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Frontiers in Dental Medicine

Frontiers Media SA · Switzerland · Est. 2020

ISSN2673-4915eISSN2673-4915

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.585

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.65

Total Worksi

608

Total Citationsi

2,857

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.62

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Frontiers in Dental Medicine is a specialty section of the journal Frontiers in Medicine. We aim to publish high-quality research articles on all aspects of dental medicine, including but not limited to: Oral Surgery, Periodontology, Endodontics, Orthodontics, Pediatric Dentistry, Prosthodontics, Restorative Dentistry, Dental Materials, Oral Pathology, Oral Microbiology, Oral Radiology, Dental Public Health, Dental Education, and Forensic Dentistry.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2020

Annual Volume~ 101 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications608

Publisher OrgFrontiers Media

OA Since2019

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

CLOCKSSPMC

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Frontiers Media SA

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2673-4915 / 2673-4915

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-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?

CLOCKSS, PMC

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

247

2020

2021

731

2022

614

2023

375

2024

167

545

2025

248

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.

Dental HygieneQ1

Dental AssistingQ2

Dentistry (miscellaneous)Q2

PeriodonticsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine

Scopus Categories

Dental HygieneDentistry (miscellaneous)PeriodonticsDental Assisting

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Oral microbiology and periodontitis researchDental materials and restorationsDental Health and Care UtilizationDental Research and COVID-19Endodontics and Root Canal TreatmentsDental Radiography and ImagingDental Implant Techniques and OutcomesDental Erosion and TreatmentPeriodontal Regeneration and TreatmentsOrthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics

Frequently asked questions about Frontiers in Dental Medicine

Is Frontiers in Dental Medicine a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Frontiers in Dental Medicine: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Frontiers in Dental Medicine?

Frontiers in Dental Medicine 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 1.62.

Is Frontiers in Dental Medicine indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Frontiers in Dental Medicine is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.