Journal profile · DENTISTRY, ORAL SURGERY & MEDICINE
Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
ISSN 2234-7550 · eISSN 2234-5930 · Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; median 63 days to acceptance (66 articles, last 24 months); 61 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons is published by Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons 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 Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Facial Trauma and Fracture Management and Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, together about 26.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Oral Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): DENTISTRY, ORAL SURGERY & MEDICINE
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Orthodontics and Dentofacial OrthopedicsDentistry9.2%
- Facial Trauma and Fracture ManagementMedicine8.8%
- Oral and Maxillofacial PathologyDentistry8.4%
- Dental Implant Techniques and OutcomesDentistry8.4%
- Temporomandibular Joint DisordersHealth Professions6.6%
- Dental Radiography and ImagingDentistry5.3%
- Bone Tissue Engineering MaterialsEngineering5.1%
- Head and Neck Cancer StudiesMedicine4.4%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oral Surgery | Q2 | 37/87 | 58th |
| Surgery | Q2 | 277/597 | 53rd |
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
- 2.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.47LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.14LetPub ·
- h-index
- 40OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 371OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.44OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 86.81%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 49LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,511 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 41 | 41 | 1,069 |
| 2025 | 61 | 61 | 1,383 |
| 2024 | 56 | 56 | 1,449 |
| 2023 | 60 | 60 | 1,372 |
| 2022 | 61 | 61 | 1,233 |
| 2021 | 70 | 70 | 1,179 |
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
63 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 31 days – 103 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 52 days (66 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 125 days
- Sample
- 66 articles with submission and acceptance dates (113 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 accessOpenAlex
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
- Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
- ISSN
- 2234-7550
- Electronic ISSN
- 2234-5930
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
What CAS zone is Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons 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 the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons?
Based on the dates recorded on 66 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 63 days (interquartile range 31–103 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 the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons 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; 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: .