Journal profile · OPHTHALMOLOGY
Journal of Current Ophthalmology
ISSN 2452-2325 · Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications · India
Journal of Current Ophthalmology: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.9 (journal website); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 128 days to acceptance (96 articles, last 24 months); 74 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Current Ophthalmology is published by Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 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 Corneal surgery and disorders, Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies and Glaucoma and retinal disorders, together about 32.6% 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): OPHTHALMOLOGY
Editor-in-chief Hamid Riazi EsfahanPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Corneal surgery and disordersMedicine11.9%
- Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment StudiesMedicine10.7%
- Glaucoma and retinal disordersMedicine10%
- Retinal Diseases and TreatmentsMedicine9.2%
- Ocular Surface and Contact LensMedicine7%
- Retinal and Macular SurgeryMedicine6.9%
- Intraocular Surgery and LensesMedicine6.5%
- Corneal Surgery and TreatmentsMedicine5.7%
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 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Ophthalmology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 0.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.43LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.69LetPub ·
- h-index
- 42OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 247OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.98OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 32LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 781 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16 | 16 | 0 |
| 2025 | 74 | 74 | 15 |
| 2024 | 72 | 72 | 144 |
| 2023 | 74 | 74 | 168 |
| 2022 | 86 | 86 | 535 |
| 2021 | 87 | 87 | 735 |
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
128 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 93 days – 216 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 161 days (96 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 312 days
- Sample
- 96 articles with submission and acceptance dates (111 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 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 34 weeksDOAJ ·
- 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.
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
- 2452-2325
- Print ISSN
- 0000-0000
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 38, Issue 1 (March 2026)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Current Ophthalmology
What CAS zone is Journal of Current Ophthalmology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Current Ophthalmology is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Ophthalmology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Current Ophthalmology?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.9; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.7, h-index 42.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Current Ophthalmology?
Based on the dates recorded on 96 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 128 days (interquartile range 93–216 days); authors report an average review time of about 8 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 Current Ophthalmology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Current Ophthalmology is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of Current Ophthalmology open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Current Ophthalmology 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, Publisher website, 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: .