Journal profile · Medicine-Ophthalmology
JCRS Online Case Reports
ISSN 2214-1677 · Wolters Kluwer Health
JCRS Online Case Reports: fully open access; APC about USD 3,000; median 126 days to acceptance (67 articles, last 24 months); 64 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
JCRS Online Case Reports is published by Wolters Kluwer Health. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Intraocular Surgery and Lenses, Corneal surgery and disorders and Ocular Infections and Treatments, together about 54.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ophthalmology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Ophthalmology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Intraocular Surgery and LensesMedicine25.4%
- Corneal surgery and disordersMedicine16.8%
- Ocular Infections and TreatmentsMedicine12.4%
- Retinal and Macular SurgeryMedicine11.5%
- Corneal Surgery and TreatmentsMedicine4.9%
- Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body InjuriesMedicine4.9%
- Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment StudiesMedicine3.8%
- Ophthalmology and Eye DisordersMedicine3.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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 | Q4 | 126/147 | 14th |
| Surgery | Q4 | 533/597 | 10th |
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
- 0.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.19LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- h-index
- 8OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 8OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.44OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 369 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 3 | 68 |
| 2025 | 64 | 64 | 74 |
| 2024 | 27 | 27 | 51 |
| 2023 | 24 | 24 | 51 |
| 2022 | 24 | 24 | 55 |
| 2021 | 24 | 24 | 43 |
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
126 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 82 days – 179 days
- Acceptance to online
- —
- Submission to online
- —
- Sample
- 67 articles with submission and acceptance dates (75 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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,000 | — | — |
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
- 2214-1677
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 13 (2025)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about JCRS Online Case Reports
How long does peer review take at JCRS Online Case Reports?
Based on the dates recorded on 67 articles published between November 2024 and November 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 126 days (interquartile range 82–179 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 JCRS Online Case Reports?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, JCRS Online Case Reports is indexed in Scopus.
Is JCRS Online Case Reports open access, and what is the APC?
JCRS Online Case Reports is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 3,000.
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: .