title: Accessibility to editorial information in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery journals: The authors' point of view.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the accessibility to editorial information in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery journals.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional study using the WOS-Web of Science database in three categories: "Surgery," "Otorhinolaryngology," and "Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine" was designed. Journals were filtered by title and classified under three headings: OMFS specialty; OMFS subspecialty and related sciences; and multidisciplinary journals. Specialty scope (OMFS vs. other); impact factor; path for the manuscript; blinding policy; accessibility to reviewers' criteria; and percentage of acceptance.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Only 46 of 330 journals met the inclusion criteria. All OMFS journals provided comprehensive information about the review process, compared to 5 of 27 (18.5%) of Oral Surgery and related sciences periodicals. Most specialty journals do not inform about the blind review mode used (20 of 33; 60.6%). Generally, information about the reviewers' assessment criteria is scarce, but is available from all OMFS journals, which also state the percentage of manuscript acceptance (100% vs. 14.8%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  OMFS JCR journals provide adequate information about their editorial process in terms of path for the manuscript, accessibility to reviewers' criteria, and percentage of acceptance. Additional efforts are needed to increase accessibility to information about blinding policy and average time from submission to acceptance.
authors.affiliation: Stomatology Department, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain; Oral Surgery Unit I, Stomatology Department (Head: Prof. J. Seoane, MD, DDS, MPDH, PhD), University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
authors.forename: Pablo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Castelo-Baz
authors.affiliation: Stomatology Department, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain; Oral Surgery Unit I, Stomatology Department (Head: Prof. J. Seoane, MD, DDS, MPDH, PhD), University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
authors.forename: Yago
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Leira-Feijoo
authors.affiliation: Stomatology Department, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain; Oral Surgery Unit I, Stomatology Department (Head: Prof. J. Seoane, MD, DDS, MPDH, PhD), University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Electronic address: juanmanuel.seoane@usc.es.
authors.forename: Juan Manuel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Seoane-Romero
authors.affiliation: Stomatology Department, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain; C. S. Praza do Ferrol, EOXI Lugo, Cervo e Monforte de Lemos, Galician Health Service, Lugo, Spain; Oral Surgery Unit I, Stomatology Department (Head: Prof. J. Seoane, MD, DDS, MPDH, PhD), University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
authors.forename: Pablo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Varela-Centelles
authors.affiliation: Stomatology Department, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain; Oral Surgery Unit I, Stomatology Department (Head: Prof. J. Seoane, MD, DDS, MPDH, PhD), University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Seoane
mesh_terms: D022126:Access to Information; D001319:Authorship; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003813:Dentistry; D035081:Editorial Policies; D013502:General Surgery; D006801:Humans; D055811:Journal Impact Factor; D019242:Oral Medicine; D010036:Otolaryngology; D017712:Peer Review, Research; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D011643:Publishing; D013515:Surgery, Oral; D013997:Time Factors
keywords: Dentistry; Maxillofacial surgery; Peer-review; Periodicals