International Journal of Sports Dentistry
Instructions to Contributors
GENERAL POLICY
All authors must adhere to the following criteria.
1) JASD accepts review articles, original articles, clinical report and the others.
2) Submitted manuscripts must be written
clearly and concisely in English and represent unpublished original research that is
not being considered for publication elsewhere.
3) The journal seeks to publish concise definitive reports of wide interest to the researchcommunity and topical, concise reviews ofthe state of the art.
HOW TO SUBMIT MANUSCRIPTS
1) Via mail: One paper copy of the manuscript and figures plus a floppy disk or
CD-ROM(mandatory). The disk/ CD-ROM
should contain a word file of the Manuscript
text and Tables. Manuscripts must containseparate files (TIFF, EPS, and JPEG,) forFigures.
Send submissions via mail to Secretariat ofIJSD.
Address: Quintessence Publishing Co., Ltd.
3-2-6, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo,113-003, Japan
2) Both Macintosh and Windows files will beaccepted.
3) Any paper manuscripts that are received
will be not returned to the author.
COPYRIGHT
Submission of a manuscript means that authors automatically agree to assign exclusive
copyright to JASD if and when the manuscript
is accepted for publication.
SUBMISSION CHARGES
JASD has approved a one-time initial manuscript submission fee of ¥5,000. There is nofee for submitting revisions.
PAGE CHARGE AND REPRINTS
1) Manuscripts over 8 pages are discouraged
and any published manuscript over 8 pages
will incur extra charges. Page charges for
published manuscripts are ¥5,500 per pageup to 8 pages. Any pages above 8 will bebilled at ¥9,000 per page.
2) Reprints can be ordered (by the fifty) byusing the Reprint Order Form which is sent
to the authors when the page proofs arereviewed by the authors. Pre-payment isrequired for reprints (See Reprints Order
Form in detail).
The authors writing the article by request of
the JASD are given 30 free reprints of thearticles. If additional reprints are desired,
they must be ordered from the Secretariat
of IJSD. Reprints will be mailed from 6 to 8
weeks after the article appears in the Journal. Reprints files are not kept by the Editorial Office.
NATIVE CHECK CHARGE
A manuscript of nonnative authors of English
should be proofread by native English speakers before submission. The accepted manuscript will be proofread again by the JASD appointed native English speakers. The authors
must pay for native check fee.
Native check price per manuscript page (lettersize or A4 size) not including Title page andAbstract: ¥4,000.

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STYLE OF MANUSCRIPTS
General1) Manuscripts should be typewritten withdouble-spacing (at least 6 mm betweenlines) on letter size (8-1/2 x 11 inches) orA4 size (21 x 29.5 cm) papers with ample
margins [at least 1 inch (2.54cm)] on all foursides, with no indented paragraphs.
2) Manuscripts should be clean without tabs
and codes.
3) Use a standard font such as Times New Roman or Ariel to avoid misrepresentation ofyour data on different computers that do
not have the unusual or foreign language
fonts. At least 12-point, type face, neither
distorted not reduced or enlarged, is to beused.

Sample references[Journals]
1) Labella, C.R., Smith, B.W. and Sigurdsson,
A.: Effect of mouthguards on dental injuries
and concussions in college basketball, MedSci Sports Exerc, 34: 41-44, 2002.
2) Takahashi, T., Ueno, T., Ohyama, T., etal.:The relationship between H reflex inthe human upper limb muscles and teeth
clenching, J. Masticat. & Health Soc.,
12:27-31,2002. (in Japanese)

MANUSCRIPT COMPONENTS
The components of a manuscript should be 1)
title page, 2) abstract, 3) introduction, 4) materials and methods, 5) results, 6) discussion, 7)
acknowledgments, 8) reference, 9) tables, and10) figure legends. The complete manuscript
should be arranged in that order.

Chapter in book2) Sanders, B., Bradt, F.A. and Johnson, R.:
Injuries. In: Pediatric oral and maxillofacial
surgery. Sanders, B., editor. St. Lois: Mosby
p330-400, 1979

Title Page (Page 1.): Complete title. Type inbold type with only the first letters of the main
words capitalized. Also, type the first name,middle initial, surname of each contributor inupper-and lower-case letters. Use superscript
numbers to relate contributors to different
departments or institutions, or to indicate achange in address. For the corresponding
who will receive reprint, provide the full postal(including ZIP or Postal Code) and e-mail address, telephone and FAX numbers, as available. If the corresponding author is not thefirst author, indicate by a number superscript,
and use the phrase ‘‘corresponding author”,
and that individual’s e-mail address.
A short title (running head) of up to 60 characters, if necessary.
Abstract (Page 2.): not more than 300
words, followed by a list of 1 to 5 key words.
Beginning on page 3: Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion,
Acknowledgments, References, Table andFigure legends.
4) All pages should be numbered consecutively, the title page being page 1.
REFERENCES
1) References should be numbered consecutively in the order in which they appear in
the text, and should be kept to a pertinent
minimum.
2) Identify references in the text, tables
and figure legends by Arabic numbersof superscripted letter such as dentistry1,dentistry2,3, and dentistry4-8.
3) Authors use ‘‘et al.” when the cited work isby four or more contributors.
4) Abbreviations of journal names should conform to those of Index Medicus.
5) Manuscript accepted but not published
may be cited in the reference list by placing‘‘in press” after the abbreviated title of thejournal. Also manuscripts written in Japanese or languages other than English may
be cited in the reference list; in that caseone should add the language (for instancein Japanese, Korean, Spanish, etc.).

[Books]
Personal author(s)1) Anderson, M. K. and Hall, S. J.: Sports
injuries management, Williams & Wilkins,
Media, 1995.

FIGURES AND TABLES
1) Figures and tables should not exceed 8-1/2
x 11 inches (21.59 x 27.94 cm).
2) Figures and tables must be discussed thoroughly in the text.
3) Figures and tables will generally be printed
in column-width, 1-1/2 of column width,and page-width, and thus, all figures andtables should be provided at the optimum
size for publication.
4) Each figure should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals (Figure 1, 2etc.) and accompanied by a legend clearly
describing it. Label the figure number andthe first author’s name in upright of eachfigure. The legends for all figures must betyped on ‘Figure legends’ in text.
5) Each table should be clearly titled andprovided with a comprehensive legend andnumbered separately in Arabic numbers(Table 1, 2 etc.).
PROOFS
1) Proofs will be sent to authors with manuscript. Only printer’s errors must be corrected; no change in, or additions to, theedited manuscript will be allowed at thisstage.
2) The corrected proofs must be returned
within the days when is appointed bymember(s) of editorial board.
MANDATORY SUBMISSION FORM
The Mandatory Submission Form, which canbe found in the journal must be signed by
all authors and faxed to the Secretariat (+81(0)3-5800-7598) upon notification of article acceptance.
PERMISSIONS AND WAIVERS
1) Permission of author and publisher must beobtained for the direct use of material (text,photos, drawings) under copyright that
does not belong to the author.
2) Waiver must be obtained for photographs
showing persons. When such waivers are
not supplied, faces will be masked to prevent identification.
3) Permissions and waivers should be faxedalong with the Mandatory Submission Formto the Secretariat.

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