that a specification is made that the article was originally published by the Stomatology Edu Journal. Thus, a top
article entitled "A consensus-based approach to evidence-based clinical practice" published by a young journal
made internationally available by its publication in Dental Materials. This is the first dental journal rated with
Impact Factor (IF): 4,070, 5-Year Impact Factor: 5,155, SCImago Journal Rank Indicator (SJR): 2,149 and H Index 114. 3
Stomatology Edu Journal, the publication that has been published online and in print since 2014, is recognized now
by a number of databases, such as the National Library of Medicine (NLM), Crossref, SHERPA / RoMEO, Google
Scholar, InfoBase Index (IBI Factor 2015: 2,76) and Academia edu. Currently, our journal is being evaluated by the
Scientific Index Services (SIS) and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and in early 2018 it will be subject to
admission to Medline, PubMed Central (PMC) and Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI).
For its vigorous entry into the value chain of quoted publications, as of this year’s issue number 3, all references to
articles that will be published online include DOI and active links from PubMed, Google Scholar and Scopus. This is
an ample retrospective integrating process that will include all the 95 articles published so far. A laborious and noble
activity that must be granted full participation by the editorial team.
Last but not least, we must acclaim Professor Adrian Bejan, J.A. Jones Professor of Mechanical Engineering at
Duke University, North Carolina, USA, Honorary Member of the Romanian Academy, Department of Technical
Sciences, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Stomatology Edu Journal, who has been honored by the award of the Medal
“Benjamin Franklin” in Mechanical Engineering for 2018. The Franklin Institute, since its foundation in 1824, has
publicly acknowledged the remarkable achievements in science and technology of Nikola Tesla, Marie and Pierre
Curie, Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking, Jane Goodall, Bill Gates, and many others. 118 of its medal
recipients are Nobel Price laureats. Professor Bejan has distinguished himself by his “interdisciplinary contributions
to thermodynamics and heat transfer through convection, as well as to his important contribution to constructal
theory, which anticipates natural design and its evolution in engineering, science and social systems”. 4
At the very end of the year, I warmly invite the Stomatology Edu Journal Editorial Board to thoroughly analyze the
work done for Stomatology Edu Journal as compared to their council colleagues. This is an invitation I am launching
to improve the activity as service for the over 130,000 readers of the Stomatology Edu Journal, so that they could
enhance the patents’ quality of life by the treatments administered for better health.
I would like to take this opportunity, on behalf of the whole editorial board, to wish you and your loved ones a blessed
Christmas, a Happy New Year, and a home full of peace, health, well-being and joy.
Happy New Year!
M-V Constantinescu
Editor-in-Chief
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