Journal profile · OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
ISSN 2095-8811 · eISSN 2589-1081 · John Wiley & Sons
World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.5 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 2,650; median 151 days to acceptance (90 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 25% (journal website); 90 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery is published by John Wiley & Sons 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 Sinusitis and nasal conditions, Head and Neck Surgical Oncology and Nasal Surgery and Airway Studies, together about 30.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Otorhinolaryngology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery (WJOHNS) is an international peer-reviewed journal which encompasses advances in clinical practice, as well as contributions in basic and translational research pertaining to the field of otorhinolaryngology – head and neck surgery. Submissions related to all aspects of the field are highly encouraged including those in head and neck surgery and oncology, facial plastic and reconstructive surgery, laryngology, neurolaryngology, rhinology, skull base surgery, otology, neurotology, sleep medicine and surgery, as well as pediatric and general otolaryngology. Original papers exploring related fields such as allergy and immunology, maxillofacial rehabilitation, audiology, auditory and vestibular neuroscience, vestibular therapy, speech and swallowing disorders, and craniofacial pathology are encouraged.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
Editor-in-chief Da-Qing LiPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 48 in mainland China (about 55%); most named Mainland China 48, United States 29, Japan 4, Hong Kong, China 1, Germany 1 (87 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Sinusitis and nasal conditionsMedicine13.2%
- Head and Neck Surgical OncologyMedicine8.8%
- Nasal Surgery and Airway StudiesMedicine8.1%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.8%
- Head and Neck Cancer StudiesMedicine4.9%
- Ear Surgery and Otitis MediaMedicine4.4%
- Tracheal and airway disordersMedicine4.3%
- Olfactory and Sensory Function StudiesNeuroscience4.2%
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 3 |
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
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePubMedEmbaseCurrent ContentsPublisher website
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)
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 3.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.69LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.23LetPub ·
- h-index
- 41OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 210OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.81OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 73LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 74Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 128,401Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 783 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 99 | 99 | 7 |
| 2025 | 90 | 90 | 53 |
| 2024 | 83 | 83 | 159 |
| 2023 | 71 | 71 | 322 |
| 2022 | 58 | 58 | 526 |
| 2021 | 55 | 55 | 755 |
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
151 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 79 days – 207 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 62 days (91 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 220 days
- Sample
- 90 articles with submission and acceptance dates (189 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
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 25%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 25%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 16 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 16 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 176 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 30 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 13 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 | EUR 2,298 / GBP 1,949 / USD 2,650 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 0 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 prepare6 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- 3–5
- Reference style
- Chicago
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted8
- case study(4) Case Study Description: Case studies describe one or more patients with rare diseases, unusual presentations, novel diagnostic approaches, innovative treatm…Length not stated
- editorial(1) Research Paper Description: Full-length reports of original research in basic science, translational research, or clinical medicine. Appropriate study desig…Length not stated
- original research(1) Research Paper Description: Full-length reports of original research in basic science, translational research, or clinical medicine. Appropriate study desig…Length not stated
- perspective(1) Research Paper Description: Full-length reports of original research in basic science, translational research, or clinical medicine. Appropriate study desig…Length not stated
- research paper(1) Research Paper Description: Full-length reports of original research in basic science, translational research, or clinical medicine. Appropriate study desig…Length not stated
- review(1) Research Paper Description: Full-length reports of original research in basic science, translational research, or clinical medicine. Appropriate study desig…Length not stated
- review article(1) Research Paper Description: Full-length reports of original research in basic science, translational research, or clinical medicine. Appropriate study desig…Length not stated
- survey(1) Research Paper Description: Full-length reports of original research in basic science, translational research, or clinical medicine. Appropriate study desig…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Peer review, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Author contribution
The manuscript must include a statement of author contributions, which should specify the particular tasks undertaken by each author in the research. For instance, direct involvement may encompass (designing experiments, conducting research, collecting data, analyzing/interpreting data); article writing may include (drafting the manuscript, critically reviewing the intellectual content of the manu…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of interest
All manuscripts are required to include a statement of Conflict of Interest. The statement should disclose all potential conflicts of interest, including specific financial interests and relationships and affiliations (other than those affiliations listed in the title page of the manuscript) relevant to the subject of their manuscript. Authors without conflicts of interest should include a stateme…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
Data availability: journal encourages data sharing; authors select a data availability statement per Wiley's Data Sharing policy. Model summary
This journal encourages data sharing. Review Wiley’s Data Sharing policy where you will be able to see and select the data availability statement that is right for your submission.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics 5. EDITORIAL POLICIES AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
Publication ethics: follows COPE core practices and handles research and publication misconduct accordingly. Model summary
Review Process WJOHNS uses single-blind peer review. Submitted manuscripts will generally be reviewed by two or more experts who will be asked to evaluate whether the manuscript is scientifically sound and coherent, whether it duplicates already published work, and whether or not the manuscript is sufficiently clear for publication. The Editors will reach a decision based on these reports and, whe…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Reproduction of Copyright Material
If excerpts from copyrighted works owned by third parties are included, credit must be shown in the contribution. It is the author’s responsibility to also obtain written permission for reproduction from the copyright owners. For more information visit Wiley’s Copyright Terms & Conditions FAQ at http://exchanges.wiley.com/authors/faqs---copyright-terms--conditions_301.html
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Review Process
WJOHNS uses single-blind peer review. Submitted manuscripts will generally be reviewed by two or more experts who will be asked to evaluate whether the manuscript is scientifically sound and coherent, whether it duplicates already published work, and whether or not the manuscript is sufficiently clear for publication. The Editors will reach a decision based on these reports and, where necessary, t…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint policy
Preprint policy: preprints allowed; authors should update pre-publication versions with a link to the final published article and may post the final published version immediately after publication. Model summary
This journal will consider for articles previously available as preprints on non-commercial servers such as ArXiv, bioRxiv, psyArXiv, SocArXiv, engrXiv, etc. Authors are requested to update any pre-publication versions with a link to the final published article. Authors may also post the final published version of the article immediately after publication.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical Trial Registration
The journal requires that clinical trials are prospectively registered in a publicly accessible database and clinical trial registration numbers should be included in all papers that report their results. Authors are asked to include the name of the trial register and the clinical trial registration number at the end of the abstract. If the trial is not registered, or was registered retrospectivel…
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
- John Wiley & Sons
- ISSN
- 2095-8811
- Electronic ISSN
- 2589-1081
- Society / sponsor
- Chinese Medical Association
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 12, Issue 4 (August 2026)
- 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 World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
What CAS zone is World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 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 World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.5 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 3.4, h-index 41.
How long does peer review take at World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery?
Based on the dates recorded on 90 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 151 days (interquartile range 79–207 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 25% (2025). 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 World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: 3–5; Reference style: Chicago; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Graphical abstract: Optional; Cover letter: Required. 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 World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery based?
Of the 87 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 48 (about 55%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (48), United States (29) and Japan (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, PubMed, Embase and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery open access, and what is the APC?
World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery 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: .