new/additional analysis,
  - submission to the journal of a translation of an article previously published in another language, without specifying this fact in the cover letter or in a note to the text of the article,
  - manipulations of authorship: honorary, gift, guest, ghost, etc.
  
  
• Non-disclosure of conflicts of interest and sources of funding:
  - real (failure to disclose information about employment (work) in the organization that finances the research, as well as failure to provide information about the financing of the research by the employer, ownership of shares, receipt of research grants, patents),
  - potential (paid consulting, receiving fees for lectures, writing articles, secondment costs, travel expenses, etc.).

NB! If the study subjects are humans, the authors must confirm that the work was performed in accordance with Ethical principles for medical research involving human subject – World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki.

The manuscript should clearly state that voluntary informed consent was obtained from all the persons who have become the subjects of the study.

If the study subjects were living humans or animals, the authors should indicate in the manuscript that all the stages of the study were carried out in accordance with the legislation and regulatory documents (list them).

The authors should also provide information that the protocol of the clinical/experimental study was reviewed by the ethics committee, with the mandatory indication of the name of the committee (or the organization under which the committee was established), the date and number of the minutes of the meeting.

Before sending the article for review, make sure that the file(s) contains all the necessary information in Russian and English, the sources of information placed in figures and tables are indicated, all citations are correct.

A cover letter from the leading academic institution in the prescribed form should be enclosed with the manuscript, as well as a statement of a conflict of interest. The presence of a cover letter concerns only the authors' obligations and does not affect editorial decisions on publication and does not replace peer review.

All manuscripts submitted for publication in the journal are subject to anonymous peer review and are verified for originality in the "Antiplagiat" system. The comments of the reviewers are sent to the author without indication of the reviewer's name. The decision to publish (or reject) the article is made by the Editorial Board after the reviews and responses of the author are received and based on the results of verification in the "Antiplagiat" system. In certain cases, the Editorial Board may send the article for additional review, including statistical and methodological ones.

NB! Manuscripts not corresponding to the topics and profile of the journal, as well as those not formatted according to the guide, shall be returned to the authors without consideration.

NB! The Editorial Board reserves the right to carry out editorial and proofreading of the submitted articles and to agree on the final version of the manuscript with the author.

The Editorial Board does not provide free (author's) copies to the author.

For more information about the conditions to obtain access to the journal content, see the "Subscription" section.

The editorial board of the journal Pediatric dentistry and dental prophylaxis recommends authors to use the following checklists and schemes developed by international health organizations (EQUATOR, Enhancing the Quality and Transparency of Health Research) when preparing original articles and other materials.

When preparing articles reporting the results of randomized clinical trials - «CONSORT 2010 checklist of information to include when reporting a randomizes trial»..

When preparing articles reporting the results of non-experimental studies - “The Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) Statement: guidelines for reporting observational studies»

When preparing systematic reviews - PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses)

When preparing clinical case reports -  «The CARE Guidelines: Consensus-based Clinical Case Reporting Guideline Development

When preparing articles reporting the results of qualitative research - SRQR (Standards for reporting qualitative research). 

When preparing articles reporting the results of prognostic studies -  STARD 2015: An Updated List of Essential Items for Reporting Diagnostic Accuracy Studies 

The manuscript of the original article should include the following sections:

 I. Article metadata in English

1. Title

The title of the article in concise form should provide basic information about the subject of the research reported in the article. It should use the main terms (keywords) describing the substance of the article. The length of the title should not exceed 120 symbols including spaces. The title should be written in sentence case, proper names are capitalized.

NB! Abbreviations in the title of the article should be avoided.

Here are some examples:

Optimization of terms of supportive periodontal therapy when using photoactivated disinfection

Rare tumors of the tongue. Abrikosoff's tumor: a case report

2. Authors and Affiliation

The names and surnames of the authors in the Latin alphabet are given in the version (transliteration) that the authors use in other publications, and are indicated in the following order:  last name, initials of the first name and patronymic (if available) / middle name:

NB! The initial patronymic (if the author has one) should not be ignored.

Atrushkevich V.G., Orekhova L. Yu.,, Yanushevich O.O., Sokolova E. Yu., Loboda E. S.

Authors are people who have been identified by the scientific team as the main contributors to the work presented and who have agreed to take responsibility for their work. In addition to taking responsibility for their part of the paper, the author should be able to indicate which of their co-authors are responsible for other parts of the paper.

Pediatric dentistry and dental prophylaxis accepts the following criteria for authorship:

1. Substantial contribution to the conception and design of the study, data collection, or data analysis and interpretation.
2. Drafting of the article or critical revision of the article for significant intellectual content.
3. Final approval of the version of the article to be published.

The list of authors does not include people who are not authors of the article. The names of people who are not authors but who provided other support are listed in the Acknowledgments section.

The affiliation is indicated as the place of work of the author (name of the organization, city, country), where the research was performed. If one author has several affiliations and/or the authors work in different organizations (cities), the affiliations are indicated by Arabic numerals in the order of citation. Authors should indicate all places of employment relevant to the conduct of the study. The author’s place of employment (affiliation) must fully coincide with the accepted official name of the institution:

¹ Russian University of Medicine, Moscow, Russian Federation

² Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation

3. Abstract

The abstract should reflect the main content of the article. It should be concise and informative, and contain the most important research results. The abstract should not exceed 200–300 words.

NB! The abstract should not be an announcement of the article. General words and vague, insignificant sentences should be avoided.
This is an independent source of information, separate from the text of the article.

The text of the abstract should contain the main keywords and terms used in the article and included in the list of keywords placed directly under the abstract.

The structure of the abstract should follow the structure of the article.

The abstract to the article under the heading "Research" should consist of sections: "Relevance", "Materials and methods", "Results", "Conclusion". The abstract to the article under the heading "Review" should consist of sections: "Relevance", "Materials and methods", "Results", "Conclusion". The abstract to the article under the heading "Clinical case" should consist of sections: "Relevance", "Description of clinical case",  "Conclusion".

NB! The "Results" section should contain the most important indicators in numerical terms (absolute values), the results of testing statistical hypotheses (p values and/or confidence intervals). Substitution of results with conclusions is not allowed. The conclusion obtained on the basis of the results of the study is formulated in the section "Conclusion".

Abbreviations can be used in the text of the abstract only if they are used more than 3 times, upon the first use, the phrase must be written in full.

The abstract should not contain references to literature sources and notes.

4. Keywords

After the abstract, a list of keywords - the main terms by which one can find the article in databases should be provided. These should be the main terms and expressions which characterize the study and are included in the title of the article and the abstract. A few key terms not included in the title and annotation, but which give a more complete overview of the research topic and expand the search can also be provided. The total number of keywords and phrases should not exceed 15-7. In the keywords, it is not recommended to combine different or synonymous terms using the conjunction "and". It is advisable to check whether the terms are used in the keywords of other English-language articles (it is recommended to use the MeSH thesaurus).

5. Information about the correponding author 

This section contains e-mail and full postal address of the responsible author

 6.Conflict of interest

A conflict of interest is a condition in which people have conflicting or competing interests that can influence an editorial decision. Conflicts of interest can be potential or perceived, as well as actual conflicts of interest. Personal, political, financial, scientific, or religious factors may affect objectivity.

The author must notify the editor of real or potential conflicts of interest by including information about the conflict of interest in the appropriate section of the article. If there is no conflict of interest, the author must also disclose it. Example wording: “The author declares that there is no conflict of interest”.

         7. Acknowledgments

This section includes all sources of funding for the study, as well as acknowledgements to people who participated in the article but are not authors. Involvement in the work on the article implies: recommendations for improvement of the study, providing space for the study, departmental supervision, receiving financial support, single types of analysis, providing reagents/patients/animals/other materials for the study.

II. The text of the article in English

1.Title
The title of the article in English is formed in lower case letters with capitalization of proper names and abbreviations. It should be the exact semantic equivalent of the Russian-language title and be literate from the point of view of the English language. It should not exceed 120 characters with spaces:

Optimization of the terms of supportive periodontal therapy using photoactivated disinfection

The rare tumors of the tongue. The Abrikossoffs tumor of the tongue:a case report

2. Authors and affiliation
Authors' names and surnames in Latin are given according to the author's foreign passport or as it was given in previously published articles. If the author does not have a foreign passport and/or publications, the BSI standard should be used to transliterate the surname and first name. In English, the following format is used when indicating the authors of the article: first and middle initials (if available), surname:

V.G. Atrushkevich¹, L.Yu. Orekhova², O.O. Yanushevich¹,E.Yu. Sokolova¹, E.S. Loboda²

NB! Ignoring the initial of the patronymic (if the author has one) is undesirable.

The author's place of work (affiliation) should fully coincide with the accepted official name of the institution in English:

¹ Russian University of Medicine, Moscow, Russian Federation

² Pavlov First St. Petersburg State Medical University, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

3.The abstract and keywords in English should be an accurate translation of the Russian-language version. It is advisable to check by search engines whether the terms are translated correctly and whether they are used in the keywords of other English-language articles (it is recommended to use the MESH thesaurus).

NB! When translating the title and the abstract, use the services of professional translators, preferably with knowledge of medical English and experience with research articles on dentistry!

III. Manuscript text 

The journal adopts the IMRAD format (Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion)

III. Figures and tables should be placed in a main file of the manuscript.

The number of figures and tables is not regulated and is limited only by the idea of sufficiency. Illustrative material that the authors and/or the Editorial Board do not consider possible to place in the article, but which is an important source of the study data, can be posted in the electronic version of the journal as additional files.

The reference to the table and figure in the text of the article is made as follows: (Table 1 (2, 3, etc.) or (Figure 1 (2, 3, etc.)). The place in the text where the table or figure is to be placed is indicated on the left-hand side by a square with the number of the table or figure indicated therein.

The tables must be presented in accordance with international standards, and must include data on the statistical processing of the material.

The figures should be clear and of good quality, not blurred. Photographs are accepted in electronic version in tiff format (300 dpi resolution). Graphs, plots and diagrams should be presented in the Adobe Illustrator editor. Figures should not be provided in Word or PowerPoint formats, since the compression of figures by these editors result in a loss of quality.

Tables should be of good quality, suitable for printing. Tables suitable for editing are preferred, rather than scanned or as figures. All tables should have headings. The table title should be translated into English. Tables are numbered in Arabic numerals in the order of the text. The table heading includes the table number and its title. No period should be placed after the table title. Translation of the table title should be placed after the table title in Russian. Tables should be made in accordance with international standards, necessarily include data on statistical processing of the material.

Abbreviations used in tables should be explained in the note under the table, and in figures – in the legend.

NB! If the figure consists of several images, each fragment should be marked with a letter ("a", "b", "c", etc.). In this case, first you need to give a description of what is depicted in the figure as a whole, and then explain what is depicted in each element of the figure.

The symbols used in the figure (arrows, asterisks, circles, etc.) should be explained in the legend, and all abbreviations should be expanded. The legends to microphotographs should indicate the method of coloring and magnification.

Here are some examples:

Fig. 2. X-ray data on the jaw bone tissue status in study groups: a) Patient A., 16 years old, health group II; b) Patient M., 15 years old, mild connective tissue dysplasia (CTD); c) Patient M., 16 years old, moderate CTD; d) Patient S., 15 years old, severe CTD

Table 3. Univariate analysis of PD-L1 expression associated with overall survival

V. References

References should be inserted at the end of the article. It should contain references to both English-language and Russian-language sources.

All sources used in the manuscript should be mentioned in the text of the article. The journal uses the Vancouver citation style.  Sources are indicated by numbers in the order of their citation, and the numbers corresponding to the references should be enclosed in square brackets: [1], [2, 3], [3-5, 7] etc.

The list of references should not include unpublished materials (dissertations, abstracts), unverifiable, hard-to-access small-circulation editions (theses and materials of local conferences), reference and educational literature (textbooks, manuals, reference books, dictionaries, guidelines, etc.), unreliable Internet sources.

References should be cited in the Vancouver style (ICMJE recommendations). Bibliographical references describing the documents cited should include the most important elements, such as the authors' surnames and initials (if the publication has more than 7 authors, the abbreviation "et al." should be placed after the 6^th author), the title of the work, the title of the journal, the year, the page number, and the DOI (if any).

References to articles accepted for publication but not yet published should be marked “in press”; authors should obtain written permission to cite such documents and confirmation that they have been accepted for publication. Information from unpublished sources should be marked with the words “unpublished data/documents”; authors should also obtain written permission to use such material.

For Russian-language sources a double bibliographic description is given: in Russian and in Romanesque style. The English-language version of the title of the article/book should be taken from the cited journal/publisher's website. Transliteration should be used only if the original source does not translate the title of the article / book into English. The Latin reference should be placed under the Russian-language description on a new line. After the description of the Russian-language source, an indication of the language of the work is placed at the end of the reference: (In Russ.). The BSI standard should be used for transliteration of authors' names and journal titles.

NB! The link to the DOI must be active, and it will be checked when reviewing the article.
Please give the full (not abbreviated) name of the journal!
Don’t cite retracted articles except in the context of referring to the retraction!

 VI. Information about the authors

Information about the authors is provided in a separate file. For each author, the full name and patronymic (middle name), surname, academic degree and academic title, position and place of work, contact phone number and email address, ORCID identifier should be provided.

NB! Read more about the ORCID ID here: https://orcid.org/content/initiative.
You can register and get an ORCID ID here: https://orcid.org/register

If the author has two or more places of work relevant to the study, all the affiliations of the author should be specified.

One of the authors should be designated as the corresponding author for communication with the Editorial Board.

NB! Only the authors' email addresses will be published in the journal.

Information about the authors:

Corresponding author:

Victoria G. Atrushkevich, DMD, PhD, DSc, Professor, Head of the Department of Restorative Dentistry and Periodontology, Russian University of Medicine, President of the Russian Periodontal Association (RPA), Moscow, Russian Federation

For correspondence: atrushkevichv@mail.ru

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4141-1370

Liudmila Yu. Orekhova, DMD, PhD, DSc, Professor, Head of the Department of Restorative Dentistry and Periodontology, Pavlov First St Petersburg State Medical University, President of the Russian Periodontal Association (RPA), St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

For correspondence: prof_orekhova@mail.ru

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8026-0800

How to submit article 

The manuscript o is sent to the editorial office via the online form. The file with the article uploaded to the system should be in Microsoft Word format (with extension *.doc, *.docx, *.rtf).

 Interaction between the journal and the author

The editorial board of the journal corresponds with the responsible (contact) author, but if the team of authors wishes, letters can be sent to all authors for whom the e-mail address is specified.

All incoming articles to the journal Pediatric dentistry and dental prophylaxis are pre-checked by the responsible secretary of the journal for compliance with formal requirements. At this stage, the article can be returned to the author (authors) for revision with a request to eliminate errors or add missing data. Also at this stage, the article may be rejected due to its inconsistency with the objectives of the journal, lack of originality, low scientific value.

After the preliminary check, the responsible editor passes the article to the reviewer with an indication of the terms of review. The author is notified accordingly.

In controversial cases, the editor may involve several specialists, as well as the editor-in-chief in the review process.

If the reviewer's conclusion is positive, the article is submitted to the editor for preparation for printing.

If the decision is made to revise the article, the reviewer's comments and remarks are passed to the author. The author is given 2 months to eliminate the comments. If during this period the author has not notified the editorial office about the planned actions, the article is removed from the publication queue.

If the decision to refuse to publish the article is made, the corresponding decision of the editorial office is sent to the author.

The responsible (contact) author of the article accepted for publication is sent the final version of the layout, which he/she is obliged to check. A response is expected from the authors within 2 days. If there is no response from the author, the layout of the article is considered approved.

Procedure for reviewing the decisions of the editor/reviewer

If the author does not agree with the conclusion of the reviewer and/or editor or individual remarks, he/she can challenge the decision. To do this, the author should:

- correct the manuscript of the article according to the justified comments of reviewers and editors;

- clearly state his/her position on the issue at hand.

The editors encourage the resubmission of manuscripts that could potentially be accepted but were rejected due to the need for substantial changes or additional data collection, and are ready to explain in detail what needs to be corrected in the manuscript in order for it to be accepted for publication.

Editorial action in case of plagiarism, fabrication or falsification of data

In case of detection of bad faith behavior on the part of the author, detection of plagiarism, fabrication or falsification of data, the editorial board is guided by COPE rules.

By “bad faith behavior” Pediatric dentistry and dental prophylaxismeans any action by a scientist that includes improper handling of objects of study or intentional manipulation of scientific information so that it no longer reflects observable research, as well as behavior by a scientist that does not meet accepted ethical and scientific standards.

The Journal of Pediatric dentistry and dental prophylaxisdoes not include “dishonest behavior” honest mistakes or honest disagreements in the plan, conduct, interpretation, or evaluation of research methods or results, or dishonest behavior unrelated to the scientific process.

 Correction of errors and withdrawal of the article

If errors are found in the text of the article that affect the perception of the article but do not distort the reported research results, they may be corrected by replacing the pdf file of the article and pointing out the error in the article file itself and on the article page on the journal's website.

In case of finding errors in the text of the article that distort the results of the research, or in case of plagiarism, detection of bad faith behavior of the author (authors) associated with falsification and/or fabrication of data, the article can be withdrawn. The initiator of article withdrawal can be the editorial board, author, organization, individual.

The withdrawn article is marked with the sign “Article withdrawn”, information about the reason for withdrawal of the article is placed on the article page. Information about the article withdrawal is sent to the databases in which the journal is indexed.

Use of artificial intelligence in the preparation of an article

In connection with the spreading practice of using programs based on artificial intelligence, including in the preparation and writing of scientific articles, the editorial board of Pediatric dentistry and dental prophylaxis considers it necessary to focus the attention of the authors on the following provisions.

1.Chatbots such as ChatGPT (and similar bots) can never be credited as the author of an article or as a contributor to an article. Artificial intelligence programs and tools do not meet the requirements of authorship because they are not (and cannot be) responsible for the work submitted, cannot declare the presence and absence of conflicts of interest, and cannot manage copyright.
2. The use of chatbots or other programs based on artificial intelligence is not prohibited when preparing an article. In some cases, such programs may be useful for text editing, searching for additional sources of literature, data collection and analysis. However, it should be taken into account that chatbots often transmit false information to the user (literally “invent” non-existent facts and links to publications that never existed), so authors should check the information received from chatbots.
3. If a program based on artificial intelligence was used to work with the article, it is necessary to specify this information in the article. Always specify the version of the program and the date of use.
4. Remember that only the author is responsible for the final text of the article submitted for consideration to the Pediatric dentistry and dental prophylaxisJournal, regardless of which artificial intelligence-based programs were used and to what extent.

5.Pediatric dentistry and dental prophylaxis editorial staff  uses the Antiplagiat module to detect generated text.

Pediatric dentistry and dental prophylaxis shares the position of the international publishing community regarding the use of artificial intelligence in the preparation of scientific articles, as stated in the following documents: Chatbots, Generative AI, and Scholarly Manuscripts, Artificial intelligence (AI) in decision making

Pediatric dentistry and dental prophylaxis utilizes the Scholarly Publishing Neuroassistant software to handle manuscripts at all stages of the workflow. Neuroassist is offered to be used by authors to analyze articles, by reviewers, and by editors when preparing articles for publication.

“Neuroassistant of scientific publishing” combines the following services:

• Bibliographic references recommendation service
• Keyword recommendation service
• Citation source search service
• Evaluation of article design quality

The reviewer and the editor of Pediatric dentistry and dental prophylaxis receive a brief report on the author's use of Neuroassistants. The reviewer is obliged to evaluate the expediency of using the recommendations of “Neuroassistent”. The editor is obliged to indicate in the final version of the article that services based on artificial intelligence were used to prepare the article for publication.

Only a human can interpret the results of Neuroassistant services and make a decision on the expediency of proposed corrections and additions.

Neuroassistant can under no circumstances be listed as the author of the article. The author, reviewer, and editor may, but are not obligated to, accept all corrections and additions suggested by Neuroassistant. The author, reviewer and editor are responsible for the use of corrections and additions suggested by the Neuroassistant.

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.

1. The manuscripts are accepted if has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere.

2. The materials should be prepared in a format OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or World Perfect.

3. Internet links are provided as a complete URL. 

4. Text should be typed with an interval of one and a half line spacing, font Times New Roman, 14 pt; to highlight the accents it is recommended to use italics rather than underlining (except Internet links). All images, graphics and tables are placed within the text according to the meaning of the particular part of text  (and not at the end of the document).

5. Text should follow the stylistic and bibliography requirements as stated in  Regulations  located in the Part "About Us." 

6. Please, remove the authors' names from the title of the article and other parts of the document to ensure the  anonymity of reviewing.

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).

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