Journal rankings · indicator year 2020
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Subfield ranking · 2020
Ophthalmology journal rankings 2020
100 ranked journals · Subfield in Medicine
Ophthalmology has 100 ranked journals in 2020. The median journal has an OJR of 0.61, below the world average of 1.00, unchanged on 2019; Q1 starts at OJR 1.15. The top three are Progress in Retinal and Eye Research, Ophthalmology, and Survey of Ophthalmology.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2020. 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 2017–2019, the window the 2020 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)
- Surgery962
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine353
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health301
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine294
- Oncology238
- Infectious Diseases222
- Epidemiology196
- Neurology170
- Physiology163
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism161
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging160
- Psychiatry and Mental health140
- Ophthalmology100
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- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine123
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health100
- Dermatology93
- Hematology79
- Obstetrics and Gynecology79
- Rheumatology69
- Nephrology58
- Pharmacology53
- Complementary and alternative medicine51
- Reproductive Medicine48
- Emergency Medicine44
- Geriatrics and Gerontology39
- Otorhinolaryngology37
- Rehabilitation34
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine30
- Hepatology26
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine24
- Genetics22
- Immunology and Allergy22
- Urology14
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine13
- Gastroenterology8
- Health Informatics5
- Internal Medicine5
- Family Practice3
- Transplantation3
- Biochemistry1
- Anatomy0
- Microbiology0
100 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 2019. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2017–2019, the window the 2020 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2017–2019 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 2011 to 2020. | Compare |
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1Progress in Retinal and Eye ResearchElsevier BV · Netherlands | 6.75Q1 | 17.29 1.75 up from 2019 | 138 | 65% | $6,710 | ||
2OphthalmologyElsevier BV · United States | 4.30Q1 | 9.46 1.27 up from 2019 | 779 | 58% | $4,990 | ||
3Survey of OphthalmologyElsevier BV · United States | 2.40Q1 | 5.97 1.43 up from 2019 | 217 | 16% | $4,620 | ||
4Current Opinion in OphthalmologyLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 2.19Q1 | 5.18 1.25 up from 2019 | 239 | 13% | — | ||
5American Journal of OphthalmologyElsevier BV · United States | 2.15Q1 | 5.14 1.20 up from 2019 | 1,055 | 39% | $4,300 | ||
6British Journal of OphthalmologyBMJ · United Kingdom | 1.87Q1 | 4.57 0.78 up from 2019 | 969 | 38% | — | ||
7Ophthalmology and TherapyOAAdis, Springer Healthcare · Germany | 1.78Q1 | 4.46 1.50 up from 2019 | 148 | 100% | $7,400 | ||
8Ophthalmology RetinaElsevier BV · United States | 1.65Q1 | 4.11 1.92 up from 2019 | 471 | 31% | $3,920 | ||
9RetinaLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 1.60Q1 | 3.61 0.46 up from 2019 | 1,065 | 19% | — | ||
10Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual ScienceOACadmus Press · United States | 1.58Q1 | 4.33 0.50 up from 2019 | 2,161 | 100% | $1,850 | ||
11Asia-Pacific Journal of OphthalmologyOALippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 1.55Q1 | 3.03 0.41 down from 2019 | 175 | 100% | $1,950 | ||
12JAMA OphthalmologyAmerican Medical Association · United States | 1.46Q1 | 3.18 0.02 down from 2019 | 1,154 | 49% | — | ||
13OphthalmologicaKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 1.44Q1 | 3.61 1.23 up from 2019 | 216 | 21% | — | ||
14BMJ Open OphthalmologyOABMJ · United Kingdom | 1.43Q1 | 3.46 0.87 up from 2019 | 134 | 100% | $2,085 | ||
15EyeSpringer Nature · United Kingdom | 1.42Q1 | 3.34 0.95 up from 2019 | 1,002 | 99% | $3,590 | ||
16Therapeutic Advances in OphthalmologyOASAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.38Q1 | 3.25 0.83 up from 2019 | 61 | 100% | $2,650 | ||
17Journal of Ophthalmic Inflammation and InfectionOASpringer Nature · Germany | 1.36Q1 | 3.19 1.38 up from 2019 | 71 | 100% | $2,290 | ||
18International Journal of Retina and VitreousOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.34Q1 | 2.88 0.02 up from 2019 | 144 | 100% | $1,890 | ||
19Translational Vision Science & TechnologyOAAssociation for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology · United States | 1.34Q1 | 3.79 1.02 up from 2019 | 473 | 100% | $1,850 | ||
20Ophthalmology GlaucomaElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.29Q1 | 2.57 1.14 up from 2019 | 103 | 30% | $3,300 | ||
21Graefe s Archive for Clinical and Experimental OphthalmologySpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.29Q1 | 3.19 0.63 up from 2019 | 935 | 37% | $2,990 | ||
22Seminars in OphthalmologyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.24Q1 | 2.39 0.38 up from 2019 | 168 | 13% | — | ||
23Clinical ophthalmologyOADove Medical Press · New Zealand | 1.22Q1 | 2.83 0.40 up from 2019 | 897 | 100% | $2,320 | ||
24Acta OphthalmologicaWiley · United Kingdom | 1.19Q1 | 2.75 0.37 up from 2019 | 919 | 80% | $4,990 | ||
25Ophthalmic ResearchOAKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 1.15Q1 | 3.27 0.97 up from 2019 | 200 | 39% | — | ||
26Experimental Eye ResearchElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.15Q2 | 3.48 0.50 up from 2019 | 763 | 44% | $4,010 | ||
27BMC OphthalmologyOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.10Q2 | 2.86 0.73 up from 2019 | 875 | 100% | $2,990 | ||
28Journal of Cataract & Refractive SurgeryLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 1.10Q2 | 2.85 0.68 up from 2019 | 990 | 11% | $3,000 | ||
29Journal of GlaucomaLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 1.09Q2 | 2.59 0.46 up from 2019 | 777 | 50% | — | ||
30Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and TherapeuticsMary Ann Liebert, Inc. · United States | 1.06Q2 | 2.45 0.28 up from 2019 | 261 | 41% | — | ||
31Japanese Journal of OphthalmologySpringer Science+Business Media | 1.05Q2 | 2.94 0.92 up from 2019 | 204 | 6% | $3,790 | ||
32Journal of OphthalmologyOAHindawi Publishing Corporation · United Kingdom | 1.03Q2 | 2.43 0.44 up from 2019 | 859 | 100% | $3,040 | ||
33JOURNAL OF CURRENT GLAUCOMA PRACTICEOAIndia | 0.99Q2 | 1.63 0.12 down from 2019 | 81 | 100% | — | ||
34Current Eye ResearchTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.92Q2 | 2.29 0.35 up from 2019 | 636 | 25% | — | ||
35Journal of Current OphthalmologyOAElsevier BV · Jordan | 0.92Q2 | 2.07 0.34 up from 2019 | 206 | 100% | — | ||
36Clinical and Experimental OphthalmologyWiley · United Kingdom | 0.90Q2 | 2.06 0.39 up from 2019 | 539 | 26% | $4,150 | ||
37The Open Ophthalmology JournalOABentham Science Publishers · Netherlands | 0.87Q2 | 1.74 0.37 up from 2019 | 98 | 100% | — | ||
38Clinical and Experimental OptometryTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.86Q2 | 2.10 0.16 up from 2019 | 391 | 20% | $2,900 | ||
39Ocular Immunology and InflammationTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.85Q2 | 2.08 0.42 up from 2019 | 548 | 18% | — | ||
40European Journal of OphthalmologySAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.81Q2 | 1.84 0.41 up from 2019 | 643 | 13% | $4,150 | ||
41International OphthalmologySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.78Q2 | 1.98 0.65 up from 2019 | 799 | 15% | $3,790 | ||
42Ophthalmic surgery, lasers & imaging retinaUnited States | 0.76Q2 | 1.61 0.19 up from 2019 | 567 | 10% | — | ||
43Ophthalmic EpidemiologyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.73Q2 | 1.61 0.02 down from 2019 | 200 | 23% | — | ||
44Korean Journal of OphthalmologyOAKorean Ophthalmological Society · South Korea | 0.70Q2 | 1.38 0.15 up from 2019 | 273 | 100% | $250 | ||
45Journal of Ophthalmic and Vision ResearchOAKnowledge E · Iran | 0.70Q2 | 1.64 0.22 up from 2019 | 251 | 100% | $200 | ||
46International Journal of OphthalmologyOAPress of International Journal of Ophthalmology (IJO PRESS) · Hong Kong SAR China | 0.69Q2 | 1.87 0.38 up from 2019 | 1,008 | 100% | $1,800 | ||
47International Ophthalmology ClinicsLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 0.69Q2 | 1.55 0.74 up from 2019 | 132 | 22% | — | ||
48Cutaneous and Ocular ToxicologyTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.69Q2 | 2.17 0.32 up from 2019 | 159 | 7% | — | ||
49Indian Journal of OphthalmologyOAMedknow · India | 0.63Q2 | 1.42 0.17 up from 2019 | 1,493 | 100% | — | ||
50Turkish Journal of OphthalmologyOAGalenos Yayinevi · Türkiye | 0.63Q2 | 1.26 0.15 up from 2019 | 198 | 100% | — |
Subfields of Medicine, with Ophthalmology highlighted.
- Surgery962
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine353
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health301
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine294
- Oncology238
- Infectious Diseases222
- Epidemiology196
- Neurology170
- Physiology163
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism161
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging160
- Psychiatry and Mental health140
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine123
- Ophthalmology100
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health100
- Dermatology93
- Hematology79
- Obstetrics and Gynecology79
- Rheumatology69
- Nephrology58
- Pharmacology53
- Complementary and alternative medicine51
- Reproductive Medicine48
- Emergency Medicine44
- Geriatrics and Gerontology39
- Otorhinolaryngology37
- Rehabilitation34
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine30
- Hepatology26
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine24
- Genetics22
- Immunology and Allergy22
- Urology14
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine13
- Gastroenterology8
- Health Informatics5
- Internal Medicine5
- Family Practice3
- Transplantation3
- Biochemistry1
- Anatomy0
- Microbiology0
Journals
Citations made in 2020. Corpus-wide, 86.1% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
21 additional Ophthalmology journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2017–2019, 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: 2020. Publication window: 2017–2019. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 100
- Window papers (baseline)
- 37,173 +7.6% from indicator year 2017
- Median OJR
- 0.612 -0.2% from indicator year 2017
- Rising journals (2025)
- 10
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2017–2019 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 |
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| 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.