Journal bibliographic information

Title

 Journal of Medical and Oral Biosciences

Journal abbreviated tittle  (Alternative name  )

Journal Acronym /

 J Med Oral Biosci

JMOB

Open Access Statement

Journal of medical and oral Biosciences is a fully open-access journal, which means that all articles are available on the web to all users immediately upon publication.  JMOB licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY-SA 4.0). Attribution ShareAlike.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/. 

In this journal and Under open access license, authors retain ownership of the copyright for their content. The authors are the copyright holder in this journal.  

Journal URL

https://jmob.aliraqia.edu.iq/index.php/jmob

Electronic ISSN

Print ISSN

https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/3007-9551#

3007-9551 (Online)

3007-9543 (Print)

https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/3007-9551#

Registration number

at the Iraqi National

Library and Archives

2796-2024

DOI

10.58564/JMOB

Journal Email

[email protected]

Subject Area and Category

Subject Area and Category

·      Medicine

·      Dentistry

·      biosciences. 

Type of Papers

Type of Papers

-Editor Letters

-Letter to the Editor

- Research article
- Review article
- Mini Review

- Short Communications
- Case Reports

Language

English

Start year

2024 ( Vol.1, No.1)

Frequency

Quarterly

Publishing Schedule

March, June, September, and December

Editor-in-Chief

Professor Dr. Karima Akool Al Salihi

Place of Publication

Baghdad/ Iraq

Status

Active

Peer Review Type

Double Blind Peer Review

Primary Review Time

 Nearly 14 days.

Acceptance and Publication Time

10 weeks

Manuscript Acceptance Rate

50%

Reference Style

Vancover

ORCID iDs

The ORCID identifier is required.

Type of Material

Serial (Periodical)

Type of Access

Open Access (OA)

OA Policies

The journal adheres to DOAJ's definition of open access.

Type of License

Type of License  

This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY-SA 4.0). Under the following terms:
Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
ShareAlike — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.
No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.

The Policy of Screening

for Plagiarism/Plagiarism Checker

The Policy of Screening for Plagiarism/Plagiarism Checker

1. The  Journal of Medical and Oral Biosciences (JMOB) has a zero-tolerance policy toward plagiarism. All submitted manuscripts are traced through Turnitin. The author should provide a similarity review report for the submitted Manuscript or mention the percentage in the cover letter to avoid earlier rejection due to plagiarism. The policy of JMOB against plagiarism is as follows:

A. If the Manuscript has a similarity index of over 25%, it will be rejected directly and returned to the author, with no further processing stage.

B. If the Manuscript's similarity index is below 25%, the editor will ask the authors to improve it and reduce the percentage before proceeding to the next processing stage.

C. If the Manuscript is below a 15% similarity index, it will proceed to the next processing stage.

Article Retraction Policy

 Article Retraction Policy

To guarantee the transparency, honesty, and responsibility in academic publication, the following policies follow COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) guidelines should be apply, these are:

1.     Corrections:

The minor mistakes that do not affect the whole results or conclusions of the article (e.g., typographical mistakes, minor data errors, or author details) will be addressed within an authorized correction notice, published online and linked to the original article.

2.     Retractions

If substantial errors, ethical breaches, plagiarism, data fabrication, or other forms of research misconduct are identified that significantly affect the validity or integrity of the published work, the article will be retracted. A retraction notice will explain the reason and remain linked to the original article, which will be clearly marked as retracted.

3.     Withdrawals (Pre-publication)

Authors may appeal to withdrawal his/ her manuscript before publication if reasonable reasons are provided (e.g., major errors, duplicate submission). Once an article is published, withdrawal is no longer possible; instead, the correction or retraction process applies.

Type of Publication

Type of Publication

JMOB is an open access journal, ensuring that all articles are freely accessible to readers worldwide without subscription fees.

Submission and Processing Charges

Submission and Processing Charges

No charge for submission (Free of charge)

Article processing Charges

Authors or their institutions may be responsible for covering article processing charges (APCs) upon acceptance of their manuscript, which is 150.000 Iraqi Dinars for Iraqi researcher and it is free of charge for all international researcher. Waivers or discounts may be available in certain cases for Iraqi authors.

Archiving Policy

 Archiving Policy

   To ensure the long-term preservation and continued accessibility of all published content, Journal of Medical and Oral Biosciences maintains the following archiving measures:

    1.Digital Preservation: All articles are permanently archived on Al-Iraqia university  servers with regular backups.

   2.  Institutional Repository: A copy of each published article is deposited in the College of Dentistry / Al-Iraqia university Repository.

    3.   Author Self-Archiving: Authors are encouraged to deposit the final published PDF in personal, institutional, or subject-based repositories immediately upon publication, provided a proper citation to the journal version is included.

       4. Metadata Preservation: Article metadata, including abstracts, keywords, and DOIs, are stored in multiple indexing databases to ensure discoverability over time.

      5. The PKP Preservation Network (PN) provides free preservation services for any OJS journal that meets a few basic criteria.

     6. Iraqi National Library and Archives ( Deposit Registration number: 2796-2024). 

     Contact the journal via the journal email ([email protected] ), If you need more information about this issue.

      These open access and archiving practices will guarantee that the Journal of Medical and Oral Biosciences keep the  published scholarly content accessible, citable, and preserved for future generations.

Copyright

COPYRIGHT statement

All articles published in the journal of Medical and Oral Biosciences are an open-access and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution- Non - commercial 4.0 international  License (CC BY-SA 4.0), Authors retain the copyright of their work and grant the journal of Medical and Oral Biosciences the right for first publication. For any queries regarding copyright permission or usage rights, please contact the editorial office at ([email protected]) . 

By submitting their work for publication to JMOB, the authors agree to abide by the terms of this copyright statement.  

Revenue Sources

Revenue Sources

Organizational and institutional support ( College of Dentistry / Al-Iraqia University) , articles Publication fees, Donations

Committee on Publication

Ethics (COPE)

COPE

The  Journal of Medical and Oral Biosciences (JMOB) follows the policies and guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) in dealing with potential cases of misconduct.

Complaint Process

Complaints Policy

The Journal of Medical and Oral Biosciences (JMOB) follows the policies and guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and abides by its Code of Conduct in dealing with potential cases of misconduct. Accordance the COPE guidelines, the JMOB is dedicated to manage all complaints concerning its editorial processes, peer review, and publication ethics with justice, transparency, and in Scope of Complaints: Complaints may relate to

·       editorial decisions

·       delays in processing

·       peer review quality

·       breaches of confidentiality

·       author or reviewer conduct

·       or concerns about research or publication ethics.

Complaints processing

1.     Authors need to submit writing complaints to the editorial office via email: [email protected]

2.     Complainants should provide full details, including their name, affiliation, manuscript reference number, and a clear description of the issue.

3.     All handling Process will be approved within 4 working days.

4.     The complaint will investigate fairly by the Editor-in-Chief (or an appointed representative not involved in the matter)

5.     A written response will be provided within a couple working weeks where possible. Complex cases may take longer, in which case the complainant will be updated regularly.

6.     Authors may apply for appeals, if the petitioner is unsatisfied with the outcome, they may request a review by the publisher or an independent ethics committee.

7.     The complaint particulars will be kept confidential and used solely for resolving the matter to assure the confidentiality of the complaint.

Data Citation

Data Citation

  Data should be cited in the same way as articles, books, and web citations, and authors are required to include data citations as part of their reference list. Data citation is appropriate for data held within institutional, subject-focused, or more general data repositories. It is not intended to take the place of community standards such as in-line citation of GenBank accession codes.  When citing or making claims based on data, authors must refer to the data at the relevant place in the manuscript text and in addition provide a formal citation in the reference list. The journal of Medical and Oral Biosciences (JMOB) follows the format proposed by the Joint Declaration of Data Citation Principles: Authors; Year; Dataset title; Data repository or archive; Version (if any); Persistent identifier (e.g. DOI)”.

Informed Consent

Informed Consent

All participants in human subjects' articles have a right to privacy that should not be violated without informed consent. Identifying information, including names, initials, etc., should not be published in written descriptions, photographs, or pedigrees unless the information is essential for scientific purposes and the participants give written informed consent for publication. Informed consent in this situation requires that an identifiable participant be shown the manuscript, providing consent before publication. Authors should disclose to these patients whether any potential identifiable material might be available via the Internet as well as in print after publication. Participants' consent should be written and archived either with the The Journal of Medical and Oral Biosciences (JMOB), the authors, or both, as dictated by local regulations or laws.

Declaration of generative AI in scientific writing 

Author Declaration of Generative AI in Scientific Writing

In accordance with the Journal of Medical and Oral Biosciences (JMOB) ethical policies, all authors are required to disclose the use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools or automated technologies in the preparation of their submitted work. The authors should submit the following signed form:

We, the undersigned authors, hereby declare that:

       1.   AI Involvement:

 ☐ No generative AI or automated tools were used in the writing, editing, data analysis, figure generation, or any other part of this manuscript.

  ☐ Generative AI tools were used, specifically: _______________________________

  (Please specify the tool(s) used and the nature of  their contribution, e.g., grammar correction,  language editing, code generation, image  generation, data processing, etc.)

        2.         Author Responsibility:

     The authors take full responsibility for the accuracy, originality, and integrity of the manuscript, including all parts created or assisted by AI tools. AI-generated content has been reviewed, verified, and edited by the authors to ensure compliance with JMOB’s standards and ethical guidelines.

    3.   Ethical Compliance:

  AI tools were not used to fabricate, falsify, or manipulate data, images, or results, and their use complies with the principles of research integrity.

  Author Signatures:

   Author Name  Affiliation        Signature         Date                           

Privacy Statement

Privacy Statement

The names and email addresses and phone number entered in Journal of Medical and Oral Biosciences will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party..

Address

Address

College of Dentistry / Al- Iraqia University/Iraq/  Baghdad / Adhamiyah/ Hibat Katon, street 22, district 308. P O Box:  Haifa: 7366.

Telephone.

 009647711736995

E-mail

 [email protected]

URL

 https://jmob.aliraqia.edu.iq/index.php/jmob/index