JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery


JAMA Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal published by the American Medical Association and covering all aspects of prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases of the head, neck, ear, nose, and throat. The editor-in-chief is Jay F. Piccirillo. It was established in 1925 as the Archives of Otolaryngology and renamed A.M.A. Archives of Otolaryngology in 1950, then renamed Archives of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery in 1960, before obtaining its current name in 2013.
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 8.961, ranking it 1st out of 43 titles in the category "Otorhinolaryngology".

Naming history

The journal has undergone several name changes in its history:
  • JAMA Otorhinolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery
  • Archives of Otorhinolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery
  • Archives of Otolaryngology
  • A.M.A. Archives of Otolaryngology
  • ''Archives of Otolaryngology''

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed.