About the Journal

Focus and Scope

The "Revista Cubana de Estomatología" was founded in 1964, aimed at professionals, and technicians in the field of dentistry, health administration, and related specialties.

It is an international peer-reviewed scientific journal dedicated to the dissemination of new knowledge and information on all sciences relevant to dentistry and to the oral cavity and associated structures in health and disease. It publishes original research papers within clinical dentistry, on all basic science aspects of structure, chemistry, developmental biology, physiology and pathology of relevant tissues, as well as on microbiology, biomaterials and the behavioural sciences as they relate to dentistry. In general, analytical studies are preferred to descriptive ones. Reviews, Short Communications, Letters to the Editor and relevant case report will also be considered for publication.

It publishes articles in Spanish and English (See policy for articles written in English), in PDF and XML format and No fees are charged for any of the editorial processes or publication of the items we receive.

Mission: To publish scientific articles that report to the development of dental sciences for the benefit of the health of the population.

Vision: To become a reference Journal in the field of dental sciences.

Among the issues published by the Journal are:

  • Comprehensive General Stomatology
  • Periodontics and periodontal surgery
  • Dental prosthesesMaxillofacial Surgery
  • Implantology
  • Oral pathology
  • Stomatological epidemiology
  • Pediatric dentistry
  • Orthodontics
  • Endodontics
  • Dentistry History and pedagogy
  • Imaginology
  • Forensic Dentistry

Frequency: Single volume without issues per year - Continuous publication.

Indexed in: Scopus, SciELO Citation Index (WoS), SciELO, DOAJ, Latindex 2.0 and others.

All content of the journal is under the terms of the Creative Commons License (CC BY-NC 4.0) and follows the publication model of SciELO Publishing Schema (SciELO PS) for publication in XML format.

The contents are available in open access immediately after being published. The Magazine does not charge any fee for the publication or reading of the articles.

Peer Review Process

The Cuban Journal of Stomatology does not receive charges for the sending, processing and publication of its articles. All published research is open access and all processes are free of charge for authors and readers.

The evaluation process is double blind.

The reviewers of the Cuban Journal of Stomatology do not belong to the publishing institution to which the journal belongs. These are represented by stomatological professionals from more than 10 countries in America and Europe.

The proposed articles are sent to two members of the Review Committee, formed by external evaluators, or not, to the Cuban Society of Stomatology. In the event of a discrepancy of opinion between the two reviewer pairs initially convened, a third reviewer will be invited with a criterion of opinion. The decision of approval, revision or rejection is communicated by the section editor or editors to the author. In case of rejection, the section editor sends the results of the evaluation form to the contact author with the suggestions of the peer reviewers regarding the improvements that could be applied to the article. If accepted, the article goes through the editorial format review and the Advisory Committee.

Each article is reviewed taking into account specific online review guides for each type of article, which can be requested by authors and reviewers.

The maximum time elapsed between the arrival of the article and the first response of the arbitrators is 1 month. Likewise, the time between the reception of the article and its acceptance for publication is 6 months to a year, although this may be delayed depending on the final approval of the submitted proposal and / or response delays by the author and / or reviewer . At the end of each article there are the dates of receipt and approval of the same, with the exception of the articles of the sections: editorial, obituaries, events and recognitions.

The entire peer review process is carried out through the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform for editorial management automation. Receipt of documents of any process is not accepted by another way.

Open Access Policy

The Cuban Journal of Stomatology is subject to the Creative Commons License (CC BY-NC 4.0) and follows the publication model of SciELO Publishing Schema (SciELO PS) for publication in XML format.

This journal provides immediate free access to its content under the principle that making research available to the public free of charge supports a greater exchange of global knowledge.

Sponsors

The Cuban Journal of Stomatology is the official organ of the Cuban Society of Stomatology.

Journal History

The Cuban Journal of Dentistry is the official organ of the stomatological scientific societie. Its predecessor was the Revista Estomatológica de Cuba, founded in 1933, the official organ of the National Stomatological College; unque other predecessors of the stomatological press, such as: Annals of the Odontological Society of Havana, which began to circulate in the year 1879; The Dental Progress of Havana, in 1880; Chronic Dental, in 1886; Dental Magazine, in 1891; The Dentistry, in 1894; The Dental Medical School, in 1895; Annals of the Dental Society of Havana, in 1901; Annals of the Odontological Society of Havana, in 1902; Cuba Odontológica, in 1917; Cuban Odontological Society, in 1917; Scientific Magazine of Santiago de Cuba, in 1926; Cuban Dentistry, in 1930; Dental Tribune, in 1931; Official Bulletin of the Odontological Federation of Cuba, in 1933. This magazine became the official organ of the trade union organization and later it was called Stomatological Magazine of Cuba, which had continuity from 1934 to 1965. It was the longest magazine, because It is necessary to point out that many of the magazines mentioned above had a very short period of permanence.

On June 30, 1964, the first issue of the Cuban Journal of Denstistry was published.

It was indexed in PubMed-MEDLINE from Vol. 10, Iss. 2 of 1973 to Vol. 26, Iss. 4 of 1989.

As of 1997, the complete texts of the journals published by the Cuban Editorial of Medical Sciences (ECIMED) are published electronically through the network of the National Information Center of Medical Sciences (Infomed).

In 2006, the Cuban Journal of Stomatology was certified by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (CITMA), which certifies scientific publications and complies with Resolution 59/03.

The last printed issue was issued in 2001. Subsequently, in 2015, a printed number was published in greeting to the 50th anniversary of the magazine.

For more information about the historical evolution of the editorial committees of the magazine read this article.