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World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3.4), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by John Wiley and Sons Inc.
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ISSN 2095-8811Verify ISSN ↗2589-1081Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Inc
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surgery | 165 / 597 | 72nd | Q2 |
| Otorhinolaryngology | 40 / 123 | 67th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2015–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.4.
World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery is Q2 in Surgery (rank 165 of 597) and Q2 in Otorhinolaryngology (rank 40 of 123), by CiteScore 2025.
World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, 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 3.4, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 72nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.691, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 33.
No article processing charge is recorded for it (source: OpenAlex). Confirm on the journal's own website, since some journals charge for extras such as colour figures.
World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery is published by John Wiley and Sons Inc. Its print ISSN is 2095-8811 and its online ISSN is 2589-1081.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery has an h-index of 40 and a 2-year mean of 0.81 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.4, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #336 of 585 Scopus journals in Surgery.
World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery published 90 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 99. 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 93 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from China (45.6%), United States (26.6%) and Israel (3.4%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (2.6 per 1,000 papers). 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.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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