Journal rankings · indicator year 2006
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Subfield ranking · 2006
Ophthalmology journal rankings 2006
48 ranked journals · Subfield in Medicine
Ophthalmology has 48 ranked journals in 2006. The median journal has an OJR of 0.71, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.05 on 2005; Q1 starts at OJR 1.02. The top three are Progress in Retinal and Eye Research, Survey of Ophthalmology, and Ophthalmology.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2006. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2003–2005, the window the 2006 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Medicine (42)
- Surgery428
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine181
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health154
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine150
- Oncology120
- Epidemiology97
- Infectious Diseases95
- Psychiatry and Mental health89
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging86
- Neurology82
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism78
- Physiology75
- Ophthalmology48
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- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine54
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health54
- Dermatology51
- Hematology48
- Obstetrics and Gynecology41
- Rheumatology37
- Nephrology34
- Pharmacology29
- Complementary and alternative medicine27
- Reproductive Medicine27
- Emergency Medicine24
- Geriatrics and Gerontology23
- Otorhinolaryngology18
- Rehabilitation18
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine17
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine14
- Immunology and Allergy12
- Genetics9
- Hepatology9
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine8
- Urology7
- Gastroenterology6
- Internal Medicine4
- Transplantation2
- Biochemistry1
- Family Practice1
- Anatomy0
- Health Informatics0
- Microbiology0
48 ranked journals
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Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2005. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2003–2005, the window the 2006 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2003–2005 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2000 to 2006. | Compare |
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1Progress in Retinal and Eye ResearchElsevier BV · Netherlands | 4.15Q1 | 9.14 1.57 up from 2005 | 90 | 22% | $6,710 | ||
2Survey of OphthalmologyElsevier BV · United States | 2.05Q1 | 3.33 0.13 up from 2005 | 190 | 5% | $4,620 | ||
3OphthalmologyElsevier BV · United States | 1.97Q1 | 3.81 0.73 up from 2005 | 1,407 | 25% | $4,990 | ||
4Archives of OphthalmologyAmerican Medical Association · United States | 1.85Q1 | 3.14 0.11 down from 2005 | 1,038 | 7% | — | ||
5Current Opinion in OphthalmologyLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 1.67Q1 | 3.06 0.87 up from 2005 | 190 | 2% | — | ||
6Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual ScienceOACadmus Press · United States | 1.52Q1 | 3.69 0.01 up from 2005 | 2,064 | 3% | $1,850 | ||
7American Journal of OphthalmologyElsevier BV · United States | 1.52Q1 | 2.52 0.10 down from 2005 | 1,752 | 9% | $4,300 | ||
8Journal of GlaucomaLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 1.25Q1 | 1.93 0.31 up from 2005 | 295 | 1% | — | ||
9Ophthalmic EpidemiologyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.23Q1 | 2.41 0.78 up from 2005 | 110 | 2% | — | ||
10British Journal of OphthalmologyBMJ · United Kingdom | 1.15Q1 | 2.13 0.23 down from 2005 | 1,408 | 100% | — | ||
11Experimental Eye ResearchElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.07Q1 | 2.36 0.16 down from 2005 | 696 | 19% | $4,010 | ||
12BMC OphthalmologyOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.02Q1 | 1.64 0.22 up from 2005 | 55 | 100% | $2,990 | ||
13Ophthalmology Clinics of North AmericaElsevier BV · United States | 1.01Q2 | 1.60 0.49 up from 2005 | 131 | — | — | ||
14Journal of Cataract & Refractive SurgeryLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 0.99Q2 | 2.17 0.05 up from 2005 | 1,614 | 1% | $3,000 | ||
15RetinaLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 0.93Q2 | 1.83 0.09 up from 2005 | 626 | 2% | — | ||
16Ophthalmic surgery, lasers & imaging retinaUnited States | 0.86Q2 | 1.62 0.57 up from 2005 | 292 | 0% | — | ||
17Graefe s Archive for Clinical and Experimental OphthalmologySpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 0.86Q2 | 1.55 0.11 down from 2005 | 696 | 10% | $2,990 | ||
18Ocular Immunology and InflammationTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.83Q2 | 1.46 0.38 up from 2005 | 139 | 6% | — | ||
19OphthalmologicaKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 0.78Q2 | 1.37 0.14 up from 2005 | 233 | 14% | — | ||
20Current Eye ResearchTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.77Q2 | 1.58 0.22 up from 2005 | 326 | 8% | — | ||
21Acta Ophthalmologica ScandinavicaWiley · United Kingdom | 0.75Q2 | 1.35 0.11 up from 2005 | 534 | 58% | — | ||
22Seminars in OphthalmologyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.72Q2 | 0.91 0.14 down from 2005 | 91 | 3% | — | ||
23Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and TherapeuticsMary Ann Liebert, Inc. · United States | 0.72Q2 | 1.37 0.30 up from 2005 | 173 | 3% | — | ||
24European Journal of OphthalmologySAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.71Q2 | 1.17 0.08 up from 2005 | 393 | 1% | $4,150 | ||
25Clinical and Experimental OphthalmologyWiley · United Kingdom | 0.70Q3 | 1.22 0.05 up from 2005 | 453 | 9% | $4,150 | ||
26Evidence-Based Eye CareUnited States | 0.68Q3 | 0.80 0.39 down from 2005 | 235 | — | — | ||
27EyeSpringer Nature · United Kingdom | 0.62Q3 | 1.10 0.07 up from 2005 | 1,258 | 10% | $3,590 | ||
28Clinical and Experimental OptometryTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.55Q3 | 1.15 0.05 down from 2005 | 183 | 1% | $2,900 | ||
29Ophthalmic ResearchOAKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 0.53Q3 | 1.15 0.17 up from 2005 | 167 | 28% | — | ||
30International Ophthalmology ClinicsLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 0.52Q3 | 0.98 0.28 up from 2005 | 151 | 2% | — | ||
31Veterinary OphthalmologyWiley · United Kingdom | 0.51Q3 | 1.11 0.09 up from 2005 | 184 | 14% | $3,860 | ||
32Japanese Journal of OphthalmologySpringer Science+Business Media | 0.48Q3 | 0.85 0.07 up from 2005 | 348 | 4% | $3,790 | ||
33Canadian Journal of OphthalmologyElsevier BV · Canada | 0.45Q3 | 0.85 0.20 up from 2005 | 260 | 4% | $3,220 | ||
34Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and StrabismusElsevier BV · United States | 0.45Q3 | 1.03 0.07 up from 2005 | 319 | 4% | $3,330 | ||
35Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology & StrabismusSlack Incorporated (United States) · United States | 0.41Q3 | 0.79 0.01 down from 2005 | 210 | 1% | — | ||
36OptometryElsevier BV · United States | 0.38Q3 | 0.66 0.11 down from 2005 | 124 | 0% | — | ||
37International OphthalmologySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.25Q4 | 0.46 0.15 up from 2005 | 50 | 4% | $3,790 | ||
38Journal Français d OphtalmologieElsevier BV · France | 0.23Q4 | 0.47 0.04 up from 2005 | 381 | 0% | $3,100 | ||
39Korean Journal of OphthalmologyOAKorean Ophthalmological Society · South Korea | 0.16Q4 | 0.28 0.13 down from 2005 | 109 | 100% | $250 | ||
40Dkgest of the World Latest Medical InformationPublisher not listed | 0.13Q4 | 0.22 0.22 up from 2005 | 209 | — | — | ||
41Klinische Monatsblätter für AugenheilkundeThieme Medical Publishers (Germany) · Germany | 0.11Q4 | 0.13 0.02 up from 2005 | 1,532 | 3% | — | ||
42Digest of the World Core Medical JournalsPublisher not listed | 0.06Q4 | 0.09no 2005 value | 87 | 0% | — | — | |
43Arquivos Brasileiros de OftalmologiaOAConselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia · Brazil | 0.06Q4 | 0.12 0.02 up from 2005 | 473 | 100% | — | ||
44Annals of OphthalmologySpringer Nature · United States | 0.05Q4 | 0.11 0.03 up from 2005 | 82 | 0% | — | ||
45Spektrum der AugenheilkundeSpringer Science+Business Media · Austria | 0.03Q4 | 0.09 0.02 up from 2005 | 126 | 1% | $3,290 | ||
46Zhonghua yandibing zazhiChinese Medical Association · China | 0.00Q4 | 0.00no change | 216 | 0% | — | ||
46Turkish Journal of OphthalmologyOAGalenos Yayinevi · Türkiye | 0.00Q4 | 0.00no change | 71 | 0% | — | ||
46International Journal of OphthalmologyOAPress of International Journal of Ophthalmology (IJO PRESS) · Hong Kong SAR China | 0.00Q4 | 0.00no change | 47 | 0% | $1,800 |
Subfields of Medicine, with Ophthalmology highlighted.
- Surgery428
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine181
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health154
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine150
- Oncology120
- Epidemiology97
- Infectious Diseases95
- Psychiatry and Mental health89
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging86
- Neurology82
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism78
- Physiology75
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine54
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health54
- Dermatology51
- Hematology48
- Ophthalmology48
- Obstetrics and Gynecology41
- Rheumatology37
- Nephrology34
- Pharmacology29
- Complementary and alternative medicine27
- Reproductive Medicine27
- Emergency Medicine24
- Geriatrics and Gerontology23
- Otorhinolaryngology18
- Rehabilitation18
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine17
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine14
- Immunology and Allergy12
- Genetics9
- Hepatology9
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine8
- Urology7
- Gastroenterology6
- Internal Medicine4
- Transplantation2
- Biochemistry1
- Family Practice1
- Anatomy0
- Health Informatics0
- Microbiology0
Journals
Citations made in 2006. Corpus-wide, 71.3% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
15 additional Ophthalmology journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2003–2005, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2006. Publication window: 2003–2005. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 48
- Window papers (baseline)
- 18,467 +31.4% from indicator year 2003
- Median OJR
- 0.71 +17.1% from indicator year 2003
- Rising journals (2025)
- 10
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2003–2005 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked journals | 40 | 43 | 42 | 41 | 43 | 46 | 48 | 51 | 55 | 59 | 60 | 62 | 67 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 80 | 87 | 95 | 98 | 100 | 103 | 103 | 105 | 100 | 96 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 10,473 | 11,378 | 12,226 | 14,052 | 15,094 | 17,136 | 18,467 | 20,621 | 21,851 | 23,336 | 24,412 | 27,884 | 28,462 | 29,131 | 28,558 | 30,793 | 33,056 | 34,533 | 35,768 | 36,390 | 37,173 | 41,089 | 45,525 | 48,388 | 46,946 | 45,419 | |
| Median OJR | 0.44 | 0.53 | 0.591 | 0.604 | 0.595 | 0.66 | 0.71 | 0.70 | 0.72 | 0.573 | 0.688 | 0.601 | 0.625 | 0.619 | 0.67 | 0.695 | 0.65 | 0.614 | 0.589 | 0.615 | 0.612 | 0.58 | 0.593 | 0.571 | 0.63 | 0.68 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.