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Information for Authors
Electronic manuscript submission and review
The American Journal of Orthodontics and
Dentofacial
Orthopedics uses the Elsevier Editorial System (EES), an
online manuscript submission and review system.
To submit or review an article, please go to theAJO-DO Editorial Manager website: ees.elsevier.com/ajodo
.
Send other correspondence to:
Dr David L. Turpin, DDS, MSD, Editor-in-Chief
American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial
Orthopedics
University of Washington
Department of Orthodontics, D-569
HSC Box 357446
Seattle, WA 98195-7446
Telephone (206)221-5413
E-mail: dlturpin@aol.com
General Information
The American Journal of Orthodontics
and Dentofacial
Orthopedics publishes original research, reviews,
case reports, clinical material, short communications,
and other
material related to orthodontics and dentofacial
orthopedics.
Submitted manuscripts must be original, written in
English, and not
published or under consideration
elsewhere. Manuscripts will be reviewed by the editor
and consultants and are subject to editorial revision.
Authors should follow the guidelines below.
Statements and opinions expressed in the articles
and communications herein are those
of the author(s)
and not necessarily those of the editor(s) or publisher,
and the editor(s) and publisher disclaim any responsibility
or liability for such material. Neither the editor(s)
nor the publisher guarantees, warrants, or endorses any
product or service advertised
in this publication; neither
do they guarantee any claim made by the manufacturer
of any product or service. Each reader must determine
whether to act on the information in this publication,
and neither the Journal nor its sponsoring organizations
shall be liable
for any injury due to the publication of
erroneous information.
Guidelines for Original Articles
Submit Original Articles
via the online Editorial
Manager: ees.elsevier.com/ajodo . Organize
your submission
as follows.
- 1. Title Page. Put all information pertaining to the
authors in a separate document. Include
the title of
the article, full name(s) of the author(s), academic
degrees, and institutional affiliations and positions;
identify the
corresponding author and include an
address, telephone and fax numbers, and an e-mail
address. This information will not be available
to the
reviewers.
- 2. Abstract. Structured abstracts of 200 words or less
are preferred. A structured abstract contains the
following sections: Introduction, describing the
problem; Methods, describing how the study was
performed; Results, describing the primary
results;
and Conclusions, reporting what the authors conclude
from the findings and any clinical implications.
- 3. Manuscript.
The manuscript proper should be organized
in the following sections: Introduction and
literature review, Material and Methods, Results,
Discussion, Conclusions, References, and figure
captions. Express measurements in metric units
whenever practical. Refer to teeth by
their full name
or their FDI tooth number. For style questions, refer
to the AMA Manual of Style, 9th edition. Cite
references
selectively, and number them in the order
cited. Make sure that all references have been
mentioned in the text. Follow the format for
references
in "Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts
Submitted to Biomedical Journals" (Ann Intern Med
1997;126:36-47); http://www.icmje.org
. Include the
list of references with the manuscript proper. Submit
figures and tables separately (see below); do not
embed figures in
the word processing document.
- 4. Figures. Digital images should be in TIF or EPS
format, CMYK or grayscale, at least 5 inches
wide
and at least 300 pixels per inch (118 pixels per cm).
Do not embed images in a word processing program.
If published, images could
be reduced to 1 column
width (about 3 inches), so authors should ensure that
figures will remain legible at that scale. For best
results,
avoid screening, shading, and colored backgrounds;
use the simplest patterns available to indicate
differences in charts. If a figure
has been
previously published, the legend (included in the
manuscript proper) must give full credit to the
original source, and written
permisson from the
original publisher must be included. Be sure you
have mentioned each figure, in order, in the text.
- 5. Tables.
Tables should be self-explanatory and
should supplement, not duplicate, the text. Number
them with Roman numerals, in the order they
are
mentioned in the text. Provide a brief title for each.
If a table has been previously published, include a
footnote in the table
giving full credit to the original
source and include written permission for its use from the copyright holder. Submit tables as text-based
files (Word or Excel, for example) and not as graphic elements.
- 6. Model release and permission forms. Photographs of
identifiable
persons must be accompanied by a
release signed by the person or both living parents or
the guardian of minors. Illustrations or tables
that
have appeared in copyrighted material must be
accompanied by written permission for their use
from the copyright owner and original
author, and
the legend must properly credit the source. Permission
also must be obtained to use modified tables or
figures.
- 7.
Copyright release. In accordance with the Copyright
Act of 1976, which became effective February 1,
1978, all manuscripts must be accompanied
by the
following written statement, signed by all authors:
"The undersigned author(s) transfers all copyright
ownership of the
manuscript [insert title of article
here] to the American Association of Orthodontists
in the event the work is published. The
undersigned
author(s) warrants that the article is original, does
not infringe upon any copyright or other proprietary
right of any third
party, is not under consideration
by another journal, has not been previously published,
and includes any product that may derive
from
the published journal, whether print or electronic
media. I (we) sign for and accept responsibility
for releasing this material."
Scan the printed
copyright release and submit it via the Editorial
Manager, or submit it via fax or mail.
- 8. Conflict of interest
statement. Report any commercial
association that might pose a conflict of interest,
such as ownership, stock holdings, equity interests
and consultant activities, or patent-licensing situations.
If the manuscript is accepted, the disclosed
information will be published
with the article. The
usual and customary listing of sources of support
and institutional affiliations on the title page is
proper and
does not imply a conflict of interest.
Guest editorials, Letters, and Review articles may be
rejected if a conflict of interest exists.
Other Articles
Follow the guidelines above, with the following
exceptions, and submit via Editorial Manager.
Case Reports will be evaluated for completeness
and quality of records, quality of treatment, uniqueness
of the case, and quality of
the manuscript. A highquality
manuscript will include the following sections:
introduction; diagnosis; etiology; treatment objectives,
alternatives, progress, and results; and discussion. The
submitted figures should include extraoral and intraoral
photographs and dental
models, panoramic radiographs
and tracings from both pretreatment and posttreatment,
and progress or retention figures as appropriate.
Short Communications should not exceed 2000
words, including the bibliography, and should include a
minimal number of figures or tables.
Priority will be
given to communications relating to primary research
data, preferably clinical but also basic. This section
permits
time-sensitive material to be published within 6
months of submission.
Techno Bytes items report on emerging technological
developments
and products for use by orthodontists.
Litigation, Legislation, and Ethics items report
legal and ethical issues of interest to orthodontists.
Miscellaneous Submissions
Letters to the Editor and Ask Us questions and
answers appear in the Readers' Forum section and are
encouraged to stimulate healthy discourse concerning
the profession. Send letters or questions directly to the
editor, via e-mail: dlturpin@aol.com.
Submit a signed
copyright release with the letter, or fax or mail separately.
Brief, substantiated commentary on subjects of
interest
to the orthodontic profession is occasionally
published as a Guest Editorial or Special Article. Send
Guest Editorials or Special Articles
directly to the
editor, via e-mail: dlturpin@aol.com. Submit a signed
copyright release with the editorial, or fax or
mail
separately.
Books and monographs (domestic and foreign) will
be reviewed, depending on their interest and value to
subscribers.
Send books to the Editor of Reviews and
Abstracts, Dr Alex Jacobson, University of Alabama
School of Dentistry, 1919 7th Ave S, Box 23,
Birmingham,
AL 35294. They will not be returned.
Checklist for authors
____Title page, including full name, academic degrees,
and institutional affiliation and position of
each author, and author to whom correspondence
and reprint requests are to be sent, including
address, business and home phone numbers,
fax numbers, and e-mail address
____Abstract
____Article proper, including references
and figure
legends
____Figures, in TIF or EPS format
____Tables
____Copyright release statement, signed by all authors
____Photographic
consent statement(s)
____Conflict of interest statement
____Permissions to reproduce previously published
material
Updated
June 2009
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