"In My Opinion" is a new section of the Dental Hub that allows writers from around the world to express their views on a variety of subjects concerning dentistry. Topics can include but are not limited to information related to government actions concerning dentistry, reviews of conferences or other dental events, articles on topics related to the practice of dentistry or dental health, opinion pieces, literature reviews, and articles connected to published or 'in process' research.
Submission Guidelines:
Submission Guidelines for Articles submitted to incedental.com
- Length
- Articles can vary from 500-1500 words.
- White papers should be from 750-2000 words.
- Articles must list the title, author's name, submission date, affiliation, key words, and contact information (email).
- Articles should be written in accordance with the Associated Press Style (guidelines can be found online).
- The article should include a brief abstract.
- Submitting an article, the author(s) agree to allow the use of the article for online dissemination.
- All articles are published at the sole discretion of Health Imaging Hub, and may be edited for format.
- Articles for submission must be in English and not previously copyrighted. Papers should be well-written, clear, and original. It is important that papers be copy-edited carefully before submission. Rough drafts are not acceptable. In submitting work, the author agrees to the policies of incedental.com, including free access and use of the material published in it with, of course, proper acknowledgment of authorship and source. Any question regarding appropriateness of an article should be directed to the Editor in Chief.
- A bibliography is not necessary but the author of a literature review or research summary may want to include some references. These should not exceed five. Authors who want to include a bibliography with their article should use the citation format described below:
- Wolfgang Welsch, Undoing Aesthetics (London: Sage, 1997), pp. 5-7.
- Yi-Fu Tuan, "Place: An Experiential Perspective," The Geographical Review, 65, 2 (1975), 148-155; ref. on 151.
- T. Coraghessan Boyle, "Greasy Lake," in The Granta Book of the American Short Story, ed. Richard Ford (London: Granta Books, 1993), pp. 555-561; ref.on p. 555
For references that do not fit these forms, please follow the Chicago documentation style. There are several online sources for this showing endnote citation and reference list forms. See, for example, http://www.bridgew.edu/library/turabian.htm. If you have further questions or concerns regarding submitting an article, please contact Editor in Chief Dr. Jeff Burgess at [email protected] You must register yourself (registration is free) to be able to submit your article. Once you are registered, log on to the dental hub and search for "Submit News/Press Release" under User Menu on the right side. Click on it and submit your article. You can also submit an image related to the article. Alternatively, you can send your article along with imageS (not more than 1 MB) to the above mentioned email directly.