Journal profile · Medicine-Otorhinolaryngology
Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery
ISSN 2231-3796 · eISSN 0973-7707 · Springer India · INDIA · 4 issues per year · Founded 1950
Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.5 (journal website); subscription journal; APC about USD 2,290; median 123 days to acceptance (123 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 1,001 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery is published by Springer India 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 Ear Surgery and Otitis Media, Head and Neck Surgical Oncology and Sinusitis and nasal conditions, together about 24% of its articles. Its main subfields are Otorhinolaryngology and Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery was founded as Indian Journal of Otolaryngology in 1949 as a scientific Journal published by the Association of Otolaryngologists of India and was later rechristened as IJOHNS/IJOO to incorporate the changes and progress. It is undoubtedly one of the oldest Journals in India, is the official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India and is about to publish it is 75th Volume in 2023. The Journal publishes quarterly and accepts articles in general Oto-Rhino-Laryngology and various subspecialities such as Otology, Rhinology, Laryngology and Phonosurgery, Neurotology, Head and Neck Surgery etc. The Journal acts as a window to showcase and project the clinical and research work done by Otolaryngologists community in India and around the world. It is a continued source of useful clinical information with peer review by eminent Otolaryngologists of repute in their respective fields. The Journal accepts articles pertaining to clinical reports, clinical studies, research articles in basic and applied Otolaryngology, short communications, clinical records reporting unusual presentations or lesions and new surgical techniques. The journal acts as a catalyst and mirrors the Indian Otolaryngologist’s active interests and pursuits. The Journal also invites articles from senior and experienced authors on interesting topics in Otolaryngology and allied sciences from all over the world. The editorial Board requests the Otolaryngology community of the world to actively contribute to the IJOHNS/IJOO and assures everyone that it will be a quality peer reviewed Journal. Peer Review Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery follows a double blind peer review process with a minimum of 2 reviews for each article type. All original articles will undergo double blind peer reviews by two subject experts. Reviewer selection is carried out by the Editor-in-Chief either from author’s suggested list or from a classified list of invited and consented reviewers who are widely acclaimed, national and international authorities on the subject and registered in the database through the Editorial manager. In case of a split verdict, additional reviews are sought. For those articles which sustain the detailed scrutiny by reviewers and editors, a provisional decision of acceptance is made and after thorough pre-acceptance checking, the decision of final acceptance is made and communicated to the author imm
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Otorhinolaryngology
Editor-in-chief Saumendra Nath BandyopadhyayPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named India 36, United Kingdom 4, Italy 1 (41 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Ear Surgery and Otitis MediaMedicine8.4%
- Head and Neck Surgical OncologyMedicine8%
- Sinusitis and nasal conditionsMedicine7.5%
- Tracheal and airway disordersMedicine6.4%
- Nasal Surgery and Airway StudiesMedicine6.3%
- Oral and Maxillofacial PathologyDentistry5.2%
- Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, GeneticsNeuroscience4.6%
- Salivary Gland Tumors Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine4.5%
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 | Surgery | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Surgery | 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
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
CAB AbstractsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, Semantic Scholar
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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) 2025
- 0.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.29LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.6LetPub ·
- h-index
- 15LetPub ·
- h-index
- 54OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,345OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.5OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 20%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 3.88%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 978LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 520200Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 10,680 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 561 | 27 | 15 |
| 2025 | 1,001 | 402 | 262 |
| 2024 | 843 | 843 | 932 |
| 2023 | 1,016 | 1,016 | 2,066 |
| 2022 | 382 | 382 | 1,185 |
| 2021 | 702 | 702 | 3,720 |
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 Crossref · to
123 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 56 days – 243 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 16 days (123 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 152 days
- Sample
- 123 articles with submission and acceptance dates (1,765 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)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 7 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher 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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 2,290 / EUR 2,990 | — | — |
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
- 150–250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 4,500 words
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Article types accepted11, with length limits
- editoriale and accommodative) apply to the Guest Editorials: Word count: up to 1500 words References: up to 5 Figures/tables: up to 2 Abstract: not rmain text ≤ 1,500 words
- meta-analysis1) Review Articles/ Meta-analyses: The journal welcomes review articles of all kinds (narrative reviews, systematic reviews, recent trends/state-of-the-art revi…Length not stated
- mini review1) Review Articles/ Meta-analyses: The journal welcomes review articles of all kinds (narrative reviews, systematic reviews, recent trends/state-of-the-art revi…Length not stated
- narrative review1) Review Articles/ Meta-analyses: The journal welcomes review articles of all kinds (narrative reviews, systematic reviews, recent trends/state-of-the-art revi…Length not stated
- original article1) Review Articles/ Meta-analyses: The journal welcomes review articles of all kinds (narrative reviews, systematic reviews, recent trends/state-of-the-art revi…Length not stated
- original research article1) Review Articles/ Meta-analyses: The journal welcomes review articles of all kinds (narrative reviews, systematic reviews, recent trends/state-of-the-art revi…Length not stated
- perspective1) Review Articles/ Meta-analyses: The journal welcomes review articles of all kinds (narrative reviews, systematic reviews, recent trends/state-of-the-art revi…Length not stated
- protocol1) Review Articles/ Meta-analyses: The journal welcomes review articles of all kinds (narrative reviews, systematic reviews, recent trends/state-of-the-art revi…Length not stated
- review1) Review Articles/ Meta-analyses: The journal welcomes review articles of all kinds (narrative reviews, systematic reviews, recent trends/state-of-the-art revi…Length not stated
- review article1) Review Articles/ Meta-analyses: The journal welcomes review articles of all kinds (narrative reviews, systematic reviews, recent trends/state-of-the-art revi…Length not stated
- systematic review1) Review Articles/ Meta-analyses: The journal welcomes review articles of all kinds (narrative reviews, systematic reviews, recent trends/state-of-the-art revi…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- AI use Generative AI Images
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Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship principles
These guidelines describe authorship principles and good authorship practices to which prospective authors should adhere to. Authorship clarified The Journal and Publisher assume all authors agreed with the content and that all gave explicit consent to submit and that they obtained consent from the responsible authorities at the institute/organization where the work has been carried out, before th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Disclosures and declarations
All authors are requested to include information regarding sources of funding, financial or non-financial interests, study-specific approval by the appropriate ethics committee for research involving humans and/or animals, informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved animals (as appropriate). The decision whether such …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability
Data transparency: data/materials/software/code should support published claims. Model summary
All authors are requested to make sure that all data and materials as well as software application or custom code support their published claims and comply with field standards.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Compliance with Ethical Standards
COPE member; follows COPE guidelines on misconduct. Model summary
To ensure objectivity and transparency in research and to ensure that accepted principles of ethical and professional conduct have been followed, authors should include information regarding sources of funding, potential conflicts of interest (financial or non-financial), informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved an…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Open Choice articles do not require transfer of copyright as the copyright remains with the author. In opting for open access, the author(s) agree to publish the article under a Creative Commons license. Details of the OA licences offered to authors can be found on the individual journal website, in the journal's How to publish with us guide. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publishing
To find out more about publishing your work Open Access in Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, including information on fees, funding and licences, visit our Open access publishing page. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Reviewer suggestions/exclusions allowed; institutional email required for suggested reviewers. Model summary
Authors are welcome to suggest suitable reviewers and/or request the exclusion of certain individuals when they submit their manuscripts.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
May use plagiarism screening software. Model summary
Important note: the journal may use software to screen for plagiarism.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical Trial Registration
The World Health Organization (WHO) definition of a clinical trial is "any research study that prospectively assigns human participants or groups of humans to one or more health-related interventions to evaluate the effects on health outcomes". The WHO defines health interventions as “A health intervention is an act performed for, with or on behalf of a person or population whose purpose is to ass…
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
- Springer India
- Country or region
- INDIA
- Frequency
- 4 issues per year
- Founded
- 1950
- ISSN
- 2231-3796
- Electronic ISSN
- 0973-7707
- Society / sponsor
- Association of Otolaryngologists of India
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 78, Issue 7 (July 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery
What CAS zone is Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Surgery. 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 Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.5 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.2, h-index 54.
How long does peer review take at Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery?
Based on the dates recorded on 123 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 123 days (interquartile range 56–243 days); authors report an average review time of 6–12 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–250 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; Manuscript length: ≤ 4,500 words; Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation; 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 Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery based?
Of the 41 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are India (36), United Kingdom (4) and Italy (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists CAB Abstracts; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery open access, and what is the APC?
Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery is a subscription journal. APC about USD 2,290.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .