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Primary dental journal

Faculty of General Dental Practice (FGDP) · United Kingdom · Est. 1970

ISSN2050-1684

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

0.226

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

863

Total Citationsi

3,313

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.53

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Medicine (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1970

Annual Volume~ 56 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications863

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Faculty of General Dental Practice (FGDP)

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2050-1684

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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

216

2019

390

2020

314

2021

149

2022

139

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.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Dental Education, Practice, ResearchDental Health and Care UtilizationDental Research and COVID-19Dental Implant Techniques and OutcomesDental materials and restorationsDental Radiography and ImagingOral microbiology and periodontitis researchDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesDental Anxiety and Anesthesia TechniquesDental Trauma and Treatments

Frequently asked questions about Primary dental journal

Is Primary dental journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Primary 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 Primary dental journal?

Primary 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 0.226.

Is Primary dental journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Primary dental journal is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Primary dental journal?