Journal profile · DENTISTRY, ORAL SURGERY & MEDICINE
Dental Hypotheses
ISSN 2155-8213 · Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications · India
Dental Hypotheses: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.6 (journal website); JCR Q3 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 1,100; median 164 days to acceptance (42 articles, last 24 months); 26 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Dental Hypotheses is published by Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications and 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 Dental materials and restorations, Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments and Dental Radiography and Imaging, together about 25.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Oral Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): DENTISTRY, ORAL SURGERY & MEDICINE
Editor-in-chief Edward F RossomandoPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Dental materials and restorationsDentistry9%
- Endodontics and Root Canal TreatmentsDentistry8.5%
- Dental Radiography and ImagingDentistry8.2%
- Dental Implant Techniques and OutcomesDentistry6.5%
- Dental Research and COVID-19Dentistry6.1%
- Oral microbiology and periodontitis researchDentistry6%
- dental development and anomaliesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.3%
- Orthodontics and Dentofacial OrthopedicsDentistry4.5%
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.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q3 · DENTISTRY, ORAL SURGERY & MEDICINE · rank 104/165
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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)
- 1.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.25LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.48LetPub ·
- h-index
- 18OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 62OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.49OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 25LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 518 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| 2025 | 26 | 26 | 11 |
| 2024 | 22 | 22 | 19 |
| 2023 | 35 | 35 | 144 |
| 2022 | 38 | 38 | 92 |
| 2021 | 40 | 40 | 118 |
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
164 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 80 days – 306 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 98 days (42 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 310 days
- Sample
- 42 articles with submission and acceptance dates (45 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)
- about 21 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 17 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double 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 | USD 1,100 | No | CC BY-NC-SA | |
| OpenAlex | INR 17,500 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 1,100 | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
- Country or region
- India
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2155-8213
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 17, Issue 3 (September 2026)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Dental Hypotheses
What CAS zone is Dental Hypotheses in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Dental Hypotheses 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 Dental Hypotheses?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.6; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2.4, h-index 18.
How long does peer review take at Dental Hypotheses?
Based on the dates recorded on 42 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 164 days (interquartile range 80–306 days); authors report an average review time of about 21 weeks. 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 JCR quartile is Dental Hypotheses in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q3; by category, DENTISTRY, ORAL SURGERY & MEDICINE Q3 (104/165). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of Medicine.
Which databases index Dental Hypotheses?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Dental Hypotheses is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Dental Hypotheses open access, and what is the APC?
Dental Hypotheses is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,100.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; 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: .