About Experimental Biology and Medicine
Scope
The Oral Biology and Oral Disease Section is dedicated to publishing high-quality basic, translational, and mechanistic research that advances the understanding of the biological foundations, etiopathogenesis, and progression of diseases and conditions affecting the oral cavity.
This section emphasizes studies elucidating cellular, molecular, immunological, and microbial mechanisms that govern oral tissue homeostasis, host defense, dysbiosis, inflammation, tissue destruction, and repair across oral mucosal, periodontal, dental, and craniofacial tissues. We particularly encourage investigations into immune regulation, host-microbiome interactions, barrier function, and the molecular pathways involved in tissue remodeling, regeneration, wound healing, and stem cell biology within oral environments.
We also welcome studies exploring the local and systemic consequences of chronic oral inflammation, as well as the mechanistic influence of systemic conditions, environmental exposures, and lifestyle factors (such as diabetes, smoking, aging, and metabolic or immune-mediated disorders) on oral disease initiation, severity, and progression.
Scope of Interest Includes
- Cellular, molecular, and translational studies addressing the biology and pathogenesis of oral diseases and conditions, including periodontal diseases, peri-implant diseases, oral mucosal disorders, dental and pulpal diseases, oral cancers and other inflammatory or immune-mediated conditions of the oral cavity;
- Mechanistic investigations using in vitro systems, animal models, and human clinical samples relevant to oral biology and disease;
- Host–microbiome interactions, immune responses, and inflammatory pathways in oral health and disease;
- Tissue remodeling, regeneration, wound healing, and stem cell biology in oral and craniofacial tissues;
- Genetic, epigenetic, transcriptomic, proteomic, metabolomic, and multi-omics approaches applied to oral health and disease;
- Mechanistic studies linking oral diseases and conditions to systemic health and disease
Out of Scope
Purely descriptive clinical studies, routine clinical procedures, non-surgical and surgical technique reports, prosthodontics, restorative dentistry, and single or limited case reports without a clear mechanistic or biological focus.
Associate Editor
Poliana Mendes Duarte Reis, University of Florida, USA.
Advisory board and editorial team
SEBM’s Publications Committee and EBM’s Editorial Board provides strategic and professional advice to the Editor-in-Chief. The journal recognizes the following Editorial Board members for their continuous guidance and support of the journal:
Editor-in-Chief
Nicola Conran, University of Campinas, Brazil
Deputy Editors
Sulev Koks, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia
Shaw-Jeng Tsai, PhD, National Cheng-Kung University Medical College, Taiwan
Africa Editor
Gordon Awandare, PhD, University of Ghana, Africa
Asia Editor
Shaw-Jeng Tsai, PhD, National Cheng-Kung University Medical College, Taiwan
Americas Editor
Nicola Conran, PhD, University of Campinas, Brazil
Europe Editor
Farzin Farzaneh, PhD, King's College London, UK
Australia/Oceania Editor
Sulev Koks, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia
Journal information
Short name
Exp. Biol. Med.
Abbreviation
EBM
Electronic ISSN
1535-3699
Impact
3.8 Impact Factor
6.6 CiteScore
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Impact Metrics
The 2025 2-year Impact Factor is 3.8. This places the journal in the 2nd quartile of the ‘Medicine, Research and Experimental’ category.
The 2025 5-year Impact Factor is 4.0
The 2025 CiteScore is 6.6. This places the journal in the 77th percentile of the ‘Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology’ category.
BioCore
The Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine has recently become a part of BioCore, a society publishing consortium, alongside The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB), Society for the Study of Reproduction (SSR), and Shock Society. This is a new collaborative initiative designed to strengthen society-led publishing in the biological and biomedical sciences with a shared mission: to strengthen publishing integrity, increase their publications reach and impact, ensure long-term financial sustainability, and further amplify the collective voice of the scientific societies and their communities.
Find out more and explore the website here: https://www.biocore.org
Open access statement
EBM provides online free gold open access to the journal and all of its research publications.
Open Access funder and institutional mandates: EBM is fully compliant with open access mandates, by publishing its articles under the Creative Commons Attribution license (CC-BY). Funder mandates such as those by the Wellcome Trust (UK), National Institutes of Health (USA) and the Australian Research Council (Australia) are fully compatible with publishing in EBM. Authors retain copyright of their work and can deposit their publication in any repository. The work can be freely shared and adapted provided that appropriate credit is given and any changes specified.
Copyright statement
Under the Conditions for Website Use and the General Conditions for Authors, authors of articles published in EBM retain copyright on their articles, except for any third-party images and other materials added by EBM, which are subject to copyright of their respective owners. Authors are therefore free to disseminate and re-publish their articles, subject to any requirements of third-party copyright owners and subject to the original publication being fully cited. Visitors may also download and forward articles subject to the citation requirements and subject to any fees EBM’s publisher, Frontiers, may charge for downloading licenses. The ability to copy, download, forward or otherwise distribute any materials is always subject to any copyright notices displayed. Copyright notices must be displayed prominently and may not be obliterated, deleted or hidden, totally or partially.
Quality
Each EBM article strives for the highest quality, thanks to genuinely collaborative interactions between authors, editors and reviewers. EBM encourages authors to consult the instructions for authors guidelines prior to submission.
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