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Journal of Vision is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3.2), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Inc..
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ISSN 1534-7362Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Inc.
Cost to publish: Checking DOAJ for article charges…
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ophthalmology | 55 / 147 | 62nd | Q2 |
| Sensory Systems | 25 / 43 | 43rd | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2001–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.2.
Journal of Vision is Q2 in Ophthalmology (rank 55 of 147) and Q3 in Sensory Systems (rank 25 of 43), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Vision is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 3.2, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 62nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.733, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 144.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,850 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Journal of Vision is published by Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Inc. Its ISSN is 1534-7362.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Vision has an h-index of 178 and a 2-year mean of 0.44 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.2, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #106 of 146 Scopus journals in Ophthalmology.
Journal of Vision published 1,364 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 1,763. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 99 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United States (39.4%), Germany (15.2%) and Canada (8.3%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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