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Archives of Orofacial Sciences

Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia · Malaysia · Est. 2007

ISSN2231-7163

SJR Q3✓ 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.

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📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.145

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.158

Total Worksi

170

Total Citationsi

754

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.26

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionMalaysia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2007

Annual Volume~ 17 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications170

Publisher OrgPenerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia

OA Since2019

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?

Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2231-7163

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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

2019

122

2020

2021

2022

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.

OrthodonticsQ3

Oral SurgeryQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine

Scopus Categories

Oral SurgeryOrthodontics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Dental Radiography and ImagingOral microbiology and periodontitis researchDental materials and restorationsDental Implant Techniques and OutcomesDental Health and Care UtilizationDental Research and COVID-19Oral and Maxillofacial PathologyEndodontics and Root Canal Treatmentsdental development and anomaliesCleft Lip and Palate Research

Frequently asked questions about Archives of Orofacial Sciences

Is Archives of Orofacial Sciences a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Archives of Orofacial Sciences: 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 Archives of Orofacial Sciences?

Archives of Orofacial Sciences 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 0.26.

Is Archives of Orofacial Sciences indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Archives of Orofacial Sciences is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Archives of Orofacial Sciences?