Journal profile · Dentistry-Dentistry (miscellaneous)
Frontiers in Oral Health
ISSN 2673-4842 · Frontiers Media S.A. · Switzerland
Frontiers in Oral Health: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.4 (journal website); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 52 days to acceptance (121 articles, last 24 months); 356 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Frontiers in Oral Health is published by Frontiers Media S.A. 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 Oral microbiology and periodontitis research, Dental Health and Care Utilization and Dental Research and COVID-19, together about 44.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Periodontics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Frontiers in Oral Health forges new pathways to improve oral and cardiometabolic health which in turn impact overall health and wellness. Led by Field Chief Editor Dr Kaumudi Joshipura (Ahmedabad University, India), the mission of Frontiers in Oral Health is to foster new interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary initiatives focusing on oral health to improve the diagnosis and treatment of oral diseases. Frontiers in Oral Health is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ, Web of Science (ESCI), and PubMed. The scope and focus areas include the spectrum of oral diseases across the lifespan and cardiometabolic health, as well as modifiable lifestyle and other risk/preventive factors for these diseases including diet, physical activity, adiposity, microbiome, oral hygiene, inflammation, environmental risk factors, and endothelial function. Focus areas include, but are not limited to: cardiometabolic health (including diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease) development and evaluation of oral health promotion programmes and implementation research epidemiology of caries, periodontal disease, and other oral conditions and related risk/preventive factors nutrition and its bi-directional association with oral health oral infections and microbes including oral and salivary microbiome oral and maxillofacial surgery oral and pharyngeal cancers preventive dentistry including oral hygiene, preventive care and health care research methods for conducting an analyzing population based studies. Frontiers in Oral Health and Frontiers in Dental Medicine are complementary journals with a common goal of synergistically improving health and quality of life globally. Population-oriented research and public health articles should be submitted to Frontiers in Oral Health, whereas articles with a more basic science approach, should be submitted to Frontiers in Dental Medicine. The editors invite manuscripts covering patient-oriented research such as randomized clinical trials and epidemiological studies (descriptive as well as analytical studies to understanding disease etiology and novel risk/preventive factors), as well as policy, implementation, and dissemination research. We also welcome methodological articles related to design, conduct and analyses of population based studies. Submissions which support and advance the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), notably SDG 3: good health and wellbeing, are particularly welcome, however, all SDGs are directly or indirectly related to
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Dentistry-Dentistry (miscellaneous)
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 5, Hong Kong, China 4, United Kingdom 2, Brazil 2, India 1 (18 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Oral microbiology and periodontitis researchDentistry19.7%
- Dental Health and Care UtilizationDentistry17.7%
- Dental Research and COVID-19Dentistry7.3%
- Oral Health Pathology and TreatmentDentistry6.4%
- Dental Radiography and ImagingDentistry4.7%
- Salivary Gland Disorders and FunctionsMedicine3.7%
- Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia TechniquesDentistry3.6%
- Head and Neck Cancer StudiesMedicine3.2%
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 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePMCPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, CLOCKSS, Crossref
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)
- 3.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 3.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.11LetPub ·
- h-index
- 42OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 276OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.19OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.82%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 319LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,287 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 395 | 395 | 140 |
| 2025 | 356 | 356 | 1,424 |
| 2024 | 167 | 167 | 1,360 |
| 2023 | 114 | 114 | 1,255 |
| 2022 | 149 | 149 | 2,516 |
| 2021 | 94 | 94 | 2,741 |
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
52 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 36 days – 80 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 18 days (121 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 74 days
- Sample
- 121 articles with submission and acceptance dates (783 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 13 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 13 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 2,695 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | CHF 2,550 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 2,125 | Yes | — |
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 prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- 5–8
- Reference style
- Harvard
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Conflicts of interest, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- AI use Use of AI to create written or visual content
Authors should not list a generative AI technology as a co-author or author of any submitted manuscript. Generative AI technologies cannot be held accountable for all aspects of a manuscript and consequently do not meet the criteria required for authorship. If the author of a submitted manuscript has used written or visual content produced by or edited using a generative AI technology, this use mu…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Safeguards against financial conflicts of interest
Only leading researchers acting as Associate Editors, who are not part of Frontiers' staff, can make acceptance decisions based on reviews performed by external experts acting as Community Reviewers or Reviewers. None have a financial incentive to accept articles, i.e. they are not paid for their role as Associate Editor or community Reviewer, and any award scheme is not linked to acceptances of m…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Open access and copyright
Figures, tables, and images are published under CC-BY; permission must be obtained for copyrighted material from other sources. Model summary
All Frontiers' articles from July 2012 onwards are published with open access under the Creative Commons CC-BY license (the current version is CC-BY, version 4.0). This means that the author(s) retains copyright, but the content is free to download, distribute, and adapt for commercial or non-commercial purposes, given appropriate attribution to the original article. Upon submission, the author(s)…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access and copyright
Articles from July 2012 onwards are open access under CC-BY version 4.0. Model summary
All Frontiers' articles from July 2012 onwards are published with open access under the Creative Commons CC-BY license (the current version is CC-BY, version 4.0). This means that the author(s) retains copyright, but the content is free to download, distribute, and adapt for commercial or non-commercial purposes, given appropriate attribution to the original article. Upon submission, the author(s)…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
Manuscripts must meet international English language standards. Model summary
Our rigorous, transparent peer review process combines expert review and constructive dialogue to strengthen your manuscript.
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
- Frontiers Media S.A.
- Country or region
- Switzerland
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2673-4842
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Frontiers in Oral Health
What CAS zone is Frontiers in Oral Health in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Frontiers in Oral Health 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 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Frontiers in Oral Health?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 3.4; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 3.6, h-index 42.
How long does peer review take at Frontiers in Oral Health?
Based on the dates recorded on 121 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 52 days (interquartile range 36–80 days); authors report an average review time of about 13 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 are the manuscript requirements of Frontiers in Oral Health?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: 5–8; Reference style: Harvard. 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 Frontiers in Oral Health based?
Of the 18 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (5), Hong Kong, China (4) and United Kingdom (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Frontiers in Oral Health?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Frontiers in Oral Health is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and PMC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Frontiers in Oral Health open access, and what is the APC?
Frontiers in Oral Health is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, 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: .