Journal profile
Optometric Education
ISSN 1521-4230 · eISSN 1933-8880 · Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry · United States
Optometric Education: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 30 weeks (community reports); 1,975 articles a year.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
The goal of the journal is to embrace and support scholarly achievements for the advancement of optometric education and the profession. The scope of the journal supports a broad interpretation of scholarship based on the scholarship of discovery, integration, application and teaching. Peer Reviewed Articles Discovery — original research Integration — novel insights, interpreting themes in discoveries, identifying connections between discoveries, e.g., literature synthesis, conceptual framework Application — building bridges between theory and practice, e.g., teaching case reports Teaching — communicating one’s knowledge, facilitating students’ learning, enhancing self-directed learning, e.g., comparison of teaching methodologies, development of new pedagogy Non-Peer Reviewed Articles Editorials – Columns written by the Editor or Associate Editor Guest Editorials – Invited guests who contribute their knowledge and thoughts on a particular theme or subject Letters to the Editor The Think Tank My Best Day in Optometric Education – Educators and Students are encouraged to submit personal essays describing a particularly satisfying or exciting day in their programs. Educator’s Podium Educator’s Toolkit Special Reports Literature Reviews Book Reviews
From the journal's Aims & Scope
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.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ERICPublisher 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
- h-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 1,975Publisher website ·
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 30 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 30 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 | Publisher's own license | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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 websiteConflicts of interest, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest
Authors must disclose in the cover letter the existence of any financial arrangement(s) with a company or any competitor company whose products figure prominently in the manuscript. For articles in which frequent references are made to name brand devices, medications or products – whether any author has such an affiliation or not – a disclaimer should be submitted for clarification (to be publishe…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Open Access & License
This is an open access journal, which means all content is freely available without charge to the user or the user’s institution. A limited license to use Optometric Education for personal, educational or other non-commercial use is provided to ASCO members and the general public. Users can distribute copy or use the material in a presentation or make derivative works with proper attribution (cita…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access & License
Disclaimer of responsibility for author opinions Model summary
This is an open access journal, which means all content is freely available without charge to the user or the user’s institution. A limited license to use Optometric Education for personal, educational or other non-commercial use is provided to ASCO members and the general public. Users can distribute copy or use the material in a presentation or make derivative works with proper attribution (cita…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer-Review Process
All research, teaching case reports and communication manuscripts submitted for publication are reviewed by two or more members of the journal’s editorial review board or, in some cases, two or more independent referees who are experts in the subject area of the manuscript. Reviewers’ identities are kept confidential as are authors’ identities Every effort is made to publish manuscripts within 12 …
Source ↗Publisher website ·
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
- Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1521-4230
- Electronic ISSN
- 1933-8880
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Optometric Education
How long does peer review take at Optometric Education?
Authors report an average review time of about 30 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 Optometric Education?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Optometric Education is indexed in DOAJ. The journal's website also lists ERIC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Optometric Education open access, and what is the APC?
Optometric Education 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, Publisher website, 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: .