Imaging Science in Dentistry

Imaging Science in Dentistry is the quarterly of a Korean and an Asian academy of oral and maxillofacial radiology, and it publishes in English from Seoul.《口腔颌面影像学》是韩国与亚洲两家口腔颌面放射学会的季刊，在首尔以英文出版。

Its 2025 impact factor is 2.3 and the five-year figure is 2.7.2025 年影响因子 2.3，五年影响因子 2.7。

Clarivate puts it 67th of 165 in dentistry, oral surgery and medicine, which is Q2, and it is indexed in ESCI rather than SCIE.科睿唯安在牙科，口腔外科与医学 165 种刊里把它排第 67，属 Q2，收录在 ESCI 而不是 SCIE。

Volume 56 belongs to 2026, and issues appear at the end of March, June, September and December.第 56 卷属于 2026 年，每期在三月，六月，九月与十二月的最后一天出版。

There is no submission fee, and no article processing charge when the corresponding author works outside Korea.投稿不收费用，通讯作者在韩国以外时也不收文章处理费。

Scope

• The journal covers the clinical, experimental and educational sides of oral and maxillofacial imaging, informatics included.刊物覆盖口腔颌面影像的临床，实验与教学三面，信息学也在其中。

• Digital radiology, dental PACS, teledentistry and dental informatics are named as subjects in their own right.数字放射学，牙科 PACS，远程牙科与牙科信息学都单独列为题目。

• Original articles, reviews, technical reports, case reports, pictorial essays and letters are the accepted formats.接收的体裁有原创论文，综述，技术报告，病例报告，图谱式论文与读者来信。

• Case reports still have a place here, which sets the journal apart from titles that have closed that door.病例报告在这里仍有一席之地，这一点与已经关掉这扇门的刊物不同。

• Abstracts stop at 250 words and are built under four headings, purpose, materials and methods, results and conclusion.摘要以 250 词为限，按目的，材料与方法，结果与结论四个小标题搭建。

• Up to four keywords are drawn from the current MeSH list.关键词最多四个，取自现行 MeSH 词表。

• Manuscripts arrive double spaced on A4 with three centimetre margins, and every page is numbered.稿件以 A4 纸双倍行距提交，四边留三厘米，每页连续编号。

• Author names stay off the manuscript pages, so referees read the text without knowing who wrote it.作者姓名不出现在正文页上，评审人读到的稿子不带署名。

• Every author gives an ORCID identifier, and the numbers sit at the close of the cover letter.每位作者都要提供 ORCID 号，号码写在投稿信的末尾。

• Colour and radiographic figures need 300 dpi, and line drawings need 1200 dpi.彩色图与影像图的分辨率须达每英寸 300 点，线条图须达每英寸 1200 点。

• An IRB approval statement and a consent statement belong in the methods section.伦理委员会批件与知情同意声明要写进方法部分。

• Any use of AI tools has to be declared in both the cover letter and the manuscript.使用人工智能工具要在投稿信与正文里各声明一次。

• Radiation and measurement follow SI units, with two reference reports named for the purpose.辐射与计量采用国际单位制，刊物为此点名了两份参考报告。

• References use Index Medicus abbreviations, all six authors are listed and a seventh becomes et al.参考文献采用 Index Medicus 刊名缩写，作者六人以内全列，第七人起用 et al。

• Tables should not repeat data given in the text, and only the important trends are described.表格不复述正文已有的数据，正文只讲重要趋势。

• Technical reports give method detail rather than new findings, and the journal still counts them as full publications.技术报告讲的是方法细节而非新发现，刊物仍把它们算作正式发表。

• A pictorial essay lets a case series be shown in images with short captions, a format built for radiology teaching.图谱式论文用图片加短说明呈现病例组，这种体裁本来就是为放射教学设的。

• Equipment and drugs must carry the manufacturer with city and country in parentheses.设备与药物要注明厂商，并在括号里写出城市与国家。

• The journal is open access, and every paper can be read as a free PDF on the society site.刊物开放获取，每篇论文都能在学会网站上免费读全文。

• Radiation safety and image quality management appear among the recurring subjects of recent issues.辐射安全与影像质量管理是近期各期反复出现的题目。

History

• The predecessor, Korean Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, was founded in 1971 and published in Korean.前身《大韩口腔颌面放射学会志》1971 年创刊，以韩文出版。

• It came out once a year at first, moved to two issues in 1990 and to four in 2000.最初一年一期，1990 年改为两期，2000 年增至四期。

• Papers from that period are still opened free through the academy website.那一时期的论文至今仍通过学会网站免费开放。

• The title was renewed as Imaging Science in Dentistry in English in 2011.2011 年刊物以英文改版为《口腔颌面影像学》。

• In September 2014 it also became the official journal of the Asian Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology.2014 年 9 月，它又成为亚洲口腔颌面放射学会的正式刊物。

• The volume count was not restarted at the rename, so volume 1 of 1971 still anchors the numbering.改版时没有重起卷号，1971 年的第 1 卷仍是编号的起点。

• Volume 56 in 2026 follows that line without a break.2026 年的第 56 卷顺着这条线走下来，中间没有断口。

• The print ISSN is 2233-7822 and the electronic one is 2233-7830.纸本 ISSN 为 2233-7822，电子版为 2233-7830。

• Clarivate has an impact factor on record from 2023, when the figure was 1.7.科睿唯安的记录从 2023 年开始有影响因子，当年为 1.7。

• That figure rose to 2.1 in 2024 and to 2.3 in 2025.这个数字 2024 年升到 2.1，2025 年升到 2.3。

• Gold open access covers the whole output, so the archive is not split between paid and free papers.金色开放获取覆盖全部发文，存档里没有付费与免费之分。

• The Directory of Open Access Journals lists the title, and OpenAlex records it as fully open.《开放获取期刊目录》收录了这个刊名，OpenAlex 也把它记为完全开放。

• Clarivate counts 42 articles and 47 citable items for the window, with 1,396 citations behind them.科睿唯安在统计窗口里记下 42 篇文章与 47 条可引项，背后是 1396 次被引。

• The 2025 citation indicator is 0.83 at percentile 58.2025 年期刊引文指标 0.83，百分位 58。

• The journal lists PubMed, PubMed Central, Scopus and KoreaMed among the databases that carry it.刊物自己列出 PubMed，PubMed Central，Scopus 与 KoreaMed 等数据库作为收录来源。

• Two Korean services, KoMCI and Synapse, appear on the same list.韩国的 KoMCI 与 Synapse 两项服务也在同一份名单上。

• Google Scholar is listed too, which matters for a title whose readers are spread across Asia.Google Scholar 同样在列，对一份读者散布亚洲的刊物这一点有用。

• Free distribution to members of the Korean academy keeps the printed issues moving without subscriptions.向韩国学会会员免费分发，让纸本刊不经订阅也能送到读者手里。

• The five-year impact factor of 2.7 sits higher than the annual one, which points to a growing citation base.五年影响因子 2.7 高于年度值，说明引用基础在扩大。

Editors

• Min-Suk Heo of Seoul National University is editor-in-chief, working from the department of oral and maxillofacial radiology.主编 Min-Suk Heo 来自首尔国立大学，任职于口腔颌面放射学系。

• Every manuscript goes to two or more reviewers drawn from the matching field.每篇稿件至少送两位同领域评审人。

• Referees receive the manuscript with a blind title page, so the author list is hidden from them.评审人拿到的稿子扉页是匿名的，作者名单对他们隐藏。

• Reviewer identities are never disclosed, whatever the outcome of the review.评审人的身份无论结果如何都不会公开。

• The editor may clarify or condense a paper where the text needs it.文字需要收拾时，编辑可以作澄清或压缩。

• Decisions rest on the results of peer review rather than on editorial preference.决定依据评审结果，而不是编辑的个人偏好。

• A referee or editor with a conflict of interest returns the manuscript to the office.评审人或编辑一旦有利益冲突，就把稿子退回编辑部。

• All submissions pass a similarity check before they are sent out.所有投稿在送出之前都要过一遍相似度检测。

• Editors and reviewers are told not to load unpublished manuscripts into AI tools.编辑部要求编辑与评审人不要把未发表稿件送进人工智能工具。

• Manuscripts are uploaded at the society site, together with a cover letter and the figure files.稿件在学会网站上提交，连同投稿信与图件一并上传。

• The cover letter carries the funding footnote and the ORCID numbers of all authors.投稿信里写明资助信息，并列出全部作者的 ORCID 号。

• Copyright transfer is requested only after a paper is accepted.版权转让表格只在稿件录用之后才索取。

• A Korean corresponding author pays 40,000 won per printed page, and colour printing costs extra.通讯作者在韩国时按印刷页付 4 万韩元，彩色印刷另计。

• Authors abroad pay nothing, which makes the journal cheap for most of its international contributors.海外作者不付费，多数国际作者因此几乎零成本。

• The editor-in-chief's postal address and email address close the author guidelines, so queries have a named destination.主编的通信地址与邮箱列在作者须知末尾，问询因此有人可找。