Journal profile · Otorhinolaryngology
Journal of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
ISSN 1916-0216 · BioMed Central · CANADA · Bimonthly · Founded 2013
Journal of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.39; fully open access; APC about USD 2,500; review about 6 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 97 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery is published by BioMed Central and is in Zone 3 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Head and Neck Cancer Studies, Ear Surgery and Otitis Media and Sinusitis and nasal conditions, together about 24.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Otorhinolaryngology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery has been a major source of peer reviewed evidence based information on medical and surgical management of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery problems for over 50 years. The Journal is owned by the Canadian Society of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. 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 Douglas ChepehaPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Canada 18, United States 6, Singapore 3, South Korea 2, Hong Kong, China 1 (33 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Head and Neck Cancer StudiesMedicine9.9%
- Ear Surgery and Otitis MediaMedicine7.8%
- Sinusitis and nasal conditionsMedicine6.8%
- Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, GeneticsNeuroscience5.8%
- Tracheal and airway disordersMedicine5.4%
- Nasal Surgery and Airway StudiesMedicine5.3%
- Vestibular and auditory disordersNeuroscience5%
- Thyroid and Parathyroid SurgeryMedicine5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Otorhinolaryngology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Otorhinolaryngology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Otorhinolaryngology | Zone 2 |
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
- 2.39LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 2.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.76LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.17LetPub ·
- h-index
- 41LetPub ·
- h-index
- 60OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 498OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.97OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 92LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 972 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 67 | 67 | 12 |
| 2025 | 97 | 97 | 187 |
| 2024 | 61 | 61 | 244 |
| 2023 | 87 | 87 | 744 |
| 2022 | 47 | 47 | 490 |
| 2021 | 71 | 71 | 1,210 |
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 6 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 6 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 2,500 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,500 | — | — | |
| LetPub | EUR 2,390 / USD 2,790 / GBP 2,090 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 2,500 / USD 1,500 / USD 750 | — | — |
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 prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- AMA
Article types accepted5, with length limits
- letter to the editorCorrespondence to the Editor unrelated to a specific article Word Limit: 500 Reference Limit: 3 No abstract, tables, or figures to be included Correspondence pe…references ≤ 500
- meta-analysisPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Original Research Articles Research Articles should presen…Length not stated
- original research articlePlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Original Research Articles Research Articles should presen…Length not stated
- original research articlesOriginal Research Articles Research Articles should present novel work within the scope of the journal which represents an important advancement in knowledge or…Length not stated
- research articlePlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Original Research Articles Research Articles should presen…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
Research data sharing policy 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
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
Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 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 p…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Single anonymized peer 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
Preprints not accepted 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
- BioMed Central
- Country or region
- CANADA
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 2013
- ISSN
- 1916-0216
- 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 Journal of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
What CAS zone is Journal of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Otorhinolaryngology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.39; CiteScore 3.2, h-index 60.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery?
Authors report an average review time of about 6 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery based?
Of the 33 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Canada (18), United States (6) and Singapore (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,500.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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: .