The International Association for Dental Research (IADR) and American Association for Dental Research (AADR) have announced that Nicholas Jakubovics, Newcastle University, England, has been selected as the new Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Dental Research (JDR), starting April 1, 2020.
Jakubovics is a Senior Lecturer in Oral Microbiology at Newcastle University, England. He has studied the mechanisms of dental plaque formation by oral bacteria for more than 20 years and has published over 80 papers and book chapters in the area.
Jakubovics has extensive experience as a reviewer for a wide range of journals and grant awarding bodies. He has been a member of several journal Editorial Boards, including a JDR Associate Editor since October 2017. During the 2019 JDR Centennial celebration, Jakubovics authored the Historical Highlights series that featured landmark papers published in the JDR that have been an essential part of the process of scientific discourse and progress in the field of dental, oral and craniofacial research.
The IADR/AADR Journal of Dental Research (JDR) is a multidisciplinary journal dedicated to the dissemination of new knowledge in all sciences relevant to dentistry and the oral cavity and associated structures in health and disease. The JDR continues to rank #1 of 90 journals in Eigenfactor with a score of 0.021290, ranks #2 in 2-year Impact Factor of 90 journals in the “Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine” category at 5.125 and ranks #2 of 90 in Article Influence with a score of 1.643.The JDR’s 5-year Impact Factor has remained above 5 for the fourth year at 5.722, ranking #2 of 91 journals. With over 20,000 citations, the JDR also boasts the most citations in the “Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine” category — 4,500 citations above the second ranked journal in the field.
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