Instructions for Authors

Dental Research Today is an open-access journal that accepts various submissions, including research articles, reviews, case reports, case series, editorials, letters, correspondence, perspectives, and hypotheses. The Dental Research Today Editorial Board, a team of active scientists and scientists with varying expertise, evaluates contributions and sends them to external expert reviewers for further consideration.

Please submit your manuscript through our submission portal. Use this page to track the status of your submitted manuscripts. Before submitting an article, read the author guidelines provided for the Visagaa Publishing House journals. These policies represent the rights and obligations of the author with whom you agree to submit and publish a manuscript in Visagaa Publishing House journals.

Types of papers

Authors submitting to Dental Research Today should adhere to specific guidelines based on the kind of article they are preparing.

Research Articles are comprehensive reports of original studies contributing new knowledge to dental research. These articles should present a straightforward research question or hypothesis, provide a detailed methodology, and include a thorough analysis and discussion of the results. Authors should aim for a word count between 3,000 and 5,000 words, excluding references, tables, and figures, and can include up to 6 figures, 4 tables, and 50 references. The structure typically includes an introduction, methods, results, discussion, and conclusion sections.

Review Articles offer an in-depth synthesis of existing literature on a particular topic within dental research, providing insights into current trends, gaps, and future directions. These articles are valuable for readers seeking a comprehensive understanding of a subject area. Reviews should be 5,000 and 8,000 words, with up to 8 figures, 6 tables, and 100 references. Authors should organize the content logically, often using subheadings to cover various aspects of the topic.

Case Reports are detailed presentations of unique or rare clinical cases that provide insights into diagnosis, treatment, or outcomes. They highlight unusual presentations of diseases, novel treatment approaches, or rare complications. Authors should focus on providing a concise yet detailed narrative of the case, including patient history, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up. Case reports should be 1,500 to 2,500 words, with up to 4 figures, 2 tables, and 25 references.

Case Series involves presenting multiple cases related to a particular condition or treatment. This article type aims to identify patterns or insights that can be gleaned from a group of similar cases, which might not be evident from a single case report. Authors should discuss the significance of the cases collectively and include comparisons where applicable. Manuscripts should be 2,000 to 3,500 words long, with up to 6 figures, 4 tables, and 40 references.

Editorials are opinion pieces written by experts or editorial board members that address current issues or developments in dental research. These articles are usually solicited by the journal and are intended to provoke thought or discussion. Editorials should be brief, with a word limit of 1,000 to 1,500 words, and can include up to 2 figures, 1 table, and 15 references.

Letters to the Editor provide a platform for readers to comment on recent articles published in the journal, propose new ideas, or share preliminary findings. These submissions should be concise and focused, with a word limit of 500 to 1,000 words. Authors may include one figure or table and up to 10 references to support their points.

Correspondence is similar to letters to the editor but often involves responses to previous correspondence or ongoing dialogues within the journal. These pieces should maintain a respectful tone and contribute constructively to the academic discourse. Correspondence should also be limited to 500 to 1,000 words, with one figure or table and up to 10 references.

Perspectives offer a personal view or commentary on a topic of interest in dental research, often drawing on the author's research or professional experiences. These articles should be engaging and thought-provoking, providing insights or suggesting new directions for research. Perspectives should be 1,500 to 2,500 words long, with up to 3 figures, 2 tables, and 30 references.

Hypotheses articles propose new theories or hypotheses that can drive future research. These pieces should clearly outline the hypothesis, provide supporting evidence, and discuss its potential implications. Authors should present a compelling argument to justify their hypothesis. Manuscripts should be 2,000 to 3,000 words long and include up to 3 figures, 2 tables, and 30 references.


All manuscripts should include a title page, abstract, keywords, main text, acknowledgements, references, figures, and tables. The abstract should not exceed 250 words, structured for research articles and reviews, and unstructured for other types. Authors should provide 3-5 keywords following the abstract. The manuscript should be formatted using a double-spaced 12-point Times New Roman font with 1-inch margins. These guidelines will facilitate a smooth review process and maintain high publication standards.

Preparing a new manuscript

Visagaa Publishing House requests authors submit their manuscript with the option free format submission, which means we do not have specific formatting requirements at the initial submission stage. The manuscript should contain a Title page, Author Information with phone and email addresses (VPH encourages authors to use their institutional email address), Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Materials & Methods, Results & Discussion, Conclusions, Figures, Figure legends and Tables with Captions, Funding Information, Acknowledgement, Author Contributions, Conflict of Interest and Ethics Statements. During the revision (both major and /or minor revision), authors will be requested to submit the final version based on the journal guidelines.

Title page
The manuscript title should be concise and informative, and must be in sentence case, not exceeding 15 words. The first and name of authors must be mentioned, and initials can be included between first and last name. The last name must be in upper case letters with bold. At least one author must be denoted as the corresponding author, and his/her complete postal address, telephone number and email address should be provided at the end of the title page. It is necessary to have ORCID for all the authors and should be mentioned along with their affiliation. We strongly encourage authors to get their ORICD id from https://orcid.org/signin if you do not have one. The standard format as follows.
¹ Affiliation 1; ORCID id (0000-000x-xxxx-xxxx)

Abstract
Both research and review manuscript should have one paragraph abstract not exceeding 250 words. The abstract should provide an overview of the work. We strongly recommend using structured abstract in the following style, but without subtitles: (1) Background: Raise the question in a broader context and illustrate the purpose of the study; (2) Methods: Briefly describe the main methods or treatments used; (3) Results: Summarize the main findings of the article; (4) Conclusion: Provide key conclusions or explanations.

Keywords
List up to six appropriate keywords explicit to the article, and it should be used to search the manuscript upon publication.

Introduction
The introduction should argue for this study, outlining only the underlying background and not including findings or conclusions. This should not be a review of the area in question, but a clear statement should end it in question. Citations should be quoted by the last name of the first author followed by the year. For example, a single author (Author, year), two authors (author and author, year), or more than two authors (first author et al., year).

Materials and Methods
The experimental section should provide concise but complete information about materials used, analytical techniques, and statistical procedures. This section should be transparent and allow readers to repeat the experiments. If authors used modified experimental methods from previous reports, they should mention it and give citations. Studies involving animals or humans and other studies requiring ethical approval should include ethical clearance numbers with the authority that provided approval and the related code of ethics.

Results and discussion
Dental Research Today strongly encourage authors to combine results and discussion sections. The results should not repeat the table values extensively and avoid lengthy explanations of table and figure values in the text. Authors are advised not to repeat any sentences from the introduction and discuss the results clearly and how they can be interpreted from the previous reports ‎and the working hypotheses. The findings and their implications should be discussed ‎ comprehensively.

Conclusion
This section should summarize the essential findings and highlight the study's future directions and recommendations.

Acknowledgement
Authors can acknowledge any support that is not provided by authors contributions or funding support.

Funding
Authors are strongly advised to provide details of funding support provided for the study and mention the author's name who obtained funding support.

Conflict of interest statement
Authors of all types of papers must provide a conflict of interest statement, if any, associated with their work. Download the uniform disclosure form from ICMJE and submit it to drt@visagaapublishing.com.

References
References should be prepared following journal guidelines, and authors are recommended to use any of the bibliographic software packages EndNote, Zotero, Mendeley, Reference Manager. The standard referencing style includes the author (s) name, the year of publication, the title of the article or chapter, the journal or book title, the volume and issue if applicable, page number, and DOI number. VPH highly encourage the use of DOI number for all the references. The endnote output style for the Visagaa Publishing House (VPH) journals are available here.

Reference to a journal article
Horowitz, D., 1989. The undergraduate research paper: Where research and writing meet. System 17, 347-357.

Reference to a chapter in an edited book
Welsh, T.S., Wright, M.S., 2010. Writing a research paper, In: Welsh, T.S., Wright, M.S. (Eds.), Information Literacy in the Digital Age. Chandos Publishing, Oxford OX28 4BN, UK, pp. 135-142.

Reference to a book
Welsh, T.S., Wright, M.S., 2010. Writing a research paper, in: Welsh, T.S., Wright, M.S. (Eds.), Information Literacy in the Digital Age. Chandos Publishing, Oxford OX28 4BN, UK, pp. 135-142.

Reference to a report
World Health Organization, 2003. Diet, nutrition, and the prevention of chronic diseases: report of a Joint WHO/FAO expert consultation, WHO Technical Report Series No. No. 916 (TRS 916), Geneva, Switzerland, p. 160.

Reference to a webpage
EEA, 2021. Climate change is one of the biggest challenges of our times. European Environmental Agency. https://www.eea.europa.eu/themes/climate/climate-change-is-one-of. Date accessed: 04th June 2021.

Figures, Tables and Schemes
Figures should be placed at the end of the manuscript after tables, and figures legends should be provided separately immediately after the reference section. All the figures should have a minimum of 300 dpi resolution, and TIFF or PNG format is preferable but not limited. Follow the similar instruction when you prepare schemes. Authors are requested to provide a source file if you prepare using Microsoft PowerPoint or illustrator. Figures should be denoted as Figure 1, Figure 2 in the main text with bold letters (e.g. Figure 1, Figure 2). Place tables in the main document file do not provide separately. All tables should have a caption itself in the sentence case. Avoid using long tables; the letter size should not be less than 11 in Times New Roman.