What are the best journals for Oral Surgery?

From a 17,500-venue index, the highest-ranked Oral Surgery journals include International Endodontic Journal, Clinical Oral Implants Research, Clinical Implant Dentistry and Related Research, Dentomaxillofacial Radiology, Clinical Oral Investigations. The top 40 of 136 ranked venues are listed on this page; 28 are Scimago Q1 and 12 Q2. Each shows its open-access status and indexing, and predatory venues are excluded. For a shortlist matched to your specific paper, use the Journal Finder (15 credits; free account starts with 25).

How were these Oral Surgery journals ranked?

Journals are placed by two independent classifications, OpenAlex's and Scimago's, plus any documented corrections. A journal both place under Oral Surgery ranks ahead, within its Scimago quartile, of one only OpenAlex places there — because Scimago does not cover it, files it as Multidisciplinary, or files it under a neighbouring subject or only under a broad “(miscellaneous)” category (which counts as agreement when Oral Surgery is the journal's main OpenAlex subfield). By Scimago quartile first (Q1 → Q4, then venues without one). Within a quartile, journals both sources place under Oral Surgery come first, then venues whose main OpenAlex subfield is Oral Surgery come before those that list it second or third, and ties go to OpenAlex cites/paper over a 2-year window. A venue whose main subfield is unrelated to Oral Surgery — fewer than a quarter of the venues filed under that subfield (or fewer than five) are also filed under Oral Surgery — is listed after all the others. Where cites/paper decides, a journal with fewer than 30 papers in OpenAlex over the four most recent publication years is listed after those with more: a two-year average over so few papers can rest on a single article (2 of the 136 journals ranked here are below that floor; none of them is among the 40 shown). Cites/paper is a transparent citation rate, not a licensed Impact Factor, and journals flagged as predatory are excluded.

Why don't all Oral Surgery journals show a quartile?

Scimago doesn't cover every journal — many strong regional and open-access venues are absent from it. We show "no Scimago quartile" for those rather than hide them; it's a coverage gap, not a quality judgement.

How do I find the best journal for my specific Oral Surgery paper?

Paste your title and abstract into the Journal Finder — it returns a shortlist matched to your paper's topic from the same index, with acceptance-fit signals, open-access status, and predatory flags. A free account starts with 25 welcome credits; each run costs 15.

Oral Surgery · 136 journals ranked · top 40 listed

Best journals for Oral Surgery

The top 40 of 136 Oral Surgery journals, ranked by Scimago quartile, then by whether OpenAlex and Scimago agree on the subject and how central Oral Surgery is to each journal, then OpenAlex cites/paper (2-year window), leaving out journals both place in another discipline, drawn from a 17,500-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded; the FAQ below gives the exact ranking rule. These are field-wide rankings — for a shortlist matched to your specific paper, paste your title and abstract into the Journal Finder (a free account starts with 25 welcome credits).

Data as of 15 November 2026 — the date our venue index was last rebuilt from OpenAlex and Scimago.

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All Best open-access journals

1
International Endodontic Journal
4.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
2
Clinical Oral Implants Research
4.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
3
Clinical Implant Dentistry and Related Research
4.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
4
Dentomaxillofacial Radiology
4.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Oxford University Press
ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
5
Clinical Oral Investigations
4.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Nature
ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
6
Journal of Endodontics
3.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
7
Dentistry Journal
3.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
8
Journal of Dental Sciences
2.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
9
International Journal of Dentistry
1.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
10
Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry
3.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
11
Journal of Prosthodontic Research
3.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
12
Journal of Dentistry
5.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
13
BMC Oral Health
3.8 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
14
Journal of Esthetic and Restorative Dentistry
3.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
15
Dental and Medical Problems
3.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Wroclaw Medical University Press
Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
16
Clinical and Experimental Dental Research
3.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
17
Dental Materials
2.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
18
Journal of Applied Oral Science
2.8 cites/paper · Q1 · University of São Paulo
Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
19
Journal of Prosthodontics
2.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
20
International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry
2.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
21
Odontology
2.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
22
Journal of Evidence Based Dental Practice
2.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
23
Australian Dental Journal
1.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
24
European Archives of Paediatric Dentistry
1.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
25
The Journal of the American Dental Association
1.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
26
International Dental Journal
1.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
27
Journal Of Clinical Periodontology
5.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
28
Journal of Oral Rehabilitation
3.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
29
Restorative Dentistry & Endodontics
4.9 cites/paper · Q2 · Korean Academy of Conservative Dentistry
Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
30
Imaging Science in Dentistry
3.0 cites/paper · Q2
Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
31
The Saudi Dental Journal
2.7 cites/paper · Q2 · Elsevier BV
Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
32
Journal of Oral Biology and Craniofacial Research
2.6 cites/paper · Q2 · Elsevier BV
Open AccessDOAJScopusPubMed
33
Medicina oral, patología oral y cirugía bucal
2.5 cites/paper · Q2 · Medicina Oral S.L.
Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
34
Oral Radiology
2.2 cites/paper · Q2 · Springer Science+Business Media
ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
35
Journal of Clinical and Experimental Dentistry
1.6 cites/paper · Q2 · Medicina Oral S.L.
Open AccessScopusPubMed
36
Dental Research Journal
1.5 cites/paper · Q2 · Medknow
Open AccessDOAJScopusPubMed
37
Australian Endodontic Journal
1.5 cites/paper · Q2 · Wiley
ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
38
Journal of Oral Science
1.5 cites/paper · Q2 · Nihon University
Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
39
Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
1.5 cites/paper · Q2
Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
40
International Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry
1.3 cites/paper · Q2
Open AccessScopusPubMed

“Cites/paper” is the OpenAlex 2-year citation rate — a transparent signal, not a licensed Impact Factor. Many regional and open-access journals are strong but aren’t covered by Scimago, so they show “no Scimago quartile”; that’s a coverage gap, not a quality judgement.