Journal profile · Health Professions-Optometry
Medical Hypothesis, Discovery, and Innovation in Ophthalmology
ISSN 2322-4436 · eISSN 2322-3219 · International Virtual Ophthalmic Research Center
Medical Hypothesis, Discovery, and Innovation in Ophthalmology: fully open access; median 58 days to acceptance (42 articles, last 24 months); 29 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Medical Hypothesis, Discovery, and Innovation in Ophthalmology is published by International Virtual Ophthalmic Research Center. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Retinal Diseases and Treatments, Corneal surgery and disorders and Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies, together about 34.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ophthalmology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Aims and Scope: Founded in the summer of 2020, Medical hypothesis, discovery & innovation in optometry , is a quarterly, open-access, double-blind peer-reviewed journal that considers ...
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Health Professions-Optometry
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Retinal Diseases and TreatmentsMedicine13.7%
- Corneal surgery and disordersMedicine12%
- Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment StudiesMedicine8.6%
- Glaucoma and retinal disordersMedicine7.9%
- Ocular Infections and TreatmentsMedicine6.8%
- Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s SyndromeMedicine6.4%
- Ocular Surface and Contact LensMedicine6.2%
- Retinal and Macular SurgeryMedicine6.1%
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 | Q2 | 74/147 | 50th |
| Optometry | Q2 | 8/15 | 50th |
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
PubMedPublisher website
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.44LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.79LetPub ·
- h-index
- 25OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 102OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.84OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 391 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 19 | 19 | 341 |
| 2025 | 29 | 29 | 473 |
| 2024 | 25 | 25 | 499 |
| 2023 | 24 | 24 | 429 |
| 2022 | 25 | 25 | 400 |
| 2021 | 26 | 26 | 408 |
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 PubMed · to
52 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 40 days – 102 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 15 days (39 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 66 days
- Sample
- 37 articles with submission and acceptance dates (0 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
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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).
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
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
- International Virtual Ophthalmic Research Center
- ISSN
- 2322-4436
- Electronic ISSN
- 2322-3219
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Medical Hypothesis, Discovery, and Innovation in Ophthalmology
How long does peer review take at Medical Hypothesis, Discovery, and Innovation in Ophthalmology?
Based on the dates recorded on 42 articles published between November 2024 and November 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 58 days (interquartile range 41–99 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 Medical Hypothesis, Discovery, and Innovation in Ophthalmology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Medical Hypothesis, Discovery, and Innovation in Ophthalmology is indexed in Scopus. The journal's website also lists PubMed; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Medical Hypothesis, Discovery, and Innovation in Ophthalmology open access, and what is the APC?
Medical Hypothesis, Discovery, and Innovation in Ophthalmology is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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: .