Journal profile · Dentistry-Dentistry (all)
Journal of International Oral Health
ISSN 0976-7428 · eISSN 0976-1799 · Wolters Kluwer Health
Journal of International Oral Health: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; median 124 days to acceptance (99 articles, last 24 months); 61 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of International Oral Health is published by Wolters Kluwer Health 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 Dental materials and restorations, Dental Health and Care Utilization and Oral microbiology and periodontitis research, together about 38.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Periodontics and Oral Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
ISPCD works with objective particular to researches in dentistry. The scope and work area includes all specialties of dentistry like preventive and community dentistry (dental public health), endodontic, oral and maxillofacial pathology, oral and maxillofacial radiology, oral and maxillofacial surgery (also called oral surgery), orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics, periodontology (also called periodontics), pediatric dentistry (also called pedodontics), prosthodontics (also called prosthetic dentistry), oral medicine, special needs dentistry (also called special care dentistry), oral biology, forensic odontology, geriatric dentistry or geriodontics, and preventive and social medicine (public health).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Dentistry-Dentistry (all)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Dental materials and restorationsDentistry14.6%
- Dental Health and Care UtilizationDentistry12.4%
- Oral microbiology and periodontitis researchDentistry11.4%
- Endodontics and Root Canal TreatmentsDentistry10.1%
- Orthodontics and Dentofacial OrthopedicsDentistry6.4%
- Dental Implant Techniques and OutcomesDentistry5.6%
- Periodontal Regeneration and TreatmentsMedicine5.4%
- Oral Health Pathology and TreatmentDentistry3.9%
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 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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Dentistry | Q3 | 94/140 | 33rd |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.29LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.48LetPub ·
- h-index
- 19OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 106OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.67OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 97.98%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 60LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 934 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 58 | 58 | 521 |
| 2025 | 61 | 61 | 641 |
| 2024 | 62 | 62 | 548 |
| 2023 | 78 | 76 | 563 |
| 2022 | 89 | 44 | 459 |
| 2021 | 93 | 78 | 415 |
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
124 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 94 days – 183 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 41 days (99 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 174 days
- Sample
- 99 articles with submission and acceptance dates (112 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
Fully open accessLetPub
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wolters Kluwer Health
- ISSN
- 0976-7428
- Electronic ISSN
- 0976-1799
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of International Oral Health
What CAS zone is Journal of International Oral Health in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of International 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 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Journal of International Oral Health?
Based on the dates recorded on 99 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 124 days (interquartile range 94–183 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 Journal of International Oral Health?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of International Oral Health is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of International Oral Health open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of International Oral Health is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .