Journal profile · Medicine-Ophthalmology
Annual Review of Vision Science
ISSN 2374-4642 · eISSN 2374-4650 · Annual Reviews Inc. · UNITED STATES
Annual Review of Vision Science: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 6.54; subscription journal; 27 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Annual Review of Vision Science is published by Annual Reviews Inc. and is in Zone 2 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Visual perception and processing mechanisms, Retinal Development and Disorders and Neural dynamics and brain function, together about 46.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Cognitive Neuroscience. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
AIMS AND SCOPE OF JOURNAL: The Annual Review of Vision Science reviews progress in the visual sciences, a cross-cutting set of disciplines which intersect psychology, neuroscience, computer science, cell biology and genetics, and clinical medicine. The journal covers a broad range of topics and techniques, including optics, retina, central visual processing, visual perception, eye movements, visual development, vision models, computer vision, and the mechanisms of visual disease, dysfunction, and sight restoration. The study of vision is central to progress in many areas of science, and this new journal explores and exposes the connections that link it to biology, behavior, computation, engineering, and medicine.  
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Ophthalmology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Visual perception and processing mechanismsNeuroscience18.9%
- Retinal Development and DisordersBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology14.8%
- Neural dynamics and brain functionNeuroscience13%
- Retinal Diseases and TreatmentsMedicine5.4%
- Glaucoma and retinal disordersMedicine5.2%
- Photoreceptor and optogenetics researchNeuroscience5.2%
- Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment StudiesMedicine4.2%
- Visual Attention and Saliency DetectionComputer Science3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Ophthalmology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Neurosciences | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: yes
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Neurosciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Ophthalmology | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Ophthalmology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Neurosciences | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: yes
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 6.54LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 6.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 10LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.22LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.47LetPub ·
- h-index
- 10LetPub ·
- h-index
- 73OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 213OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5.26OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.55%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 26LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 293 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 26 | 25 | 12 |
| 2025 | 27 | 26 | 110 |
| 2024 | 21 | 20 | 267 |
| 2023 | 24 | 24 | 665 |
| 2022 | 19 | 13 | 711 |
| 2021 | 36 | 27 | 1,717 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Annual Reviews Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2374-4642
- Electronic ISSN
- 2374-4650
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Annual Review of Vision Science
What CAS zone is Annual Review of Vision Science in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Annual Review of Vision Science is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Ophthalmology / Neurosciences. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Annual Review of Vision Science?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 6.54; CiteScore 10, h-index 73.
Which databases index Annual Review of Vision Science?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Annual Review of Vision Science is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Annual Review of Vision Science open access, and what is the APC?
Annual Review of Vision Science is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .