International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology
Brief Background
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International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology (IAO), founded in 1997, is the Official Scientific Publication of the Fundação Otorrinolaringologia (FORL) which focuses on ear disorders, nose, mouth, pharynx, larynx, cervical region, upper airway system, audiology, and communication disorders. As an international peer-reviewed journal, IAO covers the entire spectrum of otorhinolaryngology - from prevention to diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation, acting as an ideal reference for specialists, as well as an excellent practicing tool for students who require the latest information on emerging techniques and areas of interest in the field.IAO is an indispensable resource for specialists in otolaryngology, head and neck surgery, neurology, neurosurgery, allergology, pediatrics, physiotherapy, audiology and communicative disorders, phonology, physical therapy, pneumology, and many other areas. As an open-access journal, all articles published by the IAO are freely available to read and download from Thieme E-Journals. All articles in IAO undergo rigorous blind peer review. IAO requires that authors follow the ICMJE (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors) recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly work in Medical Journals. More information can be found here: https://www.icmje.org |
Open Science Compliance
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In line with the best practices of open science, this journal is open access and follows the Diamond Open Access model, in which there is no article processing charge. The journal publishes articles through a rigorous double-blind peer review process, including articles that have already been published on preprint platforms. We recommend that the SciELO Open Science Compliance Form be filled in and sent when submitting articles. |
Ethics in Publication
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No data or image identifying a patient can be used without formal consent (patient permission forms are available at: www.thieme.com/journal-authors); studies using human beings or animal trials must follow ethical standards from the International Committee of Medical Journals Editors – ICMJE, as well as approval of original institution’s Ethics Committee; conflicts of interest must have a ICMJE form filled in by all authors (available at: http://icmje.org/); commercial marks should be avoided; authors are the sole responsible for opinions and concepts in the published articles, as well as for the reference accuracy. |
Focus and Scope
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International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology (IAO) is the Scientific Publication which focuses on ear disorders, nose, mouth, pharynx, larynx, cervical region, upper airway system, audiology, and communication disorders. IAO covers the entire spectrum of otorhinolaryngology - from prevention to diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation. |
Indexing Sources
Bibliographic Journal Information
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- Title of the journal: International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology |
Websites and Social Media
Editorial Policy
Preprints
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The IAO values new scientific platforms that offer readers and researchers prompt access to the latest discoveries before they are published. It therefore invites the submission of manuscripts published on non-commercial preprint servers. A preprint is defined as a manuscript ready for submission to a journal that is deposited on reliable preprint servers before or at the same time as the submission to a journal. This practice, similar to continuous publication, is a mechanism to speed up the communication of research. Preprints share with journals the novelty of publishing articles. The use of preprints is an option and choice of the authors, and it is up to the journals to adapt their policies to accept the submission of manuscripts previously deposited in a preprint server recognized by the journal, such as SciELO Preprints. Although it is not possible to guarantee anonymity when evaluating articles that have already been published in preprint, the IAO maintains its standard double-blind peer review method. To guarantee transparency and integrity in the treatment of preprints sent to IAO, authors must: - Mention the use of a preprint server in the cover letter submitted to the journal submission system, providing the DOI and link to the preprint. - Indicate whether the manuscript has been adjusted or updated during the time between the statement and submission. The IAO recommends that the Open Science Compliance Form be filled out and attached with the manuscript as a Supplementary File NOT for Review. This information is crucial to prevent duplicate publications and ensure that IAO editors consider the uniqueness and importance of the work submitted. |
Peer Review Process
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The journal follows double blind peer-review process where author does not get to know the identity of the reviewer and the reviewer does not get to know the identity of the author. At least two random reviewers based on their technical and clinical expertise are assigned by the Editor-in-Chief on each manuscript and the decision is taken based on the comparative reviews which the manuscript receives during the review process. Once the article is approved, the name of the Editor responsible for the evaluation of each article will be disclosed. |
Open Data
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This section deals with the sharing of data, codes, methods, and other materials used in and resulting from the research, which generally underlie the texts of the articles. In these cases, the journal recommends that the data be published in a data repository, such as Zenodo. All the works used in each study must be duly cited, and in the case of references to scientific articles, the author must provide the respective DOIs, where available. For more information, see the links below: TOP Guide: Guide to promoting the opening, transparency, and reproducibility of research published by SciELO journals Guide to citing research data: Guidelines for research data citation (Portuguese Only) List of repositories for depositing research data (Portuguese Only) |
Fees
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No Publication Fees. |
Ethics and Misconduct, Correction and Retraction Policy
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The editorial office combats plagiarism and scientific misconduct with the software CrossCheck powered by iThenticate. Your manuscript will not be accepted if plagiarism is suspected. During the peer-review process, the reviewers, in addition to verifying the scientific adequacy of the article, checks for ethical adequacy and might ask the authors for certificates of approval of ethics committees if needed. As this Journal is produced by Thieme, it is also in line with Thieme’s policies: https://www.thieme.com/en-us/journal-policies |
Policy on Conflict of Interest
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All authors (including corresponding and coauthors associated with the manuscript) must make a formal statement at the time of submission indicating any potential confl ict of interest that might constitute an embarrassment to any of the authors if it were not to be declared and were to emerge after publication. Such confl icts might include, but are not limited to, shareholding in or receipt of a grant or consultancy fee from a company whose product features in the submitted manuscript or which manufactures a competing product. Should the article be accepted for publication, this information will be published with the paper. Types of conflicts include: Consulting, Royalties, Research Support, Institutional Support, Ownership, Stock/Options, Speakers Bureau, and Fellowship Support. Any commercial entity whose products are described, reviewed, evaluated, or compared in the manuscript, except for those disclosed in the Acknowledgments section, are potential conflicts. This journal follows the guidelines of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors and an ICMJE disclosure of potential conflicts of interest (COI) form must be submitted for each author at the time of manuscript submission. Forms must be submitted even if there is no conflict of interest. It is the responsibility of the corresponding author to ensure that all authors adhere to this policy prior to submission. A conflict of interest statement must also be included in the manuscript after any "Acknowledgements" and "Funding" sections and should summarize all a spects of any conflicts of interest included on the ICMJE form. If there is no conflict of interest, authors must include 'Conflict of Interest: none declared'. Please click http://www.icmje.org/ conflicts of interest to download a Conflict-of-Interest form. The disclosure information is important in article processing. If the provided forms are incomplete or missing, it can cause delays in publishing of article. |
Adoption of similarity software
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Submitted manuscripts must represent original research not previously published nor being considered for publication elsewhere. The editors and Thieme combat plagiarism and scientific misconduct with the software CrossCheck powered by iThenticate. Your manuscript will not be accepted if plagiarism is suspected. If you plan to reproduce text, tables, or figures from a published source, you must first check for the lincense under which this material has been published and, if it is the case, obtain written permission from the copyright holder. This is required even if the material is from your own published work. For material that has never been published before and given to you by another person, you must obtain permission from that person. Serious delays to publication can be incurred if permissions are not obtained. As the author, it is your responsibility to obtain all permissions, pay any permission fees, furnish copies of permissions to Thieme with your manuscript, and include a credit line at the end of the figure caption, beneath the table, or in a text footnote. As Thieme's publishing ethics team is still developing a guideline for the use of images created by artificial intelligence, for now, each of these cases will be evaluated individually. |
Gender and Sex Issues
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IAO encourages its authors, readers, editors, and employees to support our shared goal of gender equality. Thieme as a global publisher with the privilege of publishing the works of authors from all corners of the planet, we strongly support the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), in particular SDG 5 (achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls) and SDG 3 (ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages). As part of our efforts to promote science made by women, we created the Project #WomenInMedicine at Thieme. We created a separate section in our page to highlight the work of our women authors. Also, we have been working in order to achieve a balanced number of women and men in our Editorial Board. Besides these efforts carried out by the Journal and the publisher, authors must comply with the guidelines Sex and Gender Equity in Research – SAGER. These are instructions on the report of information about sex and gender in study design, data analysis and results, and interpretation of findings. |
Ethics Committee
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The journal adheres to the principles set forth in the Helsinki Declaration and holds that all reported research conducted with human participants should be conducted in accordance with such principles. Reports describing data obtained from research conducted in human participants must contain a statement in the Methods section indicating approval by the Institutional Review Board (IRB). The authors should also indicate whether or not individual consent for the study was obtained, or whether it was waived. |
Copyright
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All articles published by IAO are under the “CC-BY” license. This means that anyone is allowed to distribute, remix, adapt, and create derivative works based on the original material in any medium or format, including commercial uses, on the condition that the original creator is credited. The full text of the license can be found at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Authors who publish in the IAO retain their copyright and grant the journal the right of first publication. |
Intellectual Property and Terms of Use
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Author’s responsibility: The data, opinions, and concepts expressed in the articles, as well as the accuracy of the bibliographical references, are the sole responsibility of the author(s). All the content of the journal and the articles published by the IAO, except where otherwise specified, are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution license. Authors of articles published by the IAO retain the copyright of their work, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution license, which allows articles to be reused and distributed without restriction, provided that the original work is correctly cited. Additionally, IAO encourages authors to self-archive their accepted manuscripts by publishing them on personal blogs, institutional repositories, and academic social media, as well as posting them on their personal social media, as long as the full citation is provided according to the journal version of the article. |
Sponsors and Promotion Agencies
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Fundação Otorrinolaringologia |
Editor-in-Chief
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Co-Editor
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Associate Editors
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Section Editors
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Technical Team
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IAO is published every three months and supports the World Health Organization (WHO) and of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) politics regarding registration of clinical trials. Therefore we only accept for publication articles of clinical trials that have been given a number of identification from one of the Clinical Essay Registry validated by the criteria established by the WHO and the ICMJE, the links to which are available at the ICMJE. The identification number should be given at the end of the abstract. IAO reserves the right to exclusive publication of all accepted manuscripts. We will not consider any manuscript previously published nor under review by another publication. Once accepted for review, the manuscript must not be submitted elsewhere. Transfer of copyright to IAO is a prerequisite of publication. All authors must sign a copyright transfer form. The editors and Thieme combat plagiarism, double publication, and scientific misconduct with the software CrossCheck powered by iThenticate. Your manuscript may be subject to an investigation and retraction if plagiarism is suspected. All submissions follows double blind peer-review process. Manuscripts can be submitted free of charge (no APCs) through IAO's online submission website: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/iaorl. Authors must disclose any financial relationship(s) at the time of submission, and any disclosures must be updated by the authors prior to publication. Information that could be perceived as potential conflict(s) of interest must be stated. This information includes, but is not limited to, grants or funding, employment, affiliations, patents, inventions, honoraria, consultancies, royalties, stock options/ownership, or expert testimony. |
Peer Reviewing Process
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The journal follows double blind peer-review process where author does not get to know the identity of the reviewer and the reviewer does not get to know the identity of the author. At least two random reviewers based on their technical and clinical expertise are assigned by the Chief Editor on each manuscript and the decision is taken based on the comparative reviews which the manuscript receives during the review process. |
Article Categories
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The journal publishes the types of articles defined below. When submitting your manuscript, please follow the instructions relevant to the applicable article category. |
Original Research
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Original, in-depth, clinical or basic science investigations that aim to change clinical practice or the understanding of a disease process. Article types include, but are not limited to, clinical trials, before-and-after studies, cohort studies, case-control studies, cross-sectional surveys, and diagnostic test assessments. Components of original research are:
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Systematic Reviews (including Meta-analyses)
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Critical assessments of literature and data sources on important clinical topics in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery. Systematic reviews that reduce bias with explicit procedures to select, appraise, and analyze studies are highly preferred over traditional narrative reviews. The review may include a meta-analysis, or statistical synthesis of data from separate, but similar, studies leading to a quantitative summary of the pooled results. The components of a systematic review are:
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Case Reports
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It is not accepted for publication. |
Update Manuscripts
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The manuscript is an update that explores a particular subject, developed from current data, based on recently published works.
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Video Data Innovation
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The manuscript is an update that explores a particular subject, developed from current data, based on recently published works.
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Letters to the Editor and Opinion articles
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Only by invitation from the Editorial Board. Manuscript length: no more 2 pages. |
Manuscript Preparation
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Correct preparation of the manuscript will expedite the review and publishing process. Manuscripts must conform to acceptable English usage. Necessary Files for Submission (each topic should start in a new page):
In accordance with double-blind review, author/institutional information should be omitted or blinded from the following submission files: Manuscript, Figure(s), Table(s), Response to Reviewers. The Abstract should be followed by three to six keywords in English, selected from the list of Descriptors (Mesh) created by National Library of Medicine and available at https://meshb.nlm.nih.gov/search. |
Abbreviations
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Do not use abbreviations in the title or abstract. When using abbreviations in the text, indicate the abbreviation parenthetically after the first occurrence and use the abbreviation alone for all subsequent occurrences. |
Authorship
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Authorship credit should be based on criteria established by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors: (1) substantial contributions to conception and design, acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data; (2) drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content; and (3) final approval of the version to be published. |
References
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Authors are responsible for the completeness, accuracy, and format of their references. References should be numbered consecutively using Arabic numbers in the text. All authors shall be listed in full up to the total number of six; for seven or more authors, list the first three authors followed by “et al.” There should be no more than 90 references for original articles and no more than 120 for systematic reviews or update articles. IAO uses the reference style outlined by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), also referred to as the "Vancouver" style. Example formats are listed in: www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/uniform_requirements.html. Journal name abbreviations should be those found in the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) databases. Examples
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Figures
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Figures must be uploaded separately. Include the number of the figure in the description box. |
Figure Legends
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Provide a legend for each figure. List the legends (doublespaced) on a separate text page, after the reference page. Up to 8 pictures will be published at no cost to the authors; color pictures will be published at the editor’s discretion. Acceptable submissions include the following: JPG, GIF, PNG, PSD, or TIF. The Publication Management System accepts only high definition images with the following features:
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Tables and Graphs
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Tables should be numbered in Arabic numbers consecutively as they appear in the text, with a concise but self-explicative title, without underlined elements or lines inside it. When tables have too many data, prefer to present graphics (in black and white). If there are abbreviations, an explicative text should be provided on the lower margin of the table or graph. |
Appendices
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Appendices will only be published online, not in the print journal, and may include additional figures or tables that enhance the value of the manuscript. Appendices must be submitted online with the rest of the manuscript and labeled as such. Questionnaires will be considered as Appendices. |
Online Manuscript Submission
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All manuscripts should be submitted free of charge at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/iaorl, which gives access to the ScholarOne Manuscripts submission system where the submission of the article is done by the authors and the evaluation process is done by the reviewers of our editorial board in a blinded process where the names of the authors are not displayed in any instance. The system will ask for your user ID and password if you have already registered. If you have not registered, click on the link “Create Account” and make your registration. In case you have forgotten your password, click on the appropriate link and the system will generate an automatic e-mail with the information. The author(s) should keep a copy of all submitted material for publication because the editor cannot be held responsible for any lost material. After submission, the system offers the option of saving a copy of your manuscript in PDF format for your control. The journal strongly recommends that the authors submit their electronic manuscripts written in Microsoft Word. |
POLICY STATEMENTS
Privacy Statement
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The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party. |
Ethics standards
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No data or image identifying a patient can be used without formal consent (patient permission forms are available at: www.thieme.com/journal-authors); studies using human beings or animal trials must follow ethical standards from the International Committee of Medical Journals Editors – ICMJE, as well as approval of original institution’s Ethics Committee; conflicts of interest must have a ICMJE form filled in by all authors (available at: http://icmje.org/); commercial marks should be avoided; authors are the sole responsible for opinions and concepts in the published articles, as well as for the reference accuracy. |
Authorization Letter
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The corresponding author should send a letter authorizing publication, signed by all coauthors, ensuring the uniqueness of the publication, ie, the article should not be posted on other news outlets, not be available online. Articles already published in other media should say when and where they were accepted for publication. |
Conflict of Interest Statement (if any):
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All authors (including corresponding and coauthors associated with the manuscript) must make a formal statement at the time of submission indicating any potential conflict of interest that might constitute an embarrassment to any of the authors if it were not to be declared and were to emerge after publication. Such conflicts might include, but are not limited to, shareholding in or receipt of a grant or consultancy fee from a company whose product features in the submitted manuscript or which manufactures a competing product. Should the article be accepted for publication, this information will be published with the paper. Types of conflicts include: Consulting, Royalties, Research Support, Institutional Support, Ownership, Stock/Options, Speakers Bureau, and Fellowship Support. Any commercial entity whose products are described, reviewed, evaluated, or compared in the manuscript, except for those disclosed in the Acknowledgments section, are potential conflicts. This journal follows the guidelines of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors and an ICMJE disclosure of potential conflicts of interest (COI) form must be submitted for each author at the time of manuscript submission. Forms must be submitted even if there is no conflict of interest. It is the responsibility of the corresponding author to ensure that all authors adhere to this policy prior to submission. A conflict of interest statement must also be included in the manuscript after any "Acknowledgements" and "Funding" sections and should summarize all a spects of any conflicts of interest included on the ICMJE form. If there is no conflict of interest, authors must include 'Conflict of Interest: none declared'. Please click http://www.icmje.org/ conflicts of interest to download a Conflict of Interest form. The disclosure information is important in article processing. If the provided forms are incomplete or missing, it can cause delays in publishing of article. |
Informed Consent
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The journal adheres to the principles set forth in the Helsinki Declaration and holds that all reported research conducted with human participants should be conducted in accordance with such principles. Reports describing data obtained from research conducted in human participants must contain a statement in the Methods section indicating approval by the Institutional Review Board (IRB). The authors should also indicate whether or not individual consent for the study was obtained, or whether it was waived. |
Conflicts arising from papers authored by Editorial Board Members
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The journal evaluates any submissions from the members of the editorial board purely on merit of the clinical content presented as it does for any other article coming from authors globally. All the articles including articles from Editorial Board members are evaluated via double-blind peer review process, which will ensure that the information of author(s) is not revealed to the reviewers. In doing so, the journal ensures there are no conflict of interests or preferences and selection of articles is purely on its clinical content merit, thus ensuring best ethical standards and practices of peer-review are maintained. |
Copyright Statement
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Submitted manuscripts must represent original research not previously published nor being considered for publication elsewhere. The editors and Thieme combat plagiarism, double publication, and scientific misconduct with the software CrossCheck powered by iThenticate. Your manuscript may be subject to an investigation and retraction if plagiarism is suspected. If you plan to reproduce text, tables, or figures from a published source, you must first obtain written permission from the copyright holder (usually the Society). This is required even if the material is from your own published work. For material never before published and given to you by another person, you must obtain permission from that person. Serious delays to publication can be incurred if permissions are not obtained. As the author, it is your responsibility to obtain all permissions, pay any permission fees, furnish copies of permissions to Thieme with your manuscript, and include a credit line at the end of the fi gure caption, beneath the table, or in a text footnote. Articles are published under the “CC-BY” license. This means that anyone is allowed to distribute, remix, adapt, and create derivative works based on the original material in any medium or format, including commercial uses, on the condition that the original creator is credited. The full text of the license can be found at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
Duplicate or Redundant Submission
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Manuscripts are considered with the understanding that they have not been published previously and are not under consideration by another publication. If the author explicitly wishes the journal to consider duplicate publication, he or she must submit the request, in writing, to the Editor with appropriate justification. |
Deadlines
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Submissions not in compliance with the following instructions will be returned to the author by the editorial office and a corrected version must be resubmitted within 30 days. Papers not resubmitted within that time will be withdrawn from consideration. Revised manuscripts must follow the same instructions and should be submitted within 30 days of the revision letter date. Accepted manuscripts sent to the publisher will be typeset and proofs will then be sent by e-mail to the corresponding author. If proofs are not approved and received within 2 business days, the article will not be published. The reviewers should send their comments within 20 days. |
English Language Assistance
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Appropriate use of the English language is a requirement for publication in IAO. Authors who wish to improve the grammar and spelling in their articles may wish to consult a professional service. Many companies provide substantive editing via the web. A few examples are: AJE - American Journal Experts (10% discount): https://www.aje.com/c/CEDAO10; Enago (20% discount on all editing services): https://www.enago.com.br/forl/; Editage (10% discount, use coupon code FORL10): https://www.editage.com. Please note that IAORL has no affiliation with these companies and use of the service does not guarantee your manuscript will be accepted. |
Contact
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Fundação Otorrinolaringologia |