About the Journal

The Revista de Odontologia da UNESP (ISSN 1807-2577 - online) Rev. Odontol. UNESP began in 1979 with the merger of the journals Revista da Faculdade de Odontologia de Araçatuba, Revista da Faculdade de Farmácia e Odontologia de Araraquara and Revista da Faculdade de Odontologia de São José dos Campos. It is published by the Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio de Mesquita Filho" - UNESP. Since its inception, the journal has been adapting to the guidelines for a contemporary editorial policy. Since it was indexed in the SciELO database, the journal is open access, fully online and articles are published in Portuguese or English. Since 2019, the journal has adopted continuous publication, allowing articles to be published more quickly.

Open Science

The Revista de Odontologia da UNESP is an open access. The journal adopts a series of practices, such as the open access policy, the code of good practice for editors and the use of social networks to disseminate published work. In addition, it requires the precise indication of the role of each author in articles with multiple authorship, encourages the sharing of analysis data sets, instruments, statistical analysis and additional materials, made available in open online repositories, such as, Zenodo, Figshare e OSF, NCBI, Mendeley Data if they cannot be published in the paper itself, and this information must be indicated in the manuscript.

Rev. Odontol. UNESP encourages the publication of preprint articles on public platforms, such as Preprints, SciELO Preprints and EmeRI, so that, where appropriate, they can be discussed openly before being published.

Also in line with open science practices, the journal offers authors and reviewers the option of opening up the peer review process, with or without identifying their names.

Ethical Principles

Rev. Odontol. UNESP is dedicated to complying with good practices and follows norms and recommendations for ethical standards and responsibility in scientific communication established by national and international institutions, including: COPE, Equator Network, ICMJE, Fapesp e o Manual de Boas Práticas para o Fortalecimento da Ética na Publicação Científica do SciELO.

Rev. Odontol. UNESP is committed to ethics and quality in publishing. The Journal conform to the standards of ethical behavior expected of all parties involved: authors, editors and reviewers in publishing in the journal. Authors, Editors and Reviewers are encouraged to study and follow all the rules of good practice in scientific research.

In order to promote the predominance of originality in its texts, the journal adopts software to check for duplication with texts that have already been published, Rev. Odontol. UNESP does not accept plagiarism or any other unethical behavior. The journal considers the practice of plagiarism to be unacceptable. When plagiarism is detected, the author(s) are informed, with the presentation of the report generated by the software used. Rev. Odontol. UNESP uses the Turnitin plagiarism detection software. If there is any doubt, the editor-in-chief contacts the corresponding author. If duplication is proven, the authors' affiliation or funding institutions involved in the development of the research are contacted and the article is rejected for publication.

When submitting articles to the journal, the authors declare that the content is original and guarantee that the work has not been published and is not under review/evaluation in any other journal.

Fabricating or falsifying data and images is a serious misconduct. The evaluation process is careful to identify such misconduct. If there are any doubts, the authors are asked to provide supporting data on the methodology and results. If misconduct is found, the journal informs the authors' affiliation or funding institutions involved in the development of the research. The journal follows the COPE flow charts for identifying and advising on misconduct.

If ethical misconduct is suspected, the Editor-in-Chief will assess the situation with a view to clarifying the problem. Corrections or clarifications may be published by the
journal if necessary. Cases not listed in these rules will be resolved by the Editor-in- Chief and deputy editors. Occasionally, when the journal's decision is contested, a committee is set up made up of members of the editorial board and members from outside the journal.

The author(s) of the article found to have misconduct will not be allowed to publish in Rev. Odontol. UNESP for a period of 5 years.

Copyright

The authors hold the copyright for the articles published in Rev. Odontol. UNESP. The content of the articles is the sole responsibility of the authors. The journal uses Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) for the articles published. This license allows published articles to be reused without permission for any purpose, once the author and original source have been cited.

Focus and Scope

The Revista de Odontologia da UNESP is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal that publishes scientific articles on basic and clinical research and review articles that constitute advances in knowledge in the field of dentistry and related areas.

Digital Preservation

This journal follows the standards defined in the SciELO Program's Digital Preservation Policy.

Indexed Sources

Bibliography

Journal title: Revista de Odontologia da Unesp
Short title: Rev. Odontol. UNESP
Published by: Universidade Estadual Paulista
Periodicity: Annual
Mode of publication: Continuous publication
Year the journal was founded: 1979

Websites and Social Media

Instagram: @revodontounesp