Journal rankings · indicator year 2015
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Subfield ranking · 2015
Ophthalmology journal rankings 2015
74 ranked journals · Subfield in Medicine
Ophthalmology has 74 ranked journals in 2015. The median journal has an OJR of 0.69, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.03 on 2014; Q1 starts at OJR 1.13. The top three are Progress in Retinal and Eye Research, Ophthalmology, and American Journal of Ophthalmology.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2015. 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 2012–2014, the window the 2015 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)
- Surgery773
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine297
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health252
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine238
- Oncology188
- Infectious Diseases182
- Epidemiology176
- Neurology151
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism141
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging138
- Physiology129
- Psychiatry and Mental health123
- Ophthalmology74
Show all 42 subfields
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine95
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health85
- Dermatology74
- Hematology71
- Obstetrics and Gynecology61
- Rheumatology58
- Nephrology49
- Reproductive Medicine45
- Complementary and alternative medicine42
- Pharmacology42
- Emergency Medicine36
- Geriatrics and Gerontology36
- Otorhinolaryngology34
- Rehabilitation29
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine23
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine22
- Genetics19
- Hepatology19
- Immunology and Allergy17
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine12
- Urology11
- Gastroenterology6
- Internal Medicine5
- Family Practice3
- Transplantation3
- Health Informatics1
- Anatomy0
- Biochemistry0
- Microbiology0
74 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 2014. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2012–2014, the window the 2015 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2012–2014 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 2006 to 2015. | Compare |
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1Progress in Retinal and Eye ResearchElsevier BV · Netherlands | 4.92Q1 | 10.93 1.27 up from 2014 | 107 | 50% | $6,710 | ||
2OphthalmologyElsevier BV · United States | 3.20Q1 | 6.29 0.91 up from 2014 | 1,525 | 46% | $4,990 | ||
3American Journal of OphthalmologyElsevier BV · United States | 2.30Q1 | 4.04 0.02 up from 2014 | 1,082 | 21% | $4,300 | ||
4Survey of OphthalmologyElsevier BV · United States | 2.27Q1 | 4.03 0.19 down from 2014 | 182 | 17% | $4,620 | ||
5Current Opinion in OphthalmologyLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 2.10Q1 | 3.88 0.19 down from 2014 | 241 | 15% | — | ||
6JAMA OphthalmologyAmerican Medical Association · United States | 1.83Q1 | 3.20 0.31 up from 2014 | 709 | 33% | — | ||
7Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual ScienceOACadmus Press · United States | 1.67Q1 | 3.70 0.14 down from 2014 | 3,203 | 9% | $1,850 | ||
8British Journal of OphthalmologyBMJ · United Kingdom | 1.67Q1 | 3.21 0.25 up from 2014 | 1,127 | 32% | — | ||
9RetinaLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 1.59Q1 | 3.23 0.04 down from 2014 | 949 | 15% | — | ||
10Experimental Eye ResearchElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.37Q1 | 3.52 0.55 up from 2014 | 636 | 51% | $4,010 | ||
11Journal of OphthalmologyOAHindawi Publishing Corporation · United Kingdom | 1.32Q1 | 2.29 0.07 up from 2014 | 331 | 100% | $3,040 | ||
12Archives of OphthalmologyAmerican Medical Association · United States | 1.32Q1 | —no 2014 value | 340 | — | — | ||
13OphthalmologicaKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 1.21Q1 | 1.81 0.56 down from 2014 | 199 | 26% | — | ||
14Translational Vision Science & TechnologyOAAssociation for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology · United States | 1.20Q1 | 2.38 0.37 down from 2014 | 86 | 99% | $1,850 | ||
15Journal of Cataract & Refractive SurgeryLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 1.20Q1 | 2.52 0.21 down from 2014 | 1,206 | 9% | $3,000 | ||
16Japanese Journal of OphthalmologySpringer Science+Business Media | 1.14Q1 | 2.09 0.02 down from 2014 | 244 | 15% | $3,790 | ||
17EyeSpringer Nature · United Kingdom | 1.14Q1 | 2.03 0.07 up from 2014 | 872 | 99% | $3,590 | ||
18Journal of Ophthalmic Inflammation and InfectionOASpringer Nature · Germany | 1.13Q1 | 2.29 0.03 up from 2014 | 125 | 100% | $2,290 | ||
19Acta OphthalmologicaWiley · United Kingdom | 1.13Q1 | 2.20 0.04 up from 2014 | 845 | 21% | $4,990 | ||
20Graefe s Archive for Clinical and Experimental OphthalmologySpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.11Q2 | 2.20 0.22 up from 2014 | 926 | 21% | $2,990 | ||
21Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and TherapeuticsMary Ann Liebert, Inc. · United States | 1.10Q2 | 2.10 0.06 up from 2014 | 321 | 34% | — | ||
22BMC OphthalmologyOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.07Q2 | 2.08 0.31 up from 2014 | 313 | 100% | $2,990 | ||
23Journal of GlaucomaLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 1.04Q2 | 1.67 0.10 up from 2014 | 502 | 14% | — | ||
24Current Eye ResearchTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.02Q2 | 1.87 0.23 down from 2014 | 598 | 17% | — | ||
25ISRN OphthalmologyOAHindawi Publishing Corporation · Egypt | 0.96Q2 | 2.23 0.93 up from 2014 | 60 | — | — | ||
26Clinical ophthalmologyOADove Medical Press · New Zealand | 0.96Q2 | 1.82no change | 1,018 | 100% | $2,320 | ||
27Ophthalmic ResearchOAKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 0.95Q2 | 1.83 0.27 up from 2014 | 168 | 35% | — | ||
28Clinical and Experimental OphthalmologyWiley · United Kingdom | 0.95Q2 | 1.41 0.31 down from 2014 | 506 | 21% | $4,150 | ||
29Ophthalmic EpidemiologyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.90Q2 | 1.81 0.08 up from 2014 | 170 | 44% | — | ||
30The Open Ophthalmology JournalOABentham Science Publishers · Netherlands | 0.90Q2 | 1.41 0.32 down from 2014 | 63 | 100% | — | ||
31Ophthalmic surgery, lasers & imaging retinaUnited States | 0.77Q2 | 1.61 0.51 up from 2014 | 386 | 5% | — | ||
32Middle East African Journal of OphthalmologyMedknow · India | 0.77Q2 | 1.40 0.23 up from 2014 | 236 | 100% | — | ||
33Ocular Immunology and InflammationTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.77Q2 | 1.60 0.02 up from 2014 | 360 | 25% | — | ||
34Saudi Journal of OphthalmologyElsevier BV · Saudi Arabia | 0.75Q2 | 1.40 0.41 up from 2014 | 210 | 100% | — | ||
35Seminars in OphthalmologyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.71Q2 | 1.26 0.30 up from 2014 | 327 | 3% | — | ||
36European Journal of OphthalmologySAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.71Q2 | 1.27 0.12 down from 2014 | 435 | 7% | $4,150 | ||
37Clinical and Experimental OptometryTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.70Q2 | 1.35 0.06 down from 2014 | 288 | 25% | $2,900 | ||
38Veterinary OphthalmologyWiley · United Kingdom | 0.69Q3 | 1.34 0.41 up from 2014 | 318 | 20% | $3,860 | ||
39Cutaneous and Ocular ToxicologyTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.67Q3 | 1.36 0.14 up from 2014 | 225 | 7% | — | ||
40Korean Journal of OphthalmologyOAKorean Ophthalmological Society · South Korea | 0.63Q3 | 1.05 0.05 down from 2014 | 263 | 100% | $250 | ||
41International OphthalmologySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.62Q3 | 1.07 0.07 down from 2014 | 524 | 7% | $3,790 | ||
42Indian Journal of OphthalmologyOAMedknow · India | 0.60Q3 | 0.99 0.13 down from 2014 | 677 | 100% | — | ||
43Canadian Journal of OphthalmologyElsevier BV · Canada | 0.59Q3 | 1.07 0.02 up from 2014 | 497 | 34% | $3,220 | ||
44Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and StrabismusElsevier BV · United States | 0.54Q3 | 1.02 0.50 down from 2014 | 591 | 7% | $3,330 | ||
45International Ophthalmology ClinicsLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 0.52Q3 | 0.87 0.20 down from 2014 | 155 | 17% | — | ||
46Oman Journal of OphthalmologyOAMedknow · India | 0.49Q3 | 0.90 0.06 up from 2014 | 167 | 100% | — | ||
47Case Reports in OphthalmologyOAKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 0.49Q3 | 0.92 0.04 down from 2014 | 239 | 100% | $1,030 | ||
48Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology & StrabismusSlack Incorporated (United States) · United States | 0.47Q3 | 0.81 0.07 up from 2014 | 241 | 4% | — | ||
49Arquivos Brasileiros de OftalmologiaOAConselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia · Brazil | 0.46Q3 | 0.71 0.02 down from 2014 | 295 | 100% | — | ||
50Current Ophthalmology ReportsSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 0.40Q3 | 0.71 0.10 up from 2014 | 56 | 29% | $4,190 |
Subfields of Medicine, with Ophthalmology highlighted.
- Surgery773
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine297
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health252
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine238
- Oncology188
- Infectious Diseases182
- Epidemiology176
- Neurology151
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism141
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging138
- Physiology129
- Psychiatry and Mental health123
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine95
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health85
- Dermatology74
- Ophthalmology74
- Hematology71
- Obstetrics and Gynecology61
- Rheumatology58
- Nephrology49
- Reproductive Medicine45
- Complementary and alternative medicine42
- Pharmacology42
- Emergency Medicine36
- Geriatrics and Gerontology36
- Otorhinolaryngology34
- Rehabilitation29
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine23
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine22
- Genetics19
- Hepatology19
- Immunology and Allergy17
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine12
- Urology11
- Gastroenterology6
- Internal Medicine5
- Family Practice3
- Transplantation3
- Health Informatics1
- Anatomy0
- Biochemistry0
- Microbiology0
Journals
Citations made in 2015. Corpus-wide, 78.1% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
29 additional Ophthalmology journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2012–2014, 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: 2015. Publication window: 2012–2014. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 74
- Window papers (baseline)
- 30,793 +8.2% from indicator year 2012
- Median OJR
- 0.695 +11.2% from indicator year 2012
- Rising journals (2025)
- 10
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2012–2014 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.