Journal profile · Dentistry-Orthodontics
Journal of Orofacial Sciences
ISSN 0975-8844 · eISSN 2320-4737 · Wolters Kluwer Health · India
Journal of Orofacial Sciences: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 122 days to acceptance (38 articles, last 24 months); 28 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Orofacial Sciences is published by Wolters Kluwer Health. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Oral Health Pathology and Treatment, Dental materials and restorations and Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments, together about 25.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Periodontics and Oral Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Dentistry-Orthodontics
Editor-in-chief B V RamanaPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Oral Health Pathology and TreatmentDentistry9.6%
- Dental materials and restorationsDentistry8.2%
- Endodontics and Root Canal TreatmentsDentistry7.6%
- Oral and Maxillofacial PathologyDentistry6.7%
- Orthodontics and Dentofacial OrthopedicsDentistry6.6%
- Oral microbiology and periodontitis researchDentistry6.3%
- Dental Radiography and ImagingDentistry6.3%
- Head and Neck Cancer StudiesMedicine5.1%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orthodontics | Q3 | 29/53 | 46th |
| Oral Surgery | Q3 | 59/87 | 32nd |
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
ScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 0.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.17LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.18LetPub ·
- h-index
- 18OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 60OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.5OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 492 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 13 | 13 | 143 |
| 2025 | 28 | 28 | 195 |
| 2024 | 23 | 23 | 221 |
| 2023 | 29 | 29 | 221 |
| 2022 | 24 | 24 | 218 |
| 2021 | 24 | 24 | 247 |
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
122 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 69 days – 222 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 104 days (39 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 233 days
- Sample
- 38 articles with submission and acceptance dates (41 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 31 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 21 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-NC-SA | |
| 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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wolters Kluwer Health
- Country or region
- India
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0975-8844
- Electronic ISSN
- 2320-4737
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 18, Issue 1 (June 2026)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Orofacial Sciences
How long does peer review take at Journal of Orofacial Sciences?
Based on the dates recorded on 38 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 122 days (interquartile range 69–222 days); authors report an average review time of about 31 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.
Which databases index Journal of Orofacial Sciences?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Orofacial Sciences is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of Orofacial Sciences open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Orofacial Sciences 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; 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: .