Journal profile · Otorhinolaryngology
ENT-EAR NOSE & THROAT JOURNAL
ISSN 0145-5613 · eISSN 1942-7522 · Medquest Communications LLC · UNITED STATES · Monthly
ENT-EAR NOSE & THROAT JOURNAL: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.72; fully open access; APC about USD 2,650; review 6–12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 335 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
ENT-EAR NOSE & THROAT JOURNAL is published by Medquest Communications LLC 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 Head and Neck Surgical Oncology, Ear Surgery and Otitis Media and Sinusitis and nasal conditions, together about 23.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Ear, Nose & Throat Journal is an open access publication that provides practical, peer-reviewed original clinical articles, highlighting scientific research relevant to clinical care, and case reports that describe unusual entities or innovative approaches to treatment and case management. ENT Journal utilizes multiple channels to deliver authoritative and timely content that informs, … | View full journal description This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Otorhinolaryngology
Editor-in-chief Rick ChandraPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 4 in mainland China (about 2%); most named United States 74, India 15, Italy 10, Türkiye 9, Canada 5 (162 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Head and Neck Surgical OncologyMedicine8.7%
- Ear Surgery and Otitis MediaMedicine7.6%
- Sinusitis and nasal conditionsMedicine7.2%
- Ear and Head TumorsMedicine6.5%
- Tracheal and airway disordersMedicine6.4%
- Nasal Surgery and Airway StudiesMedicine5.3%
- Salivary Gland Tumors Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine5%
- Voice and Speech DisordersMedicine4.9%
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)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Otorhinolaryngology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 0.72LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 1.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.36LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.85LetPub ·
- h-index
- 43LetPub ·
- h-index
- 70OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,812OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.06OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 274LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 8,813 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 200 | 200 | 27 |
| 2025 | 335 | 335 | 265 |
| 2024 | 447 | 447 | 753 |
| 2023 | 373 | 373 | 880 |
| 2022 | 436 | 436 | 1,482 |
| 2021 | 471 | 471 | 2,612 |
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)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 39.9%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 3 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 25 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 9 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 2,650 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,650 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 3,200 / USD 1,280 | — | — |
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)
What to prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 200 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 2,500 words
- Reference style
- AMA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Article types accepted12, with length limits
- brief communicationView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. Ear, Nose & Throat Journal publishes original articles on the clinical practice and basic science …Length not stated
- case reportView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. Ear, Nose & Throat Journal publishes original articles on the clinical practice and basic science …main text ≤ 2,000 words
- case reportsCase Reports: ENT Journal will review case reports that are truly unique and have an exceptional teaching value.Length not stated
- letterView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. Ear, Nose & Throat Journal publishes original articles on the clinical practice and basic science …Length not stated
- letter to the editorView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. Ear, Nose & Throat Journal publishes original articles on the clinical practice and basic science …Length not stated
- letters to the editorView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. Ear, Nose & Throat Journal publishes original articles on the clinical practice and basic science …Length not stated
- original articleView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. Ear, Nose & Throat Journal publishes original articles on the clinical practice and basic science …Length not stated
- original researchView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. Ear, Nose & Throat Journal publishes original articles on the clinical practice and basic science …Length not stated
- perspectiveView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. Ear, Nose & Throat Journal publishes original articles on the clinical practice and basic science …Length not stated
- reviewView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. Ear, Nose & Throat Journal publishes original articles on the clinical practice and basic science …Length not stated
- scholarly reviewScholarly Review: Manuscript that provides a review of previously published literature.Length not stated
- surgical scienceSurgical Science: Demonstrates proof of concept related to anatomic dissection, surgical technique, device design, or otolaryngology education and training.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Authorship
Please view our authorship policies, which includes information on criteria for authorship, who should be the corresponding author and more. Please note that AI chatbots, for example ChatGPT, should not be listed as authors. For more information see the policy on Use of ChatGPT and generative AI tools.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
Encourages data sharing in public repositories Model summary
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
COPE member Model summary
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
Ear, Nose & Throat Journal is an open access, peer-reviewed journal. All accepted articles are made freely available online immediately upon publication, are published under a Creative Commons license, and hosted online in perpetuity. If, after peer review, your manuscript is accepted for publication, a one-time article processing charge (APC) is payable to cover the cost of publishing, paid by th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Single anonymized review Model summary
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Single-anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk rejec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
Does not accept preprint submissions Model summary
The journal does not accept submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical trial registration
The journal conforms to the ICMJE requirement that clinical trials are registered in a WHO-approved public trials registry at or before the time of first participant enrollment as a condition of consideration for publication. The trial registry name and URL, and registration number must be included at the end of the abstract.
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
- Medquest Communications LLC
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- ISSN
- 0145-5613
- Electronic ISSN
- 1942-7522
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about ENT-EAR NOSE & THROAT JOURNAL
What CAS zone is ENT-EAR NOSE & THROAT JOURNAL in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, ENT-EAR NOSE & THROAT JOURNAL 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 ENT-EAR NOSE & THROAT JOURNAL?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.72; CiteScore 2.7, h-index 70.
How long does peer review take at ENT-EAR NOSE & THROAT JOURNAL?
Authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 39.9%. 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of ENT-EAR NOSE & THROAT JOURNAL?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 200 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 2,500 words; Reference style: AMA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of ENT-EAR NOSE & THROAT JOURNAL based?
Of the 162 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 4 (about 2%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (74), India (15) and Italy (10). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index ENT-EAR NOSE & THROAT JOURNAL?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, ENT-EAR NOSE & THROAT JOURNAL is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is ENT-EAR NOSE & THROAT JOURNAL open access, and what is the APC?
ENT-EAR NOSE & THROAT JOURNAL is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,650.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .