Journal profile · Medicine-Surgery
Oral Surgery
ISSN 1752-2471 · eISSN 1752-248X · Wiley-Blackwell
Oral Surgery: subscription journal; APC about USD 3,240; median 131 days to acceptance (87 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 41% (journal website); 90 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Oral Surgery is published by Wiley-Blackwell. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Dental Radiography and Imaging and Oral Health Pathology and Treatment, together about 32.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Oral Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Oral Surgery presents rigorous, objective investigation and science to inform oral surgery clinical practice and so improve the quality of patient care. The scope of the journal Oral Surgery is wide including oral medicine, oral and maxillofacial pathology and dental and maxillofacial radiology. The scope of surgical practice in the specialty of oral surgery varies around the world and this journal is therefore not restrictive but encompasses the widest range described globally. The journal will publish clinical trials and studies but also preclinical original articles. Case reports bring our surgical community awareness of new or rare pathology and highlight adverse events of surgical management. High quality reviews are also a feature as well as abstracts from other journals. Oral Surgery also publishes articles describing technical advances, oral surgery teaching and training methodology, and research methodology and dissemination.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Surgery
Editor-in-chief Helen Petersen BDSPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 9%); most named United Kingdom 6, United States 5, Mainland China 2, Norway 2, New Zealand 2 (22 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Oral and Maxillofacial PathologyDentistry14.9%
- Dental Radiography and ImagingDentistry11%
- Oral Health Pathology and TreatmentDentistry6.9%
- Dental Implant Techniques and OutcomesDentistry6.4%
- Facial Trauma and Fracture ManagementMedicine4.6%
- dental development and anomaliesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.5%
- Endodontics and Root Canal TreatmentsDentistry4.2%
- Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia TechniquesDentistry4.1%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oral Surgery | Q3 | 58/87 | 33rd |
| Surgery | Q3 | 439/597 | 26th |
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
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EBSCO, ProQuestPublisher website
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 0.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.18LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.33LetPub ·
- h-index
- 23OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 83OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.34OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 74Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 56,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,360 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 80 | 36 | 349 |
| 2025 | 90 | 45 | 455 |
| 2024 | 91 | 44 | 427 |
| 2023 | 72 | 36 | 355 |
| 2022 | 86 | 22 | 341 |
| 2021 | 112 | 29 | 351 |
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
136 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 65 days – 207 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 9 days (93 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 150 days
- Sample
- 90 articles with submission and acceptance dates (176 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
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 41%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 56 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 146 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 10 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,240 / EUR 2,670 / GBP 2,160 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Cover letter
- Optional
Article types accepted8
- case reportOriginal Articles: may deal with oral surgery, oral and maxillofacial surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology. The journal also welcomes artic…Length not stated
- case reportsCase Reports: Illustrating unusual and clinically relevant observations are acceptable, but their merit needs to provide high priority for publication in the jo…Length not stated
- letterOriginal Articles: may deal with oral surgery, oral and maxillofacial surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology. The journal also welcomes artic…Length not stated
- letters to the editorOriginal Articles: may deal with oral surgery, oral and maxillofacial surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology. The journal also welcomes artic…Length not stated
- original articleOriginal Articles: may deal with oral surgery, oral and maxillofacial surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology. The journal also welcomes artic…Length not stated
- original articlesOriginal Articles: may deal with oral surgery, oral and maxillofacial surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology. The journal also welcomes artic…Length not stated
- reviewOriginal Articles: may deal with oral surgery, oral and maxillofacial surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology. The journal also welcomes artic…Length not stated
- review papersReview Papers: Oral Surgery commissions review papers and also welcomes uninvited reviews.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, Peer review, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Authorship
Please refer to the journal’s authorship policy the Editorial Policies and Ethical Considerations section for details on eligibility for author listing.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest Statement
Authors will be asked to provide a conflict of interest statement during the submission process. For details on what to include in this section, see the section ‘Conflict of Interest’ in the Editorial Policies and Ethical Considerations section below. Submitting authors should ensure they liaise with all co-authors to confirm agreement with the final statement.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Accessibility
Mandatory data citation policy Model summary
The journal encourages authors to share the data and other artifacts supporting the results in the paper by archiving it in an appropriate public repository. Authors should include a data accessibility statement, including a link to the repository they have used, in order that this statement can be published alongside their paper.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics
Member of COPE Model summary
This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Note this journal uses iThenticate’s CrossCheck software to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts. Read Wiley'sTop 10 Publishing Ethics Tips for Authors here. Wiley’s Publication Ethics Guidelines can be found here.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review 1. Submission and Peer Review Process
New submissions should be made via the Research Exchange submission portal https://authors.wiley.com/journal/ORS. Should your manuscript proceed to the revision stage, you will be directed to make your revisions via the same submission portal. You may check the status of your submission at any time by logging on to submission.wiley.com and clicking the “My Submissions” button. For technical help w…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint policy
Preprint policy: considers preprints, allows posting submitted version Model summary
Oral surgery will consider for review articles previously available as preprints. Authors may also post the submitted version of a manuscript to a preprint server at any time. Authors are requested to update any pre-publication versions with a link to the final published article.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical Trial Registration
The journal requires that clinical trials are prospectively registered in a publicly accessible database and clinical trial registration numbers should be included in all papers that report their results. Authors are asked to include the name of the trial register and the clinical trial registration number at the end of the abstract. If the trial is not registered, or was registered retrospectivel…
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 1752-2471
- Electronic ISSN
- 1752-248X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 19, Issue 3 (August 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Oral Surgery
How long does peer review take at Oral Surgery?
Based on the dates recorded on 87 articles published between November 2024 and November 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 131 days (interquartile range 60–207 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 41% (2025). 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Oral Surgery based?
Of the 22 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 9%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (6), United States (5) and Mainland China (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Oral Surgery?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Oral Surgery is indexed in Scopus.
Is Oral Surgery open access, and what is the APC?
Oral Surgery is a subscription journal. APC about USD 3,240.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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: .