About this journal
Aims and scope
The Journal of Oral Microbiology publishes open access original research on ‘oral health’ and oral infectious diseases.
The Journal of Oral Microbiology aims to be an influential source of knowledge on the aetiological agents behind oral infectious diseases. The journal is an international forum for original research on all aspects of ‘oral health’. Articles which seek to understand ‘oral health’ through the exploration of pathogenesis, virulence, host-parasite interactions, and immunology of oral infections are of particular interest. The journal also welcomes manuscripts that address the global agenda of oral infectious diseases, present new strategies for treatment and prevention, or improvements to existing strategies.
The Journal of Oral Microbiology is interested in the following topics:
- Microbiome and genomics
- Host-pathogen interactions
- ‘Oral health’ and oral infections
- Aetiologic agents
- Pathogenesis
- Molecular microbiology of systemic diseases
- Ecology/environmental microbiology
- Treatment and diagnostics
- Epidemiology
- Basic oral microbiology
- Taxonomy/systematics
The Journal of Oral Microbiology publishes Original articles, Review articles, Systematic Review, Brief Report, Case Report, Letter to the Editor, Editorial, Discussion (Perspectives), Data Notes, and Methods.
The Journal of Oral Microbiology operates a double anonymized peer review policy.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 250K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 3.7 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 4.7 (2023) 5 year IF
- 8.0 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 1.052 (2023) SNIP
- 0.919 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 29 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 36 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 9 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 39% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication. However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Editor-in-Chief
Bruce Paster - The Forsyth Institute and Harvard School of Dental Medicine, USA
Editor Emeritus
Ingar Olsen - University of Oslo, Norway
Associate Editors
Jacqueline Abranches - College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
George Belibasakis - Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Daniel Belstrøm - University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Alpdogan Kantarci - The Forsyth Institute, USA
Josephine Meade - University of Leeds, UK
Gena Tribble - The University of Texas Health Center, USA
Mary Ellen Davey - The Forsyth Institute and Harvard School of Dental Medicine, USA
Editorial Board
Nezar Al-Hebshi - Temple University, Philadelphia, USA
Atsuo Amano - Osaka University, Japan
Jonathon L. Baker - J. Craig Venter Institute, USA
Paulo H Braz-Silva - University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Casey Chen - University of Southern California, USA
Georg Conrads - RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Germany
Patricia Corby - University of Pennsylvania, USA
Mike Curtis - King's College London, UK
Gunnar Dahlén - University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Stuart Dashper - University of Melbourne, Australia
Mary Ellen Davey - University of Florida, USA
Patricia Diaz-Moreno - University of Buffalo, USA
Anna Dongari-Bagtzoglou - University of Connecticut Health Center, USA
Magda Feres - University of Guarulhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Jorge Frias-Lopez - University of Florida, USA
Bruna Garcia - University of Florida , USA
Frank Gibson - University of Florida, USA
Octavio Gonzalez - University of Kentucky, USA
Dana Graves - Universityof Pennsylvania, USA
Daniel Grenier - Laval University, Canada
Yoshiaki Hasegawa -Aichi-Gakuin University, Nagoya, Japan
Xuesong He - The Forsyth Institute, USA
Hatice Hasturk - The Forsyth Institute, USA
Olivier Huck - University of Strasbourg, France
Hiroaki Inaba - Okayama University, Japan
Justin Kaspar - Ohio State University - USA
Marlise I. Klein - State University of Campinas, Brazil
Eija Könönen - University of Turku, Finland
Tomoko Kurita-Ochiai - Nihon University, Japan
Richard L Lamont - University of Louisville, USA
Yuqing Li - Sichuan University, China
Daniel Manoil - University Clinics of Dental Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Suzanne M Michalek - University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
Pallavi Murugkar, - Stanford University, California, USA
Keiji Nagano - Health Sciences University of Hokkaido, Japan
Jan S Potempa - University of Louisville, USA
Pirkko J Pussinen - University of Helsinki, Finland
Eric C Reynolds - University of Melbourne, Australia
Robert Shields - Arkansas State University, USA
Aurea Simon-Soro - University of Seville, Spain
José F. Siqueira - Estácio de Sá University, Brazil
Graham Stafford - University of Sheffield, UK
Flavia Teles - University of Pennsylvania, USA
Thomas E Van Dyke -The Forsyth Institute, USA
William Wade -Kings College London, UK
Marvin Whiteley - Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
David Williams - Cardiff University, UK
Özlem Yilmaz - Medical University of South Carolina, USA
Qing Yu - The Forsyth Institute, USA
Lin Zeng - University of Florida, USA
Egija Zuara - University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Jessica Kajfasz - University of Florida College of Dentistry, USA
Xuedong Zhou - Sichuan University, China
Abstracting and indexing
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Science Citation Index Expanded (Clarivate Analytics)
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Scopus (Elsevier)
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The bibliographic reference lists in all articles of Journal of Oral Microbiology are included in the Open Citations Corpus.
Material in JOM is also distributed by EBSCO, one of the world's largest content aggregators and research database providers that helps link the content in JOM into the research literature.
Open access
Journal of Oral Microbiology is an open access journal and only publishes open access articles. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
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- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
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