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Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3.2), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by SAGE Publications Inc..
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ISSN 1916-0208Verify ISSN ↗1916-0216Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surgery | 183 / 597 | 69th | Q2 |
| Otorhinolaryngology | 43 / 123 | 65th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2008–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.2.
Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery is Q2 in Surgery (rank 183 of 597) and Q2 in Otorhinolaryngology (rank 43 of 123), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 3.2, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 69th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.761, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 64.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,500 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery is published by SAGE Publications Inc. Its print ISSN is 1916-0208 and its online ISSN is 1916-0216.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery has an h-index of 60 and a 2-year mean of 1.94 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.2, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #131 of 585 Scopus journals in Surgery.
Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery published 97 papers in 2025. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 97 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from Canada (35.5%), China (25.3%) and Taiwan (8.2%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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