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New Impact Factor for Australian Journal of Otolaryngology: 0.3

We are pleased to announce that Australian Journal of Otolaryngology (AJO) has attained its latest impact factor update for the 2023 citation year: 0.3.

Australian Journal of Otolaryngology 2023 CiteScore Released: 0.6

We are pleased to announce that the Australian Journal of Otolaryngology (AJO) has received its 2023 CiteScore: 0.6, ranking 94 out of 123 journals in the Otorhinolaryngology category.

Furthermore, we are delighted to highlight the remarkable achievements made by all AME journals in the CiteScore ranking.

The 75th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian Society of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery

The 75th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian Society of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery will be held at the iconic International Convention Centre, Sydney from Friday March 28th to Sunday, March 30th, 2025.

AJO is officially indexed by Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)

On November 13, 2023, a confirmation letter reached the editorial office of Australian Journal of Otolaryngology (AJO) that the journal met the selection criteria necessary to be included in the Emerging Sources Citation Index. Articles published in AJO after 2021, beginning with Vol 4, will be included in Emerging Sources Citation Index.

CPD points

One completed review task is acting as a referee for a journal qualifies for 5 CPD points under Maintenance of Knowledge & Skills (Medical Expertise, Technical Expertise, Scholarship & Teaching).

Australian Journal of Otolaryngology (AJO) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal, and the Official Journal of the Australian Society of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgeons. Although we have currently published by AME Publishing Company, the Journal has existed in other forms over many years. The first journal of the Society was the “Journal of the Oto-Laryngological Society of Australia”, first published in 1959 (Figure 1-3).

The Australian Society of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgeons is very grateful for both the editors and past editorial board members that have given up their valuable time to support peer-review and scientific efforts in Australia. We wish to thank those that have provided this service to our community.

Outside-In Frontal Sinusotomy

Richard Harvey, MD, PhD
Program Head and Professor
Rhinology and Skull Base, Applied Medical Research Centre UNSW(Conjoint) and Macquarie University (Clinical)
Ground Floor, 67 Burton St Darlinghurst
NSW 2010 Australia

Welcome to Australian Journal of Otolaryngology(AJO)

Australian Journal of Otolaryngology is a peer-reviewed scientific journal, and the Official Journal of the Australian Society of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgeons, published by AME Publishing, Inc. Australian Journal of Otolaryngology provides a forum for clinical researchers, basic scientists, clinicians, and others to publish original research and explore controversies in the medical and surgical treatment of patients with otolarynologic disorders, including head&neck cancer and disease of the skull base. The journal has a special interest in research that applies to the Australian community and the delivery of healthcare in Australia. Unsolicited manuscripts must meet pre-submission requirements.

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Original Article

Factors affecting laryngectomy rate during the COVID-19 pandemic

Olivia Elkington, Howard Webb, Jonathan Woliansky, David Rowe

Australian Journal of Otolaryngology

2025;

(30 January 2025)

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Original Article

Ear examination skills: a cross-sectional survey study of Australian junior doctors

Nicholas Schnitzler, Richard Fox, Jonathan H. K. Kong

Australian Journal of Otolaryngology

2024;

(30 December 2024)

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Original Article

Describing the ear, nose, and throat symptom burden in a cohort of Australian patients with primary ciliary dyskinesia

Peter Ryan, Raewyn G. Campbell, Lucy C. Morgan

Australian Journal of Otolaryngology

2024;

(30 December 2024)

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Original Article

Underwater endoscopic ear surgery for repair of lateral semicircular canal fistulae secondary to cholesteatoma—a pilot safety analysis

Ruyan Chen, Corinne P. A. Delsing, Alex Saxby, Jonathan H. K. Kong, Nicholas Jufas, Nirmal P. Patel

Australian Journal of Otolaryngology

2024;

(30 November 2024)

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Original Article

Validation of SPECT-CT to assess improvement in airway clearance following expiratory muscle strength training (EMST) to reduce chronic aspiration in patients with head and neck cancer treatment related dysphagia

Laura M. O’Connor, Julia C. F. Maclean, Erin McKay, Peter McConachie, Peter I. Wu, Peter H. Graham, Jay R. Flack, Michal M. Szczesniak

Australian Journal of Otolaryngology

2024;

(30 November 2024)

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Original Article

The Earphone Project pilot: a tele-otology study for remote Aboriginal communities

Alexander J. Saxby, Daniel Schofield, Fiona Tout, Joseph Gordon, Misha M. Verkerk, Timothy Watson, Nicholas Jufas, Jonathan H. K. Kong, Nirmal Patel, Katrina Ward, Judy Caswell

Australian Journal of Otolaryngology

2024;

(30 October 2024)

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Original Article

Paediatric recurrent laryngeal nerve reinnervation at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead: a case series

Naomi Natasha Niles, Sam Hwang, Alan T. Cheng

Australian Journal of Otolaryngology

2024;

(30 October 2024)

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Original Article

Single application of clotrimazole cream in the management of fungal otitis externa

Anne Louise Tescher, Elizabeth Rose

Australian Journal of Otolaryngology

2024;

(30 September 2024)

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Original Article

Difficult clinical decisions in sleep apnea surgery: identifying priorities for future clinical trials

Sheran Seneviratne, Stuart Mackay, Nathaniel S. Marshall, Nicholas Phillips

Australian Journal of Otolaryngology

2024;

(30 September 2024)

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Original Article

Transoral robotic surgery for patients undergoing total laryngectomy: systematic review of current evidence

Sahil Goel, Delu Gunasekera, Eng H. Ooi

Australian Journal of Otolaryngology

2024;

(31 August 2024)

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Original Article

Evaluating the relationship between allergic rhinitis and sleep disordered breathing: a retrospective case series

Danielle Wiltshire, Balaram Ramagiri, Diamond Hira, Shane Anderson

Australian Journal of Otolaryngology

2024;

(31 August 2024)

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Original Article

Head and neck necrotising fasciitis: an Australian rural experience

Woo Sun You, James Nightingale, Fang Joe Chen, Tristan Allsopp, Roger Grigg

Australian Journal of Otolaryngology

2024;

(31 August 2024)

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Original Article

The management of ear, nose, and throat (ENT) conditions in an Australian general practice

Joel Seong-Jin Ang, Eunice Tse, Sor Way Chan

Australian Journal of Otolaryngology

2024;

(31 August 2024)

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Original Article

Transoral robotic surgery-based therapy for HPV-related oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma

Belen Kornfeld, Alfred Addison, Dion Forstner, Julia Crawford

Australian Journal of Otolaryngology

2024;

(31 August 2024)

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Original Article

Factors impacting the efficiency of triaging ENT (ear, nose, throat) patients in the outpatient setting

Joel Seong-Jin Ang, Sor Way Chan

Australian Journal of Otolaryngology

2024;

(30 July 2024)

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Original Article

A single centre analysis of outcomes and patterns of failure in head and neck cancer patients treated with single modality transoral robotic surgery

Bora Jeong, Arunjit Takhar, Alexandra Murray, Bindy Sahota, Lee Pryor, John Charles Hodge, Suren Krishnan, Andrew Foreman

Australian Journal of Otolaryngology

2024;

(30 July 2024)

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Original Article

Endoscopic management of acquired paediatric cholesteatoma: a retrospective cohort study

Craig P. Mooney, Rithvik Reddy, Alexander Saxby, Nicholas Jufas, Jonathan H. K. Kong, Nirmal Patel

Australian Journal of Otolaryngology

2024;

(30 July 2024)

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Original Article

Fungal laryngitis management in immunocompetent patients: a systematic review

Akila Wijesekera, Mithma Ekanayake, Naduni Wijesekera, Yun-Hsuan Lee, Elizabeth Hodge

Australian Journal of Otolaryngology

2024;

(30 July 2024)

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Original Article

Transoral robotic surgery for oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma: a scoping review of novel techniques in margin assessment

Sahil Goel, Giri Krishnan, Suren Krishnan, John-Charles Hodge, Andrew Foreman

Australian Journal of Otolaryngology

2024;

(30 June 2024)

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Case Report

Non-traumatic diplopia as a rare complication following functional endoscopic sinus surgery—case report

Lydia Lam, Jessica Y. Tong, Sumu Simon, Dinesh Selva, Alkis James Psaltis

Australian Journal of Otolaryngology

2024;

(30 June 2024)

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Original Article

Sinus mucosal thickening on magnetic resonance imaging and inflammation

Nicholas Chang, Ian Matchett, Raquel Alvarado, João Mangussi-Gomes, Navid Ahmadi, Gretchen Oakley, Larry Kalish, Richard Harvey

Published online: 23 November 2022

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Original Article

The effect of chlorhexidine mouthwash on bacterial microcolonies in recurrent tonsillitis

James Johnston, Kristi Biswas, Sharon Waldvogel-Thurlow, Fiona J. Radcliff, Murali Mahadevan, Richard G. Douglas

Published online: 08 July 2021

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Original Article

The assessment of pulsatile tinnitus—a systematic review of underlying pathologies and modern diagnostic approaches

Kiera E. Grierson, Pascal Bou-Haidar, Jaymi Dumper, Paul A. Fagan

Published online: 16 October 2018

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Original Article

Is mastoiditis being over-diagnosed on computed tomography imaging? —radiological versus clinical findings

Andrew Pastuszek, Jonathan Lomas, Cameron Grigg, Ranit De

Published online: 09 October 2020

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Review Article

A systematic review of the effectiveness and complications of using nasal bridles to secure nasoenteral feeding tubes

Angelica Lynch, Cheryl S. Tang, Luxmana S. Jeganathan, Jason G. Rockey

Published online: 30 January 2018

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Review Article

Metastatic basal cell carcinoma: a review of six cases

Joshua Lau, Alexander Guminski, Anthony Gill, David Veivers

Published online: 18 September 2018

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Original Article

Paediatric fish bone ingestion: a 10-year analysis at a tertiary pediatric hospital

Eugene Wong, Alan T. Cheng, Shiv Aggarwala, Jessica Chong, Marin Duvnjak, Fred Azimi, Daron Cope, Narinder Singh

Published online: 27 May 2019

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Original Article

Xylitol nasal preparations in sinonasal disease: a literature review and meta-analysis

Nathan Hui, Nathan Yii, Dan Robinson

Published online: 14 April 2022

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Specialty Techniques

A diagnostic and surgical approach to masses of the buccal space: a case series

Faruque Riffat, Zubair Hasan, Malcolm Buchanan, Dzung Vu, Carsten Palme

Published online: 20 June 2019

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Review Article

The early history and development of endoscopic sinonasal surgery in Australia: 1985–2005

Kevin J. Kane

Published online: 17 January 2018

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Systematic Review

Diagnosis and management of type 1 laryngeal cleft: systematic review

Rachel Loh, Malvine Phua, Chi-Kee Leslie Shaw

Published online: 13 February 2019

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Original Article

In vivo (human) and in vitro inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 with 0.5% povidone-iodine nasal spray

Peter Friedland, Simon Tucker, Stephen Goodall, Justin Julander, Michelle Mendenhall, Peter Molloy, Douwe Marcus de Jong, Dany Badibanga Musungaie, Chisha Sikazwe, Kirtu Panta, Avram Levy, David Smith

Published online: 09 February 2022

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Original Article

Management of post tonsillectomy secondary haemorrhage: Flinders experience

Nuwan Dharmawardana, Dhinashini Chandran, Anna Elias, Stephen Shih-Teng Kao

Published online: 07 December 2018

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Original Article

The role of tonsillar actinomycosis in adult patients

Kapila R. Hari, Shivesh Maharaj, Shahpar Motakef, Ridwaan Essa

Published online: 04 September 2020

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Original Article

Post-tonsillectomy haemorrhage in Australia—a multivariable analysis of risk factors

Matthew M. Kwok, Muthukumar Subramaniyan, Joanne Rimmer, Amalia Karahalios

Published online: 15 January 2018

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Original Article

An ex vivo comparison of over-the-counter cerumenolytics for ear wax

Timothy Tynan, Aaron Griffin, Bernard C. S. Whitfield

Published online: 06 November 2020

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Original Article

Recurrent thyroglossal duct cysts: a 15-year review of presentation, management and outcomes from a tertiary paediatric institution

Luke M. O’Neil, Alan T. Cheng

Published online: 02 July 2018

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Specialty Techniques

The modified endoscopic pre-lacrimal approach: how I do it

Leslie T. Koh, Rataphol C. Dhepnorrarat

Published online: 08 November 2018

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Foreword

Welcome to the Australian Journal of Otolaryngology: The AJO

Richard J. Harvey

Published online: 12 January 2018

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Original Article

Assessing symptoms of empty nose syndrome in patients following sinonasal and anterior skull base resection

Joel Hardman, Julie Ahn, Arjuna Nirmalananda

Published online: 01 February 2018

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The Australian Journal of Otolaryngology, the Official Journal of the Australian Society of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgeons, is an open access, peer-reviewed scientific journal, providing a forum for clinical researchers, basic scientists, clinicians, and others to publish original research and explore controversies in the medical and surgical treatment of patients with otolarynologic disorders, including head & neck cancer and disease of the skull base.