Journal profile
Journal of Indian Orthodontic Society
ISSN 0301-5742 · eISSN 0974-9098 · SAGE Publishing · India
Journal of Indian Orthodontic Society: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 10 weeks (community reports); 40 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Indian Orthodontic Society is published by SAGE Publishing. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Dental materials and restorations and dental development and anomalies, together about 54.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal of Indian Orthodontic Society is the first official publication of the Indian Orthodontic Society starting its publication run from 1968 or...
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Mridula TrehanPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named India 45, Australia 3, United Kingdom 2, Canada 2, Brazil 2 (68 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Orthodontics and Dentofacial OrthopedicsDentistry35.3%
- Dental materials and restorationsDentistry11.5%
- dental development and anomaliesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7.8%
- Dental Trauma and TreatmentsHealth Professions7.2%
- Cleft Lip and Palate ResearchBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.9%
- Dental Radiography and ImagingDentistry4.4%
- Scientific and Engineering Research TopicsDentistry4.3%
- Craniofacial Disorders and TreatmentsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.5%
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
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
- h-index
- 17OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 58OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.56OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,342 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 37 | 37 | 285 |
| 2025 | 40 | 40 | 415 |
| 2024 | 54 | 54 | 557 |
| 2023 | 49 | 49 | 634 |
| 2022 | 47 | 47 | 524 |
| 2021 | 83 | 83 | 417 |
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 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 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, CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | USD 0 | — | — | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Colour charges
- No colour charges
- Page charges
- No page charges
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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 prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–200 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Reference style
- AMA
Article types accepted7
- book reviewThe Journal welcomes reports on research into different treatment methods and techniques which includes randomized controlled trials, along with systematic and …Length not stated
- case reportThe Journal welcomes reports on research into different treatment methods and techniques which includes randomized controlled trials, along with systematic and …Length not stated
- meta-analysisThe Journal welcomes reports on research into different treatment methods and techniques which includes randomized controlled trials, along with systematic and …Length not stated
- original researchThe Journal welcomes reports on research into different treatment methods and techniques which includes randomized controlled trials, along with systematic and …Length not stated
- reviewThe Journal welcomes reports on research into different treatment methods and techniques which includes randomized controlled trials, along with systematic and …Length not stated
- short communicationThe Journal welcomes reports on research into different treatment methods and techniques which includes randomized controlled trials, along with systematic and …Length not stated
- systematic reviewThe Journal welcomes reports on research into different treatment methods and techniques which includes randomized controlled trials, along with systematic and …Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Author contributions
Please make ensure to add the author contributions in the title page. As part of our commitment to transparency and proper attribution of scholarly work, we require authors to include a CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy) statement at the time of submission. This statement should clearly outline the specific contributions of each author to the work, using standardized roles such as Conceptualizati…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
Journal of Indian Orthodontic Society is an open access, peer-reviewed journal. All accepted articles are made freely available online immediately upon publication, are published under a Creative Commons license, and hosted online in perpetuity. For general information on open access at Sage please visit the Open Access page. There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Double-anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk rejec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
The journal does not accept submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical trial registration
The journal conforms to the ICMJE requirement that clinical trials are registered in a WHO-approved public trials registry at or before the time of first participant enrollment as a condition of consideration for publication. The trial registry name and URL, and registration number must be included at the end of the abstract.
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
- SAGE Publishing
- Country or region
- India
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0301-5742
- Electronic ISSN
- 0974-9098
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- 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 Journal of Indian Orthodontic Society
How long does peer review take at Journal of Indian Orthodontic Society?
Authors report an average review time of about 10 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 Journal of Indian Orthodontic Society?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–200 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; Reference style: AMA. 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 Journal of Indian Orthodontic Society based?
Of the 68 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are India (45), Australia (3) and United Kingdom (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Indian Orthodontic Society?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Indian Orthodontic Society is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Journal of Indian Orthodontic Society open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Indian Orthodontic Society 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .