Aims and Scope

The Australian Journal of Otolaryngology (Aust J Otolaryngol; AJO; ISSN 2616-2792) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal, and the Official Journal of the Australian Society of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, published by AME Publishing Company. The 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 otolaryngologic disorders, including head & neck cancer and disease of the skull base. The Australian Journal of Otolaryngology is indexed and covered by the Web of Science [Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)]. Its latest impact factor (2023 citation year) is 0.3.

Indexing and Archiving

Australian Journal of Otolaryngology is indexed and covered by

• Web of Science [Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)]
• SCOPUS
• Google Scholar
• Embase
  

Digital Preservation

• Portico

Information for Authors

AJO is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and it follows the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)'s guidelines and the ICMJE recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals.

Manuscripts submitted must be the original work of the author(s) and must not be published previously or under consideration for publication elsewhere.

Submission Turnaround Time

• Submission to First Editorial Decision: 1-3 weeks.
• External peer review: 1-3 months.
• Acceptance to Publication: 1-4 weeks. Original Articles are listed as priority.

Publication schedule

Australian Journal of Otolaryngology operates under a continuous publication model, which emphasizes the online version as the authoritative record and ensures peer-reviewed papers can be cited immediately. As continuous publication articles aren’t continuously paginated, the universal digital object identifier (DOI) should be used for citations and can be easily handled with the use of citation manager software. Check the ‘Latest Articles’ tab on the journal website for the latest published content. Articles are batched and available on the ‘Archive’ tab on the journal website.

Open Access Statement

Australian Journal of Otolaryngology is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal. All content of the journal is published under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial- NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). All articles published open access will be immediately and permanently free for all to read, download, copy, and distribute as defined by the applied license.

Free access and usage
Permitted third-party reuse is defined by the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. This license allows users to copy and distribute the article, provided:

• this is not done for commercial purposes and further does not permit distribution of the Article if it is changed or edited in any way.
• the user gives appropriate credit (with a link to the formal publication through the relevant DOI) and provides a link to the license but not in an any way implying that the licensor is endorsing the user or the use of the work.
• no derivatives including remixing, transforming, or building upon the material are allowed for distribution.

The full details of the license are available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Copyright

For open-access publishing, this journal uses an exclusive licensing agreement. Authors will transfer copyright to AME Publishing Company and Australian Society of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, but will have the right to share their article in the same way permitted to third parties under the relevant user license, as well as certain scholarly usage rights.

Support for Authors to Comply with Funding Body Mandates

We work with authors of research articles supported by funding bodies with open-access mandates to ensure that authors can meet their funders’ requirements for public access to research results.

In addition, we offer further support for authors who are required to comply with funding body mandates, including but not limited to:

• All articles published open access will be immediately and permanently free for everyone to read, download, copy and distribute. If a specific open-access license is needed, please contact the editorial office for confirmation before submission. Example of statements in a published article: https://jgo.amegroups.org/article/view/76355/html.
• No copyright is claimed for any work of the U.S. government. Example of statements in published articles: https://actr.amegroups.org/article/view/8875; https://med.amegroups.org/article/view/8358/html.

For any inquiry/special circumstance on the copyright, commercial usage or adaptation of AJO articles, please contact:

Julia Wang
Sales & Rights Manager
AME Publishing company
Email: permissions@amegroups.com

Commercial Sales Contact (subscriptions, reprints, advertising, etc.)

Julia Wang
Sales & Rights Manager
AME Publishing company
Email: sales@amegroups.com

Editorial Correspondence

Anne Lu
Corresponding Editor
AME Publishing company
Email: ajo@amegroups.com

Publisher Information

AJO is published by AME Publishing Company.
Addresses:
Hong Kong branch office: Flat/RM C 16F, Kings Wing Plaza 1, NO. 3 on Kwan Street, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong, China.
Singapore branch office: Pico Creative Centre, 20 Kallang Ave #03-08, 339411 Singapore, Singapore.

Society Correspondence

Chief Executive Officer
Australian Society of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery
Email: ceo@asohns.org.au

Updated on July 19, 2024