Head and Neck

Aims & Scope

Head & Neck is an international multidisciplinary publication of original contributions concerning the diagnosis and management of diseases of the head and neck.

This area involves the overlapping interests and expertise of several surgical and medical specialties, including general surgery, neurosurgery, otolaryngology, plastic surgery, oral surgery, dermatology, ophthalmology, pathology, radiotherapy, medical oncology, and the corresponding basic sciences.

Head & Neck publishes original contributions on clinical and research topics.

Each manuscript is submitted to peer review by at least two experts in the field.

Comprehensive reviews of topics, particularly in fields subject to rapid change in knowledge, will be included at the discretion of the Editor and on the recommendation of reviewers.

Technical notes, descriptions of new technologies, single case reports of unusual interest, and brief preliminary communications are accepted after proper peer review.

Editorials and Letters to the Editor are also considered for publication.

Head & Neck also publishes regular series: Controversies , Basic Science Reviews , Anatomic Correlates , Abstracts , and Book Reviews .

Book Reviews are solicited by the editor, and publishers should send review books to Randal S.

Weber, MD, Editor.

Visual materials will also be accepted for review.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.2
2024	2.30

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	6407

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	12025

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.832

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	153

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline
• Embase

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Defining risk levels in locally advanced head and neck cancers: A comparative analysis of concurrent postoperative radiation plus chemotherapy trials of the EORTC (#22931) and RTOG (# 9501)

  Citation: 1472

  Authors: Jacques, Jay S., T. F., M., J., Arlene, Esat Mahmut, John R., J., Kie-Kian, J. L.

• Prevalence of human papillomavirus in oropharyngeal and nonoropharyngeal head and neck cancer—systematic review and meta‐analysis of trends by time and region

  Citation: 695

  Authors: Hisham, Tom, Tom, Iman, Christopher, Vinidh, Sally

• Assessment of quality of life in head and neck cancer patients

  Citation: 505

  Authors: Sammy J., Ernest A.

• Incidence and survival in patients with sinonasal cancer: A historical analysis of population‐based data

  Citation: 498

  Authors: Justin H., Douglas D.

• Impact of nutrition on outcome: A prospective randomized controlled trial in patients with head and neck cancer undergoing radiotherapy

  Citation: 442

  Authors: Paula, Isabel, Pedro, Maria Ermelinda

• Salivary gland carcinoma: independent prognostic factors for locoregional control, distant metastases, and overall survival: results of the Dutch head and neck oncology cooperative group

  Citation: 391

  Authors: Chris H. J., H., I., F.J.M., W.M.H., H.A.M., R.E., J.M.A., J.L.N.

• Objective evaluation of anosmia and ageusia in <scp>COVID</scp>‐19 patients: Single‐center experience on 72 cases

  Citation: 382

  Authors: Luigi Angelo, Giovanna, Alessandro Giuseppe, Pietro, Giordano, Andrea, Sergio, Marzia, Antonello, Francesco, Enrica, Giovanni, Giacomo

• Potentially malignant disorders of the oral cavity and oral dysplasia: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of malignant transformation rate by subtype

  Citation: 376

  Authors: Oreste, Thomas P., Faizan, Gregory S., Jason G., Armando, Pasquale, Giuseppe, Simón, Rabie M.

• Frequency and therapeutic implications of “skip metastases” in the neck from squamous carcinoma of the oral tongue

  Citation: 375

  Authors: Robert M., Randal S., Todd, Diana, Ramon, Patricia

• Single‐marker identification of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cancer stem cells with aldehyde dehydrogenase

  Citation: 370

  Authors: Matthew R., Mark, John Henry, Thomas E., Carol R., Gregory T., Max S., Mark E.

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