FOCUS AND SCOPE

Conservative Dentistry Journal (CDJ) accepts original manuscripts about Endodontics, Restorative Dentistry and other related basic medical and clinical sciences, including original research, case reports and reviews. The spread of fields include:

-Endodontics and Restorative Dentistry researches

-Preventive, curative and rehabilitative related to Endodontics and Restorative Dentistry

-Oral health education and promotion related to Endodontics and Restorative Dentistry

-Endodontics and Restorative Dentistry clinical research

-Basic Medical and Clinical Sciences related to Endodontics and Restorative Dentistry

-Pharmacology and Toxicology related to Materials used in Endodontics and Restorative Dentistry

-Endodontics and Restorative Dentistry Cases Management

-Reviews related to Endodontics and Restorative Dentistry

SECTION POLICIES

ARTICLES

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

PEER REVIEW PROCESS

All manuscripts received by the Conservative Dental Journal (CDJ) will undergo a selection and assessment process (initial review) by the Managing Editors to ensure quality and suitability with the writing guidelines, focus and scope. The manuscripts will be peer reviewed by at least two reviewers within the framework of a double anonymous peer review policy. If they do not meet the criteria, the author will be given the opportunity to revise their manuscript according to the given guidelines. However, there is also the possibility that the manuscript will be directly rejected.

Peer review process: The manuscript which has passed the initial review stage will be sent to at least two reviewers who are experts in the field of the submitted manuscript. The reviewers will be provided with an assessment form and are encouraged to provide comments directly on the text of the manuscript. Two weeks is the maximum time for the review process. This process can be done in one or more rounds. The article review process usually takes about 12 weeks.

Review decision: The reviewer's decision will be considered by the Editors to determine the subsequent process of the manuscript. The following recommendations will be provided by the reviewers:

• Accept submission; means that the manuscript is acceptable for publication without any revisions or changes
• Revision required; means that the manuscript is acceptable for publication after being revised in response to the reviewers' comments
• Resubmit for review; means that substantive inadequacies in the manuscript, such as data analysis or research variable, type of research, the main theory used and rewriting of paragraphs so need to be revised and resubmit
• Decline submission; means that the manuscript cannot be accepted for publication because it is not within the scope of the required research or the review provided is related to a very basic problem

Revision stage: After the manuscript is received with a revision note or re-submission, the manuscript will be sent back to the author with the review form from the reviewers and the revision form. The time given to revise the manuscript is two weeks. When returning the revised manuscript, the author is required to fill in and attach the manuscript revision form provided. If the revised manuscript does not match the comments given by the reviewer, the manuscript will be returned to the author for revision.

Final decision: The final decision on the acceptability, or otherwise, of manuscripts will be taken by the editor-in-chief based on reviewers' comments presented during an editorial board meeting. Scanning for instances of plagiarism present in manuscripts will be conducted by means of Turnitin software. The manuscript can still be rejected if the author is not serious about making the necessary revisions.

Proofreading process: After the manuscript is approved and accepted by the editor-in-chief based on reviewers' comments presented during an editorial board meeting, the manuscript will undergo a proofreading process using native speaker services to maintain the quality of the language.

Final stage: The final layout of the manuscript will be sent back to the author to ensure that the content matches the author's writing. The author can revise any typos found in the final manuscript. After confirmation from the author is given, the Editor will process the manuscript for online publication on the website as well as print publication.

PUBLICATION FREQUENCY

Conservative Dentistry Journal (CDJ) publishes 2 volumes per year.

OPEN ACCESS POLICY

This conservative dentistry journal provides immediate, free of charge access to its content on the principle that making research available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

ARCHIVING

This journal utilizes the CLOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration.

PUBLICATION ETHICS AND MALPRACTICE STATEMENT

Conservative Dentistry Journal (CDJ) is a peer-reviewed open access journal. This statement clarifies the ethical behaviour of all parties involved in the act of publishing an article in this journal, including the author, the chief editor, the editorial board, the peer-reviewer­­­­­ and the publisher (Department of Conservative Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Universitas Airlangga). This statement is based on COPE's Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.

ETHICAL GUIDELINE FOR JOURNAL PUBLICATION

The publication of an article in a peer-reviewed Conservative Dentistry Journal (CDJ) is an essential building block in the development of a coherent and respected network of knowledge. It is a direct reflection of the quality of the work of the authors and the institutions that support them. Peer-reviewed articles support and embody the scientific method. It is, therefore important to agree upon standards of expected ethical behavior for all parties involved in the act of publishing: the author, the journal editor, the peer reviewer, the publisher and the society.  

Universitas Airlangga as publisher of Conservative Dentistry Journal (CDJ) takes its duties of guardianship over all stages of publishing extremely seriously and we recognize our ethical and other responsibilities. We are committed to ensuring that advertising, reprint or other commercial revenue has no impact or influence on editorial decisions. In addition, the Faculty of Dental Medicine Universitas Airlangga and Editorial Boards will assist in communications with other journals and/or publishers where this is useful and necessary.

ARTICLE PROCESSING CHARGE

There is no charge for every article submitted to Conservative Dentistry Journal. Article Processing Charges is free, this includes peer-reviewing, editing, publishing, and archiving, and allows immediate access to the full-text versions of the articles. 

Should there be any questions, please contact our email address. This journal does not charge for manuscript submission.

PLAGIARISM SCREENING

This journal cannot accept any plagiarism in any manuscripts or it will be rejected immediately. Scanning of plagiarism on the manuscripts will be conducted by using Turnitin software similarity checker with the maximum value allowed under 20%.