Journal profile · Dentistry-Dentistry (all)
Journal of the Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry
ISSN 0970-4388 · eISSN 1998-3905 · Wolters Kluwer Health · India
Journal of the Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry: fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 55 days to acceptance (110 articles, last 24 months); 80 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of the Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry is published by Wolters Kluwer Health. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Dental Health and Care Utilization, Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments and dental development and anomalies, together about 39% of its articles. Its main subfields are Oral Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
To evaluate parental experiences following diagnosis of a cancer predisposition syndrome (CPS) in childhood and to assess parental perspectives on population-based genomic newborn screening (gNBS) for CPS.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Dentistry-Dentistry (all)
Editor-in-chief Sharath AsokanPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Dental Health and Care UtilizationDentistry17.6%
- Endodontics and Root Canal TreatmentsDentistry10.9%
- dental development and anomaliesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.6%
- Dental materials and restorationsDentistry10.1%
- Oral microbiology and periodontitis researchDentistry7.4%
- Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia TechniquesDentistry4.8%
- Orthodontics and Dentofacial OrthopedicsDentistry4.5%
- Dental Trauma and TreatmentsHealth Professions3.7%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Dentistry | Q3 | 83/140 | 41st |
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
- 1.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.43LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.98LetPub ·
- h-index
- 63OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 709OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.37OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,526 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 88 | 88 | 1,292 |
| 2025 | 80 | 80 | 1,867 |
| 2024 | 51 | 51 | 2,020 |
| 2023 | 50 | 50 | 2,110 |
| 2022 | 71 | 71 | 2,161 |
| 2021 | 81 | 81 | 2,468 |
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
55 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 39 days – 71 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 41 days (110 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 100 days
- Sample
- 110 articles with submission and acceptance dates (163 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 39 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 17 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 | INR 10,000 | No | CC BY-NC-SA | |
| LetPub | INR 10,000 | No | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteTrial registration / reporting guidelines
- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Trial registration
Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ACTRN12618000164291).
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
- Wolters Kluwer Health
- Country or region
- India
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0970-4388
- Electronic ISSN
- 1998-3905
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 284 (September 2025)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of the Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry
How long does peer review take at Journal of the Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry?
Based on the dates recorded on 110 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 55 days (interquartile range 39–71 days); authors report an average review time of about 39 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 the Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of the Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of the Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of the Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
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: .