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Prosthesis

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · Switzerland · Est. 1995

ISSN2673-1592eISSN2673-1592

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2025-01-27). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.599

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.183

Total Worksi

576

Total Citationsi

4,351

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.36

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Prosthesis is a peer-reviewed, open access journal covering prosthodontics, neuroprosthetics, limb prostheses, cosmetic prostheses, and robotic prostheses. It aims to publish experimental and theoretical results in detail across various research areas related to prostheses and prosthetic materials.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1995

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications576

Publisher OrgMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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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?

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2673-1592 / 2673-1592

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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

187

2019

1.1k

2020

574

2021

796

2022

1.2k

2023

115

698

2024

173

398

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.

Biomedical EngineeringQ2

Materials Science (miscellaneous)Q2

Oral SurgeryQ2

RehabilitationQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Materials Science, Biomaterials

Scopus Categories

RehabilitationOral SurgeryBiomedical EngineeringMaterials Science (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Dental Implant Techniques and OutcomesDental materials and restorationsMuscle activation and electromyography studiesOrthopaedic implants and arthroplastyProsthetics and Rehabilitation RoboticsBone Tissue Engineering MaterialsDental Radiography and ImagingTotal Knee Arthroplasty OutcomesDental Research and COVID-19Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics

Frequently asked questions about Prosthesis

Is Prosthesis a predatory journal?

Prosthesis was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2025-01-27). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Web of Science, Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Prosthesis?

Prosthesis 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 2.36.

Is Prosthesis indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Prosthesis is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.