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Orthodontic Waves
Orthodontic Waves is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by Taylor and Francis Ltd..
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ISSN 1344-0241Verify ISSN ↗1878-1837Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd.
Cost to publish: About US$3,000 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is Orthodontic Waves indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (2006–2022).
What is the impact factor of Orthodontic Waves?
Orthodontic Waves has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.
How much does it cost to publish in Orthodontic Waves?
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,000 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Who publishes Orthodontic Waves and what is its ISSN?
Orthodontic Waves is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. Its print ISSN is 1344-0241 and its online ISSN is 1878-1837.
Is Orthodontic Waves in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Orthodontic Waves open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed Orthodontic Waves for 17 years, between 2006 and 2022. Coverage ended in 2022, 4 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 638 works and 2,336 citations for the title. Its most recent paper is from 2021, in line with the end of Scopus coverage in 2022, which suggests the journal stopped publishing around then.
How well cited is Orthodontic Waves? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Orthodontic Waves has an h-index of 19 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
Orthodontic Waves published 26 papers in 2021; its busiest recent year was 2013 with 45. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. Updated 2026-10-14.
Who publishes in Orthodontic Waves? — latest 26 articles, 2021
In its latest 26 research articles (2021), authors are most often from Japan (28.2%), India (16.2%) and Thailand (11.5%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Are there integrity warnings for Orthodontic Waves? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2022. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2022
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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