About the Journal

Saudi Journal of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, a publication of Saudi Otorhinolaryngology Society, is a peer-reviewed online Semiannual journal. The journal's full text is available online at www.sjohns.org. The journal allows free access (Open Access) to its contents and permits authors to self-archive final accepted version of the articles on any OAI-compliant institutional / subject-based repository.

Abstracting and Indexing Information

The journal is registered with the following abstracting partners:
Baidu Scholar, CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure), EBSCO Publishing's Electronic Databases, Ex Libris – Primo Central, Google Scholar, Hinari, Infotrieve, Netherlands ISSN centre, ProQuest, TDNet, Wanfang Data

Journal Ethics

Wolters Kluwer and Journal/Association are committed to meeting and upholding standards of ethical behavior at all stages of the publication process. We follow closely the industry associations, such as the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) and World Association of Medical Editors (WAME), that set standards and provide guidelines for best practices in order to meet these requirements. For a summary of our specific policies regarding duplicate publication, conflicts of interest, patient consent, etc., please visit www.Medknow.com/EthicalGuidelines.asp

Open Access Publication and Creative Commons Licensing

This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.

Digital Archiving

Wolters Kluwer Medknow provides for long-term digital preservation through two primary partnerships, Portico and CLOCKSS.

Portico is a leading digital preservation service worldwide. The content is preserved as an archival version and is not publically accessible via Portico, but is provided when required under specific conditions, such as discontinuation of the collection or catastrophic failure of the website.

CLOCKSS will enable any library to maintain their own archive of content from Wolters Kluwer Medknow and other publishers, with minimal technical effort and using cheaply available hardware.

Ahead of Print policy

Articles published online under the Ahead of Print model are considered published and can be cited and quoted using the DOI as the reference source. Wolters Kluwer Medknow has a policy that changes will not be made after publication of an article without following accepted procedures for making corrections to the scientific record.

Advertisements

While advertisements are crucial to this journal to be able to keep all content free for everyone, ethical considerations are in place to ensure the integrity of the journal and its content:

• "Pop-up" and "banner" ads appear on a random, rotating basis. The advertiser has no control or input over the pages where their ads appear.
• The Editorial Board has full and final approval over the content of all advertisements.
• Advertisers will never be shown any manuscripts or other content prior to publication.

The Saudi Journal of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology Head and Neck Surgery is a scientific medical journal that is published twice a year. Papers written in English dealing with all aspects of clinical, academic or investigative Otorhinolaryngology, Audiology, Phoniatrics, and Speech Pathology are welcomed. The scope of the journal includes original articles, review articles, editorials, case reports, letters to the editor, proceedings of conferences, special communications and commentaries.

All submissions are subject to review by the Editor-in-Chief and a panel of referees according to the topic covered by the paper. All articles submitted will be acknowledged by communication to the principal author. All authors must sign the declaration mentioned in the “Instruction for Authors”. The article once published, will remain the property of the Saudi Journal of Oto-Rhino - Laryngology. Proof reading will be carried out by the editorial board. All submissions must abide by the standard international code of ethics. In order to minimize the delay between manuscript submission , decision and publication, authors are requested to follow carefully the instructions set under “Instruction for Authors.

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