Research Publications
Members receive online access to Journal of Dental Research and JDR Clinical & Translational Research , keeping them up to date on the latest dental, oral, and craniofacial research. Access also includes OnlineFirst articles, Editor’s Choice collections, podcasts, RSS feeds, and social sharing tools.
Journal of Dental Research
The JDR holds a 2-year impact factor in the “Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine” category at 6.6, ranking #5 of 165 journals. This news comes from the 2025 Journal Citation Reports® (Clarivate Analytics, 2026). The impact factor is a measure of the frequency with which the average article in a journal has been cited in a particular year and helps to evaluate a journal’s relative importance, especially when compared with others in the same field.
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JDR Clinical & Translational Research
The JDR Clinical & Translational Research is a quarterly publication. The peer-reviewed journal is dedicated to publishing original dental, oral, and craniofacial research at the interface between discovery science and clinical application with the translation of research into healthcare delivery systems at the individual patient, clinical practice, and community levels. The JDR CTR hold a 2-year impact factor in the “Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine” category at 2.0 ranking #81 of 165 journals.
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The Latest Research
Water fluoridation (WF) is an important preventive program against dental caries. Recent Cochrane reviews reported only limited new scientific evidence of WF. This research aimed to provide contemporary evidence on the causal relationship between WF and ...
Meckel’s cartilage (MC) is a transient scaffold for lower jaw development whose degradation is essential for normal mandibular morphogenesis, with defects leading to micrognathia or mandibular dysmorphogenesis. Here we investigate the timing and tissue ...
Traditional photodynamic therapy (PDT), chemodynamic therapy (CDT), and photothermal therapy (PTT) for oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) face inherent limitations, including oxygen dependence, insufficient endogenous H2O2, and nonspecific thermal ...
Amelogenesis, the formation of dental enamel, is driven by specialized epithelial cells called ameloblasts, which undergo successive stages of differentiation. Developmental defects in enamel are common in humans, and they can greatly impact the well-...
Additional Publications
Advances in Dental Research, a supplement to the Journal of Dental Research coverall all areas of dental, oral, and craniofacial research. Advances supplements can include conference proceedings, workshops and symposia. Advances issues are approved by the JDR Editor-in-Chief and can include participation by a Guest Editor expert.
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