British Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

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British Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

description Peer-reviewed journal
Area of ​​Expertise Dentistry
language English
publishing company Churchill Livingstone ( United Kingdom )
First edition 1964
Frequency of publication 8 issues per year
Web link Website of the journal
ISSN (print)

The British Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery , abbreviated Br. J. Oral Maxillofac. Surg. or BJOMS, is a scientific journal published by Churchill Livingstone-Blackwell-Verlag on behalf of the British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons . The journal was founded in 1963 under the name British Journal of Oral Surgery and changed to the current name in 1984. It appears eight issues a year. Papers are published that deal with surgical topics in the mouth, jaw, head and neck.

The impact factor in 2012 was 2.717. According to the statistics of the ISI Web of Knowledge , the journal with this impact factor ranks 10th out of 83 journals in the Dentistry & Maxillofacial Surgery category and 30th out of 199 journals in the Surgery category.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Website of the journal ; accessed on January 14, 2014.
  2. 2012 Journal Citation Reports, Science Edition (Thomson Reuters, 2013).