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Ghana Dental Journal

Ghana Dental Association · Ghana

ISSN0855-5311

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR✓ Open Access

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.121

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.323

Total Worksi

Total Citationsi

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Ghana Dental Journal is the official publication of the Ghana Dental Association. The journal publishes scientific papers, reports, research articles, and announcements of interest to academia, health scientists, and dental practitioners. Articles in the field of dentistry, medical specialties, including basic sciences, paraclinical and clinical sciences, are published.

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General Information

Country / RegionGhana

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 10 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications0

Publisher OrgAfrican Journals OnLine

Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Ghana Dental Association

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

0855-5311

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

N/A

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

2022

2023

2024

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Dentistry (miscellaneous)Q4

Oral SurgeryQ4

OrthodonticsQ4

PeriodonticsQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

PeriodonticsOral SurgeryDentistry (miscellaneous)Orthodontics

Frequently asked questions about Ghana Dental Journal

Is Ghana Dental Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Ghana Dental Journal: it is indexed in Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Ghana Dental Journal?

Ghana Dental Journal is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.121.

Is Ghana Dental Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Ghana Dental Journal is indexed in Scopus.