《Frontiers of Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine，FOMM》
创办百年的上海交通大学医学院附属第九人民医院（以下简称九院），除了拥有享誉国内外的整形外科、骨科以外，还是我国口腔颌面外科的重要孵育基地——作为我国口腔医学界仅有的两位中国工程院院士，我国口腔颌面外科重要奠基人和开拓者邱蔚六教授和学科带头人张志愿教授与九院共同见证了这一学科的发展和进步。而创办一本属于自己的口腔医学英文期刊，是两位院士一直以来的心愿。2019年5月，这一愿望终于实现，一本承载着几代九院口腔人梦想的英文期刊诞生，英文名称为Frontiers of Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine（简称FOMM），中文译名《口腔颌面医学前沿》，网址：http://fomm.amegroups.com。这本由九院与AME出版社共同创办的医学英文学术期刊，旨在为国内外同行提供一个涵盖口腔颌面疾病相关领域最新研究、前沿知识和实践经验的国际性专业平台。
2019年，FOMM成功组建编委团队，刊登了11篇文章，并创立了“Meet the Professor”专栏。“Meet the Professor”专栏刊登了来自华盛顿州立大学埃尔森·弗洛伊德医学院（Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, Washington State University）的James Hupp教授，以及上海九院的邱蔚六院士、张志愿院士和郑家伟教授的专访，探讨他们的从医经历和对学术科研的展望（详见：http://fomm.amegroups.com/post/category/meet-the-professor）。目前有多名国际专家正在积极为FOMM组稿，经同行评审后将以专题、专刊形式陆续刊发。
Thank you for your interest in Frontiers of Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine (FOMM, Front Oral Maxillofac Med, ISSN 2664-777X). FOMM adheres to the Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly work in Medical Journals, issued by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) (1), and the Cope of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors (2), issued by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Please refer to the following guidelines to help you prepare your manuscript. Feel free to contact the editorial office by email (fomm@amegroups.com) should you have any questions. To ensure a swift peer review and publication process, manuscripts that do not adhere to the following instructions will be returned to the corresponding author for technical revision at preliminary review.
1. ABOUT THE JOURNAL
Frontiers of Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine (FOMM, Front Oral Maxillofac Med, ISSN 2664-777X) is an open access, peer-reviewed electronic journal. Frontiers of Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine aims to serve as an international and professional platform for healthcare professionals to share their research, knowledge and experience. Frontiers of Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine is the Official Publication of the Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine.
Frontiers of Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine publishes articles across all relevant fields of oral and maxillofacial diseases, including but not restricted to: dental problems, head and neck lesions, otolaryngologic and ophthalmologic disorders.
2. MANUSCRIPT CATEGORIES
2.1 Original Article
Word limit: there is no fixed word limit for research articles, but authors must use the most concise language possible, as well as succinct, structured sentences. The word count for the main text (excluding the abstract, references, tables, boxes, or figures) should be provided when the manuscript is submitted.
Abstract: Structured (usually into four paragraphs with the following subheadings: Background, Methods, Results, and Conclusions, unless specified otherwise in the reporting checklists), 200-350 words max. No abbreviations.
Key words: 3~5.
References: No limit.
Figures/Tables: No limit, but 10 figures are deemed sufficient.
Description: Original articles should take the following format: Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion and/or Conclusions. Original articles must have originality and clinical impact.
Original articles should include a section describing the contribution made by each author to the manuscript. See the “3.4 Author Contributions” sections for details.
If a submitted article includes any data that are not publicly available, the authors are required to fill in a data-sharing statement form, which should be submitted along with their manuscript. If the article is accepted for publication, the Data Availability Statement (form) will be published online alongside the article. See the “3.7.2 Data Sharing Statement” section for details.
When a manuscript documents any experiment(s) involving human subjects or animals, the authors must indicate an ethical statement both in the methods section and the footnote. See the “3.7.5 Ethical Statement” section for details.
Please note that systematic review with meta-analysis will be categorized as Original Article.
2.1.1 Reporting Checklist
Original Articles should be prepared according to the EQUATOR research reporting guidelines, as listed below, and each submission should include a checklist (a reformatted version has been created for the journal) as a supplementary material. The relevant page/line and section/paragraph number in the manuscript should be stated for each item in the checklist. A statement should be included at the end of the “Introduction” to indicate which reporting checklist was followed (e.g., “We present the following article/case in accordance with the CONSORT reporting checklist.” ). The manuscript should also include a Reporting Checklist statement in the footnote (see the “3.7 Footnote”). Failure to do so will result in the manuscript being returned to the authors for amendment.
