Journal profile · Medicine-Ophthalmology
Journal of Clinical Ophthalmology and Research
ISSN 2320-3897 · eISSN 2320-3900 · Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications · India
Journal of Clinical Ophthalmology and Research: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 59 days to acceptance (87 articles, last 24 months); 151 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Clinical Ophthalmology and Research is published by Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Retinal Diseases and Treatments, Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies and Ocular Infections and Treatments, together about 25% 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 Rajesh JoshiPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Retinal Diseases and TreatmentsMedicine9.4%
- Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment StudiesMedicine7.9%
- Ocular Infections and TreatmentsMedicine7.7%
- Intraocular Surgery and LensesMedicine7.2%
- Corneal surgery and disordersMedicine6.3%
- Ocular Disorders and TreatmentsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.7%
- Glaucoma and retinal disordersMedicine5.7%
- Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s SyndromeMedicine5%
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 | Q4 | 130/147 | — |
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
ScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 0.16LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.23LetPub ·
- h-index
- 14OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 34OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.36OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 803 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 103 | 103 | 178 |
| 2025 | 151 | 151 | 149 |
| 2024 | 89 | 89 | 131 |
| 2023 | 60 | 60 | 159 |
| 2022 | 44 | 44 | 184 |
| 2021 | 45 | 45 | 160 |
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
59 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 38 days – 96 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 77 days (87 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 165 days
- Sample
- 87 articles with submission and acceptance dates (254 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 27 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 21 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-SA | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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 Medknow Publications
- Country or region
- India
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2320-3897
- Electronic ISSN
- 2320-3900
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 14, Issue 3 (September 2026)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Clinical Ophthalmology and Research
How long does peer review take at Journal of Clinical Ophthalmology and Research?
Based on the dates recorded on 87 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 59 days (interquartile range 38–96 days); authors report an average review time of about 27 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 Journal of Clinical Ophthalmology and Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Clinical Ophthalmology and Research is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of Clinical Ophthalmology and Research open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Clinical Ophthalmology and Research is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .