Author Guidelines
Scope of journal
Orapuh Protocols articles describe new oral (dental) or public health
1. methods,
2. guidelines, or
3. procedures
This includes
a) new methods, guidelines, or procedures,
b) substantive modifications to existing methods, guidelines, or procedures or
c) innovative applications of existing methods, guidelines, or procedures to new models or scientific questions.
Conceptualising Oral and Public Health Methods, Guidelines, or Procedures
Methods
Research Methods
Research methods are the strategies, processes or techniques utilised in the collection of data or evidence for analysis to uncover new information or create better understanding of a topic (the University of New Castle, Australia)
Clinical methods
The processes by which a health or mental health professional arrives at a conclusion, judgement, or diagnosis about a client or patient in a clinical situation (American Psychological Association).
Laboratory Techniques
The processes and practices that are recommended for using the various equipment in the laboratory (study.com)
Field methods
The processes and practices in field-based work.
Teaching methods
The broader techniques used to help students achieve learning outcomes (University at Buffalo).
Learning methods
Any activity deliberately undertaken, or resources provided, to help the learning process at individual, team, or organisational level (CIDP)
Clinical Practice Guidelines
Statements that include recommendations, intended to optimise patient care , that are informed by a systematic review of evidence and an assessment of the benefits and harms of alternative care options (Institute of Medicine [IOM])
Procedures
A written set of step-by-step instructions for how a specific activity is to be conducted (theaccessgroup.com)
Language
Manuscript must be written entirely in the English language.
Submission Instructions
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check their submission's compliance with all the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
a. The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
b. The submission file is in Microsoft Word document file format.
c. Where available, URLs or DOIs for the references have been provided.
d. The text is single-spaced; font style is Times New Roman, uses a 12-point and black font; employs italics, rather than underlining; and all illustrations, figures, and tables (which are without gridlines and of high resolution) are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end. Margins are Justified and pages are numbered.
e. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
Author Guidelines
Steps in developing Oral and Public Health Methods, Guidelines, or Procedures for Orapuh Protocols (OraPro)
1. Identify the specific issue or scenario that you wish to address.
2. Recruit a team of persons that are interested in the specific topic to support the evidence gathering for the method, guideline, or procedure
3. If the method, guideline, or procedure is a part of a paper that has already been accepted for publication in Orapuh Journal (Orap J), or Orapuh Literature Reviews (Orap Lit Rev), you may proceed to no. 6
4. If this is a fresh work, submit a proposal to the Orapuh Research Ethics Board (OREB) for consideration
5. If the proposal is approved, search for existing research-based method, guideline, or procedure (don’t reinvent the wheel). If nothing appropriate exists, then search the evidence on the specific issue or scenario. You will need to Ask a clinical question and Acquire and Appraise that evidence.
6. Draft your method, guideline, or procedure on the evidence. They should be simple, short, straightforward, logical, and focus on the needs of the end-user. You should prime a step-by-step rendition of the method, guideline, or procedure
7. Submit method, guideline, or procedure to Orapuh Protocols (OraPro)
8. Be prepared to conduct a regular update of the method, guideline, or procedure to ensure it keeps step with current evidence
Authorship
For any author to assert his right as an author of an OraPro article, he must have contributed substantially to the development of the article.
Even though our peer-review and editorial processes are tailored to minimize errors in information each published article presents, all authors of OraPro published articles are responsible for the accuracy and integrity of the information they provide. Before publication, authors must sign a statement attesting that an article fulfils the authorship criteria. This statement may be signed by the lead or corresponding author on behalf of others.
Corresponding author
Where there is more than one author for an article, the authors must designate an author to act as the corresponding author, on behalf of other authors. All correspondence concerning the article will be made with this author.
All manuscripts must be submitted by an author.
Manuscripts
Authors are reminded that Orapuh Protocols (OraPro) is a Journal of Oral and Public Health methods, guidelines, and procedures
This journal welcomes the submission of methods, guidelines, or procedures. This includes
i. new methods, guidelines, or procedures,
ii. substantive modifications to existing methods, guidelines, or procedures or
iii. innovative applications of existing methods, guidelines, or procedures to new models or scientific questions.
Manuscript structure
Manuscripts should be structured as follows:
1. Title page
2. Abstract of 250 words maximum
3. Key words
4. Main Body (step-by-step description of the protocol)
5. Author Contributions
6. Competing Interests
7. Acknowledgments (optional)
8. Supplementary Material (if any)
9. References (using the APA referencing guide, 7th edition).
10. Figures and Tables (if applicable)
11. Images (if applicable)
12. Mathematical Scripts (if applicable)
13. Special Characters (if applicable)
Deadline for submission
There is no deadline. Submission is always welcome. Journal is published Continuously (several times in a year) on a publish-as-you-go basis.
Journal's Editorial Policies
You can find our editorial policies here.
Article-Processing Charge (APC)
The article-processing charge (APC) for this journal is 20USD per article. Click HERE to pay it.
Publication Journey
1. Receipt of a manuscript (submitted via the journal's online journal management system)
2. The submission undergoes initial editorial review to ensure it is complete and conforms to the Journal's aim and to prepare the file for reviewers
3. The submission is sent out to 2 independent researchers/scholars for pre-publication external peer-review (double-blind review)
4. Author revises submission (if indicated from '3’ above)
5. Decision is taken concerning the submission - Accept or Reject
6. The author pays the Article Processing Charge (APC) of 20USD only if the submission is accepted for publication
7. The final editorial review of the submission takes place
8. The submission is copy-edited
9. Publishable files are produced
10. The submission is published
11. The article is immediately available on the Journal's website and other third-party sites
12. The article is Archived on LOCKSS and PKP PN for long-term preservation
**Note that the Author gets notified each time a strategic decision or a salient step is taken. An author may also keep track of developments with their manuscript from their Journal account
Appreciation
Thank you for choosing Orapuh Protocols. We hope you enjoy your publishing experience with us.
Contacts
Feel free to contact us for questions or should you have any concerns at any stage of the process:
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Copyright Notice
Authors of articles published in OraPro are the copyright holders of their article. When they accept our terms of use, they grant any third party the right to use, reproduce or disseminate their article freely without fiscal or registration restrictions.
