About the Journal

International Journal of Community Dentistry, a publication of, a publication of MM Publishers is a peer-reviewed online journal with a Semiannual compilation of articles published.

The journal will cover technical and clinical studies related to health, ethical and social issues in field of Oral health, community health, epidemiology, dental public health. Articles with clinical interest and implications will be given preference.

International Journal of Community Dentistry, a publication of MM Publishers, is a peer-reviewed online journal with a Semiannual compilation of articles published. The journal allows free access (Open Access) to its contents and permits authors to self-archive final accepted version of the articles on any OAI-compliant institutional / subject-based repository.

Abstracting and Indexing Information

The journal is registered with the following abstracting partners:

Baidu Scholar, CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure), EBSCO Publishing's Electronic Databases, Ex Libris – Primo Central, Google Scholar, Hinari, Infotrieve, Netherlands ISSN centre, ProQuest, TDNet, Wanfang Data

Open Access Publication and Creative Commons Licensing

Copyright on any open access article in a journal published by MM Publishers is retained by the author(s).

  • Authors grant MM Publishers a License/Journal Publishing agreement to publish the article and identify itself as the original publisher.

  • Authors also grant any third party the right to use the article freely as long as its integrity is maintained and its original authors, citation details and publisher are identified.

  • The Creative Commons - Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)  formalizes these and other terms and conditions of publishing articles. This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.

  • To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA.

All articles published by MM Publishers are made immediately available worldwide under the Open Access License. This means that everyone has free and unlimited access to full-text of all the articles, everyone is free to re-use the published material if proper accreditation/citation of the original publication is given;

Open access publication is supported by MM Publishers. International Journal of Community Dentistry currently has no Article Processing Charges. There are no submission charges for the articles.

The Journal provides for long-term digital preservation with direct upload of published articles into this website and through PKP Preservation network.

Aims & Scope of the journal

Aims

  • To promote the research related to Community Health and Public Health Dentistry. 

  • To provide a platform and to enable researchers to communicate their research findings to the community.

  • To provide optimal oral care for public through the basic and clinical research.

Scope

The journal will cover technical and clinical studies related to health and research, their ethical and social issues in the fields of Oral health, Community health, Epidemiology, Oral diseases, Oral cancer, Biostatistics and Research Methodology, Environmental Health, Prevention, and treatment modalities to improve dental public health. Articles with clinical interest and implications will be given preference.

Journal Ethics

MM Publishers are committed to maintaining stringent standards in Publication Ethics. We duly adhere to the guidelines set by  Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), and the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME), that set standards and provide guidelines for best practices in order to meet these requirements.

Editorial Process and Peer review policy

All research articles, and most other article types, published by MM Publishers undergo peer review. This usually involves review by at least two independent, blinded, expert peer reviewers; refer to the specific journal's page for details.

All submissions to our journals are first reviewed for completeness and only then sent to be assessed by an Editor who will decide whether they are suitable for peer review. Where an Editor is on the author list or has any other competing interest regarding a specific manuscript, another member of the Editorial Board will be assigned to oversee the peer review.

Editors will consider the peer-reviewed reports when making a decision but are not bound by the opinions or recommendations therein. A concern raised by a single peer reviewer or the Editor themself may result in the manuscript being rejected. Authors receive peer review reports with the editorial decision on their manuscript.

Archiving Policy and Repository Policy

We have Manuscript Submission Supported by OJS (Open Journal Systems was developed by the Public Knowledge Project) and archiving Policy with PKP Preservation Network.

Metadata associated with this Archival Unit includes:

Journal URL: https://www.editorialmanager.in/index.php/ijcd

Title - International Journal of Community Dentistry

Publisher - MM Publications

Description - International Journal of Community Dentistry

ISSN - 2589-8388

Language(s) - English (en_US)

Publisher Email: editorijcd.sdc@ saveetha.com

Copyright Rights: This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

We are storing articles on our own journal website. https://mmpub.squarespace.com/archivesijcd

About the Saveetha University

Saveetha Institute of Medical And Technical Sciences, SAVEETHA UNIVERSITY (https://www.saveetha.com) is based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu state of Southern India. It is the largest Specialist Centre for Education of all disciplines like Medicine, Dental Surgery, Engineering, Physiotherapy, Nursing, Law, and Management. Students are drawn from all walks of life, from all sides of India, and from all directions of the globe making it the most ethnically diverse learning centre. Students stay here for more than three to six years depending on their learning objectives. The Infrastructure, Programmes, Accreditations, and Partnerships further reaffirm the University's leadership position.