Journal profile · DENTISTRY, ORAL SURGERY & MEDICINE
Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science
ISSN 2093-2278 · eISSN 2093-2286 · Korean Academy of Periodontology · SOUTH KOREA
Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.1; fully open access; median 112 days to acceptance (79 articles, last 24 months); 41 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science is published by Korean Academy of Periodontology 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 Implant Techniques and Outcomes, Oral microbiology and periodontitis research and Periodontal Regeneration and Treatments, together about 51.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Oral Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal of Periodontal & Implant Science (JPIS) is a peer-reviewed and open-access journal providing up-to-date information relevant to professionalism of periodontology and dental implantology. JPIS is dedicated to global and extensive publication which includes evidence-based original articles, and fundamental reviews in order to cover a variety of interests in the field of periodontal as well as implant science.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): DENTISTRY, ORAL SURGERY & MEDICINE
Editor-in-chief Jun-Beom ParkPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 3%); most named South Korea 22, Japan 4, United States 2, Mainland China 1, New Zealand 1 (30 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Dental Implant Techniques and OutcomesDentistry19.1%
- Oral microbiology and periodontitis researchDentistry16.7%
- Periodontal Regeneration and TreatmentsMedicine15.6%
- Bone Tissue Engineering MaterialsEngineering8.1%
- Dental Radiography and ImagingDentistry6.7%
- Endodontics and Root Canal TreatmentsDentistry3.7%
- Oral and gingival health researchHealth Professions3.2%
- Salivary Gland Disorders and FunctionsMedicine3%
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)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePMCPubMedCASPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar
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
- 3.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.91LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1LetPub ·
- h-index
- 20LetPub ·
- h-index
- 48OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 390OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.14OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.13%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 35LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 845 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 42 | 40 | 6 |
| 2025 | 41 | 41 | 100 |
| 2024 | 34 | 34 | 144 |
| 2023 | 46 | 46 | 368 |
| 2022 | 46 | 46 | 636 |
| 2021 | 49 | 49 | 550 |
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
112 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 84 days – 135 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 55 days (79 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 167 days
- Sample
- 79 articles with submission and acceptance dates (96 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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare6 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 300 words
- Keywords
- ≤ 6
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 4,000 words
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- Templates
- Word
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted2, with length limits
- letters to the editorLetters to the Editor should include brief constructive comments that concern previously published papers. They should be divided into Cover page and Text witho…main text ≤ 500 words
- reviewReview articles will be solicited. Previously published material should be incorporated into an integrated presentation of the current understanding of a topic.…main text ≤ 300 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, License & copyright, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Authorship Authorship and contributorship
Authors are required to make clear of their contribution to their manuscript in cover letter. To be listed as an author one should have contributed substantially to all four categories established by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE): (1) conception and design, or acquisition, or analysis and interpretation of data; (2) drafting the article or revising it critically fo…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of interest
Conflict of interest exists when an author or the author’s institution, reviewer, or editor has financial or personal relationships that inappropriately influence or bias his or her actions. Such relationships are also known as dual commitments, competing interests, or competing loyalties. These relationships vary from being negligible to having great a potential for influencing judgment. Not all …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Policies on data sharing and reproducibility
Authors have the option to share with readers the datasets used in their research. Authors wishing to do so may deposit their data in a publicly accessible repository and include a link to the DOI within the text of the manuscript, as well as in an optional category in the Structured Disclosures section. For example, “Data sharing: The data analyzed for this study have been deposited in Harvard Da…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright COPYRIGHTS AND CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION
Copyrights of all published materials are owned by the Korean Academy of Periodontology. They are also followed by the Creative commons attribution Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0). Authors of accepted papers must complete the Copyright Assignment & Warranties Form, which is available on the official website of JPIS (http://www.jpis.org). MANUSCRIPT PREPARATI…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review PEER REVIEW PROCESS
All manuscripts will be reviewed by two or more experts in the corresponding field. The Editorial Board may request authors to revise the manuscripts reflecting the reviewers' opinion. After revising the manuscript, the author should upload the revised files with a reply to each item of the reviewers' opinion. The author's revision should be completed within 14 days after the request. If it is not…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Redundant publication and plagiarism
Redundant publication is defined as “reporting (publishing or attempting to publish) substantially the same work more than once, without attribution of the original source(s)”. Characteristics of reports that are substantially similar include the following: (a) “at least one of the authors must be common to all reports (if there are no common authors, it is more likely plagiarism than redundant pu…
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
- Korean Academy of Periodontology
- Country or region
- SOUTH KOREA
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2093-2278
- Electronic ISSN
- 2093-2286
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 56, Issue 4 (August 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science
What CAS zone is Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science 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 Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.1; CiteScore 5, h-index 48.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science?
Based on the dates recorded on 79 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 112 days (interquartile range 84–135 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 300 words; Keywords: ≤ 6; Manuscript length: ≤ 4,000 words; Reference style: Vancouver; Templates: Word; Cover letter: Required. 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 Periodontal and Implant Science based?
Of the 30 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 3%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are South Korea (22), Japan (4) and United States (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, PMC, PubMed and CAS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .