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AJO 2025 Annual Report

Greetings from the Editorial Office of AJO!

We are pleased to share the 2025 Annual Report of Australian Journal of Otolaryngology. AJO grew steadily and published 53 papers in 2025, including 49 Original Articles. Please click to download the whole report.

We would especially like to express our sincere gratitude to the editorial board members, guest editors, reviewers, authors and readers for all your support and contributions to AJO.

We wish you a happy, healthy and prosperous 2026!

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New Impact Factor for Australian Journal of Otolaryngology: 0.4

We are pleased to announce that the Australian Journal of Otolaryngology (AJO) has attained its latest impact factor for the 2024 citation year: 0.4.

Australian Journal of Otolaryngology 2024 CiteScore Released: 0.6

We are pleased to announce that the Australian Journal of Otolaryngology (AJO) has achieved its 2024 CiteScore: 0.6, ranking 94 out of 121 journals in the Otorhinolaryngology category. This milestone underscores our ongoing commitment to publishing impactful research in the field.

AJO is officially indexed by Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)

On November 13, 2023, a confirmation letter reached the editorial office of Australian Journal of Otolaryngology (AJO) that the journal met the selection criteria necessary to be included in the Emerging Sources Citation Index. Articles published in AJO after 2021, beginning with Vol 4, will be included in Emerging Sources Citation Index.

CPD points

One completed review task is acting as a referee for a journal qualifies for 5 CPD points under Maintenance of Knowledge & Skills (Medical Expertise, Technical Expertise, Scholarship & Teaching).

Australian Journal of Otolaryngology (AJO) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal, and the Official Journal of the Australian Society of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgeons. Although we have currently published by AME Publishing Company, the Journal has existed in other forms over many years. The first journal of the Society was the “Journal of the Oto-Laryngological Society of Australia”, first published in 1959 (Figure 1-3).

The Australian Society of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgeons is very grateful for both the editors and past editorial board members that have given up their valuable time to support peer-review and scientific efforts in Australia. We wish to thank those that have provided this service to our community.

Outside-In Frontal Sinusotomy

Richard Harvey, MD, PhD
Program Head and Professor
Rhinology and Skull Base, Applied Medical Research Centre UNSW(Conjoint) and Macquarie University (Clinical)
Ground Floor, 67 Burton St Darlinghurst
NSW 2010 Australia

Welcome to Australian Journal of Otolaryngology(AJO)

Australian Journal of Otolaryngology is a peer-reviewed scientific journal, and the Official Journal of the Australian Society of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgeons, published by AME Publishing, Inc. Australian Journal of Otolaryngology provides a forum for clinical researchers, basic scientists, clinicians, and others to publish original research and explore controversies in the medical and surgical treatment of patients with otolarynologic disorders, including head&neck cancer and disease of the skull base. The journal has a special interest in research that applies to the Australian community and the delivery of healthcare in Australia. Unsolicited manuscripts must meet pre-submission requirements.

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Original Article

Outreach tonsillectomy in a Very remote setting: a retrospective review of post-tonsillectomy haemorrhage incidence and management

Peter Watson-Brown, James Earnshaw, Sarju Vasani, Maurice Stevens

Australian Journal of Otolaryngology

2026;

(30 April 2026)

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Original Article

Modified radical mastoidectomy obliterations in North Queensland

Sahil Chopra, Shane Anderson

Australian Journal of Otolaryngology

2026;

(30 April 2026)

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Original Article

The audiometric profile of middle ear cholesteatoma stages: implications for clinical practice

Felicia Yumita Winata, I Made Wiranadha, Agus Rudi Asthuta, I Wayan Sucipta, I Dewa Gede Arta Eka Putra, Made Lely Rahayu

Australian Journal of Otolaryngology

2026;

(30 April 2026)

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Original Article

Excellent long-term patient-reported quality of life and low levels of treatment regret after surgery and adjuvant radiation therapy for primary salivary gland malignancies

Anna Lawless, Dasantha Jayamanne, Lisa Parker, Paula Macleod, David Veivers, Andrew Wignall, Leo Pang, Venkatesha Venkatesha, Mark Stevens, Thomas Eade, Sarah Bergamin

Australian Journal of Otolaryngology

2026;

(30 April 2026)

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Letter to the Editor

Steroids and the sudden hearing loss syndrome

Paul Fagan

Australian Journal of Otolaryngology

2026;

(30 March 2026)

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Original Article

Paediatric tonsillectomy in a regional setting: a 5-year comparative review of coblation intracapsular and extracapsular techniques

Samuel Trueman, John O’Neill, Timothy Warren, Michael Busby

Australian Journal of Otolaryngology

2026;

(30 March 2026)

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Original Article

Regional head and neck centre: a 10-year review of free and regional flap outcomes

Stellina Yun-Hsuan Lee, Lucinda Brodie, Jae Park

Australian Journal of Otolaryngology

2026;

(30 March 2026)

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Original Article

Economic evaluation of intranasal wound dressings used in inferior turbinate reduction surgery

Naomi (Natasha) Niles, Tsu-Hui (Hubert) Low, Michael Barakate, Robert Niell Boustred, Raewyn G. Campbell, Nicholas Jufas, Jonathan H. K. Kong, Tony Kuo, Payal Mukherjee, Yuresh Naidoo, Arjuna Nirmalananda, Nirmal Patel, Faruque Riffat, Raymond Sacks, Rahuram Sivasubramaniam, Mark C. Smith, Andrew Wignall, Richard J. Harvey

Australian Journal of Otolaryngology

2026;

(30 March 2026)

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Original Article

Dimethicone for hard tick otoacariasis: a rapid, safe alternative to conventional agents

Kantha D. N. U. D. Jayasena, Aubrey Laurence Gaylard, S. Madhawike Dayaratna

Australian Journal of Otolaryngology

2026;

(30 March 2026)

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Original Article

Assessment of artificial intelligence chatbot generated patient information on head and neck surgery

Hyuk Jin Kwun, Nick Lilic, Omid Ahmadi

Australian Journal of Otolaryngology

2026;

(28 February 2026)

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Original Article

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma: clinicoepidemiology and treatment outcomes at a major Australian tertiary referral hospital

Leon Chen, Leo Pang

Australian Journal of Otolaryngology

2026;

(28 February 2026)

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Original Article

Demographic, socioeconomic, and audiological outcomes in children undergoing surgery for severe chronic suppurative otitis media: a retrospective cohort study from New Zealand

Michel Neeff, Selena (Yuan-Xiang) Sun, James Johnston, Kristi Biswas, Richard Douglas

Australian Journal of Otolaryngology

2026;

(28 February 2026)

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Original Article

Paediatric foregut duplication cysts of the head and neck: a retrospective case series, systematic review and meta-analysis

Fady Daniel, Stephen Alphonse, Eric Levi

Australian Journal of Otolaryngology

2026;

(28 February 2026)

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Original Article

Implantable hearing devices following head and neck cancer treatment

Howard Webb, Matthew Kwok, Fiona C. E. Hill, Rodney Hollow, Jean-Marc Gerard, Timothy Mclean

Australian Journal of Otolaryngology

2026;

(30 January 2026)

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Original Article

Acute infectious cervical lymphadenitis—clinical features associated with the need for drainage

Aryan Kalra, Amy Hannigan, Hayley Herbert

Australian Journal of Otolaryngology

2026;

(30 January 2026)

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Original Article

Current practices in the management of post-operative epistaxis: a survey of Australian and New Zealand otolaryngologists

Cassie Dow, Addison Zhang, Catherine Banks

Australian Journal of Otolaryngology

2026;

(30 January 2026)

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Original Article

Theatre waste production and the carbon emissions from tonsillectomy surgery

Marina N. Cavada, Scott McAlister, Raymond Sacks, Catherine S. Birman

Australian Journal of Otolaryngology

2026;

(30 January 2026)

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Original Article

Statewide trends in oropharyngeal cancer management, p16 status, and patient outcomes in Queensland, 2012–2021

Kelleher Retchford, Victoria Donoghue, Artika P. Nath, Danny R. Youlden, Sam Dowthwaite, Benjamin Chua

Australian Journal of Otolaryngology

2025;

(30 December 2025)

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Original Article

Risk factors for critical care admission following routine upper airway surgery in otolaryngology

Chetan A. Lodhia, Nirmal P. Patel, Catherine S. Birman, Tsu-Hui Hubert Low, Nicholas Jufas, Michael Barakate, Rahuram Sivasubramaniam, Payal Mukherjee, Yuresh Naidoo, Andrew Wignall, Jonathan Kong, Jennifer Upton, Julia Crawford, Jennifer Wing Yee Lee, Mark C. Smith, Tony Shih-Wei Kuo, Raymond Sacks, Raewyn G. Campbell, Richard J. Harvey

Australian Journal of Otolaryngology

2025;

(30 December 2025)

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Original Article

Efficacy of intralesional bleomycin sclerotherapy for head and neck vascular malformations

Matthew Stretton, Edward Toll, James Johnston, Brendan Buckley

Australian Journal of Otolaryngology

2025;

(30 December 2025)

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Original Article

Sinus mucosal thickening on magnetic resonance imaging and inflammation

Nicholas Chang, Ian Matchett, Raquel Alvarado, João Mangussi-Gomes, Navid Ahmadi, Gretchen Oakley, Larry Kalish, Richard Harvey

Published online: 23 November 2022

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Original Article

The effect of chlorhexidine mouthwash on bacterial microcolonies in recurrent tonsillitis

James Johnston, Kristi Biswas, Sharon Waldvogel-Thurlow, Fiona J. Radcliff, Murali Mahadevan, Richard G. Douglas

Published online: 08 July 2021

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Original Article

The assessment of pulsatile tinnitus—a systematic review of underlying pathologies and modern diagnostic approaches

Kiera E. Grierson, Pascal Bou-Haidar, Jaymi Dumper, Paul A. Fagan

Published online: 16 October 2018

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Original Article

Is mastoiditis being over-diagnosed on computed tomography imaging? —radiological versus clinical findings

Andrew Pastuszek, Jonathan Lomas, Cameron Grigg, Ranit De

Published online: 09 October 2020

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Original Article

Xylitol nasal preparations in sinonasal disease: a literature review and meta-analysis

Nathan Hui, Nathan Yii, Dan Robinson

Published online: 14 April 2022

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Original Article

An ex vivo comparison of over-the-counter cerumenolytics for ear wax

Timothy Tynan, Aaron Griffin, Bernard C. S. Whitfield

Published online: 06 November 2020

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Review Article

A systematic review of the effectiveness and complications of using nasal bridles to secure nasoenteral feeding tubes

Angelica Lynch, Cheryl S. Tang, Luxmana S. Jeganathan, Jason G. Rockey

Published online: 30 January 2018

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Review Article

Metastatic basal cell carcinoma: a review of six cases

Joshua Lau, Alexander Guminski, Anthony Gill, David Veivers

Published online: 18 September 2018

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Original Article

Single application of clotrimazole cream in the management of fungal otitis externa

Anne Louise Tescher, Elizabeth Rose

Published online: 09 August 2024

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Original Article

Radiological reporting of CT paranasal sinuses: CLOSE to the mark? The Australian otolaryngologists’ perspective

Brandon Cadd, Hershil Khatri, Samuel Mohr, Johannes C. Oosthuizen

Published online: 11 February 2022

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Specialty Techniques

A diagnostic and surgical approach to masses of the buccal space: a case series

Faruque Riffat, Zubair Hasan, Malcolm Buchanan, Dzung Vu, Carsten Palme

Published online: 20 June 2019

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Original Article

Paediatric fish bone ingestion: a 10-year analysis at a tertiary pediatric hospital

Eugene Wong, Alan T. Cheng, Shiv Aggarwala, Jessica Chong, Marin Duvnjak, Fred Azimi, Daron Cope, Narinder Singh

Published online: 27 May 2019

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Original Article

Fungal otitis externa and tympanic membrane perforation: four-year experience at a Victorian hospital

Hannah Tan, Jason Wei Jun Lim, Elizabeth Rose

Published online: 02 August 2021

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Original Article

In vivo (human) and in vitro inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 with 0.5% povidone-iodine nasal spray

Peter Friedland, Simon Tucker, Stephen Goodall, Justin Julander, Michelle Mendenhall, Peter Molloy, Douwe Marcus de Jong, Dany Badibanga Musungaie, Chisha Sikazwe, Kirtu Panta, Avram Levy, David Smith

Published online: 09 February 2022

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Review Article

The early history and development of endoscopic sinonasal surgery in Australia: 1985–2005

Kevin J. Kane

Published online: 17 January 2018

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Original Article

Management of post tonsillectomy secondary haemorrhage: Flinders experience

Nuwan Dharmawardana, Dhinashini Chandran, Anna Elias, Stephen Shih-Teng Kao

Published online: 07 December 2018

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Original Article

Recurrent thyroglossal duct cysts: a 15-year review of presentation, management and outcomes from a tertiary paediatric institution

Luke M. O’Neil, Alan T. Cheng

Published online: 02 July 2018

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Systematic Review

Diagnosis and management of type 1 laryngeal cleft: systematic review

Rachel Loh, Malvine Phua, Chi-Kee Leslie Shaw

Published online: 13 February 2019

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Original Article

Laryngeal Botox injection in recalcitrant cases of chronic cough

Lachlan Cook, Theodore Athanasiadis

Published online: 17 June 2021

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Original Article

The impact of anticoagulation on management of anterior epistaxis: retrospective case series

Nazanin Ahmadi, Elizabeth Sigston

Published online: 21 August 2023

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