The Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, founded in 1991 and approved by the National Press and Publication Administration, is the first professional academic journal in the field of oral and maxillofacial surgery in China. It is supervised by the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China and sponsored by Tongji University. It is a professional academic journal with the aim of reporting research in the field of oral and maxillofacial surgery. It is publicly distributed both domestically and internationally. The CN Serial Number is CN 31-1671/R, and the International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) is 1005-4979. It is published bi-monthly.

The scope of the journal includes research results and the latest advancements in oral and maxillofacial surgery and related disciplines (oral implants, pathology, radiology, head and neck surgery, plastic and cosmetic surgery, etc.). Columns include Critical Review, Basic Scientific Study, Oral Implants, Clinical Report, Review, Case Report, etc. The content is rich and informative, has a wide readership, and is well-received by faculty and students in dental schools, healthcare professionals in oral and maxillofacial surgery and related fields, and researchers in these fields.

The journal is included in the RCCSE Core Academic Journals of China, "Source Journal for Chinese Scientific and Technological Papers and Citations" (Chinese Core Journals), and the 2023 China Association for Science and Technology "High-Quality Scientific Journals in the Field of Dentistry." It is indexed in the Chinese Academic Journal Comprehensive Evaluation Database, the Chinese Core Journals (Selection) Database, CNKI, the China Science and Technology Journal Database, the Chemical Abstracts (CA, US), the Ulrich's Periodicals Directory (US), and JST Japan Science and Technology Agency Database (Japan). It has won several awards, including the 2011 "Top 100 Outstanding Chinese Academic Journals," the 2016 "Outstanding Chinese University Science and Technology Journals," the 2016 Second Shanghai University Excellent Science and Technology Journals Award, the 2021 "Fourth Shanghai University Distinctive Science and Technology Journals," the 2022 "Exemplary Scientific Journals in the National University Scientific Journal Construction Demonstration Cases," and the 2024 "Fifth Shanghai University Science and Technology Journals Exemplary Case."