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Journal of Otology

PLA General Hospital Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery · China · Est. 1994

ISSN1672-2930eISSN2524-1753

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.507

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.862

Total Worksi

653

Total Citationsi

4,723

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.79

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Otorhinolaryngology.

General Information

Country / RegionChina

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1994

Annual Volume~ 39 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications653

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2005

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoPMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

PLA General Hospital Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1672-2930 / 2524-1753

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

Portico, PMC, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

812

2019

465

2020

304

2021

270

2022

144

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

OtorhinolaryngologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Otorhinolaryngology

Scopus Categories

Otorhinolaryngology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, GeneticsVestibular and auditory disordersHearing Loss and RehabilitationEar Surgery and Otitis MediaDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEducational Robotics and EngineeringHuman auditory perception and evaluationNoise Effects and ManagementEar and Head TumorsFacial Nerve Paralysis Treatment and Research

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Otology

Is Journal of Otology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Otology: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Otology?

Journal of Otology is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.79.

Is Journal of Otology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Otology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Otology?