International Journal of Oral Science

International Journal of Oral Science is a peer-reviewed, fully open access oral science journal published by Springer Nature on behalf of Sichuan University, established in 2009, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 17.6《国际口腔科学杂志》是由（Springer Nature）代表（Sichuan University）出版的同行评审全开放获取口腔科学期刊，2009 年创刊，2025 年影响因子为 17.6。

Scope

• It publishes all aspects of oral science and interdisciplinary fields, including basic, applied and clinical research该刊刊载口腔科学及交叉学科的各方面研究，包括基础、应用与临床研究。
• Covered areas include oral microbiology, oral and maxillofacial oncology, cariology, and oral inflammation and infection涵盖领域包括口腔微生物学、口腔颌面肿瘤学、龋病学以及口腔炎症与感染。^[1]
• It also covers dental stem cells and regenerative medicine, craniofacial surgery, dental materials and oral biomechanics其亦涵盖牙干细胞与再生医学、颅颌面外科、牙科材料与口腔生物力学。
• Further topics include oral, dental and maxillofacial genetic and developmental diseases, craniofacial bone research, craniofacial biomaterials, and temporomandibular joint disorder and osteoarthritis其他主题包括口腔、牙与颌面遗传及发育疾病、颅颌面骨研究、颅颌面生物材料，以及颞下颌关节紊乱与骨关节炎。
• It publishes peer-reviewed Articles, Review Articles, Editorials and Correspondences, plus invitation-only thematic Special Features该刊收录同行评审的研究论文、综述、社论与通讯，以及仅限邀请的专题特刊。
• It is fully open access under a Creative Commons Attribution license该刊为全开放获取，采用（Creative Commons Attribution）许可。
• Submission to first editorial decision takes a median of 8 days, and articles drew 2.29 million downloads in 2025从投稿到首次编辑决定的中位时间为 8 天，2025 年文章下载量达 229 万次。

History

• It was launched in 2009 by Sichuan University, with its first issue published in March 2009该刊由（Sichuan University）于 2009 年创办，首期于 2009 年 3 月出版。
• It was accepted into Science Citation Index Expanded in 2011该刊于 2011 年被（Science Citation Index Expanded）收录。
• It is published on the Springer Nature platform under the Nature Portfolio brand该刊在（Springer Nature）平台以（Nature Portfolio）品牌出版。
• Its impact factor rose from 6.344 in 2021 to a peak of 24.897 in 2022 and stood at 17.6 in 2025其影响因子从 2021 年的 6.344 升至 2022 年峰值 24.897，2025 年为 17.6。
• Its most cited papers include highly read 2020 studies on SARS-CoV-2 in the oral cavity and in dental practice其最高被引论文包括 2020 年关于口腔（SARS-CoV-2）与牙科诊疗的高关注度研究。^[2][3]
• It is abstracted and indexed in SCIE, Journal Citation Reports, PubMed Central, MEDLINE, Scopus and DOAJ该刊被（SCIE）、（Journal Citation Reports）、（PubMed Central）、（MEDLINE）、（Scopus）与（DOAJ）收录。

Editors

• The editors-in-chief are Xuedong Zhou and Xianglong Han of Sichuan University主编为（Sichuan University）的 Xuedong Zhou 与 Xianglong Han。
• The honorary editor-in-chief is Cun-yu Wang of Peking University名誉主编为（Peking University）的 Cun-yu Wang。
• The executive editors-in-chief are Jiefei Shen and Ling Ye of Sichuan University执行主编为（Sichuan University）的 Jiefei Shen 与 Ling Ye。
• The executive editors are Yini Bao, Xiaoqiu Luo and He Yuan执行编辑为 Yini Bao、Xiaoqiu Luo 与 He Yuan。
• The international editorial board includes Yang Chai of the University of Southern California, Dana T. Graves of the University of Pennsylvania and Richard P. Darveau of the University of Washington国际编委会成员包括（University of Southern California）的 Yang Chai、（University of Pennsylvania）的 Dana T. Graves 与（University of Washington）的 Richard P. Darveau。
• Board members come from many countries, including the United States, China, Japan, the Netherlands, Germany and Sweden编委来自多个国家，包括美国、中国、日本、荷兰、德国与瑞典。