Journal of Orofacial Orthopedics / Fortschritte der Kieferorthopädie

Journal of Orofacial Orthopedics / Fortschritte der Kieferorthopädie is the official journal of the German Orthodontic Society (DGKFO) and is published by Springer Medizin. It continues a German-language orthodontic journal founded in 1931 and has carried its present bilingual title since 1996. Six issues a year report experimental and clinical work in orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics, and the 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 1.9 against a five-year figure of 2.1.《口腔颌面矫形杂志》是德国正畸学会（DGKFO）的官方期刊，由 Springer Medizin 出版。它延续了 1931 年创办的德语正畸刊物，1996 年起使用现今的双语刊名。该刊每年出版六期，刊载正畸与颌面矫形领域的实验及临床研究，2025 年影响因子为 1.9，五年影响因子为 2.1。

Scope

• The journal addresses orthodontists and dentists with an active interest in orthodontics, whether they work in university clinics or in private practice, and it assumes a reader who treats patients.该刊面向在大学诊所或私人诊所执业、对正畸有实际兴趣的正畸医师与牙科医师，并预设读者本身参与临床诊疗。

• Its stated purpose is to supply authoritative and up-to-date information grounded in experimental and clinical research rather than in commentary alone.其宗旨是提供以实验与临床研究为依据的权威且及时的信息，而不止于评论。

• It presents itself as one of the leading outlets for original work in scientific and clinical orthodontics and in neighbouring fields.该刊自视为科学正畸、临床正畸及相邻领域原创工作的主要发表渠道之一。

• Every manuscript accepted for publication has passed peer review, a point the journal states plainly in its aims.所有获准发表的稿件都经过同行评审，该刊在宗旨页对此有明确说明。

• The German Orthodontic Society also uses the journal for its communications, statements and announcements, which appear as a distinct article type.德国正畸学会也借该刊发布通讯、声明与公告，这些内容以单独的文章类型出现。

• Biomechanics and appliance design form a long-standing core, covering fixed appliances, removable plates and aligner systems.生物力学与矫治器设计是长期核心，范围从固定矫治器与活动矫治器延伸到隐形矫治系统。

• Clinical papers deal with the treatment of malocclusion in children, adolescents and adults, including interceptive and late treatment.临床论文处理儿童、青少年与成人的错颌畸形治疗，涵盖早期阻断与成年期矫治。

• Dentofacial orthopedics, including growth modification and craniofacial development, sits alongside conventional orthodontics.颌面矫形连同生长改良与颅面发育，与常规正畸并列。

• Diagnostic imaging is covered, and cone-beam computed tomography together with three-dimensional analysis appears regularly in its pages.诊断影像在覆盖范围内，锥形束 CT 与三维分析经常出现在版面上。

• Digital workflows attract growing attention, from computer-aided treatment planning to machine learning applications in diagnosis.数字化流程受到越来越多的关注，从计算机辅助治疗计划到诊断中的机器学习应用都有涉及。

• Materials science is treated as a section of its own, taking in brackets, archwires, adhesives and the polymers used in clear aligners.材料科学单列为一个方向，涉及托槽、弓丝与粘接剂，也包括隐形矫治器所用的聚合物。

• Basic biological research covers the biology of tooth movement, periodontal remodelling and the response of alveolar bone to force.基础生物学研究覆盖牙齿移动生物学、牙周改建与牙槽骨对矫治力的反应。

• Systematic reviews and meta-analyses are handled by a dedicated section editor rather than by the general manuscript pool.系统综述与荟萃分析由专职分栏编辑处理，不进入一般稿件池。

• Interdisciplinary treatment, where orthodontics meets oral surgery, prosthodontics or paediatric dentistry, is within scope.正畸与口腔外科、修复或儿童牙科交汇的多学科治疗也在收稿范围之内。

• Correspondence is published too, and letters on papers that have appeared in the journal are answered by the authors.读者来信同样刊发，针对已发表论文的质疑由原作者作答。

History

• The first volume appeared in 1931 under the German title Fortschritte der Kieferorthopädie.首卷于 1931 年以德文刊名《正畸学进展》（Fortschritte der Kieferorthopädie）问世。

• Volume numbering has run without a restart, so the 1996 volume is numbered 57 and the 2026 volume is 87.卷号一路沿用而未重新起算，1996 年已是第 57 卷，2026 年为第 87 卷。

• In January 1996 the journal took its present bilingual title, adding an English name for an international readership.1996 年 1 月，该刊启用现今的双语刊名，为国际读者增设英文名。

• At that point it was published in Munich by Urban & Vogel, and the imprint still reflects the German publishing house.当时该刊由慕尼黑的 Urban & Vogel 出版，出版印记至今仍带有这家德国出版社的痕迹。

• The English title brought MEDLINE coverage, which begins with volume 57.英文刊名带来 MEDLINE 收录，覆盖范围自第 57 卷起。

• Springer now publishes the journal, and the full text is hosted on SpringerLink together with a digitised back file that reaches the 1931 volume.如今该刊由 Springer 出版，全文在 SpringerLink 上发布，数字化过刊可回溯至 1931 年的首卷。

• The journal appears six times a year, with the November 2026 issue closing volume 87.该刊每年出版六期，2026 年 11 月一期为第 87 卷的收尾。

• It is a hybrid journal, and about 160 articles have appeared in open access since the option was introduced.该刊为混合开放获取期刊，自开放获取选项设立以来已有约 160 篇论文以此形式发表。

• The 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 1.9, against a five-year figure of 2.1.2025 年影响因子为 1.9，五年影响因子为 2.1。

• In the Journal Citation Reports it sits in the third quartile of dentistry, oral surgery and medicine, ranked 86 of 165.在期刊引证报告中，该刊位于牙科、口腔外科与医学类的第三四分位，排名 86/165。

• Recent impact factors moved from 2.341 in 2022 to 1.3 in 2023 and 1.6 in 2024 before reaching 1.9 in 2025.近年影响因子从 2022 年的 2.341 降至 2023 年的 1.3，2024 年为 1.6，2025 年回升至 1.9。

• Springer reports a median of ten days from submission to first decision and 207,600 downloads in 2025.Springer 报告的中位初审时间为十天，2025 年下载量约 20.76 万次。

• The journal is indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded, MEDLINE and PubMed.该刊被 Science Citation Index Expanded、MEDLINE 与 PubMed 收录。

• Society news still appears in a Mitteilungen section, as in the November 2026 issue, and the German name stays on the cover.学会消息仍以 Mitteilungen 专栏出现，2026 年 11 月一期即是如此，德文刊名也保留在封面上。

Editors

• The Editor-in-Chief is Andreas Jäger, professor at the Department for Orthodontics of the University Hospital Bonn.主编（Andreas Jäger）是波恩大学附属医院正畸科的教授。

• He is supported by ten section editors, each responsible for a defined part of the remit and named on the board page.他由十位分栏编辑协助，每位负责一个明确的方向，并在编委页上列名。

• Computer sciences and materials science fall to Kathrin Becker of Charité, the Berlin university hospital.计算机科学与材料科学由柏林夏里特医学院的（Kathrin Becker）负责。

• Reviews and meta-analyses are handled by Christian Kirschneck of Bonn, who also works on brackets and appliance systems.综述与荟萃分析由波恩的（Christian Kirschneck）处理，他的研究也涉及托槽与矫治器系统。

• Orthodontic appliances are the remit of Bernd Koos of Tübingen, who is also president of the German Orthodontic Society.矫治器方向由图宾根的（Bernd Koos）负责，他同时担任德国正畸学会主席。

• Clinical studies are covered by six section editors, among them Till Köhne in Leipzig and Heike Korbmacher-Steiner in Giessen.临床研究由六位分栏编辑分担，其中包括莱比锡的（Till Köhne）与吉森的（Heike Korbmacher-Steiner）。

• Teresa Kruse in Cologne and Philipp Meyer-Marcotty in Göttingen belong to the same clinical group, as does Eva Paddenberg-Schubert in Regensburg.科隆的（Teresa Kruse）与哥廷根的（Philipp Meyer-Marcotty）同属这一临床组，雷根斯堡的（Eva Paddenberg-Schubert）也在其中。

• Bernd Zimmer of Kassel, vice-president of the society, is also a section editor and handles clinical submissions.卡塞尔的（Bernd Zimmer）身为学会副主席，同时以分栏编辑身份处理临床稿件。

• Basic biological research is led by Agnes Schröder at the University Hospital Regensburg, where the oral biology laboratory is based.基础生物学研究由雷根斯堡大学附属医院的（Agnes Schröder）主持，口腔生物学实验室即设在该院。

• The board is drawn mainly from German university clinics, which keeps the journal close to the society's teaching base.编委主要来自德国各大学附属医院，这使该刊与学会的教学基地保持紧密联系。

• Manuscripts are assessed by external referees, while the society's statements pass through a separate editorial route.稿件由外部审稿人评估，学会声明则走单独的编辑流程。

• The journal publishes in English and prints the society's German-language notices without translation, so both languages appear in every volume.该刊以英文发表论文，学会的德语通告不加翻译照原样刊出，因此每卷都同时出现两种语言。