Review Article

Differentiating Gender and Sex in Dental Research: A Narrative Review

Table 1

Journal and publisher policy regarding sex and gender in the 20 journals with the highest impact factor in dentistry.

JournalPublisherImpact factor 2021Journal guidelinesEditor guidelines

Journal of clinical periodontologyWiley8,728NoneNone
Periodontology 2000Wiley7,589NoneNone
Journal of periodontologyWiley6,993NoneNone
Journal of dental researchSage publication inc6,116NoneCorrect use of the term gender and sex required and have to be reported
Clinical oral implant researchWiley5,977NoneNone
Journal of oral microbiologyTaylor and francis5,474NoneNone
Oral oncologyElsevier5,337The term sex and gender should be used correctly, and the use of an inclusive language is recommendedCorrect use of the term gender and sex required
Dental materialsElsevier5,304The term sex and gender should be used correctlyCorrect use of the term gender and sex required
International endodontic journalWiley5,264NoneNone
Journal of prosthodontic researchElsevier4,642NoneCorrect use of the term gender and sex required
Journal of periodontal researchWiley4,419NoneNone
Journal of dentistryElsevier4,379The term sex and gender should be used correctlyCorrect use of the term gender and sex required
Journal of oral pathology medicineWiley4,253NoneNone
Journal of endodonticsElsevier4,171The term sex and gender should be used correctly to have a representative human populationCorrect use of the term gender and sex required
Caries researchKarger publisher4,056NoneNone
Clinical implant dentistry and related researchWiley3,932NoneNone
Journal of prosthetic dentistryElsevier3,426NoneCorrect use of the term gender and sex required
European journal of oral implantologyQuintessence3,123NoneNone
European journal of orthodonticsOxford academic3,075NoneNone
American journal of orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedicsElsevier2,650The term sex and gender should be used correctly to have a representative human populationCorrect use of the term gender and sex required