Journal profile · PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-TOXICOLOGY
Fluoride
ISSN 0015-4725 · eISSN 2253-4083 · International Society for Fluoride Research · NEW ZEALAND · Quarterly · Founded 1970
Fluoride: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.59; fully open access; no APC; review about 13 months (community reports); community-reported acceptance: about 62.5%; 125 articles a year; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Fluoride is published by International Society for Fluoride Research 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 Fluoride Effects and Removal, Bone and Dental Protein Studies and Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry, together about 61% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
ISFR is an independent non-profit organization which promotes the sharing of scientific research on all aspects of inorganic and organic fluorides by hosting international conferences on fluoride research and publishing quarterly, online and in print.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-TOXICOLOGY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Fluoride Effects and RemovalEnvironmental Science46.5%
- Bone and Dental Protein StudiesMedicine7.9%
- Groundwater and Isotope GeochemistryEarth and Planetary Sciences6.6%
- Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity ResearchNeuroscience5.3%
- Dental Health and Care UtilizationDentistry4.8%
- Dental Erosion and TreatmentDentistry3.5%
- Mercury impact and mitigation studiesEnvironmental Science2.2%
- Arsenic contamination and mitigationEnvironmental Science1.8%
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 | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Toxicology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Toxicology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Toxicology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- 0.59LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.16LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.24LetPub ·
- h-index
- 41LetPub ·
- h-index
- 25OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 60OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 50%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 125LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 149 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8 | 8 | 36 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 13 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 62.5%LetPub ·
- Peer review
- Peer reviewLetPub
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 accessLetPub
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright Copyright statement
© Owned and published by the ISFR. Copyright 2026. All rights reserved.
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
- International Society for Fluoride Research
- Country or region
- NEW ZEALAND
- Language
- English, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1970
- ISSN
- 0015-4725
- Electronic ISSN
- 2253-4083
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Fluoride
What CAS zone is Fluoride in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Fluoride is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Public, Environmental & Occupational Health / Toxicology. 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 Fluoride?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.59; CiteScore 1, h-index 25.
How long does peer review take at Fluoride?
Authors report an average review time of about 13 months; the community-reported acceptance is “about 62.5%”. 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 Fluoride?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Fluoride is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Fluoride open access, and what is the APC?
Fluoride is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
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: .