Submit a manuscript to JOA

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Authors must use only one submission route for the same manuscript. If the portal is not usable for you, section 04 sets out the alternative and assisted routes.

Four things worth checking first

• Is it in scope?

  The seven ENT domains, including laboratory and methodological research, and the boundaries of the journal’s scope.

• Is the manuscript prepared?

  Structure, required statements, reporting guidelines, figures, references and the checklist.

• What will it cost?

  USD 1,800 after acceptance, what it covers, and who can be invoiced.

• What are the rules?

  Ethics, consent, trial registration, data availability, authorship and competing interests.

What to have ready before you begin

• A cover letter stating what the study found, why it fits JOA, and any preprint, prior presentation or overlapping publication
• A title page with every author’s full name, ORCID iD and complete affiliation, and the corresponding author’s contact details
• The main manuscript as an editable text file, with line and page numbers
• Figures as separate files, named by figure number
• Tables as editable text, and any supplementary files with descriptive names
• The completed reporting checklist for the study design
• Ethics approval or exemption details, and the consent statements
• The trial registry name, number and registration date, for an interventional trial
• The data-availability, funding, competing-interests and author-contribution statements
• If you want double-blind review, a reviewer manuscript with all identifying information removed

Peer review is single-blind by default; double-blind review is available on request. Ask for it in the cover letter and prepare the anonymized file as described in the instructions for authors.

Submission routes

• Primary route

  ManuscriptZone

  The publisher’s submission system, and the route the editorial office works from. It tracks the manuscript through screening, review, revision and production, and it is where you will find the decision and the reviewers’ comments.

  oap.manuscriptzone.net (opens in a new tab)

• Alternative route

  Simple manuscript submission form

  A single-page form for authors who cannot use the portal. Open it with this journal already selected, attach the files, and the editorial office transfers the submission into the workflow. Confirm that the form shows Otolaryngology Advances as the journal before you send it.

  openaccesspub.org/manuscript-submission-form?journal=joa (opens in a new tab)

• Assisted route

  Editorial office

  Where neither route is workable — an unstable connection, a file the systems will not carry, an accessibility need — write to the editorial office with the manuscript title and the author list, and the office will arrange the submission with you.

  [email protected]

What happens next

• 01

  Receipt

  The editorial office confirms that the submission has arrived and that the files are complete, and gives it a reference. Quote that reference in any correspondence about the manuscript.

• 02

  Editorial screening

  All submissions undergo initial editorial screening. Manuscripts that meet the journal’s scope and minimum requirements proceed to independent peer review. A manuscript may be declined at this stage without external review, and you will be told why.

• 03

  Peer review

  Peer review is single-blind by default; double-blind review is available on request. Manuscripts that proceed to external peer review are normally evaluated by at least two independent subject-matter experts.

• 04

  Decision

  Editorial decisions are based on scope, scientific quality, methodological rigor, ethical compliance, reporting quality, and relevance to the journal. The decision arrives with the reviewers’ comments.

• 05

  Revision

  Return a point-by-point response and a revised manuscript with the changes marked. A reasoned disagreement with a reviewer is a legitimate response.

• 06

  Acceptance, production and publication

  The charge is invoiced after acceptance. The manuscript is copyedited and typeset, you review a proof, and the article is published under CC BY 4.0 with copyright retained by the authors, with its identifier and metadata deposited.

To withdraw a manuscript after submission, contact the editorial office and wait for written confirmation before submitting the work elsewhere. The withdrawal policy states the terms in full.