Publication Ethics

Introduction
Compliance with publication ethics ensures the integrity of scientific publishing and confidence in published articles. Therefore, Annali di Stomatologia expects all authors to adhere to ethical requirements in the preparation of their manuscript.

Plagiarism
Annali di Stomatologia considers plagiarism a serious offense and is committed to eliminating manuscripts with possible cases of plagiarism from its review and publication process. Annali di Stomatologia uses the iThenticate plagiarism detection application to check each manuscript for possible cases of plagiarism.
Plagiarism check is the first step in the manuscript review process. Manuscripts that are found to contain unacceptable level of similarity with other published works are immediately rejected. Submitted manuscripts should be the original works of the author(s). Annali di Stomatologia will follow COPE guideline in suspected cases of plagiarism.

Duplicate submissions
Duplicate submission is a situation whereby an author submits the same or similar manuscripts to two different journals at the same time either within Annali di Stomatologia or any other publisher. This includes the submission of manuscripts derived from the same data in such a manner that there are no substantial differences in the manuscripts. Duplicate submission also includes the submission of the same/similar manuscript in different languages to different journals.

Fabrication and falsification of data
It is unethical to fabricate, manipulate or falsify data in a manuscript.  Annali di Stomatologia is by COPE guidelines in dealing with suspected cases of data fabrication and falsification.

Citations manipulation
A manuscript should contain only relevant citations. Inclusion of citations that are not relevant to the work is strongly discouraged. Similarly, irrelevant self-citation to increase one’s citation is unethical.

Advertising Policy 

All advertisements need approval from either the publisher or editor. 

There is a strict separation between advertising and editorial content. Advertisers and sponsors do not receive advance notice of our editorial content, and editorial content is not influenced to accommodate advertising. Advertisers do not affect the publisher’s editorial decisions or advertising policies.

The presence of an advertisement in the publisher’s journal does not constitute a guarantee or endorsement of the advertised product, service, company, or claims made by the publisher, society, or editorial partner.

Advertisements will be clearly distinguishable from editorial content in the publisher’s journal.

Advertisers cannot control or influence the results of user searches on the publisher’s journal. 

All advertisements must clearly and prominently identify the advertiser by trademark or signature.

Any mention of the publisher or its products or services in advertisements, promotional material, or merchandising by the advertiser or agency requires the publisher’s prior written 

The publisher will not be bound by any conditions, printed or otherwise, appearing on any insertion order or copy instructions that conflict with the conditions in this policy statement.

In the event of nonpayment, the publisher reserves the right to hold the advertiser and/or its advertising agency liable for any monies due and payable to the publisher.

Any use of publication trademarks or copyrighted material for links to and from the website must be pre-approved by the publisher. Unauthorized linking is prohibited.

All recruitment or employment advertisements must be nondiscriminatory and comply with all applicable laws and regulations. Advertisements that discriminate based on sex, age, race, religion, marital status, or physical handicap will not be accepted. 

Advertised products must comply with regulations in the country where the advertisement will be viewed.

The publisher does not release personally identifiable data on the users of our websites or email service to advertisers.