Author Guidelines

General Guidelines

The articles submitted to the editor have never been published and are not submitted simultaneously to other scientific journals for publication in the Indonesian language. 

1. The author must ensure that all co-authors have read and agreed to the content of the article for publication. 
2. Research reports with humans as research subjects must attach a letter of approval from the local Research Ethics Committee.

This journal complies with the the COPE Ethical Guidelines for peer reviewers (English): https://doi.org/10.24318/cope.2019.1.9 

The manuscript was written in Microsoft Word or any other similar programs and saved in the form of.docx or.doc. The manuscript should be written in Bold Times New Roman font with 14 pt for the title and 11 pt for the body (please refer to the template). If there is any Latin name in the title, it should be written in Italics. Spacing between lines is 1 without spacing before and after the paragraph. Paper size is A4 (210 x 297 mm) and 2.5 cm (1inch) from the margin at the upper, lower, right, and left.

The title page of the manuscripts should include the title, first authors, and co-author details, including affiliation and email address. The title should be short, clear, and informative. It also accurately describes the content of your manuscript and makes people want to read more. A maximum length of the title is 15 words, and the first letter in each word should be written in capital letters.

 The name of the authors should be written just below the title with 10pt font. Authors’ affiliation should be marked in numbers and then written in full after the names. The email address for corresponding author(s) should be stated and please make sure it is an active email address.

Manuscript Categories and Requirements

CASE REPORT

There are some key elements to be considered when writing a case report. Firstly, the title should accurately describe the case. Secondly, the case is reporting an important aspect in management, guidelines or any approach from clinical point of view. If possible, the case should make use of a clinical guideline or systematic reviews in management of the case. Thirdly, the clinical terms used, and language are well written in common English. Fourthly, the report has a logical construction and timeline so that other colleagues would easily understand it. Fifthly, the patient’s history, clinical examinations, and other investigation findings should be in detail but not include extraneous information. Only contained the relevant information to the main ideas. Any measurement in dimension, size, dosage and other quantity using the correct International Standard of Units (SI units). The reports would state clearly about the outcome and clearly concluded the result of the discussion at the end of report. The length of 1000–3000 words is considered reasonable.

 Structure of a case report:

1. Abstracts should be written in 10pt font, with a maximum 200 words, and written clearly and concisely to represent the core of the manuscript in English. It is written in structured manners consisting of background, case report and conclusion, representing the content in the manuscript body.

2. Keywords should be written in 10pt font (maximum 5 keywords) and should be written at the bottom of the abstract and arranged in alphabetical order.

3. Introduction (concise, no more than 5 paragraphs). Describe the background of the case, main problem in diagnosing/managing the case, and the aim of the case report.

4. Case presentation. Clearly give the patient descriptions, case history, physical examination results, pathology or other supportive investigation and test results. Treatment plans should also mention and state the expected The actual outcome would be reported as well. (Describe the relevant details of the case objectively and clinically and exclude the unnecessary ones.)

5. Discussion. Authors could elaborate on the management of the case in relevance with the current trends in therapy and discuss the importance of the case to be reported accordingly. In this part, the author could also describe the existing theories or clinical guidelines and what is the key issue in the patient’s condition).

6. Conclusion (Avoid undue extrapolation of the findings to other similar clinical conditions). A key clinical message should not be longer than 50 words. A key clinical point is a take-home message the author would like readers to remember after reading the report. Here the author could give suggestions, and recommendations to other clinicians, teachers, or researchers.

Acknowledgement (Individuals who contribute in the study but not included in authorship may be The source of financial support and industry affiliations of all those involved must be stated).

References are written in Vancouver style (Endnote and Mendeley automation can be used) with a minimum number of references of

Figures and Tables (Please see figure and table sections below for details) The template can be downloaded here.

Conflict of Interest

The corresponding author is expected to submit a competing interest statement on behalf of all authors of the paper. The author is expected to mention clearly any financial support or benefits from commercial sources which could create a potential conflict of interest. This statement must be included in the submitted article file. (for further information on CoI please refer to the policy https://doi.org/10.24318/cope.2019.1.6).  References are written in Vancouver style (Endnote and Mendeley automation can be used) with a minimum number of references of 15.

Clinical Images

Clinical images are pictures of the key clinical findings presented in the case reports. The image should be clear and convey an important message. We recommend the author submit photographic images in.png or.jpeg format, preferably in .png format, and the resolution should be greater than 300dpi.

 JIOMS adheres to the International Standards for Authors published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). JIOMS also welcomes reports of case series. A case series is a case report of some cases (2–6 cases) that have the same key element and are presented together to give a bigger picture or a variation of certain conditions or problems. 

 Figures and Tables

• Figures and tables should be included in the body of the
• Each figure and table should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numbers, in the order of appearance in the manuscript and accompanied by figure/table legend that clearly describes it. Figure/table titles and table content should be written in 9pt font.
• Details/explanation of any symbols/abbreviations and units of measurement must be explained in Table/Figure All presented tables/figures should be clearly explained in the text. Each Table/Figure has to be self-explanatory.
• Once the manuscript has been reviewed, authors are asked to provide separated files of figures and tables. Figures should be saved in the.png or.jpg format and should have a minimum resolution of 300 dpi. Tables should be saved separately in Excel or any compatible format.

Consent

A written patient consent must be present when the author submits a case report. The author must obtain the patient's signed consent prior to submission for case reports and clinical images. In case series, each patient should sign the informed consent for each case. Consent forms may be in the patient’s native language with English copy also presented.

ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLES

Abstracts should be written in 10pt font, with a maximum 200 words, and written clearly and concisely to represent the core of the manuscript. It should be in English, written in structured manners consisting of background, objectives, methods, results and conclusion), representing the content in the manuscript body.

Keywords should be written in 10pt font (maximum 5 keywords) and should be written at the bottom of the abstract and arranged in alphabetical order.

1. Introduction (Clearly describe the background, main problem, purpose of the study, and its benefits for the future).
2. Materials and methods (Clearly explain the details of materials, subjects, research methods, and statistical analysis utilized in the study).
3. Results (Data should be presented accurately in tables or Avoid repetition of presenting similar data).
4. Discussion (Clearly explain the interpretation of the study results in how to answer the problems stated by the results, and the discussion of the other relevant previously published Avoid the repetition of studies explained in the introduction.)
5. Conclusion (Avoid undue extrapolation of the finding of the study).
6. Acknowledgement: Individuals who contribute to the study but are not included in authorship may be acknowledged. The source of financial support and industry affiliations of all those involved must be stated.
7. Conflict of Interest (Please refer to the conflict of interest section above).
8. References are written in Vancouver style (Endnote and Mendeley automation can be used) with a minimum number of references of 15
9. Figures and Tables (Please see figure and table sections below for details.) The template can be downloaded from here

References

Authors are encouraged to use journal articles published in the last 10 years as primary references for case reports and original articles. Articles older than 10 years should not exceed 10% of the articles in the references. Authors are obliged to ensure that all the references are quoted accurately. Each reference quoted should be numbered according to their appearance in the main text using Arabic number (1, 2, 3, and so on) superscript. The title of each journal quoted should be abbreviated following the standard abbreviations, which can be found at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/journals.  

Figures and Tables

• Figures and tables should be included in the body of the
• Each figure and table should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numbers, in the order of appearance in the manuscript and accompanied by figure/table legend that clearly describes it. Figure/table titles and table content should be written in 9pt font.
• Details/explanation of any symbols/abbreviations and units of measurement must be explained in Table/Figure Legend. All presented tables/figures should be clearly explained in the text. Each Table/Figure has to be self-explanatory.
• Once the manuscript has been reviewed, authors are asked to provide separated files of figures and tables. Figures should be saved in the.png or.jpeg format and should have a minimum resolution of 300 dpi. Tables should be saved separately in Excel or any compatible format.

LITERATURE REVIEW

JIOMS invites some expert authors to periodically publish the latest updates in Oral Medicine practices, including the trends in the techniques, drugs, implementation of new policies, or anything relevant related to the clinical aspect in the field. Here are some suggestions for the invited authors to deliver their reviews.

References should be arranged according to the Vancouver superscript style. References must be numbered consecutively, following the order in which they appear within the text, and listed at the end of the text in numerical, rather than alphabetical order. No limit is placed on the number of references, but 50 is generally accepted. Identify references mentioned in the text, tables and legends with Arabic numerals in superscript. References must be valid and contain at least 70% primary works (journals, books and patent documents) published no earlier than during the previous ten years. Unpublished sources, such as manuscripts in preparation and personal communications, are not acceptable as references. Only sources cited in the text should appear in the reference list. The name of authors must be written in a consistent manner. The numbers and volumes of journals must be cited. Edition, publisher, city and page numbers of textbooks must also be included. References to downloaded internet sources must include the time of access and web address. Any abbreviations of journal titles must comply with dental and medical index conventions: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/journals.

 Template can be downloaded from here

Peer Review Process

All manuscripts submitted to the JIOMS must follow the focus, scope, and scope guidelines of this journal. The submitted manuscripts must fulfil scientific merit and/or novelty or new contribution to knowledge appropriate to the focus and scope of this journal. All manuscripts submitted to the JIOMS are first subjected to Editorial Review. Manuscripts that do not meet the focus and scope of the JIOMS or do not follow the basic author guidelines of the journal will be rejected without external review. The manuscripts that have passed the editorial review will be sent for formal peer review assessments.

All manuscripts submitted to this journal must be written in good English. Authors for whom English is not their native language are encouraged to have their papers checked before submission for grammar and clarity. English language and copyediting services can be provided by International Science Editing and Asia Science Editing. The work must not have been published or submitted for publication elsewhere. They need to show a certificate of English proofreading when asked by the Editor.

All submitted manuscripts must be free from plagiarism. All authors are suggested to use plagiarism detection software to do the similarity checking (please use Turnitin or iThenticate to check the similarity). Editors will also check the similarity of manuscripts in this journal by using the Turnitin or iThenticate software.

 Every submitted article will be double-blinded by two peer reviewers, however, there is the possibility that the Journal will assign further reviewers for more specialised advice on statistics or techniques if the need arises. After receiving reports from the reviewers, the editors will evaluate the recommendations, which normally come as: 1) Accept and publish, with or without editorial revision, 2) Accept with minor revisions, 3) Consider major revisions, 4) Reject.

The reviews would cover the originality, conceptual or technical related to the study and case reports, interpretation of the results, and reference to the clinical guidelines. The editors will register the decision and inform the authors about the decisions.

 When authors are asked to revise the manuscript, they need to examine sentence structure, the completeness and accuracy of the text, references, tables, and graphic contents of the revised manuscript very carefully. Authors need to answer each of the reviewer's comments and submit the revision in a separate file. In the revised manuscript, the authors also must show the changes that have been made, by giving the text with different colours.

The Editor-in-Chief will make the final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of manuscripts. The Editorial Board reserves the right to edit articles on all aspects of style, format, and clarity. Manuscripts with excessive errors in any aspect, i.e. spelling or punctuation, will be returned to authors for revision before resubmission or may be rejected entirely.

Publication of accepted articles, including assigning the article to the published issues, will be made by the Editor in Chief by considering the sequence of accepted dates and geographical distribution of authors as well as a thematic issue.

 Publication Frequency

The JIOMS is published three times per year (February, June, and October).

 Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research and case reports freely available to the public and therefore supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. The Journal of Indonesian Oral Medicine Society continuously works with the community to select the best licensing option. This journal currently uses Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA).

Notes

All submitted manuscripts falling within the overall scope of the Journal will be assessed by at least two suitable qualified reviewers, while manuscripts in an incorrect format will be returned to the author without review. For further information about the status of the submission or any questions regarding the submission process, the author could contact JIOMS via e-mail. The editor reserves the right to improve the content and language of the text without changing the meaning. The content of the article is the responsibility of the author.