Journal Metrics

Head and Neck Diseases Conflux received ISSN 3079-6008 in 2025, marking its official registration in the global academic publishing landscape for otolaryngology and head & neck surgery research.

• DORA Aligned with the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment, emphasising diverse evaluation criteria beyond citation metrics.
• COPE Follows the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) for peer review and publication integrity.
• Plan S Supports major funder open access mandates through immediate open access under CC BY 4.0.
• CC BY 4.0 All articles published under Creative Commons licence enabling legal reuse and sharing.

• Single-anonymous peer review Reviewer identities are protected; authors are known to reviewers.
• At least two independent reviewers per manuscript, matched by domain expertise in otolaryngology and head & neck surgery.
• Plagiarism screening All submissions screened using industry-standard detection tools prior to review.
• Transparent process The peer review model, editorial policies, and decision criteria are published in full on this site.

Head and Neck Diseases Conflux registers the DOI and metadata of every published article with Crossref, and articles are made discoverable to readers through the services listed below.

Our transparent metrics reflect our commitment to serving authors effectively:

• Fast decisions Average first decision approximately 23 days from submission.
• Global visibility Articles are open access and discoverable through the discovery services listed above.
• Open access impact Research freely available to the global community without paywalls.
• Rigorous review Expert evaluation by specialists in head and neck diseases and related disciplines.

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