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Cleft Palate Craniofacial Journal

SAGE Publications Ltd · United Kingdom

ISSN1055-6656eISSN1545-1569

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.795

H-Indexi

123

SNIPi

1.44

Total Worksi

5,184

Total Citationsi

111,788

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine; Surgery; Oral Surgery; Otorhinolaryngology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyTen No. A Year, 2018-

StatusActive

Total Publications5,184

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Reviewdouble-blind

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1055-6656 / 1545-1569

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

double-blind

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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

❌

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

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

158

2.2k

2019

251

2.9k

2020

296

2.6k

2021

239

1.7k

2022

216

1.1k

2023

220

686

2024

343

315

2025

240

2026

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.

Oral SurgeryQ1

OtorhinolaryngologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Dentistry, Oral Surgery & MedicineSurgery

Scopus Categories

Oral SurgeryOtorhinolaryngology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Cleft Lip and Palate ResearchCraniofacial Disorders and TreatmentsTracheal and airway disordersdental development and anomaliesCongenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery

Frequently asked questions about Cleft Palate Craniofacial Journal

Is Cleft Palate Craniofacial Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Cleft Palate Craniofacial Journal: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Cleft Palate Craniofacial Journal?

Cleft Palate Craniofacial Journal is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.00.

Is Cleft Palate Craniofacial Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Cleft Palate Craniofacial Journal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Cleft Palate Craniofacial Journal?