Popularity scores

January 2026
Journal popularity score 963
Discipline popularity scores (quartiles)
Otolaryngology 1(Q1)
Surgery 5(Q1)

Journal info (provided by editor)

Manuscripts received last year
1984 manuscripts
Articles published last year
605 articles
% accepted last year
32% accepted
Immediately rejected last year
68% imm. rejected
Open access status
optional
Two-year impact factor
0.60

Aims and Scope

the premier journal for the specialty

Duration of manuscript handling phases

Duration first review round
0.4 months
Tot. handling time acc. manuscripts
0.4 months
Decision time immediate rejection
n/a
Overall rating manuscript handling
5.0 / 5.0

Characteristics of peer review process

Average number of review rounds
1.0 rounds
Difficulty of reviewer comments
n/a
Average number of review reports
0.0 reports
Quality of review reports
n/a

Latest review

First review round: 1.9 weeks. Overall rating: 5 (excellent). Outcome: Accepted.

Motivation:
Quick reply. My paper was the logical update of another paper already publicised on the same journal. Therefore, I believe it was coherent to continue publishing on the same open topic