Published: August 2, 2021

OTO Journal 2020 Impact Factor Is Highest Ever

Under the leadership of Editor in Chief John H. Krouse, MD, PhD, MBA, Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery achieved the highest impact factor in its history.


The 2020 Journal Citation Reports’ Impact Factors were announced on June 30, 2021. Under the leadership of Editor in Chief John H. Krouse, MD, PhD, MBA, Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery achieved the highest impact factor in its history. The 2020 Impact Factor for OTO Journal is 3.497, a significant increase from the 2019 Impact Factor of 2.341. OTO Journal is now ranked fifth out of 44 in the “Otorhinolaryngology” category and 55 out of 212 in “Surgery.” 

The top cited article in 2020 was the Clinical Practice Guideline: Tonsillectomy in Children (Update), with 73 citations.

The Impact Factor is a publishing standard of a journal’s influence and is one determinant that authors use when deciding where to submit their research articles. Learn more at https://journals.sagepub.com/home/oto.


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