Journal profile · Medicine-Ophthalmology
Revista Mexicana de Oftalmologia
ISSN 0187-4519 · eISSN 2604-1227 · Elsevier · Mexico
Revista Mexicana de Oftalmologia: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 294 days to acceptance (43 articles, last 24 months); 15 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Revista Mexicana de Oftalmologia is published by Elsevier. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Corneal surgery and disorders, Retinal Diseases and Treatments and Ocular Disorders and Treatments, together about 26.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ophthalmology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
La Revista Mexicana de Oftalmología (RMO) es el órgano de difusión científica de la Sociedad Mexicana de Oftalmología y está dirigida a los trabajadores e investigadores en el ramo oftalmológico incluyendo oftalmólogos, investigadores de la vía visual, optometristas y cualquier personal que colabore y tenga interés en la salud visual. El principal objetivo de la RMO es servir como medio de comunicación y difusión de nuevos conocimientos por medio de la publicación de trabajos de investigación de la mayor calidad, que permitan compartir hallazgos entre investigadores, así como mejorar la toma de decisiones y con ello la atención médica en pro del bienestar visual de nuestros pacientes.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Ophthalmology
Editor-in-chief Gerardo Ledesma GilPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Corneal surgery and disordersMedicine9.9%
- Retinal Diseases and TreatmentsMedicine8.2%
- Ocular Disorders and TreatmentsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology8.1%
- Intraocular Surgery and LensesMedicine7.4%
- Glaucoma and retinal disordersMedicine6.6%
- Ocular Infections and TreatmentsMedicine6.5%
- Ophthalmology and Eye DisordersMedicine5.9%
- Ocular Oncology and TreatmentsMedicine5.9%
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 | Q4 | 139/147 | 5th |
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
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EmbasePublisher website
Other: Latindex, EXCERPTA, LILACS, PERIODICA, DialNet
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
- 0.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.11LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.07LetPub ·
- h-index
- 8OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 5OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.04OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,360 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 47 | 47 | 30 |
| 2025 | 15 | 15 | 69 |
| 2024 | 18 | 18 | 55 |
| 2023 | 33 | 33 | 73 |
| 2022 | 32 | 32 | 53 |
| 2021 | 65 | 65 | 60 |
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
296 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 159 days – 704 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 204 days (56 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 538 days
- Sample
- 52 articles with submission and acceptance dates (49 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 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 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-ND | |
| 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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Cover letter
- Required
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access
Open access, no publication charges, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license Model summary
La RMO apoya firmemente la iniciativa de acceso abierto, no realiza cargos económicos por la publicación de los artículos y todas las obras publicadas por la RMO están bajo los términos de la licencia Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).
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
- Elsevier
- Country or region
- Mexico
- Language
- English, Spanish
- ISSN
- 0187-4519
- Electronic ISSN
- 2604-1227
- Society / sponsor
- Mexican Society of Ophthalmology
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Revista Mexicana de Oftalmologia
How long does peer review take at Revista Mexicana de Oftalmologia?
Based on the dates recorded on 43 articles published between November 2024 and November 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 294 days (interquartile range 134–729 days); authors report an average review time of about 16 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 Revista Mexicana de Oftalmologia?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Revista Mexicana de Oftalmologia is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Embase; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Revista Mexicana de Oftalmologia open access, and what is the APC?
Revista Mexicana de Oftalmologia 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, DOAJ, 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: .