About the Journal

The Journal of Oral Research is the official publication of the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Concepción, Chile. Published continuously in digital format since 2014, the journal originated in 2012 as the reactivation of the Faculty's former Academic Journal. Throughout its history, it has experienced solid institutional growth. Currently, it has a core team comprised of the editor-in-chief, a translator, a designer, and seven associate editors, all affiliated with the University of Concepción. It also has an international and interdisciplinary Editorial Committee, composed of members external to the institution.

Dedicated to the dissemination of knowledge in oral sciences, the journal publishes original research articles, brief communications, systematic reviews, study protocols, case reports, commentaries, and perspectives. Its scope encompasses disciplines such as surgery, oral medicine and rehabilitation, craniofacial surgery, dentistry, orofacial pain, phonetics and swallowing, pathology, biomaterials, public health, and dental education, among other related areas.

As part of its ongoing development, the journal rigorously adapts to the requirements of indexing databases and constantly updates its editorial practices. This includes incorporating new technological trends, adopting innovative digital formats, and implementing strict ethical standards, such as the use of plagiarism detection software.

The Journal of Oral Research is a Diamond Open Access journal, meaning that the copyright holder of an academic work grants usage rights to third parties under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (creativecommons.org/by/4.0/). This license authorizes immediate and free access to the work, allowing any user to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, index them, use them as data in software, and publicly display any text published in the journal, provided it is not for commercial purposes, the source is properly cited, and reference is made to the original publication.

Dedicated to disseminating knowledge in oral sciences, the journal publishes original research articles, brief communications, systematic reviews, study protocols, case reports, commentaries, and perspectives. Its scope encompasses disciplines such as surgery, oral medicine and rehabilitation, craniofacial surgery, dentistry, orofacial pain, speech and swallowing, pathology, biomaterials, public health, and dental education, among other related areas. The Journal of Oral Research is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ, LILACS, Latindex (Directory and Catalog), Free Medical Journals, IMBIOMED, ​​the VHL Regional Portal, DIALNET, JournalTOCs, REBIUN, REDIB, and Google Scholar. It is also a member of COPE and part of the Chilean Network of Academic Journals.

Authors grant the Journal of Oral Research the rights to publish and disseminate selected and reviewed works in the journal, in print, electronic, or any other format, as well as for inclusion in catalogs, libraries, servers, or websites. The authors retain all copyright and publication rights to their articles.