Oral Surgery · 70 journals ranked · top 40 listed
Best open-access journals for Oral Surgery
The top 40 of 70 Oral Surgery journals, open-access only, 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 17,782-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).
- 1Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery3.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 2Dental and Medical Problems3.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Wroclaw Medical University PressOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 3Dentistry Journal3.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 4Journal of Dental Sciences2.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 5International Journal of Dentistry1.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Hindawi Publishing CorporationOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 6Dental Press Journal of Orthodontics1.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Dental Press EditoraOpen AccessDOAJScopusPubMed
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- 8Clinical and Experimental Dental Research2.5 cites/paper · Q1 · WileyOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 9Journal of Applied Oral Science2.4 cites/paper · Q1 · University of São PauloOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 10International Dental Journal0.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 11Restorative Dentistry & Endodontics4.0 cites/paper · Q2 · Korean Academy of Conservative DentistryOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 13Journal of Oral Biology and Craniofacial Research2.2 cites/paper · Q2 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusPubMed
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- 15Medicina oral, patología oral y cirugía bucal2.0 cites/paper · Q2 · Medicina Oral S.L.Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 16Brazilian Dental Journal1.6 cites/paper · Q2 · Fundação Odontológica de Ribeirão PretoOpen AccessDOAJScopusPubMed
- 17The Journal of Indian Prosthodontic Society1.5 cites/paper · Q2 · Springer Science+Business MediaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 20Journal of Clinical and Experimental Dentistry1.3 cites/paper · Q2 · Medicina Oral S.L.Open AccessScopusPubMed
- 21Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons1.2 cites/paper · Q2 · Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial SurgeonsOpen AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 23Acta Stomatologica Croatica1.0 cites/paper · Q2 · School of Dental Medicine, University of ZagrebOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 24Contemporary Clinical Dentistry0.8 cites/paper · Q2 · MedknowOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 25Pesquisa Brasileira em Odontopediatria e Clínica Integrada0.6 cites/paper · Q2 · SciELOOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 26Brazilian Oral Research1.8 cites/paper · Q2 · Brazilian Society of Dental ResearchOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 27Dental Materials Journal1.8 cites/paper · Q2 · Japanese Society for Dental Materials and DevicesOpen AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 28Acta Odontologica Scandinavica1.7 cites/paper · Q2 · InformaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 29Australasian Orthodontic Journal1.5 cites/paper · Q2 · Exeley IncOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 30Journal of Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry1.1 cites/paper · Q2 · MedknowOpen AccessDOAJScopusPubMed
- 31Journal of Indian Society of Periodontology0.6 cites/paper · Q2 · MedknowOpen AccessDOAJScopusPubMed
- 32The Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice1.2 cites/paper · Q3 · Jaypee BrothersOpen AccessScopusPubMed
- 33Journal of Indian Academy of Oral Medicine and Radiology1.0 cites/paper · Q3 · MedknowOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 34Journal of Hard Tissue Biology0.5 cites/paper · Q3 · Japanese Society of Hard Tissue Research and TechnologyOpen AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 36Case Reports in Dentistry0.5 cites/paper · Q3 · Hindawi Publishing CorporationOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 38Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice0.9 cites/paper · Q3 · MedknowOpen AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 40Brazilian Dental Science0.4 cites/paper · Q3 · São Paulo State UniversityOpen AccessDOAJScopusPubMed
“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.
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