Our objectives are to:

• Be a medium for odontological education that stimulates dentists to maintain and enhance their clinical skills.

• Encourage odontological research and professional development

• Contribute to the development of ethical and cultural standards in the odontological community

• Foster debate on oral health policy issues

• Be a membership magazine for the Norwegian Dental Association

Organization

The journal is owned by the Norwegian Dental Association, and the editorial team is organized as a department in the association. There is a separate section in the journal for membership news. The remainder of the journal is edited and produced by the journal’s editorial staff.

The journal is editorially independent in accordance with the Act on editorial freedom, and is edited in line with the principles set out in the Declaration on the Rights and Duties of the Editor, the recommendations of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) and the Code of Ethics of the Norwegian Press.

The Editorial Board advises the editor-in-chief on strategic and operational matters. The board consists of up to ten members and is appointed by the editor-in-chief.

Read more about the Norwegian Dental Journal in the legislation governing the Norwegian Dental Association.

Publication model

All content is published on the website tannlegetidende.no and is freely accessible to all. All published articles from 1 January 2000 onwards are available on tannlegetidende.no and are fully searchable. Most articles are included in the paper edition, which is published 11 times a year. The paper edition is sent to all members of the Norwegian Dental Association, including odontology students and a range of libraries, universities and political institutions. The circulation is approximately 7 000 (November 2022).

There is no submission fee or article processing charge (APC). If the article is translated into English, the authors pay the cost.

Content and editorial process

The Journal of the Norwegian Dental Association is a general odontological journal and publishes various types of articles. The paper edition is divided into three sections: odontological science, features and opinions.

All the scientific articles are subject to external peer review as well as an editorial assessment prior to potential publication. Opinion-articles submitted to the journal generally do not undergo external peer review.

In addition to scientific articles the journal also publishes news reports, profile interviews, debate articles, book reviews etc.  

The journal publishes 70-80 per cent of the scientific manuscripts submitted, depending on the type of article. In 2022, we publish 29 original articles, 1 review article, and 10 case reports. The time from submission to publication varies but normally it takes 40 to 50 weeks for scientific articles and about eight weeks for opinion articles.

Indexing and publication points

The journal is registered as a Level 1-journal in the Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals, Series and Publishers. This means that some types of articles will provide publication points. This is decided by the institutions themselves.

Licences and copyright

All content is freely accessible on the tannlegetidende.no website. Tidende has the copyright to all content published on tannlegetidende.no unless the article is specifically marked with a Creative Commons (CC) licence.

Other information

Established: 1890
Tannlegetidende.no: Currently 50 000a month
Number printed in November 2022: 7 000
Annual number of manuscripts assessed: approx. 50

ISSN 0029-2303 (print)

ISSN 1894-180X(web)