Liberia Medical & Dental Association Journal
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What to expect after you submit your manuscript
Upload your files, enter metadata, and confirm your submission.
We confirm your files and information are complete.
If anything is missing, we return it to you to fix and resubmit.
An editor checks fit with the journal's scope and basic quality.
You are notified and may submit elsewhere.
We verify formatting, references, ethics statements, and anonymized files if required.
Upload your revised manuscript and notes responding to reviewer comments. If changes are needed, we send you a request and you resubmit. It may be re-reviewed.
Independent experts evaluate your manuscript. An editor weighs their feedback and makes a decision.
Your manuscript is not accepted for publication.
Accept • Revisions Required • Decline
Check the language, style, and formatting edits made to your text, and approve or suggest further edits.
Our copyeditor polishes language, style, and format.
Review your final article layout for errors before it goes live.
We prepare the final article files (PDF, HTML) and check layout, figures, and metadata.
Your article is assigned to an issue and a publication date.
We contact you via email when your article is live.
Your article is online with a DOI and indexed so readers can find it.
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Timelines vary by manuscript. You will be contacted by email whenever your action is needed.
