Journal profile · MATERIALS SCIENCE, BIOMATERIALS
Prosthesis
ISSN 2673-1592 · MDPI AG · Switzerland
Prosthesis: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.9 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 1,930; review about 10 weeks (community reports); 173 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Prosthesis is published by MDPI AG and is in Zone 3 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, Dental materials and restorations and Muscle activation and electromyography studies, together about 38.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Biomedical Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
AimsProsthesis (ISSN 2673-1592) is an international, peer-reviewed, and open access journal that provides an advanced forum on prosthetics. The primary purpose of this scientific journal is to provide an interdisciplinary approach to the field of medicine, reach an audience related to prosthetics, and also to report on everything related to physics, mathematics, engineering, and materials science. We welcome original research articles, reviews, communications, and case reports, as well as Special Issues on particular subjects.The aim of Prosthesis is to encourage scientists to publish their experimental and theoretical results in as much detail as possible. Therefore, the journal has no restriction on the maximum length of the papers. Full experimental details should be provided so that the results can be reproduced.ScopeThe coverage of the journal includes, but is not limited to, the following: Limb prosthesis; Joint prosthesis; Prosthodontics; Bioprosthetic heart valve; Prostheses and devices applied to reconstructive medicine of the body; Design, control, and biomechanics of prosthesis; Prosthetic materials; Prosthesis lifetime; Prosthetic infection; Customized prostheses made with CAD, CAM, 3D printing, and other techniques; Medical devices and regulation. MDPI Publication Ethics Statement MDPI is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). MDPI takes the responsibility to enforce a rigorous peer-review together with strict ethical policies and standards to ensure to add high quality scientific works to the field of scholarly publication. Unfortunately, cases of plagiarism, data falsification, inappropriate authorship credit, and the like, do arise. MDPI takes such publishing ethics issues very seriously and our editors are trained to proceed in such cases with a zero tolerance policy. To verify the originality of content submitted to our journals, we use iThenticate to check submissions against previous publications.Book ReviewsAuthors and publishers are encouraged to send review copies of their recent related books to the following address. Received books will be listed as Books Received within the journal's News & Announcements section. MDPI Grosspeteranlage 5 CH-4052 Basel Switzerland Copyright / Open AccessArticles published in Prosthesis will be Open-Access articles distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The copyright is retained by the author(s). MDPI will insert the following
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): MATERIALS SCIENCE, BIOMATERIALS
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Dental Implant Techniques and OutcomesDentistry16.8%
- Dental materials and restorationsDentistry14.7%
- Muscle activation and electromyography studiesEngineering7.2%
- Prosthetics and Rehabilitation RoboticsEngineering6.9%
- Orthopaedic implants and arthroplastyMedicine6.8%
- Bone Tissue Engineering MaterialsEngineering5.5%
- Total Knee Arthroplasty OutcomesMedicine4.7%
- Dental Radiography and ImagingDentistry4.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Biomaterials | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Biomaterials | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q1 · Oral Surgery
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePublisher 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
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 4.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.6LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.07LetPub ·
- h-index
- 32OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 149OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.08OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 171LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 642 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 95 | 95 | 18 |
| 2025 | 173 | 173 | 434 |
| 2024 | 115 | 115 | 728 |
| 2023 | 99 | 99 | 1,249 |
| 2022 | 58 | 58 | 809 |
| 2021 | 39 | 39 | 580 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 17.4 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 4.6 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Anonymous peer reviewLetPub
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).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | CHF 1,600 | — | — | |
| LetPub | CHF 1,600 | Yes | — | |
| 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)
Open calls for papers9, by deadline
- Biomimetics and Digital Workflows in Prosthodontics: Innovations, Materials, and Patient-Centered OutcomesDeadline
- Joint Prostheses: Innovations in Shoulder, Hip, and Knee ReplacementDeadline
- Current and Emerging Concepts in Personalized ArthroplastyDeadline
- Advances in Digital Prosthodontics: Innovations in CAD-CAM Technology and Material ScienceDeadline
- Advances in Prosthesis–Tissue Interface: Design, Biocompatibility, Functional Integration, and Long-Term StabilityDeadline
- Personalized and Preventive Approaches in Pediatric Prosthodontics and Oral CareDeadline
- Human-Centered Design and Co-Creation in Upper Limb ProstheticsDeadline
- Cyberprostheses: Advances in Implantable Wireless TechnologiesDeadline
- Prosthetic Reconstruction for Musculoskeletal and Joint DisordersDeadline
What to prepare6 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Author–date
- Templates
- LaTeX and Word
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Required
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted20
- articleArticle: These are original research manuscripts. The work should report scientifically sound experiments and provide a substantial amount of new information.Length not stated
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Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Code availability, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- Authorship Authorship
MDPI follows the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) guidelines which state that, in order to qualify for authorship of a manuscript, the following criteria should be observed: Make substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work, or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work; Draft the work or review it critically for important intel…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Code availability
Citation policy: cite sources clearly, obtain permission where appropriate, avoid excessive self-citation and citation manipulation. Model summary
Authors should ensure that where material is taken from other sources (including their own published writing) the source is clearly cited and that where appropriate permission is obtained.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflicts of Interest
According to The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, “Authors should avoid entering into agreements with study sponsors, both for-profit and non-profit, that interfere with authors’ access to all of the study’s data or that interfere with their ability to analyze and interpret the data and to prepare and publish manuscripts independently when and where they choose.” All authors mus…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability statements
Data availability statements are required for all articles published with MDPI. Model summary
Data availability statements are required for all articles published with MDPI. During the peer review and editorial decision process, authors can be asked to share existing datasets or raw data that have been analyzed in the manuscript, and whether they will be made available to other researchers following publication. Authors will also be asked for the details of any existing datasets that have …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics Statement
MDPI is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). We fully adhere to its Code of Conduct and to its Best Practice Guidelines. The editors of this journal enforce a rigorous peer review process together with strict ethical policies and standards to ensure to add high quality scientific works to the field of scholarly publication. Unfortunately, cases of plagiarism, data falsification,…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright / Open Access
Articles published in Prosthesis will be Open-Access articles distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The copyright is retained by the author(s). MDPI will insert the following note at the end of the published text: © 2026 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publication fees
If you transfer your manuscript to another open access (OA) journal, you will be charged an Article Processing Charge (APC) if your article is accepted for publication. The APC for each journal can be found on the individual journal’s website. For more information about APCs, please see here.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Editorial Process and Peer Review
All submissions are thoroughly peer-reviewed by experts within the field and undergo a structured editorial workflow designed to ensure quality, transparency, and scientific integrity. The full editorial procedure is available on the Editorial Process page and is also provided below. Pre-check Pre-check consists of a technical pre-check performed by the Editorial Office and an editorial pre-check …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints and Conference Papers
Prosthesis accepts submissions that have previously been made available as preprints provided that they have not undergone peer review. A preprint is a draft version of a paper made available online before submission to a journal. MDPI operates Preprints, a preprint server to which submitted papers can be uploaded directly after completing journal submission. Note that Preprints operates independe…
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
- MDPI AG
- Country or region
- Switzerland
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2673-1592
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 8 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Prosthesis
What CAS zone is Prosthesis in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Prosthesis is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Materials Science, Biomaterials. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Prosthesis?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2.9 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 4.8, h-index 32.
How long does peer review take at Prosthesis?
Authors report an average review time of about 10 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Prosthesis?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: Author–date; Templates: LaTeX and Word; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Required; Graphical abstract: Optional; 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.
Which databases index Prosthesis?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Prosthesis is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Prosthesis open access, and what is the APC?
Prosthesis is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,930.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .