International Journal of Ophthalmology

International Journal of Ophthalmology is published by Press of International Journal of Ophthalmology 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 Glaucoma and retinal disorders, Retinal Diseases and Treatments and Corneal surgery and disorders, together about 33.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ophthalmology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

International Journal of Ophthalmology-IJO is a global ophthalmological scientific publication and a peer-reviewed open access periodical (ISSN 2222-3959 print, ISSN 2227-4898 online). This journal is sponsored by Chinese Medical Association Xi’an Branch and published by the IJO Press. It has been indexed in SCIE, PubMed, PMC, CA, IC, Scopus, EMBASE and DOAJ. IJO’s JCR IF in 2023 is 1.9, Five-year Impact Factor is 1.8, CiteScore in 2023 is 2.5. IJO was established in 2008, with editorial office in Xi’an, China. It is a monthly publication and accept contribations from all over the world, both basic and Chinical research. Aim & Scope IJO is a comprehensive journal on ophthalmology accepting contributions in English from all over the world. These contributions mainly include original and review articles, both basic and clinical scientific manuscript. With more than 1000 manuscripts received annually, IJO accepts about 26% submitted manuscripts. IJO applies itself to establish a leading ophthalmology journal in the world, to provide a platform for ophthalmologists and impulse the advanced development of ophthalmology.

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Research area (LetPub): OPHTHALMOLOGY

Editor-in-chief George C.Y. ChiouPublisher website

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub

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Impact

Impact factor

1.92LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore 2026-06

3.5LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

0.6LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.78LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

18LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

49OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

1,051OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

1.51OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

10%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

99.5%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

270LetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

Other sources

Average review time (community reports)

4–8 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

EasyLetPub · 2026-09-13

Submission to publication (journal-reported)

about 32 weeksDOAJ · 2026-10-25

Peer review

Double 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.

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Publisher

Press of International Journal of Ophthalmology

Country or region

PEOPLES R CHINA

Language

English

Frequency

Monthly

Founded

2008

ISSN

2222-3959

Print ISSN

2227-4898

Electronic ISSN

2227-4898

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗LetPub
• Author guidelines ↗LetPub
• Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
• APC information ↗DOAJ
• Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
• Open access statement ↗DOAJ
• License & copyright ↗DOAJ
• Peer review process ↗DOAJ
• Editorial board ↗DOAJ
• Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ