Journal profile · Medicine-Ophthalmology
International Ophthalmology Clinics
ISSN 0020-8167 · eISSN 1536-9617 · Wolters Kluwer Health
International Ophthalmology Clinics: subscription journal; median 52 days to acceptance (50 articles, last 24 months); 47 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Ophthalmology Clinics is published by Wolters Kluwer Health. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Ocular Infections and Treatments, Corneal surgery and disorders and Intraocular Surgery and Lenses, together about 27.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ophthalmology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Ophthalmology
Editor-in-chief Rod ForoozanPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Ocular Infections and TreatmentsMedicine10%
- Corneal surgery and disordersMedicine9.5%
- Intraocular Surgery and LensesMedicine7.7%
- Retinal Diseases and TreatmentsMedicine7.6%
- Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s SyndromeMedicine7.4%
- Ocular Disorders and TreatmentsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.6%
- Ocular Surface and Contact LensMedicine5.9%
- Ophthalmology and Eye DisordersMedicine5.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ophthalmology | Q3 | 94/147 | 36th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.31LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.35LetPub ·
- h-index
- 72OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,396OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.52OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,892 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 41 | 2 | 1,142 |
| 2025 | 47 | 4 | 1,591 |
| 2024 | 49 | 13 | 1,805 |
| 2023 | 54 | 5 | 1,793 |
| 2022 | 46 | 8 | 2,008 |
| 2021 | 60 | 11 | 2,112 |
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
52 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 18 days – 80 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 82 days (50 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 147 days
- Sample
- 50 articles with submission and acceptance dates (98 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".
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
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
- Wolters Kluwer Health
- ISSN
- 0020-8167
- Electronic ISSN
- 1536-9617
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 66, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Ophthalmology Clinics
How long does peer review take at International Ophthalmology Clinics?
Based on the dates recorded on 50 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 52 days (interquartile range 18–80 days). 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 International Ophthalmology Clinics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Ophthalmology Clinics is indexed in Scopus.
Is International Ophthalmology Clinics open access, and what is the APC?
International Ophthalmology Clinics 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; 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .