Journal profile · OPHTHALMOLOGY
BMJ Open Ophthalmology
ISSN 2397-3269 · BMJ Publishing Group · United Kingdom
BMJ Open Ophthalmology: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.7 (journal website); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 133 days to acceptance (101 articles, last 24 months); 135 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
BMJ Open Ophthalmology is published by BMJ Publishing Group and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Retinal Diseases and Treatments, Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies and Glaucoma and retinal disorders, together about 37.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ophthalmology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Time from acceptance to publication*:22Impact Factor:2.7Citescore:3.5Citescore rank:48/1472025 total content views:145,6632025 total Altmetric mentions:194More journal metricsHow we get these metrics*median number of days Aims & scope Ownership Editorial board Journal information Journal Statistics 2025 Related publications Affiliations
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): OPHTHALMOLOGY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Retinal Diseases and TreatmentsMedicine13.6%
- Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment StudiesMedicine13.4%
- Glaucoma and retinal disordersMedicine10.8%
- Corneal surgery and disordersMedicine7.3%
- Retinal and Macular SurgeryMedicine6.5%
- Retinal Imaging and AnalysisMedicine5.8%
- Intraocular Surgery and LensesMedicine5.6%
- Ocular Infections and TreatmentsMedicine4.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Ophthalmology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Ophthalmology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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 (publisher)
- 2.7Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 3.5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.9LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.19LetPub ·
- h-index
- 41OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 290OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.32OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 128LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 843 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 76 | 76 | 30 |
| 2025 | 135 | 135 | 369 |
| 2024 | 115 | 115 | 684 |
| 2023 | 89 | 89 | 672 |
| 2022 | 104 | 104 | 1,120 |
| 2021 | 108 | 108 | 1,734 |
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.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
133 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 91 days – 209 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 21 days (101 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 161 days
- Sample
- 101 articles with submission and acceptance dates (240 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 23 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | GBP 2,390 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | GBP 1,700 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 2,163 | Yes | — |
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
- BMJ Publishing Group
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2397-3269
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about BMJ Open Ophthalmology
What CAS zone is BMJ Open Ophthalmology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, BMJ Open Ophthalmology is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Ophthalmology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of BMJ Open Ophthalmology?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2.7 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 3.5, h-index 41.
How long does peer review take at BMJ Open Ophthalmology?
Based on the dates recorded on 101 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 133 days (interquartile range 91–209 days); authors report an average review time of about 20 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index BMJ Open Ophthalmology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, BMJ Open Ophthalmology is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is BMJ Open Ophthalmology open access, and what is the APC?
BMJ Open Ophthalmology is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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: .