JAMA Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal published by the American Medical Association[1] 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 (Washington University School of Medicine).[2] 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.[3]
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".[4]
The journal has undergone several name changes in its history:[5]
The journal is abstracted and indexed in Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed.[6]