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Journal Information
Al-Rafidain Dental Journal
Volumes and Issues
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Volume 13, Issue 3
Published: December 2013Volume 13, Issue 2
Published: April 2013Volume 13, Issue 1
Published: April 20132012
2011
Volume 11, Issue 3
Published: December 2011Volume 11, Issue 2
Published: June 2011Volume 11, Issue 1
Published: January 20112010
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Volume 7, Issue 3
Published: December 2007Volume 7, Issue 2
Published: June 2007Volume 7, Issue 1
Published: March 20072006
Volume 6, Issue 3
Published: December 2006Volume 6, Issue 1
Published: June 2006Volume 6, Issue 1
Published: January 20062005
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Volume 2, Issue 3
Published: December 2002Volume 2, Issue 2
Published: September 2002Volume 2, Issue 1
Published: January 20022001
About the Journal
Description
Al-Rafidain Dental Journal (RDENTJ) is an English language, double-blind peer reviewing system to ensure the quality of the publication, scholarly publication in the area of dentistry, and open access journal, which means that all articles are available on the internet to all users immediately upon publication. All articles published in the RDENTJ are open-access and immediately available to read, download, and share. All manuscripts should be submitted through our online manuscript management system. The author should first register in our system and then submit their manuscript. Publishing under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY) license permits users to read, print, and download, or redistribute, translate, and download the article for text and data mining purposes, or reuse portions or extracts from the article in other works. This journal has been published biannually by the College of Dentistry, University of Mosul, Iraq, since 2001. We will use iThenticate to check plagiarism before sending it to reviewers, which should be no more than 20%. We will notify the corresponding authors about their manuscripts through our online system within one to two months.
The referred scientific Journal deals with fields of dental sciences, and as an open-access journal, publishing an article in this journal requires an Article Processing Charge (APC) that will be billed to the submitting author following acceptance. There are no other fees (for example, submission, page, or color charges). The Article Processing Charge for the journal is 100.000 IQD for authors. No governmental or non-governmental organization financially supports the journal.
Al-Rafidain Dental Journal publishes original research papers in all dental fields, including periodontics, orthodontics, restorative and aesthetic dentistry, preventive and pediatric dentistry, prosthodontics, oral medicine and pathology, oral and maxillofacial surgery, dental biomaterials, as well as clinically relevant oral biology and pharmacotherapy. The entire journal\'s archive is available online (since 2001), and all articles are freely available online.
Print ISSN: 1812-1217
Electronic ISSN:1998-0345
First published (Print) in 2001
Abbreviation: Al-Rafidain Dent J
Journal Scope
Al-Rafidain Dental Journal is the official publication of the Iraqi Dental Society and is published by Mosul University, College of Dentistry.
Aims:
The journal invites original work, and clinical and dental research in various fields of dentistry and related medical practice. Aiming to promote scientific dental sciences, and presented them to researchers and academic students of dentistry. Papers written in English are sent for consideration to Editor–in–chief, the College of Dentistry, University of Mosul.
Scope:
Al-Rafidain Dental Journal publishes original research articles and brief communications, systematic reviews, study protocols, research hypotheses, reports of cases, comments, and perspectives in fields of :
• Dental basic sciences.
• Oral and Maxillofacial surgery
• Dental radiology
• Restorative dentistry
• Periodontology
• Endodontology
• Prosthodontics
• Paediatric and preventive dentistry
• Orthodontics and dental education
Open Access Policy
Al-Rafidain Dental Journal (RDENTJ) is an English-language, double-blind peer-review system to ensure the quality of the publication, scholarly publication in the area of dentistry, and open-access journal. Published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY) license, this journal has been published biannually by the College of Dentistry, University of Mosul, Iraq, since 2001. We are using iThenticate to prevent plagiarism and ensure the originality of our submitted manuscripts.
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License Terms
Permit others to distribute and copy the manuscript, to create extracts, abstracts, and other revised versions, adaptations or derivative works of or from the manuscript (such as a translation), to include in a collective work, to text or data mine the article, even for commercial purposes, as long as they credit the author(s), do not represent the author as endorsing their adaptation of the article, and do not modify the article in such a way as to damage the author\'s honor or reputation. Further details found at Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Editorial Board Members
Editor

Abdulhaq Abdulmajieed Suleiman Dr. (دكتوراه) , Professor (استاذ)
College of Dentistry, Ajman, University of Ajman, UAE

Ali Moayid Rasheed Dr. (دكتوراه) , Assistant Professor (استاذ مساعد)
Deportment of Conservative Dentistry, College of Dentistry, University of Mosul, Iraq

Ali Rajih Al-Khatib Dr. (دكتوراه) , Professor (استاذ)
University of Mosul- College of Dentistry

Areej Mohammed Abduljawad AL-Jawadi MSc. (ماجستير) , Assistant Lecturer (مدرس مساعد)
Assist. Lec. in Dental Basic Science Department, College of Dentistry, Mosul University

Faris Gh. Ahmed Dr. (دكتوراه) , Assistant Professor (استاذ مساعد)
University of Mosul- College of Dentistry

Husain Ahmed Al-Obaidi Dr. (دكتوراه) , Professor (استاذ)
Islamic University- College of Dentistry -Najaf / Iraq


Mohammed S. Al-Jubori Dr. (دكتوراه) , Professor (استاذ)
University of Mosul- College of Dentistry

Editor-in-Chief

Rayan Salim Hamed Dr. (دكتوراه) , Assistant Professor (استاذ مساعد)
College of Dentistry - University of Mosul
Managing Editor

Mohammed A. Abdulla Dr. (دكتوراه) , Assistant Professor (استاذ مساعد)
University of Mosul- College of Dentistry
Contact Info
University of Mosul
College of Dentistry - Deanery Building
Nineveh Governorate, Iraq
Contact email: alrafidain.dent@uomosul.edu.iq
Editor-in-chief Email: rshh70@uomosul.edu.iq
Postal Code: 41002
Website: https://rden.uomosul.edu.iq/