Peer review process:
We consider all manuscripts received by our journal confidential. The manuscripts are peer-reviewed by at least two anonymous reviewers. The editor’s decision on acceptance or rejection of the manuscript or any required modifications will be announced to the corresponding author. If the manuscript is accepted, it will be scheduled for publication in one of the next upcoming issues. All manuscripts submitted to contemporary orofacial sciences are primarily evaluated by an editor, who decides whether or not the manuscript qualify to go through the peer review process. Submissions thought to be appropriate for consideration will enter the peer review process by appropriate independent experts. A decision will be made by editors based on the reviewers’ reports and the result including the reviewers’ opinions will be sent to the authors via email. Manuscripts with insufficient quality or those with a topic not related to the journal scope will be fast rejected without further consideration. If the manuscript is selected for further consideration based on the editor’s opinion, the editor will assign at least2 external anonymous reviewers for peer-reviewing. The peer-reviewers will send back their comments along with their recommendations to be: “accepted (rarely), “minor revision”, “major revision”, or “rejected. Based on the reviewers’ comments and recommendations, the editor in chief will make the final editorial decision. The peer-review process is double-blinded which means neither reviewers nor the authors don't know the identity of the other.