Journal profile
Dentistry and Medical Research
ISSN 2348-1471 · Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications · India
Dentistry and Medical Research: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 343 days to acceptance (10 articles, last 24 months); 11 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Dentistry and Medical Research is published by Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Dental materials and restorations, Oral microbiology and periodontitis research and Dental Health and Care Utilization, together about 30.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Periodontics and Oral Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Syed Khalid AltafPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Dental materials and restorationsDentistry10.2%
- Oral microbiology and periodontitis researchDentistry10.2%
- Dental Health and Care UtilizationDentistry10.2%
- Endodontics and Root Canal TreatmentsDentistry7.8%
- Periodontal Regeneration and TreatmentsMedicine5.8%
- Oral Health Pathology and TreatmentDentistry5.4%
- Dental Research and COVID-19Dentistry5.4%
- Dental Radiography and ImagingDentistry5.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 11OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 13OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.4OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 181 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 41 |
| 2025 | 11 | 11 | 60 |
| 2024 | 14 | 14 | 57 |
| 2023 | 19 | 19 | 62 |
| 2022 | 15 | 15 | 69 |
| 2021 | 26 | 26 | 51 |
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
343 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 286 days – 423 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 95 days (10 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 438 days
- Sample
- 10 articles with submission and acceptance dates (11 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 20 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-SA | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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 prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Not considered
- narrative review
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
- Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
- Country or region
- India
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2348-1471
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 13, Issue 1 (June 2025)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Dentistry and Medical Research
How long does peer review take at Dentistry and Medical Research?
Based on the dates recorded on 10 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 343 days (interquartile range 286–423 days); authors report an average review time of about 20 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.
Which databases index Dentistry and Medical Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Dentistry and Medical Research is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Dentistry and Medical Research open access, and what is the APC?
Dentistry and Medical Research is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .