Open Science Compliance
This journal follows the Gold Open Access model.
In accordance with the Open Science guidelines, the Brazilian Dental Science adopts several practices, such as the open access policy, the code of good practices for publishers and the use of social networks for the dissemination of published works. The journal also requires a clear indication of each author's contribution in articles with multiple authorship, using the Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT). In addition, it encourages the sharing of analysis data sets, instruments, statistical analysis scripts and complementary materials, which can be made available in open online repositories, such as SciELO Data, Zenodo, Figshare and OSF, If they cannot be included in the article itself. This information should be mentioned in the manuscript. BDS supports the publication of preprint articles on public platforms, such as SciELO Preprints, preprints.org, Emerging Research Information (EmeRI) and Biorxiv, So that they can be openly debated before their formal publication.
In tune with Open Science practices, the Brazilian Dental Science offers authors and reviewers the option of opening the peer review process, with or without the identification of their names. Authorization for the disclosure of the name can be granted by the authors during the submission of the article and by the reviewers when filling out the Evaluation Form on compliance with Open Science.
Finally, the contribution of the Associate Editors is duly credited in the published articles, and the reviewers receive a statement of opinion of the manuscript, in addition to being able to validate their activity in the Reviewer Credit.
