About the Journal | Al-Rafidain Dental Journal

Al-Rafidain Dental Journal (RDENTJ) is a semiannual, double-blind, peer-reviewed, open-access scientific journal, a scholarly publication in the area of dentistry. All articles are published online and immediately available to read, download, share, and reuse. All manuscripts should be submitted through our online manuscript management system. The author should first register in our system and then submit their manuscript. Articles are published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC‑BY) license, which permits users to read, print, download, redistribute, translate, text-mine, and reuse extracts from the work. Published by the College of Dentistry, University of Mosul since 2001, the journal releases two issues annually in March and September. Each issue contains peer-reviewed articles across the journal’s scope. The journal maintains a regular publishing schedule.

Al‑Rafidain Dental Journal is a peer‑reviewed, open‑access publication in dental science. Upon acceptance, authors are billed an Article Processing Charge (APC). There are no other fees (for example, submission, page, or color charges). The Article Processing Charge for the journal is 100.000 IQD for authors. No governmental or non-governmental organization financially supports the journal.

Al-Rafidain Dental Journal publishes original research papers in all dental fields, including periodontics, orthodontics, restorative and aesthetic dentistry, preventive and pediatric dentistry, prosthodontics, oral medicine and pathology, oral and maxillofacial surgery, dental biomaterials, as well as clinically relevant oral biology and pharmacotherapy. The entire journal's archive is available online (since 2001), and archived issues from past years are publicly available on the journal's website for verification.

Editorial members are selected based on academic expertise, publication record, and relevant peer-review experience.
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