Journal profile

Head & face medicine

Publisher: BioMed Central
ISSN1746-160X FormatOnline StatusCurrently indexed

Journal Citation Impact

Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.

Impact Factor
3.61
Citation rate 3.80 479 total citations
h5-index 26 h5 depth signal
Cited share 83.5% 106 of 127
Total citations 479 Citation footprint
Metric signal 4.69 External metric anchor
Self-citation 2.5% 12 self-citations

Citations Trend

Monthly Publications Cadence

Citing Geographic Demographics

Germany 197
China 136
Turkey 26
Italy 20
United States 20

Citing Fields of Research

Dentistry & Oral Medicine 377
Cosmetic Surgery 117
Oncology 39
Auditory Loss 27
Chronobiology 22

Publishing Activity & Reach

Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.

All-time article footprint 989 Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set 127 106 cited publications
Last 12 months 114 9.5 publications/month
Open access share 100.0% 114 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country Germany 197 citing publications
Leading citing field Dentistry & Oral Medicine 377 citing publications
Latest tracked publication 19 October 2026 10 recent records available

Coverage & Indexing History

MEDLINE
v1, 2005-
PubMed
v1, 2005-
PMC
Active Coverage

Research Focus & Classification

Indexed Subjects

Dentistry & Oral Medicine

Broad Categories

Dentistry Medicine Orthopedics Dentistry & Oral Medicine

MeSH Descriptors

Face Head Skull

Latest Publications

Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.

05
Adrian Hankewycz, Prasad Nalabothu, Manu Sharma et al.
Objective: To evaluate the clinical acceptability, at first refinement, of eight anterior tooth movement categories during Invisalign ® clear aligner therapy in adults and to assess the independent contributions of tooth position, prescr...
06
Juliana-Theresa Schell, Bert Braumann, Teresa Kruse et al.
Background: Children born with cleft lip and palate (CLP) require intensive interdisciplinary care from birth onward. Intraoral scanners (IOS) have emerged as a promising alternative for neonatal maxillary data acquisition. This study ev...

Bibliographical & Catalog Notes

Title from PDF caption (publisher Web site, viewed Sept. 29, 2005).

Latest issue consulted: 1:6 (1 Sept. 2005) (viewed Sept. 29, 2005).

Articles are added consecutively to current annual v.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.