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Vol	
  5,	
  No	
  1	
  (2017)	
  
ISSN	
  2167-­‐8677	
  (online)	
  

DOI	
  10.5195/d3000.2017.81	
  	
  

	
  

	
  

	
  

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Five	
  years	
  of	
  Dentistry	
  3000	
  
Alexandre	
  Rezende	
  Vieira	
  
	
  
Editor	
  in	
  Chief	
  
Department	
  of	
  Oral	
  Biology,	
  University	
  of	
  Pi4sburgh	
  School	
  of	
  Dental	
  Medicine,	
  Pi%sburgh	
  PA,	
  USA	
  
	
  

	
  

	
  

	
  

	
  

	
  

	
  

Cita%on:	
  Vieira	
  AR.	
  (2017)	
  Five	
  years	
  of	
  Den.stry	
  
3000.	
  Den!stry	
  3000.	
  1:a001	
  
doi:10.5195/d3000.2017.81	
  
Received:	
  December	
  5,	
  2017	
  
Accepted:	
  	
  December	
  12,	
  2017	
  
Published:	
  	
  December	
  15,	
  2017	
  
Copyright:	
  ©2017	
  Vieira	
  AR.	
  This	
   is	
  an	
  open	
  ac-­‐
cess	
  ar!cle	
   licensed	
  under	
  a	
  Crea!ve	
  Commons	
  
A"ribu%on	
  Work	
  4.0	
  United	
  States	
  License.	
  
Email:	
  arv11@pi(.edu

	
  	
  	
  Dentistry	
  3000	
  is	
  a	
  journal	
  pub-­‐
lished	
  by	
  the	
  University	
  Library	
  
System	
  (ULS),	
  University	
  of	
  Pitts-­‐
burgh,	
  as	
  part	
  of	
  its	
  D-­‐Scribe	
  Digital	
  
Publishing	
  Program	
  and	
  is	
  cospon-­‐
sored	
  by	
  the	
  University	
  of	
  Pitts-­‐
burgh	
  Press.	
  	
  In	
  that	
  capacity,	
  we	
  
have	
  created	
  a	
  journal	
  that	
  is	
  free	
  
from	
  the	
  pressures	
  of	
  publishers,	
  
authors,	
  funding	
  agencies,	
  and	
  other	
  
interest	
  groups.	
  	
  Dentistry	
  3000	
  has	
  
no	
  publication	
  fees	
  for	
  authors	
  and	
  
is	
  readily	
  accessible	
  to	
  all	
  via	
  web.	
  	
  
The	
  main	
  goal	
  of	
  the	
  journal	
  contin-­‐
ues	
  to	
  be	
  disseminating	
  scientific	
  
information	
  in	
  dentistry,	
  which	
  is	
  a	
  
field	
  that	
  suffers	
  due	
  to	
  the	
  limited	
  
number	
  of	
  journals	
  interested	
  in	
  
publishing	
  a	
  wide	
  range	
  of	
  topics	
  of	
  
dental	
  research.	
  

	
  	
  	
  	
  We	
  have	
  been	
  encouraging	
  
young	
  authors	
  to	
  submit	
  their	
  first	
  
scholarly	
  works	
  as	
  a	
  way	
  to	
  incen-­‐
tivize	
  the	
  development	
  of	
  and	
  inter-­‐
est	
  in	
  academic	
  and	
  scholarly	
  activi-­‐
ties.	
  	
  We	
  have	
  also	
  been	
  supporting	
  

authors	
  from	
  smaller	
  centers,	
  facili-­‐
tating	
  the	
  publication	
  of	
  their	
  work.	
  	
  
We	
  provide	
  help	
  with	
  manuscript	
  
preparation	
  and	
  improving	
  lan-­‐
guage	
  and	
  style	
  during	
  the	
  peer-­‐
review	
  process.	
  	
  We	
  believe	
  these	
  
practices	
  can	
  only	
  benefit	
  the	
  scien-­‐
tific	
  community,	
  and	
  we	
  have	
  no	
  
concerns	
  regarding	
  specific	
  individ-­‐
ual	
  agendas	
  and	
  misrepresented	
  
perceptions	
  of	
  quality.	
  	
  We	
  do	
  not	
  
measure	
  Dentistry	
  3000	
  by	
  impact	
  
factor,	
  which	
  in	
  reality	
  is	
  a	
  measure	
  
of	
  the	
  impact	
  of	
  the	
  authors	
  that	
  
publish	
  in	
  a	
  particular	
  journal.	
  	
  We	
  
understand	
  that	
  a	
  small	
  fraction	
  of	
  
papers	
  recieves	
  many	
  citations,	
  
whereas	
  the	
  vast	
  majority	
  of	
  papers	
  
get	
  few	
  or	
  none	
  at	
  all.	
  

	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  In	
  the	
  last	
  five	
  years,	
  we	
  have	
  
published	
  over	
  40	
  papers.	
  	
  Our	
  goal	
  
moving	
  forward	
  is	
  to	
  continue	
  the	
  
practices	
  we	
  have	
  established:	
  fair	
  
and	
  unbiased	
  peer-­‐reviews,	
  with	
  
emphasis	
  on	
  content	
  and	
  findings	
  
rather	
  than	
  looking	
  for	
  reports	
  with	
  

positive	
  results.	
  	
  We	
  aim	
  to	
  continue	
  
supporting	
  young	
  authors	
  in	
  pub-­‐
lishing	
  their	
  first	
  works	
  and	
  valuing	
  
all	
  disciplines	
  of	
  dentistry	
  equally.	
  

	
  	
  	
  	
  We	
  are	
  looking	
  forward	
  to	
  your	
  
future	
  contributions	
  to	
  Dentistry	
  
3000.