Author Instructions
The Editorial Process
A manuscript will be reviewed for possible publication with the understanding that it is being submitted to Oral Sphere Journal of Dental and Health Sciences alone at that point in time and has not been published anywhere, simultaneously submitted, or already accepted for publication elsewhere. The journal expects that authors would authorize one of them to correspond with the Journal for all matters related to the manuscript. All manuscripts received are duly acknowledged. On submission, editors review all submitted manuscripts initially for suitability for formal review. Manuscripts with insufficient originality, serious scientific or technical flaws, or lack of a significant message are rejected before proceeding for formal peer-review. Manuscripts that are unlikely to be of interest to the Oral Sphere Journal of Dental and Health Sciences readers are also liable to be rejected at this stage itself.
Manuscripts that are found suitable for publication in Oral Sphere Journal of Dental and Health Sciences (OSJDHS) are sent to two or more expert reviewers. During submission, the contributor is requested to provide names of two or three qualified reviewers who have had experience in the subject of the submitted manuscript, but this is not mandatory. The reviewers should not be affiliated with the same institutes as the contributor/s. However, the selection of these reviewers is at the sole discretion of the editor. The journal follows a double-blind review process, wherein the reviewers and authors are unaware of each other's identity. Every manuscript is also assigned to a member of the editorial team, who based on the comments from the reviewers takes a final decision on the manuscript. The comments and suggestions (acceptance/ rejection/ amendments in manuscript) received from reviewers are conveyed to the corresponding author. If required, the author is requested to provide a point by point response to reviewers' comments and submit a revised version of the manuscript. This process is repeated till reviewers and editors are satisfied with the manuscript.
Manuscripts accepted for publication are copy edited for grammar, punctuation, print style, and format. Page proofs are sent to the corresponding author. The corresponding author is expected to return the corrected proofs within three working days. It may not be possible to incorporate corrections received after that period. The whole process of submission of the manuscript to final decision and sending and receiving proofs is completed online. To achieve faster and greater dissemination of knowledge and information, the journal publishes articles online as 'Ahead of Print' immediately on acceptance.
Artificial Intelligence Writing Policy
Authors who use generative AI and AI-assisted technologies (AI tools) in the writing of a manuscript, production of images or graphical elements of the paper, or in the collection and analysis of data, must be transparent in disclosing in the manuscript which AI tool was used and how it was used. Authors are fully responsible for the content of their submitted manuscript, including any parts produced by an AI tool, and are thus liable for any breach of publication ethics. The specific AI tool used, and its purpose should be described in the Methods or Acknowledgments section.
Clinical Trial Registry
Oral Sphere Journal of Dental and Health Sciences (OSJDHS) favors registration of clinical trials and is a signatory to the Statement on publishing clinical trials in Indian biomedical journals.Oral Sphere Journal of Dental and Health Sciences would publish clinical trials that have been registered with a clinical trial registry that allows free online access to public. Registration in the following trial registers is acceptable: https://ctri.nic.in/Clinicaltrials/login.php; http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/; http://isrctn.org/; and http://www.umin.ac.jp/ctr. This is applicable to clinical trials that have begun enrollment of subjects in or after June 2008. Clinical trials that have commenced enrollment of subjects prior to June 2008 would be considered for publication in Oral Sphere Journal of Dental and Health Sciences only if they have been registered retrospectively with clinical trial registry that allows unhindered online access to public without charging any fees.
Authorship Criteria
Authorship credit should be based on substantial contributions to the following components:
Concept and design of the study, acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data.
Drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content.
Final approval of the version to be published.
Simply acquiring funding or collecting data does not justify authorship. General supervision of the research group is not sufficient for authorship. Each contributor should be sufficiently involved in the work to take public responsibility for appropriate portions of the manuscript's content. The order of authors should reflect their relative contribution to the study and manuscript preparation. Once submitted, the order cannot be changed without written consent from all contributors. The journal also sets a maximum number of authors for each manuscript, based on its type, scope, and the number of institutions involved. If the number of authors exceeds these limits, a justification must be provided.