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- If the cited results have not been published yet
the mention will be “personal communication”
written in the text of article between round
parentheses.
- Only references read by the authors of the article
will be cited.
- An original article will have at most 50 references,
a review will have at most 100 references, a letter
to the editor 5 references, whilst all other types
of articles will have the minimum number of
references required.
6. Curr iculum Vitae – Ultra Short version
Please provide a brief presentation of the first
author and his contribution in the field, of
maximum 130 words (with a 3.5x4.5 cm color
photo).
7. Figures, Images, Tables
All illustrations must be numbered and
cited in the text in order of appearance.
Figures and Images will be drawn professionally
and sent in separate file(s) as jpeg, tiff or png files.
Illustrations should preferably fill single column
width (54 mm) after reduction, although in some
cases 113 mm (double column) and 171 mm (full
page) widths will be accepted. See the Image
quality specifications chart for details. Image files
also must be cropped as close to the actual image
as possible.
In the text, each figure must be represented by
a number, a title and a description. The authors
will indicate where should the figure be placed
in the text. All images or figures must come from
the author’s personal collection or the author
must have rights to publish the image or figure.
All images must be at or above intended display
size, with the following image resolutions: Line Art
800 dpi, Combination (Line Art + Halftone) 600
dpi, Halftone 300 dpi. We do not accept images
or figures taken from the Internet.
The Tooth Identification System used in
manuscripts must conform to the FDI International
System. Units used in manuscripts must conform
to the Système Internationale d’Unités (SI).
Tables will be included in the text and each table
will have a number and a short description if
required.
up to 5 short statements of the report.
The abstract for Clinical Articles should be no more
than 250 words using the following structure:
Aim, Methodology, Results and Conclusions.
Abbreviations are not accepted in the title or the
abstract.
D. The Article Text
Headings and Sub-headings
Except for special names (e.g. GABAergic),
capitalize only the first letter of headings and
subheadings. Headings and subheadings need
to be defined in Times New Roman, 12, bold.
You may insert up to 5 heading levels into your
manuscript (not more than for example: 3.2.2.1.2
Heading title).
For original articles:
Introduction - a presentation of the most
important aspects in the studied domain without
doing a review of the literature. The purpose of
this part is to present and backup the hypothesis
on which the study was based.
Material and Methods - this section will include
all required information so that the reader can
verify the validity of the study including, but not
limited to, subjects, measurements, statistics and
ethics. The methods used should be discussed
(why the methods have been chosen, which the
limitations/advantages). A paragraph about the
statistical analysis is required as well.
Results - the results of the study will be presented
in a descending order of importance. An
interpretation of the results will not be done in
this section.
Discussion - the authors will present the way
the results backup the original hypothesis, as
well as the way in which the results are backed
up or contradicted by the published literature. A
paragraph must be dedicated to presenting the
limitations of the study.
Conclusion - The conclusion presents the
implications of this latest work. In addition,
authors may consider discussing future plans or
recommendations for future research etc.
For all other types of articles we recommend the
use of a clear structure based on sections and
sub-sections.
E. Acknowledgments
Acknowledge persons who have made
substantive contributions to the study. Specify
grant or other financial support, citing the name
of the supporting organization and grant number.
F. References
- The references will be written using the
Vancouver style (https://www.imperial.ac.uk/
media/imperial-college/administration-and-
support-services/library/public/vancouver.pdf).
- The references will be numbered, in the order
they appear in the text as such: “ (1).
- All sources found in the text must be present in
the bibliography and all the papers mentioned
in the bibliography must appear in the text. For
references with more than 4 authors, list the first 3
authors followed by “et al.”
- Full-page ranges should be given in expanded
form (e.g., 426–429, not 426–9).
- If non-English-language titles are translated
into English, bracketed indication of the original
language should follow the title.
- All journals will be abbreviated and italicized
names of journals according to the style in
PubMed; refer to the National Library of Medicine
(NLM) Journals Database (http://www.ncbi.nlm.
nih.gov/nlmcatalog/journals) if needed. Journal
names will be abbreviated according to the List
of Title Word Abbreviations
- Information obtained from sources which are not
published yet, but accepted for publishing will
include at the end of the reference the mention
“in print” between round parentheses.
8. Ownership Rights
By sending the article for publication the author(s):
- take full responsibility for the scientific content
of the text and for the accuracy of the send data;
- become (co)author(s) of the manuscript (all
further plagiarism accusation are addressed solely
to the author(s) who signed the manuscript);
- declare they are the rightful owners of the
images, figures and/or information sent for
publishing and that they have the permission to
publish all the materials for which they do not
own the intellectual property rights;
- declare that the message/content of the
manuscript is not influenced in anyway by
commercial interests/previous engagements/ any
sort of relations with other people or companies;
- transfer all rights for the manuscript to
Romanian Association of Oral Rehabilitation and
Posturotherapy - ROPOSTURO.
9. Other
Previously mentioned limitations can be ignored
in special cases with the agreement of the
chief-editor and/or the publisher. All published
materials cannot be returned.
Not taking into consideration the recommen-
dations mentioned before can lead to delay
in publishing the materials or may lead to not
publishing the article.
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