Journal profile · OPHTHALMOLOGY
Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology
ISSN 0974-9233 · eISSN 0975-1599 · Wolters Kluwer Health
Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; median 357 days to acceptance (11 articles, last 24 months); 0 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology is published by Wolters Kluwer Health 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, Ocular Infections and Treatments and Retinal Diseases and Treatments, together about 27.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ophthalmology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): OPHTHALMOLOGY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Corneal surgery and disordersMedicine9.6%
- Ocular Infections and TreatmentsMedicine9%
- Retinal Diseases and TreatmentsMedicine8.6%
- Intraocular Surgery and LensesMedicine8%
- Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment StudiesMedicine7.4%
- Glaucoma and retinal disordersMedicine6.5%
- Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s SyndromeMedicine6.5%
- Ocular Disorders and TreatmentsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.3%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ophthalmology | Q3 | 98/141 | 30th |
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
- 1.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.26LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.42LetPub ·
- h-index
- 54OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 463OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 30.43%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,013 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 938 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 1,250 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 1,565 |
| 2023 | 49 | 49 | 1,593 |
| 2022 | 43 | 43 | 1,668 |
| 2021 | 51 | 51 | 1,816 |
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
357 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 259 days – 458 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 27 days (11 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 381 days
- Sample
- 11 articles with submission and acceptance dates (14 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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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
- 0974-9233
- Electronic ISSN
- 0975-1599
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology
What CAS zone is Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Middle East African Journal of 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.
How long does peer review take at Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology?
Based on the dates recorded on 11 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 357 days (interquartile range 259–458 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 Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology is indexed in Scopus.
Is Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology open access, and what is the APC?
Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology is a hybrid 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: .