Journal rankings · indicator year 2025
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Field ranking · 2025
Dentistry journal rankings 2025
171 ranked journals · Field in Health Sciences
Dentistry has 171 ranked journals in 2025. The median journal has an OJR of 0.78, below the world average of 1.00, down 0.05 on 2024; Q1 starts at OJR 1.15. The highest-scoring journal with a stable rank is Periodontology 2000: its likely rank is within the top 3.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2025. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2022–2024, the window the 2025 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
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Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. The small range under it is the likely rank range: in 95% of 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers, it ranked inside that range. Journals whose ranges overlap are not clearly different. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2024. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2022–2024, the window the 2025 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2022–2024 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2016 to 2025. A label compares the 2022→2025 change with the median change of the journal’s field or domain. Rising needs a relative change of +10% or more that is at least 2 standard errors above zero; Falling needs -9.1% or less (rounded), at least 2 standard errors below zero. Sorting uses that relative change. | Compare |
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Rank 1; likely between #1 and #1 of 171Periodontology 2000Wiley · United Kingdom | 7.80Q1 | 18.47 0.28 up from 2024 | 203 | 81% | $4,430 | ||
Rank 2; likely between #2 and #5 of 171International Endodontic JournalWiley · United Kingdom | 3.00Q1 | 7.01 1.43 down from 2024 | 420 | 68% | $4,880 | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 3; likely between #2 and #7 of 171Journal Of Clinical PeriodontologyWiley · United Kingdom | 2.79Q1 | 8.55 1.12 up from 2024 | 432 | 78% | $5,510 | ||
Rank 4; likely between #2 and #11 of 171Progress in OrthodonticsOASpringer Nature · Germany | 2.56Q1 | 6.98 0.64 up from 2024 | 149 | 100% | $2,152 | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 5; likely between #2 and #15 of 171Journal of Oral MicrobiologyOATaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.48Q1 | 7.04 0.89 up from 2024 | 176 | 100% | $2,428 | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 6; likely between #3 and #10 of 171Clinical Oral Implants ResearchWiley · United Kingdom | 2.48Q1 | 6.08 0.43 up from 2024 | 417 | 70% | $5,170 | ||
Rank 7; likely between #2 and #15 of 171Japanese Dental Science ReviewOAElsevier BV · Japan | 2.40Q1 | 9.30 0.79 up from 2024 | 93 | 100% | $2,160 | ||
Rank 8; likely between #4 and #10 of 171Journal of DentistryElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.37Q1 | 6.34 0.01 down from 2024 | 1,078 | 48% | $4,160 | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 9; likely between #5 and #13 of 171Dental MaterialsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.27Q1 | 6.42 0.04 up from 2024 | 543 | 21% | $4,560 | ||
Rank 10; likely between #5 and #14 of 171Journal of Dental ResearchSAGE Publishing · United States | 2.20Q1 | 6.80 0.54 up from 2024 | 461 | 56% | $4,400 | ||
Rank 11; likely between #6 and #17 of 171Journal of Esthetic and Restorative DentistryWiley · United States | 2.09Q1 | 5.06 0.04 up from 2024 | 464 | 63% | $4,030 | ||
Rank 12; likely between #9 and #17 of 171Clinical Implant Dentistry and Related ResearchWiley · Canada | 2.03Q1 | 4.13 0.46 down from 2024 | 331 | 59% | $4,780 | ||
Rank 13; likely between #8 and #20 of 171International Journal of Implant DentistryOASpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 2.00Q1 | 5.65 0.60 up from 2024 | 180 | 100% | $3,290 | ||
Rank 14; likely between #8 and #18 of 171Journal of PeriodontologyWiley · United States | 1.97Q1 | 4.54 0.23 up from 2024 | 322 | 63% | $5,000 | ||
Rank 15; likely between #10 and #23 of 171Dentomaxillofacial RadiologyOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.87Q1 | 4.32 0.07 up from 2024 | 193 | 30% | $3,005 | ||
Rank 16; likely between #12 and #20 of 171Journal of EndodonticsElsevier BV · United States | 1.85Q1 | 4.11 0.36 up from 2024 | 558 | 21% | $4,390 | Falling vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 17; likely between #12 and #21 of 171Journal of ProsthodonticsWiley · United States | 1.84Q1 | 3.99 0.46 down from 2024 | 490 | 60% | $4,100 | ||
Rank 18; likely between #13 and #27 of 171International Dental JournalOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.71Q1 | 4.45 0.33 up from 2024 | 533 | 100% | $2,550 | ||
Rank 19; likely between #17 and #22 of 171BMC Oral HealthOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.69Q1 | 4.53 0.55 up from 2024 | 3,214 | 100% | $3,190 | ||
Rank 20; likely between #7 and #43 of 171International Journal of BiomaterialsOAHindawi Publishing Corporation · United Kingdom | 1.65Q1 | 3.92 2.14 down from 2024 | 117 | 100% | $1,000 | ||
Rank 21; likely between #17 and #32 of 171Frontiers in Oral HealthOAFrontiers Media · Switzerland | 1.57Q1 | 4.00 0.15 down from 2024 | 381 | 100% | $3,077 | ||
Rank 22; likely between #19 and #30 of 171Dentistry JournalOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 1.55Q1 | 4.10 0.02 down from 2024 | 962 | 100% | $2,413 | ||
Rank 23; likely between #20 and #29 of 171Clinical Oral InvestigationsSpringer Nature · Germany | 1.53Q1 | 4.00 0.22 up from 2024 | 1,732 | 50% | $4,790 | ||
Rank 24; likely between #16 and #37 of 171European Journal Of Dental EducationWiley · United Kingdom | 1.53Q1 | 3.21 0.82 up from 2024 | 287 | 82% | $4,330 | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 25; likely between #17 and #41 of 171The Journal of Advanced ProsthodonticsOASouth Korea | 1.49Q1 | 2.44 0.75 down from 2024 | 100 | 100% | — | ||
Rank 26; likely between #17 and #39 of 171Journal of Periodontal ResearchWiley · Denmark | 1.47Q1 | 5.51 1.78 up from 2024 | 358 | 71% | $4,880 | ||
Rank 27; likely between #19 and #41 of 171BDJ OpenOASpringer Nature · United Kingdom | 1.47Q1 | 3.80 1.04 up from 2024 | 181 | 100% | $3,590 | ||
Rank 28; likely between #19 and #40 of 171The Angle OrthodontistOAE.H Angle Education and Research Foundation · United States | 1.45Q1 | 3.75 0.61 up from 2024 | 247 | 100% | — | ||
Rank 29; likely between #19 and #47 of 171Australian Dental JournalWiley · Australia | 1.40Q1 | 3.56 0.09 up from 2024 | 125 | 67% | $2,850 | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 30; likely between #24 and #37 of 171Journal of Prosthetic DentistryElsevier BV · United States | 1.40Q1 | 3.85 0.38 up from 2024 | 1,183 | 23% | $3,900 | ||
Rank 31; likely between #21 and #45 of 171Journal of Prosthodontic ResearchElsevier BV · Japan | 1.37Q1 | 3.73 0.16 up from 2024 | 215 | 100% | $3,000 | ||
Rank 32; likely between #21 and #45 of 171Head & Face MedicineOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.37Q1 | 3.36 0.13 down from 2024 | 165 | 100% | $2,890 | ||
Rank 33; likely between #24 and #46 of 171Dental and Medical ProblemsOAWroclaw Medical University Press · Poland | 1.33Q1 | 4.10 0.27 down from 2024 | 238 | 100% | — | ||
Rank 34; likely between #19 and #60 of 171Molecular Oral MicrobiologyWiley · United Kingdom | 1.30Q1 | 3.63 0.42 up from 2024 | 106 | 47% | $4,250 | ||
Rank 35; likely between #13 and #81 of 171Restorative Dentistry & EndodonticsOAKorean Academy of Conservative Dentistry · South Korea | 1.28Q1 | 3.81 1.87 up from 2024 | 122 | 100% | — | ||
Rank 36; likely between #28 and #48 of 171American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial OrthopedicsElsevier BV · United States | 1.27Q1 | 3.69 1.04 up from 2024 | 693 | 25% | $4,070 | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 37; likely between #26 and #51 of 171European Journal of OrthodonticsOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.26Q1 | 4.99 1.71 up from 2024 | 215 | 44% | $4,286 | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 38; likely between #24 and #65 of 171Journal of the World Federation of OrthodontistsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.22Q1 | 3.45 0.60 up from 2024 | 131 | 2% | $3,000 | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 39; likely between #32 and #48 of 171Clinical and Experimental Dental ResearchOAWiley · United States | 1.21Q1 | 3.02 0.03 down from 2024 | 451 | 100% | $3,440 | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 39; likely between #25 and #60 of 171Imaging Science in DentistryOASouth Korea | 1.21Q1 | 2.80 0.03 down from 2024 | 143 | 100% | $276 | ||
Rank 41; likely between #33 and #54 of 171International Journal of DentistryOAHindawi Publishing Corporation · United Kingdom | 1.17Q1 | 2.60 0.39 down from 2024 | 496 | 100% | $1,560 | ||
Rank 42; likely between #34 and #56 of 171Community Dentistry And Oral EpidemiologyWiley · United Kingdom | 1.15Q1 | 2.93 0.58 up from 2024 | 269 | 78% | $4,230 | ||
Rank 43; likely between #29 and #69 of 171The Korean Journal of OrthodonticsSouth Korea | 1.15Q1 | 2.63 0.16 down from 2024 | 147 | 100% | — | ||
Rank 44; likely between #34 and #62 of 171Journal of Applied Oral ScienceOAUniversity of São Paulo · Brazil | 1.13Q2 | 3.20 0.31 up from 2024 | 200 | 100% | — | Falling vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 45; likely between #33 and #65 of 171Journal of Conservative DentistryMedknow · India | 1.12Q2 | 2.33 0.57 down from 2024 | 141 | — | — | ||
Rank 46; likely between #22 and #84 of 171Frontiers in Dental MedicineOAFrontiers Media · Switzerland | 1.12Q2 | 3.28 0.90 up from 2024 | 195 | 100% | $2,353 | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 47; likely between #33 and #69 of 171Caries ResearchKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 1.10Q2 | 2.74 0.62 down from 2024 | 131 | 41% | — | Falling vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 48; likely between #30 and #75 of 171Clinical Cosmetic and Investigational DentistryOADove Medical Press · New Zealand | 1.09Q2 | 2.13 0.46 down from 2024 | 118 | 100% | $2,320 | ||
Rank 49; likely between #34 and #76 of 171European Endodontic JournalOATürkiye | 1.08Q2 | 2.20 0.32 down from 2024 | 115 | 100% | — | ||
Rank 50; likely between #38 and #71 of 171Oral RadiologySpringer Science+Business Media · Japan | 1.06Q2 | 2.54 0.42 up from 2024 | 201 | 20% | $3,990 |
15 Dentistry journals are labelled rising: their OJR moved up between 2022 and 2025 clearly faster than the median journal of their field or domain.
A journal is rising when its OJR grew from 2022 to 2025 faster than the median journal of its field (or domain, when the field is small), by two tests: the relative change is +10% or more, and it is at least 2 standard errors above zero. So the range of the change at 2 standard errors stays above zero, though not necessarily above +10%.
The bar is that range on a ratio scale; the shaded band, -9.1% to +10%, holds changes too small for a label. The list is ordered by the low end of the range, so the surest rises come first.
Full rising list for Dentistry
- 1European Journal of OrthodonticsOrthodontics+72% vs groupOJR 0.82 → 1.26range +30% to +127%
- 2International Endodontic JournalOral Surgery+57% vs groupOJR 2.12 → 3.00range +26% to +98%
- 3American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial OrthopedicsOrthodontics+43% vs groupOJR 0.99 → 1.27range +19% to +72%
- 4Australian Dental JournalPeriodontics+51% vs groupOJR 1.04 → 1.40range +9.1% to +108%
- 5European Journal Of Dental EducationGeneral Dentistry+43% vs groupOJR 1.19 → 1.53range +8.9% to +87%
- 6Clinical and Experimental Dental ResearchOAOral Surgery+28% vs groupOJR 1.05 → 1.21range +8.5% to +51%
- 7Progress in OrthodonticsOAOrthodontics+57% vs groupOJR 1.82 → 2.56range +8.1% to +127%
- 8Frontiers in Dental MedicineOAPeriodontics+72% vs groupOJR 0.72 → 1.12range +7.6% to +175%
- 9Journal of International Society of Preventive and Community DentistryOrthodontics+36% vs groupOJR 0.79 → 0.96range +6.9% to +73%
- 10Journal of Clinical Pediatric DentistryOral Surgery+44% vs groupOJR 0.78 → 1.01range +5.9% to +95%
- 11Journal of Oral MicrobiologyOAPeriodontics+50% vs groupOJR 1.84 → 2.48range +5.7% to +114%
- 12International OrthodonticsOrthodontics+37% vs groupOJR 0.63 → 0.78range +5.5% to +79%
- 13Journal of DentistryOrthodontics+22% vs groupOJR 2.16 → 2.37range +4.5% to +41%
- 14Journal of Periodontal & Implant ScienceOral Surgery+35% vs groupOJR 0.81 → 0.98range +1.6% to +81%
- 15Journal of the World Federation of OrthodontistsOrthodontics+47% vs groupOJR 0.93 → 1.22range 0.0% to +115%
No-label zone, -9.1% to +10%Group median changeBar scale -65% to +189% (ratio scale)
23 Dentistry journals are labelled falling: their OJR moved between 2022 and 2025 clearly behind the median journal of their field or domain.
A journal is falling when its OJR changed from 2022 to 2025 by less than the median journal of its field (or domain, when the field is small), by two tests: the relative change is -9.1% or less (rounded), and it is at least 2 standard errors below zero. So the range of the change at 2 standard errors stays below zero, though not necessarily below -9.1%.
The bar is that range on a ratio scale; the shaded band, -9.1% to +10%, holds changes too small for a label. The list is ordered by the high end of the range, so the surest falls come first.
- 1Brazilian Oral ResearchOAPeriodontics-48% vs groupOJR 1.43 → 0.67range -58% to -37%
- 2Journal of Microscopy and UltrastructureOral Surgery-56% vs groupOJR 0.47 → 0.18range -72% to -30%
- 3Dental Clinics of North AmericaOral Surgery-50% vs groupOJR 1.82 → 0.83range -66% to -26%
- 4International journal of odontostomatologyOAOral Surgery-49% vs groupOJR 0.24 → 0.11range -66% to -22%
- 5The International Journal of Periodontics & Restorative DentistryOral Surgery-36% vs groupOJR 1.06 → 0.61range -48% to -20%
- 6Journal of Clinical and Experimental DentistryOAOral Surgery-30% vs groupOJR 1.01 → 0.64range -40% to -17%
- 7Australian Endodontic JournalOral Surgery-35% vs groupOJR 1.42 → 0.83range -48% to -17%
- 8European Archives of Paediatric DentistryPeriodontics-37% vs groupOJR 1.35 → 0.77range -52% to -17%
- 9The International Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial ImplantsOral Surgery-30% vs groupOJR 1.40 → 0.88range -43% to -15%
- 10Journal of Applied Oral ScienceOAOrthodontics-32% vs groupOJR 1.85 → 1.13range -47% to -13%
- 11International Journal of Paediatric DentistryPeriodontics-32% vs groupOJR 1.49 → 0.91range -47% to -12%
- 12Special Care in DentistryPeriodontics-28% vs groupOJR 0.75 → 0.48range -43% to -11%
- 13Operative DentistryOrthodontics-30% vs groupOJR 1.40 → 0.89range -46% to -9.2%
- 14European Journal of DentistryOrthodontics-26% vs groupOJR 1.34 → 0.90range -40% to -8.2%
- 15The International Journal of ProsthodonticsOrthodontics-28% vs groupOJR 1.35 → 0.88range -44% to -7.6%
- 16Pesquisa Brasileira em Odontopediatria e Clínica IntegradaOAPeriodontics-31% vs groupOJR 0.47 → 0.29range -49% to -6.1%
- 17Journal of EndodonticsOral Surgery-19% vs groupOJR 2.54 → 1.85range -30% to -6.0%
- 18Dental Materials JournalOAOrthodontics-23% vs groupOJR 1.13 → 0.78range -39% to -4.2%
- 19Caries ResearchPeriodontics-34% vs groupOJR 1.85 → 1.10range -55% to -2.7%
- 20Indian Journal of Dental ResearchOAPeriodontics-23% vs groupOJR 0.58 → 0.41range -39% to -2.4%
No-label zone, -9.1% to +10%Group median changeBar scale -74% to +286% (ratio scale)
Subfields of Dentistry, compared.
Journals
The endpoints below each rank show its likely range. How rank ranges are calculated
Citations made in 2025. Corpus-wide, 84.3% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
23 additional Dentistry journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2022–2024, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2025. Publication window: 2022–2024. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 171
- Window papers (baseline)
- 87,004 +8.4% from indicator year 2022
- Median OJR
- 0.781 -4.3% from indicator year 2022
- Rising journals (2025)
- 15Comparison-group list (15)
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2022–2024 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked journals | 56 | 64 | 66 | 66 | 71 | 73 | 76 | 82 | 89 | 90 | 102 | 119 | 131 | 141 | 152 | 164 | 176 | 180 | 190 | 187 | 181 | 179 | 181 | 177 | 176 | 171 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 10,712 | 11,566 | 12,472 | 14,068 | 15,323 | 17,298 | 19,058 | 21,240 | 23,674 | 26,378 | 30,251 | 34,133 | 38,013 | 41,016 | 44,457 | 47,990 | 51,254 | 53,867 | 56,551 | 59,238 | 62,450 | 70,264 | 80,243 | 86,163 | 86,855 | 87,004 | |
| Median OJR | 0.760 | 0.66 | 0.64 | 0.67 | 0.75 | 0.721 | 0.762 | 0.824 | 0.8439 | 0.88 | 0.8438 | 0.74 | 0.725 | 0.69 | 0.80 | 0.79 | 0.77 | 0.763 | 0.777 | 0.785 | 0.89 | 0.90 | 0.817 | 0.825 | 0.831 | 0.781 |
| Measure | Category statistic | Eligible population |
|---|---|---|
| Journal self-citation share | Median: 3.5% | 139 journals |
| Retracted papers per 1,000 | Pooled rate: 0.648 per 1,000 | 136 journals |
| Output growth | Median: -1.0% | 165 journals |
| Open access share | Median: 100.0% | 171 journals |
| Listed APC (USD) | Median including $0 listed prices: $3,240 | 94 ranked journals with a known listed price, including $0 listed prices |
| International collaboration share | Median: 25.0% | 164 journals |
| Review share | Median: 5.5% | 171 journals |
| Articles-only OJR | Median: 0.81 | 171 journals |
| Uncited share | Median: 32.5% | 171 journals |
| Citation concentration | Median: 42.2% | 171 journals |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.