Abstract: PURPOSE: To analyze the advantages and disadvantages of Shanghai Journal of Stomatology(SJOS), and provide some suggestions for its sustainable development. METHODS: The volumes, issues, the first authors, author affiliation, date of reception, fund, the frequency of cited and downloaded articles published in SJOS from 2012 to 2016 were recorded. The data were analyzed by bibliometric methods. RESULTS: Seven hundred and eighty-nine papers were published in SJOS in 5 years. The total number of the first authors was 702, which were distributed in 29 provinces, autonomous regions or municipalities. All 789 papers were from 222 research institutions, key laboratory, medical universities and their affiliations. 37 papers (4.69%) were written by the first authors in top 10, while 88 papers (11.15%) by the corresponding authors in top 10. 118/789 (14.96%) were funded by national projects and 339/789 (42.97%) by regional projects. The average time of delay in publication of articles (DPA) was 282.44 days (9.41 months) in 5 years. 615/789 (77.95%) papers were cited, the total frequency of cited and downloaded articles were 2388 and 75866, respectively. The impact factors were increased year by year gradually. CONCLUSIONS: SJOS has strong academic influence in the field of stomatology with a core group of authors, and highly recognized in society.

Key words: Shanghai Journal of Stomatology, Bibliometric methods, Ratio of fund-aided paper, Frequency of cited and download articles, Distribution of region and organization, Delay in publication of articles