Submissions

Author Guidelines

      Please use the templates to prepare your manuscript

             Title Page Template         Main Text Template

 

Correspondence, when applicable, should be addressed to:

BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF ORAL SCIENCES

A/C Altair A. Del Bel Cury, Editor-in-Chief

Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba – UNICAMP

Avenida Limeira, 901

Zip code: 13.414-903 – Piracicaba, SP – Brasil

Phone: +55 (19) 2106-5706

E-mail: brjorals@unicamp.br

Website: https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/bjos

Manuscripts and all corresponding documentation should be exclusively submitted via the online submission link: https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/bjos/about/submissions

Basic information

Brazilian Journal of Oral Sciences, e-ISSN 1677-3225, published by the Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba (FOP) – Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), is an international non-profit open-access online journal. Brazilian Journal of Oral Sciences is an internationally distributed scientific journal that uses continuous publication. This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle of making research freely available to the public, supporting a greater global exchange of knowledge.

The abbreviated title is Braz J Oral Sci. It should be used in bibliographies, footnotes, references, and bibliography legends.

Intellectual property

Brazilian Journal of Oral Sciences adopts Creative Commons license (CC-BY).

Sponsors

Brazilian Journal of Oral Sciences has financial support of Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba (FOP), Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)

Open Science

Our editorial policy follows the research communication in the Open Science modus operandi”

Indexing in

• OpenAlex
• BBO - Biblioteca Brasileira de Odontologia
• Bioline International
• Dentistry & Oral Sciences Source
• DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journal
• EZB - Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek
• Free Medical Journal
• Google Scholar
• LATINDEX
• LILACS - Literatura Latino Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde
• Portal de Periódicos CAPES
• PPEC - Portal de Periódicos Eletrônicos Científicos (UNICAMP)
• RevOdonto - Portal de Revistas Eletrônicas de Odontologia
• Scirus
• Scopus

Instructions to authors

Scope and Policy

The primary goal of the Brazilian Journal of Oral Sciences is to publish the outcomes of original investigations and reviews, short communications, and letters to the editor in the field of Dentistry and related disciplines. According to the quality indicators and peer-reviewed material, the Brazilian Journal of Oral Sciences is committed to publishing the scientific and technological advances achieved by the dental community and related areas to assure its acceptability at the local, regional, national, and international levels. The Brazilian Journal of Oral Sciences is a gold open access journal in line with the current and good national and international scientific communication practices. There is no fee to authors for submitting to the Brazilian Journal of Oral Sciences or Article Processing Charge (APC). Also, the Brazilian Journal of Oral Sciences accepts preprint submissions from the following servers: SciELO Preprints, arXiv, bioRxiv, and medRxiv. The journal editors will analyze the acceptance of Preprints from other servers. Preprints are scientific texts ready for submission to a journal that their authors deposit in a public server before or during their submission to a specific journal.

Authors who opt for preprints and subsequent or simultaneous submission to the Brazilian Journal of Oral Sciences may have their manuscripts deposited in a preprint server, such as SciELO Preprints server. It should be informed that the manuscript is deposited at the Preprints server and provide their name and URL at the “Open Science Compliance Form” (a document to the filled out and submitted as a supplementary file to the manuscript). If the manuscript has been deposited as a preprint, the name of the preprint server and the preprint DOI must be provided. Authors must declare any potential conflicts of interest related to the conduct and reporting of the research.

Form and preparation of manuscripts

The manuscript sent for publication must be original, and simultaneous submission to another national or international journal is not allowed. This is an Open Access Journal. Its articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium provided the original article is properly cited. Thus, the Brazilian Journal of Oral Sciences does not require that copyright be submitted with the manuscript; however, the authors should retain the manuscript's copyright.

Only manuscripts written in English are accepted, and authors are fully responsible for the content, including text, citations, and references. The Brazilian Journal of Oral Sciences reserves the right to submit all manuscripts to the Editorial Board, which is fully authorized to determine their suitability for publication or to return them to the authors with suggestions for revision in accordance with the journal’s editorial guidelines. In this case, the manuscript will be re-evaluated by the Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Board. The concepts stated in the manuscript published are the authors’ full responsibility and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Board. . The dates of receipt and acceptance of the manuscript will be indicated upon publication. Additionally, the handling editor will be identified. 

STRUCTURE OF THE MANUSCRIPT 

Types of Manuscripts and Formats

Original Research

Title Page

Main text (30.000 characters including spaces)

Abstract - up to 250 words

Keywords - 3 to 5

Introduction, Material and Methods, Results, Discussion

References – up to 35

Tables

Figures – 8 at most

Short Communication

Title Page

Main text (10.000 characters including spaces)

Abstract - up to 250 words

Keywords - 3 to 5

Introduction, Material and Methods, Results, Discussion

References – up to 15

Tables

Figures – 2 at most

Critical Review (only invitation)

Title Page

Main text (40.000 characters including spaces)

Abstract - up to 250 words

Keywords - 3 to 5

Introduction, Material and Methods, Results, Discussion

References – up to 50

Tables

Figures – 6 at most

Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (only invitation)

Title Page

Main text (40.000 characters including spaces)

Abstract - up to 250 words

Background, Objectives, Search Methods, Selection Criteria, Data Collection and Analysis, Main Results,

Author´s conclusions

References: not specified

Tables

Figures

Letter to the Editor

Letters should include evidence to support the author's opinion on the scientific or editorial contents of BJOS and should be limited to 500 words. Figures or tables are not allowed. The Editor-in-Chief should be consulted via email to submit a letter in advance.

Proceedings of Scientific Events (Abstracts)

We publish proceedings of scientific events under prior consultation. Such document is neither indexed nor published in the Scielo collection. Additionally, no DOI will be provided.

Technical normalization

The manuscript should be typed as follows: 1.5 spacing in 12 pt Arial font, with 3 cm margins at each side, on an A4 page. The authors should keep a copy of the manuscript for possible requests. Pages should be numbered consecutively.

Title page  Use the available template

Must be submitted as a Title Page file through the online submission system, which should contain only:

Title - Title of the manuscript in English. Informative and concise title: limited to 110 characters, including spaces. It should describe the article's content specifically, clearly, and concisely and MUST NOT contain commercial names of products.

Authors

• Authors' full names in direct order, and ORCID number, affiliations, institutions, city, state, and country. t is not necessary to include academic degrees or professional titles.
• Affiliations must be numbered sequentially using superscript Arabic numerals.
• Use an asterisk (*) to indicate the corresponding author.

Example:

Author A¹, https://orcid.org/number

Author B¹, https://orcid.org/number

Author C²*, https://orcid.org/number

Affiliations - Institution names in affiliations must be written in their original language, or in English. For non-Latin alphabets, it is mandatory to write in English

Example:

1 Department, Faculty, University, City, State, Country.

2 Department, Faculty, University, City, State, Country.

• Name and full address of the corresponding author, including phone number and e-mail address.

Author Contribution

The participation of each author must be justified and should meet the authorship and co-authorship criteria adopted by the Contributor Role Taxonomy (CRediT):

• Conceptualization (ideas, formulation or evolution of overarching research goals and aims)
• Data curation (management activities to annotate (produce metadata), scrub data and maintain research data (including software code, where it is necessary for interpreting the data itself) for initial use and later re-use)
• Formal analysis (application of statistical, mathematical, computational, or other formal techniques to analyze or synthesize study data)
• Funding acquisition (acquisition of financial support for the project leading to this publication)
• Investigation (conducting a research and investigation process, specifically performing the experiments, or data/evidence collection)
• Methodology (development or design of methodology; creation of models)
• Project administration (management and coordination responsibility for the research activity planning and execution)
• Resources (provision of study materials, reagents, materials, patients, laboratory samples, animals, instrumentation, computing resources, or other analysis tools)
• Software (programming, software development; designing computer programs; implementation of the computer code and supporting algorithms; testing of existing code components)
• Supervision (oversight and leadership responsibility for the research activity planning and execution, including mentorship external to the core team)
• Validation (verification, whether as a part of the activity or separate, of the overall replication/reproducibility of results/experiments and other research outputs)
• Visualization (preparation, creation and/or presentation of the published work, specifically visualization/data presentation)
• Writing – original draft (preparation, creation and/or presentation of the published work, specifically writing the initial draft (including substantive translation)
• Writing – review & editing (preparation, creation and/or presentation of the published work by those from the original research group, specifically critical review, commentary or revision – including pre- or post-publication stages)

It is imperative to declare that all authors actively participated in discussing the manuscript's findings and have revised and approved the final version of the manuscript.

Example:

Author A: Conceptualization, Methodology, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – Original Draft, Writing – Review & Editing. Author B: Conceptualization, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – Original Draft, Writing – Review & Editing. Author C: Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – Original Draft, Writing – Review & Editing. All authors actively revised and approved the final version of the manuscript.

Conflict of Interest

All authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence their work.

Example:

Authors A and B declare a financial relationship with Company X, which may be perceived as a potential conflict of interest.

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

Ethics approval statement, if necessary

Human studies reports should include proof that the research was ethically conducted based on the Helsinki Declaration (World Medical Association). In addition, the approval protocol number issued by an Institutional Ethics Committee must be cited. Manuscripts reporting animal studies should also include evidence that the research was ethically conducted, and the approved protocol number issued by the Ethics Institution Committee should be cited.

Use of Artificial Intelligence

Authors maintain full accountability for the manuscript's integrity and must transparently disclose any use of generative AI tools in the writing or data analysis process, as these tools cannot be credited with authorship. Thus, manuscripts must be accompanied by a data availability statement concerning the use of artificial intelligence.

Example:

The authors acknowledge the use of [Tool Name, e.g., ChatGPT-4] to [reason, e.g., improve the clarity and flow of the manuscript]. The authors maintain full responsibility for the content of the work.

Data availability

Manuscripts must be accompanied by a data availability statement for the data used or generated in the research underlying the texts. If authors have made the research data available in a data repository, it is possible to link the article directly to the dataset. If data is unavailable or unsuitable to post, it should be declared into the main text.

Examples:

Datasets related to this article can be found at [INSERT PERMANENT URL(s) TO BE LINKED TO DATASET], hosted at [NAME OF HOSTING REPOSITORY] ([CITATION TO DATASET]).

Datasets related to this article can not be shared because they are part of ongoing research.

Datasets related to this article will be available upon request to the corresponding author.

Acknowledgments

Financial support by government agencies should be acknowledged, as well as technical assistance or aid from colleagues must be credited, and any bond between authors and companies must be revealed.

Main Text   Use the available template 

The paper must be previously translated or reviewed by a professional or company responsible for the English language. Authors with English as their native language must submit a signed letter as a supplementary file taking responsibility for the quality of the English language and editing the text.

The trade name of the material used must be followed by the manufacturer, city, state, and country within parentheses upon the first mention. All abbreviations must be explained at first mention.

1. Title
2. Structured Abstract
3. Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion
4. References
5. Tables
6. Figures

Authors are advised to ensure consistency between the names provided in the Title Page and those registered in the submission system to avoid discrepancies.

Title

Title of the manuscript in English. Informative and concise title: limited to 110 characters, including spaces. It should describe the article's content specifically, clearly, and concisely and must not contain commercial names of products.

Abstract

The abstract should be presented as a single structured paragraph of up to 250 words and should clearly state the aim, methods, results, and conclusions drawn from the study.

Keywords

The authors should provide 3 (three) to 5 (five) main descriptors chosen from the keywords registered at MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Keywords should be separated by periods, and the first letter of each word must be capitalized.

Example: Dental materials. Inlays. Clinical trial. Orthodontics, preventive.

Introduction

The study’s relevance and its relationship with other published works in the same line of research or field should be addressed. Authors should identify its limitations and possible biases and the objective, and the working hypothesis should be concisely stated at the end of this section.

Materials and methods

• The characteristics of the material pertinent to the research subject should be presented.
• The experimental, analytical, and statistical methods should be described concisely but in sufficient detail to allow others to recreate the work.
• Information from manufacturers or suppliers of products, equipment, or software must be explicit when first mentioned in this section (manufacturer’s name, city, and country). The computer programs and statistical methods must also be specified.
• The trade names of techniques, products, or scientific and clinical equipment should only be cited in the “Materials and methods” and “Acknowledgments” sections (according to each case), except when the objective of the work is to compare products or specific systems. Generic names should be used in the remainder of the manuscript, including the title.
• Manuscripts containing radiographs, microradiographs, or SEM images must include information regarding radiation source, filters, and kV levels.

Results

The results should be presented in the same order as the experiment was performed. The important observations should be emphasized, and statistical data must be reported. Text, tables, and figures should not be repetitive. Statistically relevant results should be presented with enclosed corresponding p values.

Discussion

The study results must be discussed and related to this section's working hypothesis and relevant literature. It should describe the author’s observations and confront the results (similarities and differences) to similar studies found in the literature, explaining the possible findings and differences. In addition, it must detect the limitations of the study design and make suggestions for future research. The conclusion should be presented at the end of the Discussion, without a separate section.

 

References

The list of references should only include works cited in the text and have been published or accepted for publication. References should be numbered and presented in the NLM Style, by the guidelines provided by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, as presented in Uniform Requirements Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals. Journal titles should be abbreviated according to the NLM Catalog: Journals referenced in the NCBI Databases. The correct presentation of the references is the responsibility of the authors. The number of references should be according to the manuscript type, as follows:

Original Research: up to 35

Short Communication: up to 15

Critical Review (only invitation): up to 50

Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (only invitation): not specified

 

List the first six authors. With more than 6 authors list the first six authors followed by et al. (should not be written in italics).

Citation

References must be numbered sequentially using superscript Arabic numerals in the order they appear in the text, tables, or figures.

• one author: Magrota¹ (2026)
• two authors: Yao and Tang² (2025)
• three authors or more: Shakeri et al.³ (2026)

Examples:

Recently, it has been proposed that free radicals may lead to RAS through oxidative stress pathway⁴.

Aside from prevalence reports, very few studies have evaluated the response to therapy according to the individual genotype^5-9.

References examples

Document not in English

Chen R, Bian M, Zhao J, Qian L, Shi Y, Wu Z. [Research progress on external cervical resorption]. Zhejiang Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban. 2026 Mar;55(2):173-84. Chinese. doi: 10.3724/zdxbyxb-2025-0778.

Oliveira LPS, Souza AF, Marchi GM, Martins LRM, Vieira-Junior WF, Lima DANL. [Artificial intelligence in the diagnosis of carious lesions: integrative review]. Rev Odontol Araçatuba. 2025 [cited 2026 Feb 5];46(1):32-8. Available from: https://revaracatuba.odo.br/revista/2024/12/TRABALHO05.pdf. Portuguese.

Vargas-Echeverría SL, Pech-Argüelles RC, Estrada-Rodríguez E. [Research trends on botulinum toxin A in bruxism: a bibliometric analysis]. Rev Med Inst Mex Seguro Soc. 2025 Nov;63(6):e6765. Spanish. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.17342555.

Articles

Standard journal article

Carneiro RVTSM, Garcia RM, Scaramucci T, Cavalli V. Assessing the impact of vegan toothpastes on enamel color change and surface properties. J Esthet Restor Dent. 2025 Sep;37(9):2104-15. doi: 10.1111/jerd.13483.

Takahashi R, Zeng S, Kanamori Y, Rozan S, Shimada Y. Effect of resin coating on dentin bond strength under immediate and delayed cementation protocols. J Esthet Restor Dent. 2026 Feb;38(2):354-61. doi: 10.1111/jerd.70037. Epub 2025 Oct 2.

Organization as author

FDI World Dental Federation. Lasers in dentistry. Int Dent J. 2025 Feb;75(1):9-10. doi: 10.1016/j.identj.2024.12.007.

Article with supplement/special issue/Abstract

Pandrangi VC, Alt JA. Sleep in disease: inflammation and chronic rhinosinusitis. Neurobiol Sleep Circadian Rhythms. 2025 Apr;18(Suppl):100120. doi: 10.1016/j.nbscr.2025.100120.

Ruggiero M, Giugliano T, Choi M, Del Bel Cury A, Zhang Y. 3D-Printed Zirconia - a correlation analysis of microstructure, strength and translucency. In: Abstract of the IADR [General session, ID 1973]. New Orleans: IADR; 2024 [cited 2026 Jan 10].  Available from: https://iadr.abstractarchives.com/abstract/24iags-4002888/3d-printed-zirconia-a-correlation-analysis-of-microstructure-strength-and-translucency.

Books

Ritter AV, Boushell LW, Walter R. Sturdevant’s art and science of operative dentistry. 8th edition. Saint Louis: Elsevier; 2026.

Book chapter

Mani AS, John J, Uma E, Nieminen P. E-profissionalism in dental education. In: Rahman MT, Kassim NLA, editors. Handbook of dental education technology. Singapore: Springer; 2025. p.1-26.

Thesis/dissertation

Costa RC. [Biomaterials for controlling dental implant infections: biological mechanisms, modulating factors, and new treatment strategies] [doctoral dissertation]. Piracicaba: Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba (FOP), Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP); 2025. Portuguese.

Vaishampayan P. Unmet oral health needs and barriers to dental care utilization among marginalized youth [master’s thesis]. Ontario: Western University; 2025.

On-line: indicate only URL documents with open access

Brazilian Ministry of Health. [SB Brazil 2023: national research on oral health]. Brasília: Ministry of Health; 2024 [cited 2026 Jan 22]. Available from: https://www.gov.br/saude/pt-br/composicao/saps/brasil-sorridente/sb-brasil. Portuguese.

Monnazzi MS. [Clinical guide for the studies: impacted teeth]. Araraquara: Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp); 2025 [cited 2026 Feb 5]. Available from: https://hdl.handle.net/11449/315439. Portuguese.

Unpublished: use "Forthcoming" rather than "In press" because not all items will be printed.)

Herpel C, Becher H, Aarabi G, Borof K, Castell S, Ciardo A, et al. Temporomandibular disorders: prevalence and associated biopsychosocial factors. An analysis of data from the NAKO health study. Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2026 Jun 3;(Forthcoming):arztebl.m2025.0219. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.m2025.0219.

Illustrations and Tables

Figures

• The illustrations (photographs, graphs, drawings, charts, etc.), regarded as figures, should be limited to the least amount possible, consecutively numbered with Arabic numerals according to the order they appear in the text.
• Photographs, microradiographs, and radiographs should be sent in original colors in JPG or TIFF formats, at least 10 cm wide and at least 300 dpi of resolution. Should be (Figure) inserted in the main text.
• Figure legends should go along the figure and be inserted into the main text.
• Composite figures must be labeled with letters A, B, C, etc., and should be combined into one figure. Do not send multi-panel figures separately. Single figures may not exceed 8 cm in width, or groups of figures may not exceed 16 cm in width. Figures should be labeled with the title of the article.

Tables

The tables should be logically arranged in DOC or DOCX formats, consecutively numbered with Arabic numerals. Tables should be open on the right and left sides (i.e., without vertical lines). Each table must be self-explanatory and contain all necessary information. Tables should be included in the main text. The journal allows a maximum of four tables.

 

Send of the manuscripts

Manuscripts and all corresponding documentation should be exclusively submitted via the online submission link: https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/bjos/about/submissions

 

Manuscript evaluation policy

PEER REVIEW

Manuscripts will be evaluated regarding presentation according to the instructions for authors and the presence of mandatory documents required for submission. Manuscripts that do not meet these requirements will be returned to the corresponding author for adaptations. The review and evaluation process of the manuscript's scientific content will only be initiated after meeting all requirements criteria described in the Instructions for authors. Manuscripts following the instructions to authors will be evaluated on their scientific merit and methods by at least two ad hoc referees, from different institutions of that of the authors, besides the Editor-in-Chief. Suppose no consensus about the quality of the manuscript was not found between the reviewers, the manuscript might be sent to another review or Editorial Board. After analysis, a decision is taken. Also, all manuscripts will be submitted to analysis by plagiarism software as part of the evaluation process. When revision of the original is required, the manuscript will be returned to the corresponding author for modification. The authors will re-submitted a revised version with changes, and the Editor-in-Chief and reviewers will re-evaluate that. Blinded Peer-Review is followed for all manuscripts submitted to the Brazilian Journal of Oral Sciences, including preprints.

The adoption of an Open Peer-Review system is used only when authors and reviewers explicitly declare to agree to interact directly with one another. Authors must clarify their options in the “Open Science Compliance Form”. Reviewers must make their choice clear when indicating their availability for reviewing the submission.

Contents of the manuscript are the authors' responsibility and do not reflect the opinion of the Editor-in-Chief or Editorial Board.

GALLERY PROOF

Galley proofs will be sent to the corresponding author by electronic mail in PDF format for final approval. Approval of galley proofs by the corresponding author should be returned with corrections, if necessary, within 48 hours. Corrections in the galley proofs should be restricted to minor mistakes that do not modify the manuscript’s content. If not returned within 48 hours, the Editor-in-Chief will consider the present version the final and not allow further modifications.

The inclusion of new authors is not allowed at this phase of the publication process.

The authors’ sole responsibility is to verify the proper use of their scientific names in the manuscript.

The final version of the approved article will be published with the name of the editor or editors responsible for the manuscript evaluation process.

Clinical Trial Registry, Observational Studies, Animal Studies, Genetically modified organisms, Gene record, microarray data, Clinical Report Cases

• Clinical Trials must be reported according to the CONSORT Statement standard protocol. The clinical trial registration number and the research record name will be published along with the article.
• Observational studies should follow the STROBE guidelines, and the checklist must be submitted.
• Systematic reviews and meta-analyses (only invitation) must follow PRISMA or Cochrane protocols.
• Manuscripts reporting animal studies should also include evidence that the research was ethically conducted, and the approved protocol number issued by the Ethics Institution Committee should be cited.
• Manuscripts involving genetically modified organisms should include evidence that the research was approved by the Local National Technical Commission on Biosecurity.
• If the research involves a gene record, new genetic sequences should be included in a public database before submission, and the access number should be provided to BJOS. Authors may use the following databases:
• Manuscript submissions that include microarray data should include the information recommended by the Minimum Information About Microarray Experiments (http://www.mged.org/index.html) guidelines and/or describe, in the form of items, how the experimental details were submitted to one of the publicly available databases, such as:

GenBank

EMBL

DDBJ

• Manuscript submissions that include microarray data should include the information recommended by the Minimum Information About Microarray Experiments (http://www.mged.org/index.html) guidelines and/or describe, in the form of items, how the experimental details were submitted to one of the publicly available databases, such as:

ArrayExpress

GEO

Plagiarism and Editorial Misconduct

The Brazilian Journal of Oral Sciences follows the Guide to good practices for strengthening ethics in a scientific publication edited by the SciELO Program. This follows standards and recommendations of ethical standards and responsibility in the scientific communication established by the national institutions and among which stand out: CSE, Equator Network, ICMJE, CNPq - Relatório da Comissão de Integridade de Pesquisa do CNPq, FAPESP. Code of good scientific practice. The Scielo Guide promotes integrity and transparency in the manuscript evaluation process. Guide to good practices for strengthening ethics in a scientific publication. Also, all manuscripts will be submitted to a technical review for plagio analysis using Turnitin plagiarism software as part of the evaluation process. After that, the Editor-in-chief or associate editor checks the document provided by Turnitin, and if any problem is found, the manuscript is sent back to the author for adaptions or corrections. The maximum similarity accepted is 24%. The manuscript that does not meet this requirement will be returned to the corresponding author together with Turnitin´s report file.

Preparing the manuscript evaluation policy

Manuscripts will be evaluated regarding presentation according to the instructions for authors and the presence of mandatory documents required for submission. Manuscripts that do not meet these requirements will be returned to the corresponding author for adaptations. The review and evaluation process of the manuscript's scientific content will only be initiated after meeting all requirements criteria described in the Instructions for authors. Manuscripts following the instructions to authors will be evaluated on their scientific merit and methods by at least two ad hoc referees, in a double-blinded review process, from different institutions of that the authors, besides the Editor-in-Chief.

If no consensus about the quality of the manuscript was not found between the reviewers, the manuscript might send to another review or Editorial Board, and after analysis, a decision is taken. Also, all manuscripts will be submitted for analysis by Turnitin´s plagiarism software as part of the evaluation process. When revision of the original is required, the manuscript will be returned to the corresponding author for modification. The authors will re-submit a revised version with changes, and the Editor-in-Chief and reviewers will re-evaluate that.

Our editorial policy is committed to the double-blind peer review process in which authors and referees are kept anonymous during the review process. Contents of the manuscript are the authors' responsibility and do not reflect the opinion of the Editor-in-Chief or Editorial Board.

Submission checklist

Submission Preparation Checklist

1. The submission has not been previously published, nor is it under consideration in another journal.
2. The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
3. Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
4. The text is 1.5 spacing in the 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.
5. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, found in About the Journal.
6. If submitted to a peer-reviewed journal section, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.
7. Brazilian Journal of Oral Sciences only adopts an Open Peer Review system when authors and reviewers explicitly agree to interact directly with one another. Authors must clarify their options in the “Open Science Compliance Form”. Reviewers must make their choice clear when indicating their availability for reviewing the submission by email.
8. I declare that I am aware that all items of the above conditions have been met and that if any of them are omitted, I will have the manuscript returned or rejected, according to the pre-evaluation.