Journal profile · Engineering, Biomedical
Clinical Oral Implants Research
ISSN 0905-7161 · eISSN 1600-0501 · Blackwell Munksgaard · DENMARK · Bimonthly · Founded 1990
Clinical Oral Implants Research: CAS Zone 1 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 5.16; hybrid open access; APC about USD 5,170; median 212 days to acceptance (86 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly hard; 161 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Clinical Oral Implants Research is published by Blackwell Munksgaard and is in Zone 1 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes, Periodontal Regeneration and Treatments and Bone Tissue Engineering Materials, together about 59.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Clinical Oral Implants Research conveys scientific progress in the field of implant dentistry and its related areas to clinicians, teachers and researchers concerned with the application of this information for the benefit of patients in need of oral implants. The journal addresses itself to clinicians, general practitioners, periodontists, oral and maxillofacial surgeons and prosthodontists, as well as to teachers, academicians and scholars involved in the education of professionals and in the scientific promotion of the field of implant dentistry.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering, Biomedical
Editor-in-chief Lisa J. A.Publisher website
Editorial board by country: 7 in mainland China (about 8%); most named Switzerland 13, Sweden 12, Spain 8, Mainland China 7, Germany 6 (88 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Dental Implant Techniques and OutcomesDentistry35.2%
- Periodontal Regeneration and TreatmentsMedicine13.3%
- Bone Tissue Engineering MaterialsEngineering11.4%
- Dental Radiography and ImagingDentistry7.2%
- Dental materials and restorationsDentistry6.3%
- Orthodontics and Dentofacial OrthopedicsDentistry5%
- Cleft Lip and Palate ResearchBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.5%
- Orthopaedic implants and arthroplastyMedicine2.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Engineering, Biomedical | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Engineering, Biomedical | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Engineering, Biomedical | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEPubMedCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 5.16LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 5.9Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 5.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 9.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 9.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 9.5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.01LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.12LetPub ·
- h-index
- 145LetPub ·
- h-index
- 231OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,859OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.23OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 53.03%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 118LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 118Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 969,131Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 9,176 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 130 | 93 | 122 |
| 2025 | 161 | 112 | 607 |
| 2024 | 179 | 127 | 1,260 |
| 2023 | 220 | 164 | 3,559 |
| 2022 | 154 | 82 | 2,955 |
| 2021 | 330 | 139 | 4,003 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
212 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 156 days – 267 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 14 days (89 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 226 days
- Sample
- 86 articles with submission and acceptance dates (297 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- 3–6 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly hardLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 21%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 21%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 16 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 16 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 184 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 16 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 5,170 / EUR 4,320 / GBP 3,460 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 160 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Page charges
- USD 160
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare6 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 3
- Reference style
- APA
- Templates
- LaTeX and Word
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted14
- case reportOriginal research articlesof high scientific merit in the field of surgical and prosthetic aspects of clinical oral implant dentistry including material science…Length not stated
- case reports and case seriesCase reports and case series, must document new fundamental knowledge.Length not stated
- hypothesisOriginal research articlesof high scientific merit in the field of surgical and prosthetic aspects of clinical oral implant dentistry including material science…Length not stated
- letterOriginal research articlesof high scientific merit in the field of surgical and prosthetic aspects of clinical oral implant dentistry including material science…Length not stated
- narrative and systematic review articlesNarrative and Systematic Review articlespublished in Clinical Oral Implants Research are in general only by invited experts in the field.Length not stated
- novel developmentsNovel developments if they provide a technical novelty for any implant systemLength not stated
- original researchOriginal research articlesof high scientific merit in the field of surgical and prosthetic aspects of clinical oral implant dentistry including material science…Length not stated
- perspectiveOriginal research articlesof high scientific merit in the field of surgical and prosthetic aspects of clinical oral implant dentistry including material science…Length not stated
- perspective articlesPerspective articles on topical areas related to implant dentistry and clinically applied concepts are by invitation only from the Editor-in-Chief.Length not stated
- proceedings of international meetingsProceedings of international meetings may also be considered for publication at the discretion of the Editor-in-Chief.Length not stated
- reviewOriginal research articlesof high scientific merit in the field of surgical and prosthetic aspects of clinical oral implant dentistry including material science…Length not stated
- short communicationOriginal research articlesof high scientific merit in the field of surgical and prosthetic aspects of clinical oral implant dentistry including material science…Length not stated
- short communicationsShort communications of important research findings in a concise format and for rapid publication.Length not stated
- systematic reviewOriginal research articlesof high scientific merit in the field of surgical and prosthetic aspects of clinical oral implant dentistry including material science…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Peer review, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- AI use Use of Artificial Intelligence
Authors must disclose the use of any artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the writing, editing, or data analysis of their manuscript. This includes specifying the AI tools used and detailing their application in the research process. AI tools cannot be listed as authors and their use does not absolve authors of responsibility for the content. A disclosure statement should be included in a separat…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship
Keywords from MeSH Model summary
Please refer to the journal’s authorship policy the Editorial Policies and Ethical Considerations section for details on eligibility for author listing.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest Statement
Authors will be asked to provide a conflict of interest statement during the submission process. For details on what to include in this section, see the section ‘Conflict of Interest’ in the Editorial Policies and Ethical Considerations section below. Submitting authors should ensure they liaise with all co-authors to confirm agreement with the final statement.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Accessibility
Data sharing Model summary
Clinical Oral Implants Research expects that data supporting the results in the paper will be archived in an appropriate public repository. Authors are required to provide a data availability statement to describe the availability or the absence of shared data. When data have been shared, authors are required to include in their data availability statement a link to the repository they have used, …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics
COPE member Model summary
This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Note this journal uses iThenticate’s CrossCheck software to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts. Read Wiley'sTop 10 Publishing Ethics Tips for Authors here. Wiley’s Publication Ethics Guidelines can be found here.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Reproduction of Copyright Material
If excerpts from copyrighted works owned by third parties are included, credit must be shown in the contribution. It is the author’s responsibility to also obtain written permission for reproduction from the copyright owners. For more information visit Wiley’s Copyright Terms & Conditions FAQ at http://exchanges.wiley.com/authors/faqs---copyright-terms--conditions_301.html
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review and Acceptance
Single-blind peer review Model summary
The acceptance criteria for all papers are the quality and originality of the research and its significance to journal readership. Manuscripts are single-blind peer reviewed. Papers will only be sent to review if the Editor-in-Chief determines that the paper meets the appropriate quality and relevance requirements.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Preprint policy Model summary
This journal accepts articles previously published on preprint servers.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical Trial Registration
The journal requires that all clinical trials which have a commencement date after 31st January 2017 are prospectively registered in a publicly accessible database and clinical trial registration numbers should be included in all papers that report their results. Authors are asked to include the name of the trial register and the clinical trial registration number at the end of the abstract. For f…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Blackwell Munksgaard
- Country or region
- DENMARK
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1990
- ISSN
- 0905-7161
- Electronic ISSN
- 1600-0501
- Society / sponsor
- European Association for Osseointegration
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 37, Issue 9 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Clinical Oral Implants Research
What CAS zone is Clinical Oral Implants Research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Clinical Oral Implants Research is in Zone 1 of Medicine, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine / Engineering, Biomedical; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Clinical Oral Implants Research?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 5.16; CiteScore 9.5, h-index 231.
How long does peer review take at Clinical Oral Implants Research?
Based on the dates recorded on 86 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 212 days (interquartile range 156–267 days); authors report an average review time of 3–6 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly hard”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 21% (2025). Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Clinical Oral Implants Research?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: ≥ 3; Reference style: APA; Templates: LaTeX and Word; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Clinical Oral Implants Research based?
Of the 88 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 7 (about 8%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Switzerland (13), Sweden (12) and Spain (8). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Clinical Oral Implants Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Clinical Oral Implants Research is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, PubMed and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Clinical Oral Implants Research open access, and what is the APC?
Clinical Oral Implants Research is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 5,170.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .