Journal profile · DENTISTRY, ORAL SURGERY & MEDICINE
Craniomaxillofacial Trauma & Reconstruction
ISSN 1943-3875 · eISSN 1943-3883
Craniomaxillofacial Trauma & Reconstruction: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1 (journal website); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 61 days to acceptance (88 articles, last 24 months); 57 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Craniomaxillofacial Trauma & Reconstruction is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Facial Trauma and Fracture Management, Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries and Dental Radiography and Imaging, together about 44.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Craniomaxillofacial Pathology; Craniomaxillofacial Trauma; Dentoalveolar Surgery; Dental Implant Rehabilitation; Facial Aesthetic Surgery; Hard and Soft Tissue Reconstruction of Craniomaxillofacial Defects; Oculoplastic Surgery; Orthognathic Surgery and Facial Deformities; Pediatric Cleft and Craniofacial Surgery; Management of Temporomandibular Disorders; Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea; Head and Neck Surgery; Regenerative Surgery and Tissue Regeneration; Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Digital Technologies in Craniomaxillofacial Surgery.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): DENTISTRY, ORAL SURGERY & MEDICINE
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 3%); most named Switzerland 5, United States 4, Brazil 4, Hong Kong, China 2, United Kingdom 2 (31 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Facial Trauma and Fracture ManagementMedicine26.2%
- Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body InjuriesMedicine9.2%
- Dental Radiography and ImagingDentistry8.8%
- Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular TechniquesMedicine6%
- Head and Neck Surgical OncologyMedicine5.2%
- Craniofacial Disorders and TreatmentsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.1%
- Facial Nerve Paralysis Treatment and ResearchMedicine4.1%
- Reconstructive Facial Surgery TechniquesMedicine3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePMCPubMedEmbasePublisher website
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 (publisher) 2025
- 1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.4Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 48OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 352OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.94OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 59.69%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 53LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 1,988Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 939 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 36 | 36 | 10 |
| 2025 | 57 | 57 | 140 |
| 2024 | 48 | 46 | 123 |
| 2023 | 39 | 35 | 98 |
| 2022 | 45 | 43 | 192 |
| 2021 | 58 | 58 | 443 |
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 PubMed · to
61 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 43 days – 96 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 7 days (88 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 68 days
- Sample
- 88 articles with submission and acceptance dates (139 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
- Submission to first decision
- 28.6 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 6.5 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 6 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | CHF 1,500 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | CHF 1,500 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
Open calls for papers2, by deadline
Publisher websiteWhat to prepare7 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 200 words
- Reference style
- Author–date
- Templates
- LaTeX and Word
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Required, 3
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted19
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Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- Authorship Authorship
MDPI follows the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) guidelines which state that, in order to qualify for authorship of a manuscript, the following criteria should be observed: Make substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work, or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work; Draft the work or review it critically for important intel…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflicts of Interest
According to The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, “Authors should avoid entering into agreements with study sponsors, both for-profit and non-profit, that interfere with authors’ access to all of the study’s data or that interfere with their ability to analyze and interpret the data and to prepare and publish manuscripts independently when and where they choose.” All authors mus…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability statements
Data availability statements are required for all articles published with MDPI. During the peer review and editorial decision process, authors can be asked to share existing datasets or raw data that have been analyzed in the manuscript, and whether they will be made available to other researchers following publication. Authors will also be asked for the details of any existing datasets that have …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics Statement
CMTR is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). We fully adhere to its Code of Conduct and to its Best Practice Guidelines. The editors of this journal enforce a rigorous peer review process together with strict ethical policies and standards to ensure to add high quality scientific works to the field of scholarly publication. Unfortunately, cases of plagiarism, data falsification,…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright / Open Access
Articles published in CMTR will be Open-Access articles distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The copyright is retained by the author(s). MDPI will insert the following note at the end of the published text: © 2026 by the authors. Published by MDPI on behalf of the AO Foundation. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open ac…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publication fees
If you transfer your manuscript to another open access (OA) journal, you will be charged an Article Processing Charge (APC) if your article is accepted for publication. The APC for each journal can be found on the individual journal’s website. For more information about APCs, please see here.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Editorial Process and Peer Review
Editor's Choice articles are selected by scientific editors from recently published articles. Model summary
All submissions are thoroughly peer-reviewed by experts within the field and undergo a structured editorial workflow designed to ensure quality, transparency, and scientific integrity. The full editorial procedure is available on the Editorial Process page and is also provided below. Pre-check Pre-check consists of a technical pre-check performed by the Editorial Office and an editorial pre-check …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints and Conference Papers
CMTR accepts submissions that have previously been made available as preprints provided that they have not undergone peer review. A preprint is a draft version of a paper made available online before submission to a journal. MDPI operates Preprints, a preprint server to which submitted papers can be uploaded directly after completing journal submission. Note that Preprints operates independently o…
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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
- ISSN
- 1943-3875
- Electronic ISSN
- 1943-3883
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 19 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Craniomaxillofacial Trauma & Reconstruction
What CAS zone is Craniomaxillofacial Trauma & Reconstruction in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Craniomaxillofacial Trauma & Reconstruction is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Craniomaxillofacial Trauma & Reconstruction?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; h-index 48.
How long does peer review take at Craniomaxillofacial Trauma & Reconstruction?
Based on the dates recorded on 88 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 61 days (interquartile range 43–96 days). 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 Craniomaxillofacial Trauma & Reconstruction?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 200 words; Reference style: Author–date; Templates: LaTeX and Word; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Required, 3; Graphical abstract: Optional; 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 Craniomaxillofacial Trauma & Reconstruction based?
Of the 31 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 3%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Switzerland (5), United States (4) and Brazil (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Craniomaxillofacial Trauma & Reconstruction?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Craniomaxillofacial Trauma & Reconstruction is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, PMC, PubMed and Embase; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Craniomaxillofacial Trauma & Reconstruction open access, and what is the APC?
Craniomaxillofacial Trauma & Reconstruction is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .