The Annals of Maxillofacial Surgery is the official publication of Indian Academy of Maxillofacial Surgery, a premier association of Maxillofacial Surgeons in India. The Journal intends to serve as a scientific platform for all members of the association as well as all Maxillofacial Surgeons. The journal shall publish papers of the highest scientific merit and widest possible scope on work in oral and maxillofacial surgery and allied specialties. The forms of publication include scientific reports on human subjects in the form of original articles, brief reports, case reports, review articles, special communications and technical note that enrich the maxillofacial surgical literature. The journal intends to publish all the association activities and will publish consensus to lay down the guidelines for different surgical procedures and treatment modalities based on vast experience of the national and international faculty members of the Academy.
The Annals of Maxillofacial Surgery is a peer reviewed, open access journal that promotes spread of the maxillofacial surgical knowledge among the maxillofacial surgeons as well as allied fields.
The Journal is divided into sections, ensuring every aspect of oral and maxillofacial surgery is covered fully through a range of invited review articles, leading clinical and research articles, technical notes, abstracts, case reports and others. The sections include:
- Congenital and craniofacial deformities
- Orthognathic Surgery/Aesthetic facial surgery
- Trauma
- TMJ disorders
- Head and neck oncology
- Reconstructive surgery
- Implantology/Dentoalveolar surgery
- Clinical Pathology
- Research and emerging technologies
Speedy reviewing and electronic processing means that articles are published as rapidly as possible. Accepted articles are published rapidly online first, and the web site is an important resource for the field.
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, National Science Library, ProQuest, TDNet, Wanfang Data
The journal is indexed with, or included in, the following:
PubMed Central, SCOPUS
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Open Access Publication and Creative Commons Licensing
This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 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.
Digital Archiving
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CLOCKSS will enable any library to maintain their own archive of content from Wolters Kluwer Medknow and other publishers, with minimal technical effort and using cheaply available hardware.
Ahead of Print policy
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