Research Journals

[trypmo]

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I'm not yet familiar with the names of the more prominent dental research journals, so I thought I'd ask.
Yeah, I can look up listings and do searches, but that doesn't necessarily tell me which are more
prestigious and/or contain more worthwhile articles. I need your opinions, o ye of experience!

 

[UBTom]

When you search for articles then pull the journals off the stacks at the library, all you need to do is look at the publishing information-- Is it a peer-reviewed journal?

Peer-reviewed journals are the "gold standard" when it comes to published research.

HTH.

 

[trypmo]

Originally posted by UBTom
When you search for articles then pull the journals off the stacks at the library, all you need to do is look at the publishing information-- Is it a peer-reviewed journal?

Peer-reviewed journals are the "gold standard" when it comes to published research.

HTH.

Definitely true, and actually, I was referring to the differences among peer-reviewed journals themselves.

Example: which is it more admirable to have been published in: JADA or JDR?

In my field (physics), it goes (more or less):
#1: Science, Nature
#2: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA
#3: Physical Review Letters
Then: All the rest (I'm sure I've forgotten 1 or 2 that belong up there too).

I guess I was wondering whether there's a similar "heirarchy" in the dental field.

Thanks for your reply; I look forward to learning more!

 

[gryffindor]

Originally posted by trypmo
Example: which is it more admirable to have been published in: JADA or JDR?

Through the research I've done in dental school, I haven't encountered a hierarchy like you mentioned yet. As far as I know, it would be good to get published in either JADA or JDR. They're different types of journals. The articles in JADA are much more clinically oriented than JDR; stuff they publish in JADA is read by lots of practicing dentists and is meant to be information they can relate to practice. JDR is a more "scientific" journal in that the articles published in there are more likely to be read by academic dentists (combined DDS/PhD) and PhD scientists who work in dental fields. The articles in JDR often include information at the molecular level which can't be applied directly to clinical dentistry. JDR is the journal of the Int'l Association for Dental Research (IADR). The IADR holds the largest dental research meeting each year and dental researchers from all over the world attend to present their findings. Check out their website for more info - www.iadr.org.

If I had to pick one, I'd go with JADA only because stuff published in there is held to be the "gold standard" in dentistry, like the guidelines for antibiotic premedication for dental treatment. However, that is a clinical dentistry example and I feel academic dentistry is just as crucial to advance our profession so that's why JDR is just as good.

As far as other prominent dental journals, I think it varies by specialty, however, I don't read them often enough to give you any names off the top of my head.

 

[trypmo]

Awesome -- thanks, griffin! That's just the kind of info I was lookin' for. I had found the AADR before, but somehow didn't stumble across the "parent" association until you mentioned it. Finding out about the IADR was also the perfect way to find I could subscribe to JDR for like 30 bucks a year (cheap!), which I was looking to do anyway, since my Univ. doesn't have a subscription. 🙂

Would you be willing to talk a little about your research, either here or in PM? I'd be very interested to hear about it, regardless of specific topic. Are you going to Honolulu for the IADR conference this year (sounds like a sweeeet conference)?

 

[aphistis]

Once you get to school, you can also join ASDA and get JADA for free.