Journal profile · AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY-OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica
ISSN 1021-7762 · eISSN 1421-9972 · S. Karger AG · SWITZERLAND · Bimonthly · Founded 1994
Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.13; hybrid open access; median 170 days to acceptance (97 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 77 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica is published by S. Karger AG 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 Voice and Speech Disorders, Phonetics and Phonology Research and Stuttering Research and Treatment, together about 40.4% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Published since 1949, Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica provides a forum for international research on the anatomy, physiology, and pathology of structures of the speech, language, swallowing, and hearing mechanisms. Original papers published in this journal report new findings on basic function, assessment, management, and test development in communication sciences and disorders, as well as experiments designed to test specific theories of speech, language, swallowing, and hearing function.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY-OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
Editor-in-chief Michael RobbPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Voice and Speech DisordersMedicine19%
- Phonetics and Phonology ResearchPsychology12.2%
- Stuttering Research and TreatmentPsychology9.2%
- Language Development and DisordersPsychology7.8%
- Dysphagia Assessment and ManagementHealth Professions7.3%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.5%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering5.3%
- Linguistic research and analysisArts and Humanities3.1%
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 | Audiology & Speech-language Pathology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Otorhinolaryngology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Rehabilitation | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Audiology & Speech-language Pathology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Otorhinolaryngology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Rehabilitation | 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 | Audiology & Speech-language Pathology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Otorhinolaryngology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Rehabilitation | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
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
- 1.13LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 2.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.44LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.06LetPub ·
- h-index
- 42LetPub ·
- h-index
- 81OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,069OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.99OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 8.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 14.21%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 75LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,420 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 57 | 18 | 7 |
| 2025 | 77 | 23 | 78 |
| 2024 | 43 | 17 | 90 |
| 2023 | 74 | 30 | 309 |
| 2022 | 37 | 12 | 162 |
| 2021 | 49 | 13 | 289 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
170 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 108 days – 223 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 11 days (97 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 188 days
- Sample
- 97 articles with submission and acceptance dates (176 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to final decision
- 92 daysPublisher website ·
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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)
Article types accepted1
- original papersOriginal papers published in this journal report new findings on basic function, assessment, management, and test development in communication sciences and diso…Length not stated
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
- S. Karger AG
- Country or region
- SWITZERLAND
- Language
- Multi-Language
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1994
- ISSN
- 1021-7762
- Electronic ISSN
- 1421-9972
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 78, Issue 4 (August 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica
What CAS zone is Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Audiology & Speech-language Pathology / Otorhinolaryngology / Rehabilitation. 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 Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.13; CiteScore 2.2, h-index 81.
How long does peer review take at Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica?
Based on the dates recorded on 97 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 170 days (interquartile range 108–223 days); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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 Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica open access, and what is the APC?
Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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: .