Journal profile · Medicine
BENT
ISSN 2684-4907 · AVES · Türkiye
BENT: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.2 (journal website); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 20 weeks (community reports); 23 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
BENT is published by AVES and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Nasal Surgery and Airway Studies, Sinusitis and nasal conditions and Ear Surgery and Otitis Media, together about 30% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Presents clinical and surgical advances in otolaryngology and head and neck surgery to the scientific community. Fair peer review, an international editorial board, and open access provide research with broad scientific visibility.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Nasal Surgery and Airway StudiesMedicine12.6%
- Sinusitis and nasal conditionsMedicine9.2%
- Ear Surgery and Otitis MediaMedicine8.3%
- Tracheal and airway disordersMedicine7.5%
- Head and Neck Surgical OncologyMedicine5.7%
- Vestibular and auditory disordersNeuroscience5.5%
- Hearing Loss and RehabilitationNeuroscience5.1%
- Olfactory and Sensory Function StudiesNeuroscience4.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Otorhinolaryngology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Otorhinolaryngology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 0.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 0.3Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 7OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.23OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 340 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 47 | 47 | 1 |
| 2025 | 23 | 23 | 2 |
| 2024 | 28 | 28 | 20 |
| 2023 | 58 | 58 | 36 |
| 2022 | 71 | 71 | 54 |
| 2021 | 52 | 52 | 57 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright
Copyright: authors retain copyright; articles licensed under CC BY 4.0. Model summary
Authors retain the copyright of their published work in B-ENT, and scientific articles are licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- AVES
- Country or region
- Türkiye
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2684-4907
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about BENT
What CAS zone is BENT in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, BENT is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Otorhinolaryngology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of BENT?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.2; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; h-index 7.
How long does peer review take at BENT?
Authors report an average review time of about 20 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index BENT?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, BENT is indexed in DOAJ.
Is BENT open access, and what is the APC?
BENT is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .