Editorial
Anuna Laila Mathew
Abstract
Journal of Oral Medicine (IPOM) Anuna Laila Mathew Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Pushpagiri College of Dental Sciences, Kerala, India. Editorial Note I am pleased to introduce International Journal of Oral Medicine (IPOM) which is an open access includes a wide range of fields in its discipline. Scope of the journal includes Oral Medicine, Oral Medical Surgery, Oral Health, Oral and maxillofacial Radiology, Oral diagnosis, Oral Medicine Pathology, Oral Dentistry, Oral rehabilitation, Prosthodontics, Orofacial Dental Surgery, Oral denture care, Oral and Maxillofacial Prosthodontics, Endodontology. We have been started in year 2008 International Journal of Oral Medicine is growing continuously. It is our pleasure to announce that during year 2020, all issues of volume 12 were published online on time and the print issues were also brought out and dispatched within 30 days of publishing the issue online. All published articles of this journal are included in the indexing and abstracting coverage of CAS Source Index (CASSI), Index Copernicus, Google Scholar, Sherpa Romeo, Academic Journals Database, GenamicsJournalSeek, JournalTOCs, CiteFactor, Electronic Journals Library, RefSeek, Hamdard University, EBSCO A-Z, Directory of Abstract Indexing for Journals, World Catalogue of Scientific Journals, OCLC- WorldCat, Scholarsteer, SWB online catalog, Virtual Library of Biology (vifabio), Publons, Dtufindit, Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research. During the calendar year 2020, International Journal of Oral Medicine received a total of 30 papers, out of which 6 articles were rejected in the preliminary screening due to plagiarism or being out of the format and peer review process. During 2020 around 16 articles were subjected for publication after they are accepted in the peer review process. In the 4 issues of Volume 12 published during the year 2020, a total of 16 articles were published (at an average of 3 articles per issue of which, articles were published from authors all around the world. A total of 30 research scientists from all over the world reviewed the 16 articles published in volume 12. Average publication period of an article was further reduced to 14-21 days. During the calendar year 2020, a total of three Editors, ten Reviewers joined the board of IPOM and contributed their valuable services towards contribution as well as publication of articles, and their valuable reviewer comments will beneficial to publish quality of article in the Journal. I take this opportunity to acknowledge the contribution of Editor-in-chief and Associate Editor during the final editing of articles published and bringing out issues of IPOM in time. I would also like to express my gratitude to all the authors, reviewers, the publisher, language editor, honorary editors, the scientific advisory and the editorial board of IPOM, the office bearers for their support in bringing out the new volume (Volume 13) of IPOM for the calendar year 2021 and look forward to their unrelenting support further to release more issues for International Journal of Oral Medicine IPOM in scheduled time