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BMC Oral Health

BioMed Central · United Kingdom · ISSN 1472-6831

ITS Journal Score80.4
Global rank#2,020
Rank in Dentistry#13 of 501
h-index115
Open access 2021–2025100%

Overview

BMC Oral Health, published by BioMed Central (United Kingdom), published 6,160 papers in 2021–2025, and its papers received 61,349 citations in those years. Its h-index is 115 and its two-year mean citedness is 3.71. On the ITS Journal Score it ranks #2,020 of 62,158 ranked journals and #13 of 501 in Dentistry.

Key figures

Papers 2021–20256,160
Citations 2021–202561,349
Citations per paper10.0
h-index115
i10-index3,710
2-year mean citedness3.71
Open-access share100%
Change in papers, 2020→2025300%+
Article fee (APC)2,790 EUR

Citations count every citation the journal's papers received in these years, including citations to older papers. Two-year mean citedness is OpenAlex's measure of how often recent papers are cited; it is similar in idea to, but not the same as, an impact factor.

Papers and citations by year

YearPapersCitations receivedOpen-access papers
202036212,286362
202167314,526673
202266211,319662
20231,03713,7051,037
20241,58013,8151,580
20252,2087,9842,208

What it publishes

The leading research topics of its papers (OpenAlex topic classification). Select a topic to find other journals that publish on it.

Similar journals

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JournalFieldScorePapers 2021–2025Open access
Community Dentistry And Oral EpidemiologyDentistry74.151268%
Caries ResearchDentistry73.030749%
Journal of Public Health DentistryDentistry66.628762%
Journal Of Clinical PeriodontologyDentistry85.094066%
GerodontologyDentistry67.337351%
Journal of Periodontal ResearchDentistry83.366950%
Journal of PeriodontologyDentistry79.176555%
JDR Clinical & Translational ResearchDentistry61.427262%

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Identity and sources

  • ISSN-L: 1472-6831
  • Print ISSN: 1472-6831
  • Publisher: BioMed Central
  • Listed in DOAJ: Yes (checked against DOAJ)
  • Crossref: ISSN found in Crossref
  • OpenAlex: S60760007
  • Journal website: bmcoralhealth.biomedcentral.com

Figures come from OpenAlex (papers, citations, h-index, topics), Crossref (ISSN check) and DOAJ (open-access listing and fees). They change as records are corrected, so treat them as a dated snapshot. This page does not state whether the journal is indexed in Scopus, Web of Science or PubMed.

Questions

What is the ITS Journal Score of BMC Oral Health?

It is 80.4 out of 100, which places it #2,020 among ranked journals. The score combines citation impact (45%), h-index (35%) and size (20%) from open OpenAlex data.

What is the impact factor of BMC Oral Health?

This site does not publish Journal Impact Factors, which belong to Clarivate. As an open alternative, its two-year mean citedness in OpenAlex is 3.71.

Is BMC Oral Health open access?

100% of its papers from 2021–2025 are recorded as open access, and it is listed in DOAJ.

Does BMC Oral Health charge a publication fee?

DOAJ records an article processing charge of 2,790 EUR. Check the journal's website for the current fee and any waivers.

Transparent methodology

How the ITS Journal Score works

One formula applies to every ranked journal, using open data from OpenAlex: 45% citation impact, 35% h-index and 20% size (papers published 2021–2025). Citation impact is the smaller of the journal's two-year mean citedness and its five-year citations per paper, so a journal whose output collapsed cannot jump to the top on old citations. Each part is half a percentile and half a log-scaled value, so the very top is still separated. Growth and open-access share are shown separately and are not part of the score.

A journal is ranked only if it published at least 50 papers in 2021–2025 and was active in at least five of the last six years. Field rankings compare a journal only with journals in the same field; the field is the OpenAlex field with most of the journal's recent papers, or "Multidisciplinary" when no field has 30% of them.

What this is not: the ITS Journal Score is not a Journal Impact Factor, CiteScore or SJR, and this site does not say whether a journal is indexed in Scopus, Web of Science or PubMed. Always confirm aims and scope, indexing, peer review and fees on the journal's own website before you submit.