Journal profile · Medicine-Ophthalmology
International Journal of Retina and Vitreous
ISSN 2056-9920 · Springer Nature · United Kingdom
International Journal of Retina and Vitreous: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.8 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 1,990; median 66 days to acceptance (111 articles, last 24 months); 161 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of Retina and Vitreous is published by Springer Nature 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, Retinal and Macular Surgery and Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome, together about 46.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ophthalmology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
International Journal of Retina and Vitreous focuses on the ophthalmic subspecialty of vitreoretinal disorders. The journal presents original articles on new approaches to diagnosis, outcomes of clinical trials, innovations in pharmacological therapy and surgical techniques, as well as basic science advances that impact clinical practice. Topical areas include, but are not limited to: Imaging of the retina, choroid and vitreous Innovations in optical coherence tomography (OCT) Small-gauge vitrectomy, retinal detachment, chromovitrectomy Electroretinography (ERG), microperimetry, other functional tests Intraocular tumors Retinal pharmacotherapy & drug delivery Diabetic retinopathy & other vascular diseases Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) & other macular entities
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Ophthalmology
Editor-in-chief Antonio MarceloPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Brazil 32, United States 13, India 3, Germany 3, United Kingdom 1 (62 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Retinal Diseases and TreatmentsMedicine22%
- Retinal and Macular SurgeryMedicine16%
- Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s SyndromeMedicine8.5%
- Retinal Imaging and AnalysisMedicine8.1%
- Intraocular Surgery and LensesMedicine6.3%
- Retinal and Optic ConditionsMedicine5%
- Glaucoma and retinal disordersMedicine4.7%
- Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment StudiesMedicine4.6%
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 4 |
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
EmbaseCASPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, Semantic Scholar
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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) 2025
- 3.8Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.06LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.48LetPub ·
- h-index
- 46OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 317OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.12OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 147LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 677,300Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 929 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 157 | 157 | 43 |
| 2025 | 161 | 161 | 380 |
| 2024 | 99 | 99 | 879 |
| 2023 | 80 | 80 | 803 |
| 2022 | 86 | 86 | 868 |
| 2021 | 77 | 77 | 1,237 |
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 Crossref · to
66 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 53 days – 81 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 11 days (111 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 82 days
- Sample
- 111 articles with submission and acceptance dates (344 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 19 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 6 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 19 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 | EUR 1,590 / USD 1,990 / GBP 1,290 | Yes | CC BY, CC0 | |
| OpenAlex | USD 1,890 / EUR 1,490 / GBP 1,240 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 1,190 / USD 1,790 / EUR 1,390 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | GBP 1,290 / USD 1,990 / EUR 1,590 | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- Templates
- LaTeX and Word
Article types accepted4
- commentaryCommentaryLength not stated
- letter to the editorLetter to the EditorLength not stated
- original articleOriginal articleLength not stated
- reviewReviewLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Data availability Formatting the 'Availability of data and materials' section of your manuscript
Data sharing strongly encouraged or required; deposit in public repositories or include in paper/supporting files. Model summary
The following format for the 'Availability of data and materials section of your manuscript should be used:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Licensing and copyright
Open access under CC BY 4.0; CC0 1.0 applies to published data. Model summary
Creative Commons licences Open access articles in Springer Nature journals are published under Creative Commons licences. These provide an industry-standard framework to support easy re-use of open access material. Under Creative Commons licences, authors retain copyright of their articles. International Journal of Retina and Vitreous articles are published open access under a CC BY (Creative Comm…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Benefits of open access
Publishing open access (OA) offers a number of benefits, including greater reach and readership for your work: Cited more 1.6x more citations of OA articles than non-OA articles across all subjects Downloaded more 4x more downloads of OA articles than non-OA articles Greater impact 2.5x more Altmetric attention. OA articles attracted 1.9x more news mentions and 1.2x more policy mentions Open acces…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Peer review is the process used to evaluate the quality of a manuscript before publication. Independent researchers in the relevant field assess submitted manuscripts to check their validity and robustness. Their feedback guides editors in making publication decisions. Typically, two or more experts evaluate each manuscript based on three main criteria: scientific robustness: is the research metho…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2056-9920
- Society / sponsor
- Brazilian Retina and Vitreous Society
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Retina and Vitreous
What CAS zone is International Journal of Retina and Vitreous in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, International Journal of Retina and Vitreous is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 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 International Journal of Retina and Vitreous?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 3.8 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 4, h-index 46.
How long does peer review take at International Journal of Retina and Vitreous?
Based on the dates recorded on 111 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 66 days (interquartile range 53–81 days); authors report an average review time of about 19 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of International Journal of Retina and Vitreous?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: Vancouver; Templates: LaTeX and Word. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of International Journal of Retina and Vitreous based?
Of the 62 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Brazil (32), United States (13) and India (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index International Journal of Retina and Vitreous?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Retina and Vitreous is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Embase and CAS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is International Journal of Retina and Vitreous open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of Retina and Vitreous is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,990.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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: .