Welcome to JCDMS
The Journal of Clinical Dentistry and Medical Sciences (JCDMS) is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to publishing high-quality scientific research in dentistry and medical sciences. The journal welcomes original and innovative work that advances scientific knowledge, clinical practice, education, and patient care.
Authors are requested to read these guidelines carefully before preparing and submitting their manuscripts. Compliance with the journal’s requirements will facilitate an efficient editorial assessment, peer-review process, and publication workflow.
Submission of a manuscript to JCDMS confirms that the work is original, has not been published previously, is not under consideration by another journal, has been approved by all listed authors, and complies with the ethical and editorial policies of JCDMS.
Before Submission
Before submitting a manuscript, authors should ensure that all scientific, ethical, formatting, and documentation requirements have been completed. Manuscripts that do not fulfil the journal’s basic technical requirements may be returned to the corresponding author before editorial assessment.
✓ The manuscript falls within the Aim and Scope of JCDMS.
✓ The work is original and is not under consideration by another journal.
✓ All listed authors have reviewed and approved the submitted version.
✓ Appropriate ethical approval has been obtained for research involving humans, animals, biological materials, or identifiable patient information.
✓ Informed consent and consent for publication have been obtained wherever applicable.
✓ Clinical trials have been registered in a recognised public clinical-trial registry, where applicable.
✓ References have been prepared according to the Vancouver referencing style.
✓ All required documents, declarations, figures, tables, and supplementary files are ready for submission.
Article Types
JCDMS accepts different categories of scientific and scholarly manuscripts. Authors should select the most appropriate article type during submission and prepare the manuscript according to the corresponding requirements.
| Article Type | Abstract | Abstract Length | Main-Text Word Limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Research Article | Structured | 250–300 words | 3,000–5,000 words |
| Review Article | Unstructured | 250–300 words | 3,500–5,500 words |
| Systematic Review | Structured | 250–300 words | 4,000–6,500 words |
| Meta-analysis | Structured | 250–300 words | 4,500–7,000 words |
| Scoping Review | Structured | 250–300 words | 4,000–6,000 words |
| Umbrella Review | Structured | 250–300 words | 5,000–7,000 words |
| Narrative Review | Unstructured | 250–300 words | 3,000–5,000 words |
| Case Report | Unstructured | 150–250 words | 1,500–2,500 words |
| Case Series | Unstructured | 200–250 words | 2,000–3,500 words |
| Short Communication | Unstructured | 150–200 words | 1,500–2,000 words |
| Technical Note | Unstructured | 150–250 words | 2,000–3,000 words |
| Clinical Image | Not required | — | 500–800 words |
| Letter to the Editor | Not required | — | 800–1,200 words |
| Editorial | Usually not required | — | Up to 2,500 words |
| Perspective / Commentary | Unstructured | 150–200 words | 1,500–2,500 words |
Note: Word limits exclude the abstract, references, tables, figure legends, and supplementary material unless otherwise specified. Reasonable variations may be considered when justified by the scientific content.
Required Files for Submission
Authors should upload each required document as a separate file. A complete submission should normally include a Cover Letter, Title Page, blinded Main Manuscript, tables, figures, reporting checklists, and supplementary files where applicable.
1. Cover Letter
A Cover Letter is mandatory for every submission. It should be addressed to the Editor-in-Chief and should briefly introduce the manuscript, explain its scientific importance, and confirm that the submission complies with the policies of JCDMS.
The Cover Letter should include:
- Complete manuscript title and selected article type.
- A brief explanation of the novelty and significance of the work.
- Confirmation that the manuscript is original.
- Confirmation that it is not under consideration elsewhere.
- Confirmation that all authors approved the submission.
- Ethics approval and informed-consent information, where applicable.
- Conflict-of-interest and funding declarations.
- Name and signature of the corresponding author.
2. Title Page
The Title Page should be uploaded as a separate document. Since JCDMS follows a double-blind peer-review process, this page will not be shared with reviewers.
The Title Page should include:
- A clear, concise, and informative manuscript title.
- A running title of no more than 50 characters.
- The selected article type.
- Full names of all authors in the agreed authorship order.
- Complete affiliations, including department, institution, city,
state or province, and country. - ORCID iDs, where available.
- Corresponding author’s postal address, email address, and
telephone number. - Main-text word count.
- Number of tables, figures, and supplementary files.
- Funding Statement.
- Conflict of Interest Statement.
- Author Contributions statement.
- Acknowledgements, where applicable.
3. Main Manuscript
The Main Manuscript is the scientific document assessed by editors and reviewers. It should be prepared as a blinded document and must not contain information that could identify the authors or their institutions.
Important: Do not include author names, affiliations, email addresses, ORCID iDs, institutional logos, author photographs, or identifying acknowledgements in the blinded Main Manuscript.
The Main Manuscript should generally contain:
- Manuscript title
- Abstract
- Keywords
- Main text arranged according to the selected article type
- References
- Tables, where applicable
- Figure legends
- Supplementary-material citations, where applicable
Original Research Articles should normally be arranged as Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Strength and Limitations, and Conclusion. Other manuscript categories should follow the structure specified for the relevant article type.
General Manuscript Formatting
Manuscripts should be prepared in clear and grammatically correct English. Authors may use either British or American English, but the chosen language style must be used consistently throughout the
manuscript.
- File format: Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx)
- Paper size: A4
- Font: Times New Roman
- Font size: 12-point
- Line spacing: Double
- Margins: 2.5 cm on all sides
- Page numbering: Consecutive
- Line numbering: Continuous, where possible
- Units: International System of Units (SI)
- Abbreviations: Define at first use and apply consistently
Publication Ethics
The Journal of Clinical Dentistry and Medical Sciences (JCDMS) is committed to maintaining high standards of scientific integrity, transparency, responsible authorship, and ethical publication. Authors must ensure that submitted manuscripts represent honest, accurate, and original scholarly work.
Authors must not engage in plagiarism, self-plagiarism, fabrication or falsification of data, inappropriate image manipulation, duplicate submission, redundant publication, citation manipulation, undisclosed conflicts of interest, guest authorship, ghost authorship, or unjustified fragmentation of one study into several publications.
Authors should retain original research data, ethics approvals, consent documents, laboratory records, questionnaires, and other supporting materials. These documents may be requested by the Editorial Office when clarification or verification is required.
Submission Declaration
Submission of a manuscript to JCDMS confirms that the work is original, has not been published previously in substantially the same form, is not being considered by another journal, and has been approved by all listed authors and responsible institutional authorities where applicable.
- The manuscript is not simultaneously submitted to another journal.
- All authors have reviewed and approved the submitted version.
- The corresponding author is authorized to communicate with the journal on behalf of all authors.
- All data, figures, tables, and supporting materials are authentic and accurately presented.
- Any previous presentation as a conference abstract, thesis, repository document, or preprint has been disclosed.
Authorship
JCDMS follows internationally accepted authorship principles. Every listed author should have made a substantial contribution to the work, participated in drafting or critically revising the manuscript, approved the final version, and agreed to be accountable for the accuracy and integrity of the work.
Individuals who provided technical assistance, statistical consultation, administrative support, language editing, or other contributions that do not qualify for authorship may be mentioned in the Acknowledgements section with their permission.
Gift, honorary, guest, and ghost authorship are unacceptable. Artificial intelligence tools and language models cannot be listed as authors or co-authors.
Changes to Authorship
Authors should finalize the author list, corresponding author, author affiliations, and authorship order before submission. Requests to add, remove, or rearrange authors after submission will be considered only when a valid explanation and written agreement from all affected authors are provided.
A request for an authorship change should include:
- A clear reason for the proposed change.
- Written approval from every existing author.
- Written approval from any author being added or removed.
- A revised Author Contributions statement where necessary.
Changes after acceptance will be considered only in exceptional circumstances and may delay publication.
Peer-Review Process
JCDMS follows a double-blind peer-review process. The identities of authors are concealed from reviewers, and reviewer identities are not disclosed to authors.
- Technical and administrative screening
- Initial editorial assessment
- Originality and policy checks
- Independent expert peer review
- Editorial evaluation of reviewer reports
- Revision by the authors, where required
- Final editorial decision
Manuscripts may be declined before external review when they fall outside the journal’s scope, do not meet minimum scientific or ethical standards, or fail to comply with essential submission requirements. The Editor-in-Chief or designated editor is responsible for the final editorial decision.
Revision and Resubmission
When revision is requested, authors should address every comment made by the editors and reviewers. Responses should be professional, evidence-based, and sufficiently detailed to show how each concern has been handled.
A revised submission should normally include:
- A detailed point-by-point response letter.
- A clean revised manuscript.
- A marked manuscript showing changes, where requested.
- Updated tables, figures, forms, or supplementary files.
Where an author does not agree with a reviewer’s recommendation, a respectful scientific explanation should be provided. A request for revision does not guarantee acceptance.
Appeals and Complaints
Authors may appeal an editorial decision when they believe that a significant scientific misunderstanding, factual error, conflict of interest, or procedural problem affected the decision.
An appeal should contain:
- The manuscript number and title.
- The specific decision being appealed.
- A clear scientific or procedural justification.
- A response to the reasons provided in the editorial decision.
Appeals and complaints should remain professional and should not contain personal, threatening, or disrespectful statements.
Plagiarism and Similarity Screening
Manuscripts submitted to JCDMS may be screened using appropriate similarity-detection software. The Editorial Office evaluates both the extent and the nature of matched content; a similarity percentage alone does not determine whether plagiarism has occurred.
Plagiarism may include:
- Copying text, ideas, data, tables, or figures without appropriate acknowledgement.
- Closely paraphrasing another source without citation.
- Reusing substantial portions of an author’s own published work without disclosure.
- Duplicate or redundant publication.
- Presenting another person’s work as original.
Depending on the seriousness of the issue, the manuscript may be returned for correction, rejected, or investigated further.
Artificial Intelligence and AI-Assisted Tools
Authors must disclose the use of generative artificial intelligence or AI-assisted technologies when such tools have materially contributed to manuscript writing, analysis, coding, interpretation, image generation, or other substantive scientific content.
- AI tools cannot be listed as authors or co-authors.
- AI must not replace human scientific judgement.
- AI must not be used to fabricate references, data, images, or results.
- Authors must verify the accuracy and originality of all AI-assisted content.
- Confidential patient or unpublished research data must not be uploaded to unauthorized AI systems.
Suggested disclosure: “During the preparation of this manuscript, the author(s) used [name of tool or service] for [purpose]. The author(s) reviewed and edited the output and accept full responsibility for the final content.”
Basic spelling and grammar-checking tools generally do not require disclosure when they do not generate substantive scientific content.
Human and Animal Research
Research involving human participants, identifiable human data, biological materials, or animals must receive prior approval from an appropriate Institutional Ethics Committee, Institutional Review Board, or equivalent authority.
The manuscript should state:
- Name of the approving committee.
- Approval or reference number.
- Date of approval, where available.
- Whether informed consent was obtained.
- The ethical principles or standards followed.
Human research should comply with applicable laws and recognized ethical principles, including the Declaration of Helsinki. Animal research should receive appropriate institutional approval and should be reported in accordance with relevant standards such as ARRIVE.
Informed Consent and Patient Privacy
Informed consent must be obtained from research participants whenever required. Separate consent for publication is necessary when a manuscript contains clinical details, photographs, videos, radiographs, or other information that could reasonably identify an individual.
Removing a participant’s name may not be sufficient to guarantee anonymity. Authors should remove unnecessary identifying details and retain written consent records. Evidence of consent may be requested by the Editorial Office.
Clinical-Trial Registration
Prospective clinical trials should be registered in a publicly accessible clinical-trial registry before enrolment of the first participant. The registry should be recognized by the World Health Organization or another appropriate national or international authority.
- Name of the clinical-trial registry.
- Trial-registration number.
- Date of registration.
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A statement identifying retrospective registration, where
applicable.
Reporting Guidelines
Authors should follow the reporting guideline appropriate to their study design. The relevant checklist and flow diagram should be uploaded as supplementary files where applicable.
| Reporting Guideline | Study Type |
|---|---|
| CONSORT | Randomized clinical trials |
| PRISMA | Systematic reviews and meta-analyses |
| PRISMA-ScR | Scoping reviews |
| STROBE | Observational studies |
| CARE | Case reports |
| ARRIVE | Animal studies |
| STARD | Diagnostic-accuracy studies |
| SPIRIT | Clinical-trial protocols |
| COREQ / SRQR | Qualitative research |
| CHEERS | Health-economic evaluations |
| SQUIRE | Quality-improvement studies |
| AGREE / RIGHT | Clinical-practice guidelines |
Conflict of Interest
All authors must disclose financial and non-financial interests that could reasonably be perceived as influencing the submitted work. Potential conflicts may include employment, consultancies, honoraria, research grants, stock ownership, patents, advisory roles, personal relationships, institutional relationships, or editorial positions.
Suggested statement when no conflict exists:
“The authors declare that they have no relevant financial or non-financial conflicts of interest.”
Funding Statement
Authors must identify all financial, institutional, material, or technical support received for the research and preparation of the manuscript. The statement should include the funding organization, grant number where applicable, and the role of the funder in the study.
Suggested statement when no funding was received:
“The authors received no financial support for the research, authorship, or publication of this article.”
Author-Contribution Statement
Authors should describe individual contributions using the CRediT Contributor Roles Taxonomy where appropriate. The contribution statement should accurately identify the role of every listed author.
- Conceptualization
- Methodology
- Investigation
- Formal analysis
- Data curation
- Resources and software
- Writing – original draft
- Writing – review and editing
- Visualization
- Supervision
- Project administration
- Funding acquisition
Data-Availability Statement
Original research manuscripts should include a statement explaining whether and how the data supporting the findings can be accessed.
Data included within the article:
“The data supporting the findings of this study are included within the article and its supplementary files.”
Data available on request:
“The datasets generated and analysed during the current study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request, subject to ethical and privacy restrictions.”
Data available in a repository:
“The data are available in [repository name] at [persistent
identifier or DOI].”
Open-Access Policy
JCDMS provides open access to published scholarly content so that readers can access research without subscription barriers. Authors should review the journal’s Open Access and Licensing Policy for information concerning copyright ownership, publication licences, permitted reuse, attribution, and author archiving.
Copyright and Licensing
Authors are responsible for ensuring that submitted manuscripts do not unlawfully reproduce copyrighted text, questionnaires, scales, tables, figures, illustrations, or other materials. Written permission must be obtained where required, and the original source must be acknowledged.
Following acceptance, authors will be required to complete the applicable publication or licence agreement before the article can be published.
Article Processing Charges
Any applicable Article Processing Charges, publication fees, waiver conditions, or exemptions will be communicated transparently through the official JCDMS Publication Fees page.
Payment of a publication fee does not guarantee acceptance. Editorial decisions are based exclusively on scientific quality, originality, relevance, ethical compliance, and peer-review outcomes. Authors should not make payments through unauthorized links, personal accounts, or unofficial representatives.
Preprints
Authors should disclose whether the manuscript has previously been posted on a recognized preprint server. Where permitted under journal policy, a preprint will not automatically be considered prior publication.
The preprint DOI or persistent link should be provided during submission. Authors are responsible for ensuring that submission to JCDMS does not violate any copyright or licensing terms associated with the preprint.
Tables
Tables should be submitted in an editable format and should not be uploaded as images. Each table should present information clearly and should not unnecessarily duplicate data already described in the text or figures.
- Number tables consecutively in the order cited.
- Provide a concise and informative title.
- Cite every table in the main manuscript.
- Explain abbreviations in table footnotes.
- Identify statistical significance symbols.
- Avoid excessive shading and decorative formatting.
- Avoid vertical lines where possible.
Figures and Artwork
Figures should be clear, accurate, appropriately labelled, and suitable for publication. Each figure should be numbered consecutively and cited in the manuscript. Figure legends should be included in the Main Manuscript and not embedded within the image.
| Artwork Type | Recommended Resolution |
|---|---|
| Photographic images | Minimum 300 dpi |
| Combination artwork | Minimum 600 dpi |
| Line drawings | Approximately 1000–1200 dpi |
Accepted formats may include TIFF, JPEG, PNG, EPS, PDF, or appropriate editable source files. Image adjustments must not conceal, remove, add, or misrepresent scientific information.
References
JCDMS follows the Vancouver referencing style. References should be numbered in the order of first appearance and cited in the text using numbers in square brackets.
- Every reference in the list must be cited in the manuscript.
- Every in-text citation must appear in the reference list.
- References should be arranged in numerical order.
- Standard journal-title abbreviations should be used.
- DOIs should be included whenever available.
- Authors are responsible for checking reference accuracy.
Supplementary Material
Supplementary material may be submitted when it supports the manuscript but is not essential to the main article text.
- Questionnaires and data-collection forms
- Complete electronic search strategies
- Study protocols
- Additional tables or figures
- Datasets and statistical code
- Audio or video material
- Reporting checklists and flow diagrams
Each supplementary file should have a clear title and description. Files should be complete, anonymized where required, and free of tracked changes, editing comments, or unnecessary personal information.
After Acceptance
Following acceptance, the corresponding author may be required to provide final editable files, complete the publication agreement, confirm author information, respond to production queries, and review the typeset proof.
- Submit final editable source files.
- Confirm names, affiliations, and author order.
- Complete the copyright or licence agreement.
- Respond to production and copyediting queries.
- Review and approve the typeset proof.
Proof Correction
The corresponding author will receive a proof after typesetting. Proofs should be checked carefully for typesetting errors, author information, completeness of text, tables, figures, references, and formatting.
Major changes to the scientific content, results, conclusions, or authorship are generally not permitted at the proof stage without prior editorial approval. Corrections should be returned within the period specified by the Editorial Office.
Corrections, Retractions, and Expressions of Concern
Authors must inform the journal promptly when they discover a significant error or inaccuracy in a submitted or published article. Depending on the nature and severity of the issue, JCDMS may publish a correction, corrigendum, erratum, expression of concern, or retraction.
Final Submission Checklist
Before completing submission, authors should confirm that every required item has been prepared and checked.
✓ Cover Letter has been uploaded.
✓ Separate Title Page is complete.
✓ Main Manuscript has been anonymized.
✓ Abstract and keywords meet the article requirements.
✓ Tables and figures are correctly numbered and cited.
✓ Figure legends have been included.
✓ References follow Vancouver style.
✓ Ethics approval and consent statements are included where
applicable.
✓ Clinical-trial registration details are included where applicable.
✓ Funding and Conflict of Interest statements are complete.
✓ Author Contributions and Data Availability statements are included.
✓ AI use has been disclosed where required.
✓ Applicable reporting checklist and flow diagram are uploaded.
✓ Permissions have been obtained for reused material.
✓ Supplementary files are complete and anonymized where necessary.
✓ All authors have approved the manuscript and submission.
Important Author Note
Authors are responsible for ensuring that their manuscripts are complete, accurate, ethically compliant, and prepared according to these guidelines. The Editorial Office may return incomplete or incorrectly formatted submissions for technical correction before beginning the editorial and peer-review process.
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