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Journal of Orthodontics

SAGE Publications Inc. · United Kingdom · Est. 1916

ISSN1465-3133

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.549

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

1,760

Total Citationsi

25,165

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.76

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine; Orthodontics; Medicine (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1916

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,760

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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Submission Info

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

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1465-3133

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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?

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

100

795

2019

730

2020

672

2021

487

2022

322

2023

2024

2025

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.

OrthodonticsQ1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine

Scopus Categories

OrthodonticsMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedicsdental development and anomaliesDental materials and restorationsDental Education, Practice, ResearchTemporomandibular Joint DisordersDental Radiography and ImagingDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesDental Research and COVID-19Cleft Lip and Palate ResearchHuman auditory perception and evaluation

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Orthodontics

Is Journal of Orthodontics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Orthodontics: 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 Journal of Orthodontics?

Journal of Orthodontics 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 0.76.

Is Journal of Orthodontics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Orthodontics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Orthodontics?