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Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal
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Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

1055-6656

Published by: SAGE

https://journals.sagepub.com/home/cpc

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Medicine 2822 30 40 7

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 79
Documents by Best Scientists*: 101
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 96
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.757
Impact Factor: 1.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal?

The journal primarily tackles Dentistry, Orthodontics, Surgery, Craniofacial and Anatomy. The Dentistry works featured in The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal incorporate elements from Congenital disease and Retrospective cohort study. Congenital disease works presented in The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal have a specific focus on Congenital cleft.

Research on Orthodontics addressed in The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal frequently intersections with the field of Radiography. The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal encompasses presentations on Surgery, specifically Velopharyngeal insufficiency, Palatoplasty, Fistula and Nose. The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Velopharyngeal insufficiency and Audiology.

Many of the studies tackled connect Craniofacial with a similar field of study like Pediatrics.

  • Dentistry (35.33%)
  • Orthodontics (21.67%)
  • Surgery (20.30%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Presurgical nasoalveolar molding in infants with cleft lip and palate. (376 citations)
  • Universal parameters for reporting speech outcomes in individuals with cleft palate. (296 citations)
  • A study of facial growth in patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate treated by the Oslo CLP Team. (284 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal:

The published papers are organized to reinforce research efforts on Dentistry, Craniofacial, Orthodontics, Surgery and El Niño. The journal papers address concerns in Dentistry which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Retrospective cohort study and Nose. In addition to Craniofacial research, the journal papers aim to explore topics under Pediatrics and Anatomy.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Internal medicine
  • Surgery
  • Disease

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal mainly deals with areas of study such as Orthodontics, In patient, Surgery, Craniofacial and Pediatrics. The studies in Orthodontics featured incorporate elements of Molding (process) and Dental occlusion. While the journal primarily focused on In patient, it also opened dialogues on disciplines such as Dentistry and Cone beam computed tomography.

Research on Surgery presented in The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal focuses, in particular, on Palatoplasty, Fistula and Velopharyngeal insufficiency.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • A Toolbox of Surgical Techniques for Palatal Fistula Repair. (4 citations)
  • Intelligibility in 3-Year-Olds With Cleft Lip and/or Palate Using the Intelligibility in Context Scale: Findings from the Cleft Collective Cohort Study: (3 citations)
  • Customized Pre-Epiglottic Baton Plate-A Practical Guide for Successful, Patient-Specific, Noninvasive Treatment of Neonates With Robin Sequence. (3 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Gunvor Semb (54 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • William C. Shaw (46 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Mark P. Mooney (42 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Birte Prahl-Andersen (40 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Nicola Marie Stock (40 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Boston Children's Hospital (248 papers) published 40 papers at the last edition, 23 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of São Paulo (127 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Pittsburgh (109 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 9 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (97 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Iowa (88 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 9.40% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 23.05% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 11.53% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.83% of all publications and 51.59% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

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Top Publications

  • Range and Frequency of Congenital Malformations Among Children With Cleft Lip and/or Palate

    (2022)
    22 Citations
  • The Effect of Earlier Bone Grafting, Prior to Orthodontic Treatment, on SWAG Ratings of Graft Outcomes:

    Catherine H Lowry;Ross E Long;Kathleen Russell;Kathleen Russell;Jennifer Q Giltner

    (2021)
    15 Citations
  • Defining Risk of Postoperative Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Patients With 22q11.2DS Undergoing Pharyngeal Flap Surgery for Velopharyngeal Dysfunction Using Polysomnographic Evaluation

    Alfred Lee;Brian L Chang;Cynthia Solot;Terrence B Crowley

    (2020)
    14 Citations
  • Maternal Vitamin B12 Status and Risk of Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate Birth Defects in Tamil Nadu State, India:

    Ronald G Munger;Rajarajeswari Kuppuswamy;Jyotsna Murthy;Kalpana Balakrishnan

    (2021)
    11 Citations
  • Early Secondary Alveolar Bone Grafting and Facial Growth of Patients with Complete Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate

    (2022)
    9 Citations
  • Educational Attainment of Children Born with Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate in the United Kingdom.

    Sukhraj S Grewal;Sirisha Ponduri;Sam D Leary;Yvonne Wren

    (2021)
    8 Citations
  • Cleft Lip and Palate in Ectodermal Dysplasia.

    Ingrid M. Ganske;Tim Irwin;Olivia Langa;Joseph Upton

    (2021)
    7 Citations
  • Longitudinal Skeletal Growth Analysis of Mandibular Asymmetry in Unoperated Patients With Unilateral Craniofacial Microsomia (UCFM)

    Pradip R Shetye;Barry H Grayson;Joseph G McCarthy

    (2021)
    7 Citations
  • Development of an Outcome Measure of Observable Signs of Health and Well-Being in Infants With Orofacial Clefts.

    Carrie L Heike;Carrie L Heike;Carrie L Heike;Meredith Albert;Meredith Albert;Cassandra L Aspinall;Cassandra L Aspinall;Suzel Bautista

    (2020)
    7 Citations
  • Clinical and Descriptive Study of Orofacial Clefts in Colombia: 2069 Patients From Operation Smile Foundation:

    Alejandro Silva Espinosa;Julio Cesar Martinez;Yubahhaline Molina;María Alejandra Bermúdez Gordillo

    (2021)
    5 Citations

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