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South African Dental Journal

Academy of Science of South Africa
Academy of Science of South Africa
ISSN: 25190105, 03751562

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Years of issue
2024-2025
journal names
South African Dental Journal
Publications
624
Citations
465
h-index
7
Publications
430
Citations
454
Top-3 citing journals
BMC Oral Health
BMC Oral Health (22 citations)
Cureus
Cureus (14 citations)
Top-3 organizations
Top-3 countries
South Africa (406 publications)
India (12 publications)
USA (10 publications)
South Africa (219 publications)
USA (7 publications)
United Kingdom (6 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Citing journals

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South African Dental Journal
32 citations, 6.88%
BMC Oral Health
22 citations, 4.73%
Cureus
14 citations, 3.01%
Health SA Gesondheid
13 citations, 2.8%
Frontiers in Oral Health
12 citations, 2.58%
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
8 citations, 1.72%
Dentistry Journal
7 citations, 1.51%
PLoS ONE
7 citations, 1.51%
Journal of Clinical Medicine
7 citations, 1.51%
Materials
6 citations, 1.29%
Healthcare
5 citations, 1.08%
Scientific Reports
5 citations, 1.08%
European Journal of Dental Education
5 citations, 1.08%
Open Dentistry Journal
5 citations, 1.08%
Diagnostics
5 citations, 1.08%
Saudi Dental Journal
4 citations, 0.86%
International Dental Journal
4 citations, 0.86%
International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry
4 citations, 0.86%
Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials
4 citations, 0.86%
Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
4 citations, 0.86%
British Dental Journal
4 citations, 0.86%
European Journal of Dentistry
4 citations, 0.86%
Clinical Case Reports
4 citations, 0.86%
Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice
4 citations, 0.86%
International Journal of Dentistry
4 citations, 0.86%
F1000Research
4 citations, 0.86%
International Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry
4 citations, 0.86%
Case Reports in Dentistry
3 citations, 0.65%
Special Care in Dentistry
3 citations, 0.65%
Journal of Orthodontic Science
3 citations, 0.65%
Journal of International Oral Health
3 citations, 0.65%
International Journal of Legal Medicine
3 citations, 0.65%
Journal of Endodontics
3 citations, 0.65%
Polymers
3 citations, 0.65%
European Journal of General Dentistry
3 citations, 0.65%
BMC Public Health
3 citations, 0.65%
Journal of Public Health in Africa
3 citations, 0.65%
Dental update
3 citations, 0.65%
Australian Dental Journal
3 citations, 0.65%
Coatings
3 citations, 0.65%
Journal of the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa
3 citations, 0.65%
Srpski Arhiv Za Celokupno Lekarstvo
2 citations, 0.43%
Clinical and Experimental Dental Research
2 citations, 0.43%
Risk Management and Healthcare Policy
2 citations, 0.43%
Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology
2 citations, 0.43%
International Orthodontics
2 citations, 0.43%
Journal of International Society of Preventive and Community Dentistry
2 citations, 0.43%
Journal of Esthetic and Restorative Dentistry
2 citations, 0.43%
Journal of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery
2 citations, 0.43%
International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Marketing
2 citations, 0.43%
Saudi Endodontic Journal
2 citations, 0.43%
Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences
2 citations, 0.43%
Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry
2 citations, 0.43%
Australian Endodontic Journal
2 citations, 0.43%
Medicina
2 citations, 0.43%
Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dentistry
2 citations, 0.43%
Forensic Science International: Synergy
2 citations, 0.43%
Heliyon
2 citations, 0.43%
Biomedicines
2 citations, 0.43%
African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine
2 citations, 0.43%
Biomaterials Advances
2 citations, 0.43%
Public Health Challenges
2 citations, 0.43%
Oral
2 citations, 0.43%
Frontiers in Dental Medicine
2 citations, 0.43%
Journal of Health and Allied Sciences NU
2 citations, 0.43%
Acta Stomatologica Marisiensis Journal
2 citations, 0.43%
Medicinski Podmladak
2 citations, 0.43%
Journal of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics
2 citations, 0.43%
International Journal of Medical Informatics
1 citation, 0.22%
Health Promotion International
1 citation, 0.22%
Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
1 citation, 0.22%
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
1 citation, 0.22%
Emerging Infectious Diseases
1 citation, 0.22%
Antibiotics
1 citation, 0.22%
The South African journal of communication disorders. Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir Kommunikasieafwykings
1 citation, 0.22%
Journal of Academic Ethics
1 citation, 0.22%
Molecules
1 citation, 0.22%
Infectious Disorders - Drug Targets
1 citation, 0.22%
Journal of Personalized Medicine
1 citation, 0.22%
Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science
1 citation, 0.22%
Journal of Physics: Conference Series
1 citation, 0.22%
Nutrients
1 citation, 0.22%
Injury Epidemiology
1 citation, 0.22%
Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal
1 citation, 0.22%
Brain and Behavior
1 citation, 0.22%
Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
1 citation, 0.22%
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
1 citation, 0.22%
Plasma Medicine
1 citation, 0.22%
BMC Cancer
1 citation, 0.22%
Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice
1 citation, 0.22%
Development Southern Africa
1 citation, 0.22%
Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy
1 citation, 0.22%
Vojnosanitetski Pregled
1 citation, 0.22%
Journal of Public Health
1 citation, 0.22%
Brazilian Dental Journal
1 citation, 0.22%
Molecular Biotechnology
1 citation, 0.22%
BioMed Research International
1 citation, 0.22%
Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters
1 citation, 0.22%
European Journal of Medical Genetics
1 citation, 0.22%
BMC Health Services Research
1 citation, 0.22%
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Citing publishers

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Springer Nature
79 citations, 16.99%
MDPI
68 citations, 14.62%
Wiley
47 citations, 10.11%
Elsevier
42 citations, 9.03%
Academy of Science of South Africa
32 citations, 6.88%
AOSIS
27 citations, 5.81%
Frontiers Media S.A.
16 citations, 3.44%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
15 citations, 3.23%
Taylor & Francis
9 citations, 1.94%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
8 citations, 1.72%
Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishing
8 citations, 1.72%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
7 citations, 1.51%
Georg Thieme Verlag KG
7 citations, 1.51%
Hindawi Limited
7 citations, 1.51%
SAGE
6 citations, 1.29%
Medknow
6 citations, 1.29%
Oxford University Press
5 citations, 1.08%
King Saud University
5 citations, 1.08%
F1000 Research
4 citations, 0.86%
JMIR Publications
3 citations, 0.65%
IGI Global
3 citations, 0.65%
Walter de Gruyter
2 citations, 0.43%
Emerald
2 citations, 0.43%
2 citations, 0.43%
IOP Publishing
2 citations, 0.43%
George Warman Publications (Pty.) Ltd.
2 citations, 0.43%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
2 citations, 0.43%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
2 citations, 0.43%
National Library of Serbia
2 citations, 0.43%
Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science (CEON/CEES)
2 citations, 0.43%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
1 citation, 0.22%
Begell House
1 citation, 0.22%
Trans Tech Publications
1 citation, 0.22%
AIP Publishing
1 citation, 0.22%
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
1 citation, 0.22%
Index Copernicus
1 citation, 0.22%
Ankara University
1 citation, 0.22%
Savezno Ministarstvo Odbrane
1 citation, 0.22%
Korean Society of Nursing Science
1 citation, 0.22%
American Dental Education Association
1 citation, 0.22%
Korean Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology
1 citation, 0.22%
BMJ
1 citation, 0.22%
Mark Allen Group
1 citation, 0.22%
SciELO
1 citation, 0.22%
PAGEPress Publications
1 citation, 0.22%
Brieflands
1 citation, 0.22%
IntechOpen
1 citation, 0.22%
South Florida Publishing LLC
1 citation, 0.22%
Center for Strategic Studies in Business and Finance SSBFNET
1 citation, 0.22%
Scientific Scholar
1 citation, 0.22%
ООО "Эндо Пресс"
1 citation, 0.22%
Research Square Platform LLC
1 citation, 0.22%
XMLink
1 citation, 0.22%
Korean Academy of Stomatognathic Function and Occlusion
1 citation, 0.22%
Korean Academy of Dental Technology
1 citation, 0.22%
Apex Publishing
1 citation, 0.22%
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University of Pretoria
156 publications, 25%
University of the Witwatersrand
99 publications, 15.87%
University of the Western Cape
82 publications, 13.14%
Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University
71 publications, 11.38%
University of KwaZulu-Natal
24 publications, 3.85%
Durban University of Technology
9 publications, 1.44%
National Health Laboratory Services
6 publications, 0.96%
Asian Institute of Medicine, Science and Technology (AIMST University)
4 publications, 0.64%
University of Cape Town
4 publications, 0.64%
University of South Africa
4 publications, 0.64%
Stellenbosch University
3 publications, 0.48%
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
3 publications, 0.48%
University of Limpopo
3 publications, 0.48%
Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences
2 publications, 0.32%
University College London
2 publications, 0.32%
Yale University
2 publications, 0.32%
University of Johannesburg
2 publications, 0.32%
South African Medical Research Council
2 publications, 0.32%
Tygerberg Hospital
2 publications, 0.32%
Federal University of Technology Owerri
2 publications, 0.32%
University of Benin Teaching Hospital
2 publications, 0.32%
Moi University
2 publications, 0.32%
University of Plymouth
2 publications, 0.32%
Qassim University
1 publication, 0.16%
University of Sharjah
1 publication, 0.16%
Ajman University of Science and Technology
1 publication, 0.16%
Gulf Medical University
1 publication, 0.16%
Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
1 publication, 0.16%
Kerman University of Medical Sciences
1 publication, 0.16%
Post graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research
1 publication, 0.16%
Trakya University
1 publication, 0.16%
International Medical University
1 publication, 0.16%
University of Warwick
1 publication, 0.16%
King's College London
1 publication, 0.16%
University of Antwerp
1 publication, 0.16%
Johns Hopkins University
1 publication, 0.16%
University of the Free State
1 publication, 0.16%
Tshwane University of Technology
1 publication, 0.16%
Groote Schuur Hospital
1 publication, 0.16%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
1 publication, 0.16%
New York University
1 publication, 0.16%
University of California, San Francisco
1 publication, 0.16%
University of Michigan
1 publication, 0.16%
University of Pennsylvania
1 publication, 0.16%
University of Alberta
1 publication, 0.16%
University of Leicester
1 publication, 0.16%
University of Belgrade
1 publication, 0.16%
Indiana University Indianapolis
1 publication, 0.16%
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
1 publication, 0.16%
University of Nairobi
1 publication, 0.16%
Coventry University
1 publication, 0.16%
Bangor University
1 publication, 0.16%
Tallinn University of Technology
1 publication, 0.16%
Universidad de Guayaquil
1 publication, 0.16%
University of Eldoret
1 publication, 0.16%
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Publishing organizations in 5 years

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University of Pretoria
91 publications, 21.16%
University of the Witwatersrand
47 publications, 10.93%
Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University
41 publications, 9.53%
University of the Western Cape
41 publications, 9.53%
University of KwaZulu-Natal
17 publications, 3.95%
Durban University of Technology
7 publications, 1.63%
Yale University
2 publications, 0.47%
Stellenbosch University
2 publications, 0.47%
National Health Laboratory Services
2 publications, 0.47%
South African Medical Research Council
2 publications, 0.47%
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
2 publications, 0.47%
University of Limpopo
2 publications, 0.47%
Federal University of Technology Owerri
2 publications, 0.47%
University of Benin Teaching Hospital
2 publications, 0.47%
University of Plymouth
2 publications, 0.47%
University of Sharjah
1 publication, 0.23%
Ajman University of Science and Technology
1 publication, 0.23%
Gulf Medical University
1 publication, 0.23%
Kerman University of Medical Sciences
1 publication, 0.23%
Trakya University
1 publication, 0.23%
International Medical University
1 publication, 0.23%
Asian Institute of Medicine, Science and Technology (AIMST University)
1 publication, 0.23%
University College London
1 publication, 0.23%
King's College London
1 publication, 0.23%
University of Antwerp
1 publication, 0.23%
University of Cape Town
1 publication, 0.23%
University of South Africa
1 publication, 0.23%
Tshwane University of Technology
1 publication, 0.23%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
1 publication, 0.23%
University of Michigan
1 publication, 0.23%
University of Pennsylvania
1 publication, 0.23%
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
1 publication, 0.23%
University of Nairobi
1 publication, 0.23%
Moi University
1 publication, 0.23%
Bangor University
1 publication, 0.23%
Tallinn University of Technology
1 publication, 0.23%
Universidad de Guayaquil
1 publication, 0.23%
University of Eldoret
1 publication, 0.23%
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South Africa, 406, 65.06%
South Africa
406 publications, 65.06%
India, 12, 1.92%
India
12 publications, 1.92%
USA, 10, 1.6%
USA
10 publications, 1.6%
Brazil, 10, 1.6%
Brazil
10 publications, 1.6%
United Kingdom, 9, 1.44%
United Kingdom
9 publications, 1.44%
Malaysia, 5, 0.8%
Malaysia
5 publications, 0.8%
Nigeria, 5, 0.8%
Nigeria
5 publications, 0.8%
Kenya, 3, 0.48%
Kenya
3 publications, 0.48%
Libya, 3, 0.48%
Libya
3 publications, 0.48%
Saudi Arabia, 3, 0.48%
Saudi Arabia
3 publications, 0.48%
Australia, 2, 0.32%
Australia
2 publications, 0.32%
Canada, 2, 0.32%
Canada
2 publications, 0.32%
Germany, 1, 0.16%
Germany
1 publication, 0.16%
Belgium, 1, 0.16%
Belgium
1 publication, 0.16%
Zimbabwe, 1, 0.16%
Zimbabwe
1 publication, 0.16%
Iran, 1, 0.16%
Iran
1 publication, 0.16%
Cameroon, 1, 0.16%
Cameroon
1 publication, 0.16%
UAE, 1, 0.16%
UAE
1 publication, 0.16%
Serbia, 1, 0.16%
Serbia
1 publication, 0.16%
Sudan, 1, 0.16%
Sudan
1 publication, 0.16%
Turkey, 1, 0.16%
Turkey
1 publication, 0.16%
Switzerland, 1, 0.16%
Switzerland
1 publication, 0.16%
Ecuador, 1, 0.16%
Ecuador
1 publication, 0.16%
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Publishing countries in 5 years

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South Africa, 219, 50.93%
South Africa
219 publications, 50.93%
USA, 7, 1.63%
USA
7 publications, 1.63%
United Kingdom, 6, 1.4%
United Kingdom
6 publications, 1.4%
Brazil, 5, 1.16%
Brazil
5 publications, 1.16%
India, 5, 1.16%
India
5 publications, 1.16%
Nigeria, 4, 0.93%
Nigeria
4 publications, 0.93%
Libya, 3, 0.7%
Libya
3 publications, 0.7%
Malaysia, 2, 0.47%
Malaysia
2 publications, 0.47%
Germany, 1, 0.23%
Germany
1 publication, 0.23%
Australia, 1, 0.23%
Australia
1 publication, 0.23%
Belgium, 1, 0.23%
Belgium
1 publication, 0.23%
Zimbabwe, 1, 0.23%
Zimbabwe
1 publication, 0.23%
Iran, 1, 0.23%
Iran
1 publication, 0.23%
Cameroon, 1, 0.23%
Cameroon
1 publication, 0.23%
Canada, 1, 0.23%
Canada
1 publication, 0.23%
Kenya, 1, 0.23%
Kenya
1 publication, 0.23%
UAE, 1, 0.23%
UAE
1 publication, 0.23%
Saudi Arabia, 1, 0.23%
Saudi Arabia
1 publication, 0.23%
Turkey, 1, 0.23%
Turkey
1 publication, 0.23%
Ecuador, 1, 0.23%
Ecuador
1 publication, 0.23%
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