Journal profile · Dentistry-Dentistry (all)
Evidence-Based Dentistry
ISSN 1462-0049 · eISSN 1476-5446 · Springer Nature · 4 issues per year
Evidence-Based Dentistry: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2026 Xinrui edition); impact factor 2.9 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,090; median 43 days to acceptance (78 articles, last 24 months); 108 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Evidence-Based Dentistry is published by Springer Nature and is classed under Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Dental Health and Care Utilization, Oral microbiology and periodontitis research and Dental Radiography and Imaging, together about 30.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Oral Surgery and Orthodontics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Evidence-Based Dentistry (EBD) aims to create a dialogue between dental practitioners and dental researchers, in order to drive new research and promote the use of the best available evidence to inform clinical decision making. We ensure that the journal has a clear focus on those areas that are most useful to practitioners, evaluating the evidence and providing guidance concerning the value of the author's conclusions. EBD covers the full scope of dental and oral health disciplines, including dental and maxillofacial radiology, dental public health, endodontics, oral and maxillofacial pathology, oral medicine, oral microbiology, orthodontics, paediatric dentistry, periodontology, prosthodontics, restorative dentistry and special care dentistry. EBD is published by Springer Nature on behalf of the British Dental Association. Members receive the journal as part of their membership. The journal is bound into the British Dental Journal quarterly and is available through an institutional and personal subscription. EBD publishes the following article types: Commentaries (by invitation only) Systematic Reviews (submissions welcome) Scoping Reviews (submissions welcome) Feasibility Studies (submissions welcome) Methodology articles (submissions welcome) Book Reviews (usually by invitation only but will consider unsolicited submissions) More information can be found here. Be sure to check out our call for papers where we encourage submissions of Systematic Reviews, Scoping Reviews, Feasibility Studies and Methodology articles on a particular subject. All article types should be submitted via the EBD submission portal. Receive Evidence-Based Dentistry’s current issue table of contents.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Dentistry-Dentistry (all)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Dental Health and Care UtilizationDentistry13.7%
- Oral microbiology and periodontitis researchDentistry10.7%
- Dental Radiography and ImagingDentistry6.5%
- Dental materials and restorationsDentistry6.4%
- Dental Implant Techniques and OutcomesDentistry5.6%
- Dental Erosion and TreatmentDentistry5.5%
- Dental Research and COVID-19Dentistry5.2%
- Orthodontics and Dentofacial OrthopedicsDentistry5%
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)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
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS
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
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.6LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.16LetPub ·
- h-index
- 39OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 377OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.82OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 15.51%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 45LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 643,785Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,053 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 51 | 20 | 16 |
| 2025 | 108 | 30 | 284 |
| 2024 | 135 | 35 | 528 |
| 2023 | 109 | 19 | 699 |
| 2022 | 103 | 20 | 808 |
| 2021 | 83 | 24 | 436 |
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
43 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 8 days – 105 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 27 days (78 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 82 days
- Sample
- 78 articles with submission and acceptance dates (187 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".
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 3,090 / EUR 4,690 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open Access Funding
Could your institution cover the article processing charge (APC) when you publish OPEN ACCESS in EBD? Use this new APC funding tool to find out!
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
- Springer Nature
- Frequency
- 4 issues per year
- ISSN
- 1462-0049
- Electronic ISSN
- 1476-5446
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Evidence-Based Dentistry
What CAS zone is Evidence-Based Dentistry in?
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 Evidence-Based Dentistry?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2.9 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 3.4, h-index 39.
How long does peer review take at Evidence-Based Dentistry?
Based on the dates recorded on 78 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 43 days (interquartile range 8–105 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.
Which databases index Evidence-Based Dentistry?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Evidence-Based Dentistry is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Evidence-Based Dentistry open access, and what is the APC?
Evidence-Based Dentistry is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,090.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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: .