Journal profile · OPHTHALMOLOGY
Optometry
ISSN 1529-1839 · UNITED STATES · Founded 2000
Optometry: subscription journal; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 0 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, Optometry's largest topics are Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies, Retinal Diseases and Treatments and Ocular Surface and Contact Lens, together about 31.1% 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
- Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment StudiesMedicine12.6%
- Retinal Diseases and TreatmentsMedicine10.4%
- Ocular Surface and Contact LensMedicine8.1%
- Glaucoma and retinal disordersMedicine7.4%
- Ocular Infections and TreatmentsMedicine6.5%
- Corneal surgery and disordersMedicine6.3%
- Ophthalmology and Visual Health ResearchMedicine5.9%
- 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
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
Indexed in: no record yet.
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 45OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 245OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,313 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 240 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 350 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 454 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 429 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 540 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 649 |
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)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Founded
- 2000
- ISSN
- 1529-1839
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Optometry
How long does peer review take at Optometry?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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.
Is Optometry open access, and what is the APC?
Optometry is a subscription 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .