About the Journal
Author fees
This journal charges authors are N70,000 publication fee.
Publisher Information
Network for Oral and Maxillofacial Infections, Oncology and Traumatology in Nigeria
Peer review
Nigerian Journal of Medical and Dental Education employs a three-stage review process – editorial office, external review and editors’ decision. The first stage of the review process takes place in the editorial office. On submission, a manuscript is reviewed to ensure that it meets the minimum requirements of the
journal before it is sent to external reviewers. At this stage, the manuscript is reviewed based on instruction to authors format. Once a manuscript successfully completes the editorial office review process, it proceeds to the second stage. The second stage of the review process employs the double-blind review system. A minimum of two external reviewers are selected from our database, editorial board of the journal or other sources. These reviewers have expert knowledge of the subject area of the manuscript. The reviewers are invited to review the manuscript by sending them the abstract of the manuscript. Upon acceptance to review the manuscript, the full text of the manuscript is sent to the reviewers after the author(s) have been concealed.
Reviewers are required to evaluate the manuscripts and provide useful comments to enable the author(s) to improve the quality of the manuscript using the journal’s review. Reviewers also score the manuscript in terms of originality, contribution to the field, technical quality, clarity of presentation and depth of research. Finally, reviewers make one of the following suggestions about the manuscript: (A)
Requires minor corrections (B) Requires moderate revision (C) Requires major revision or (D) Not suitable for further processing. In this case, the reviewer provides specific reason(s) why the manuscript not be further processed.
Upon receipt of the reviewers’ comments, the editorial office reviews the comment. If the two reviewers’ comment have significantly different/or contradictory opinions about the same manuscripts, the manuscript is re-sent to a third reviewer. All reviewers’ comments (including the third reviewers’ comment where necessary) are thereafter sent to the author(s). The reviewers’ identities are concealed from the author(s). The total time taken to complete the second stage of the manuscript review is dependent on the availability of the reviewers. Using the reviewers’ comments, author(s) make corrections to the manuscript and submits a revised manuscript. Upon receipt of the revised submission, the manuscript undergoes the third and final stage of the review process. The original manuscript, the revised manuscript and all the reviewers’ comments are sent to an editor of the journal. The editor reviews the manuscript and makes one the following decisions: (A) Accept as it is (B) Accept with minor correction (C) Requires major corrections, (D) Send revised manuscript for review again (E) or Reject. Decision is final, no appeal is possible.
Manuscripts devoid of correction will progress to be full accepted and after publication fee payment, it will move to proofread state, The turn around time is 6-8 weeks from submission to
decision.
Suggest a Reviewer
Nigerian Journal Medical and Dental Education attempts to keep the review process as short as possible to enable rapid publication. In order to facilitate this process, please suggest the names and current e-mail addresses of three potential reviewer whom you consider capable of reviewing your manuscript.
E-mail Confirmation of Submission
After submission you will receive an e-mail to confirm receipt of your manuscript within 48 hours.
Manuscript Status
The Journal will inform you by e-mail once a decision has been made.
Submission of Revised Manuscripts
To submit a revised Manuscript, include revised to the name of the submitted document.
Data Protection
By submitting a manuscript to or reviewing for this publication, your name, email address, and affiliation, and other contact details the publication might require, will be used for the regular operations of the publication, including, when necessary, sharing with the publisher (and partners for production and publication. The publication and the publisher recognize the importance of protecting the personal information collected from users in the operation of these services, and have practices in place to ensure that steps are taken to maintain the security, integrity, and privacy of the personal data collected and processed.
Publication Scheduling
This journal publishes 2 issues in 1 volume a year.
