About the Journal

FOCUS AND SCOPE

Applied Sciences in Dentistry is focused in publication of unpublished scientific information, comprising the areas related to Dentistry, including applied basic sciences, epidemiological sciences, clinical sciences, educational and social sciences. Has a semestral periodicity, being published on the months of July and December each year.

Its objetive is to publish original articles, focused on topics related to the study area of dentistry and oral medicine in its different specialties and disciplines, as well public health and university teaching in health careers articles. Its content is aimed mainly at health professionals and the public interested in topics related to those described above.

There are accepted original and unpublished articles, consideringletter to editor, short communication, original research, case report and literature review in the three sections of the journal:

Basic Applied Sciences
Dental Clinical and Epidemiological Sciences
Social and Educational Sciences in Dentistry

PEER REVIEW PROCESS

All articles submitted to the journal will be subject to peer review system, except for letters to the editor, whose publication depends exclusively on the Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Committee.

The average review time is one month.

The peer review system is performed according to the following sequence of steps:

Initial review: The Editor-in-Chief evaluates each manuscript to determine if its content is suitable for consideration by publication. Manuscripts that do not meet minimum criteria are returned to the authors within one week of receipt.

Peer review: Manuscripts that pass the initial review are assigned to an Co-Editor, who selects several referees acording to their expertise in the particular field. Each manuscript is reviewed by at least one referees under a double-blind peer review process, where both the referees and the authors are kept anonymous. Referees are asked to evaluate the manuscript based on its originality, methodology, impact of research, and relevance. Referees are asked to complete their reviews within one month. After collecting the referees' reports, the Co-Editor makes a recommendation on the acceptability of the manuscript to the Editor-in-Chief.

Recommendation: Based on the referees' comments and the Co-Editor's recommendation, the Editor-in-Chief makes a final decision on the acceptability of the manuscript and communicates to the authors the decision, along with referees' reports. The final decision can be:

Accept Submission
Revisions Required (minor revisions)
Resubmit for Review (major revisions)
Decline Submission

A revised manuscript should be re-submitted within on month for minor revisions and six months for major revisions. It will usually be returned to the original referees for evaluation.

OPEN ACCESS POLICY

This journal provides immediate open access to its content, based on the principle that providing the public with free access to research supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES

The APPLIED SCIENCES IN DENTISTRY Journal is committed to reaching and defending the standards of ethical behavior at all stages of the publication process, for which it is based on the parameters for good practices of the Publication Ethics Committee (COPE). According to this code of ethics, editors, evaluators and authors assume the following responsibilities:

The papers sent to the Journal must contain a detailed description of the experimental and analytical procedures carried out, which allow the replication of the reported results, and in an objective and commensurate manner with the results of the study. Likewise, they must not contain false or distorted statements, which constitutes unethical behavior.

Any idea or result described in a manuscript submitted to the Journal and belonging to someone who is not a co-author on it, or who has been previously published, must be appropriately referenced.

Author Responsibilities

Authors must present original works, not even partially published in another journal, under consideration or accepted for publication, and must be the result of the authors' own work and/or ideas, plagiarism is accepted.

The authors, particularly the corresponding author, undertake to mention all the people who have collaborated and contributed to the research and its results, and to make sure that all of them have known, studied and approved the content of the article before it is submitted for review publication.

It is the obligation of the authors to indicate any conflict of interest or financial interest that could interfere with the results or interpretations of the research.

Authors must be actively involved in the peer review process and must timely provide truthful information requested by the reviewers or by the Editorial Committee of the Journal.

If an article were to be published with numerical, conceptual, spelling or typographical errors, and one of the authors notices it; it is your responsibility to immediately notify the Editorial Board and cooperate to publish an errata, or retract the article, if deemed necessary.

Authors who wish to retract an article must send a letter to the Editorial Committee stating their wish and explaining the reasons for their request. Once the Editorial Committee meets and analyzes the case, a clearly identifiable retraction note will be published in the table of contents and indexing services.

Reviewer Responsibilities

Reviewers should contribute to decision-making for the publication process, assisting in improving the quality of articles through objective, fair, and timely reviews. The reviews will have to be formulated in a respectful, constructive tone, and free of personal opinions or value judgments. If the reviewer does not consider himself expert or qualified enough to review an article, he must state it after reading the abstract of the article.

Reviewers must maintain complete confidentiality of the information provided by the editor or author. They will also have to alert the editor of any published or submitted content that is substantially similar to that being reviewed and that has not been noticed by the editorial board.

The reviewers must be free of any potential conflict of interest, related to the article, financial source, institutions, collaborations or other

relationship between the evaluator and the author. You should alert the editor of the same, if necessary, withdrawing their services for the manuscript in question.

Publisher Responsibilities

The Editorial Committee assumes the responsibility of ensuring compliance with the rules and procedures contained in this statement, and alerting other members when there is a breach of them.

Editors must act in a balanced, objective and fair manner while carrying out their expected tasks, without discrimination in terms of gender, sexual orientation, political or religious beliefs, ethnic or geographical origin of the authors. They are obligated to consider and accept articles solely on their academic merit and without commercial influence.

The editorial committee will ensure that the reviewers, under any circumstances, do not try to get the author to cite irrelevant texts from journals and/or authors with the sole purpose of fraudulently increasing the prestige of said journal and/or author.

The editorial team will not reveal information about the authority of the articles to the reviewers, and likewise must follow the necessary procedures to guarantee that the identity of the reviewers is kept anonymous. Nor should they disclose to anyone the content of articles submitted for publication consideration.

Editors must adopt and always follow reasonable procedures in the event of claims of an ethical or conflicting nature, in accordance with editorial policies. Give authors a reasonable opportunity to respond to any claim. All claims should be investigated regardless of when the original publication was approved. Documentation associated with any such claim should be preserved.

Editors should always be ready to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions, and apologies when necessary.

The Editors must be free of any conflict of interest related to the authors, the work or their funders, which inclines their decision towards the acceptance or rejection of a particular manuscript, and if they have a insurmountable impediment, they must express it in a timely manner and withdraw from the evaluation of a particular job.

The decision of acceptance, rejection or conditional acceptance is the absolute sovereignty of the Editorial Committee, based on the judgment it makes of the feasibility, originality and contribution of the work.

If a member of the Editorial Committee notices errors or inaccuracies in articles that have already been published, it is their responsibility to inform the other members of the Committee, to proceed with a correction or retraction as the case warrants.

PROCEDURES FOR UNETHICAL BEHAVIOR

Identification of unethical conduct

Anyone at any time can identify unethical behavior and report it to the publisher.

They constitute unethical behaviors: plagiarism, omission of co-authorships; the lack of indication of the use of financing sources; sending all or part of writings already published; the use of unpublished articles by a referee, editor or a member of the editorial board; review of the manuscript in the presence of conflicts of interest; and in general, any other that compromises the parameters for good practices.

Investigation

Anyone who informs the editor of unethical conduct must provide sufficient information to start the investigation. All allegations must be taken seriously and treated in the same way
The investigation will be kept confidential, avoiding the disclosure of evidence about the person accused of unethical conduct.
It will ensure that the person who is accused of unethical conduct has the opportunity to formulate their defenses.

Infractions

The infractions can be slight, in such a case, the Editor will consult two members of the Editorial Committee. In serious infractions, all members of the Editorial Committee should be informed, and their opinion should be requested regarding the need for an expert to evaluate the situation and the advisability of informing the employer of who has engaged in unethical conduct.

Once the investigation is concluded, one or more of the following measures may be applied, according to the seriousness of the infraction:

For manuscripts under evaluation and publication process
- Inform the person about the breach of the ethical standards of the publication.
- Warn the person in stronger terms that their behavior is not acceptable and cannot be repeated in the future. In case of repetition, the journal reserves the right to reject the article.
- Delete the manuscript from the journal, even if it has been accepted.
For published articles
- Publication in the same journal of a note or editorial, indicating the breach of ethics.
- In the case of the electronic version, include a retraction note on the first page, before the article, indicating the reasons for retraction and placing a mark indicating "Retracted article" on all pages of the article.
For all manuscripts and articles
- In the case that the conduct corresponds to a criminal offence, report it to the corresponding authorities.
- Send a formal and informative letter to the employer or the institution to which the person accused of the offense belongs.

Plagiarism Policy

Submitted manuscripts are reviewed for originality.

All manuscripts are subject to a similarity check using the Turnitin service, and articles exceeding the limit of more than 19% similarity are returned for clarification and/or correction.

Artificial intelligence (AI) Policy

Applied Science in Dentistry is closely monitoring current developments in this area and will review (and update) these policies as appropriate.

AI Authoring

Large Language Models (LLM), such as ChatGPT, do not currently meet our authoring criteria. Attributing authorship carries with it a series of responsibilities, which we cannot effectively apply to LLM. The use of a LLM or any other AI, should be adequately documented in the Materials section of the manuscript.

Images generated with AI

Advances in AI imaging have led to copyright and research integrity conflicts. As journal, we strictly follow existing copyright laws. While the legal issues surrounding AI-generated images and videos remain unresolved, Applied Science in Dentistry Journal does not allow their use in articles published in it.

As we expect things to develop rapidly in this field, we will review this policy periodically and adapt it if necessary.

Please note: not all AI tools are generative. Use of non-generative machine learning tools to manipulate, combine, or enhance existing images or figures must be disclosed in the applicable title at the time of submission to allow for case-by-case review.

Free Access Policy

Applied Sciences in Dentistry provides open access to all its content, in order to allow the global exchange of knowledge, both inside and outside Chile.

The magazine adheres to what is specified in the CC BY 4.0 version of Creative Commons. The published content can be copied to any medium or format and adaptations can be made, taking into account the following:

- The source must be expressly indicated and also if changes have been made

- The content must not be used for commercial purposes.

- Material arising from our content must have the same attributions as our license or similar (Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 or similar)