About the Journal

IIUM Journal of Orofacial and Health Sciences (IJOHS) is a peer-reviewed, biannual international journal, publishing two issues annually in February and July since 2021. The journal is dedicated to publishing high-quality scientific research in orofacial sciences, health sciences, and related interdisciplinary fields, encompassing basic, applied, and clinical research.

IJOHS welcomes the following types of submissions;

  • original research
  • review articles
  • case reports
  • technical reports
  • letter to the editor

Focus and Scope:

  • dental sciences
  • oral microbiology and immunology
  • oral maxillofacial and craniofacial surgery and imaging
  • dental stem cells and regenerative medicine
  • dental biomaterial
  • oral maxillofacial genetic and craniofacial deformities
  • dental public health
  • health sciences

Peer Review Process: All types of submissions will be subjected to a double-blinded peer-review process (neither authors nor reviewers know each other's name or affiliations), except for the submission under the category of 'Letter to Editor'. The latter will be reviewed by the Editorial team.

Each submission will go through this process:

  • Technical check
  • AI & plagiarism screening (Only articles with a similarity index of less than 25% will proceed with the peer-review process. Declaration of generative AI use is required in the manuscript)
  • Double-blind review
  • Revision by the author if required
  • Section Editor screening/decision
  • Acceptance and publication

Publishing with IJOHS is entirely free of charge.

We do not levy submission fees or Article Processing Charges (APCs), ensuring that editorial decisions remain unbiased by financial interests. Once published, all articles are available to the public at no cost.

Publisher

IIUM Press

International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM)

Open Access Policy

The IIUM Journal of Orofacial and Health Sciences follows the Open Access policy. All content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, and distribute.

Copyright Notice

Consent to publish: The Author(s) agree to publish their articles with IIUM Press.
 
Declaration: The Author(s) declare that the article has not been published before in any form and that it is not concurrently submitted to another publication, and also that it does not infringe on anyone's copyright. The Author(s) holds the IIUM Press and Editors of the journal harmless against all copyright claims.
 
Transfer of copyright: The Author(s) hereby agree to transfer the copyright of the article to IIUM Press, which shall have the exclusive and unlimited right to publish the article in any form, including in electronic media.  For the article with more than one author, the corresponding author confirms that he/she is authorized by his/her co-author(s) to grant this transfer of copyright.

IIUM Journal of Orofacial and Health Sciences at https://journals.iium.edu.my/ktn/index.php/ijohs/index is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Please read through our policies at the following link prior to submission:
IJOHS Publication Ethics
Open Access Policy & Copyright Notice
Privacy Statement