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Ophthalmic Research is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 5), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by S. Karger AG.
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ISSN 0030-3747Verify ISSN ↗1423-0259Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: S. Karger AG
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ophthalmology | 26 / 147 | 82nd | Q1 |
| Sensory Systems | 13 / 43 | 70th | Q2 |
| Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience | 63 / 102 | 38th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1970–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 5.
Ophthalmic Research is Q1 in Ophthalmology (rank 26 of 147), Q2 in Sensory Systems (rank 13 of 43) and Q3 in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (rank 63 of 102), by CiteScore 2025.
Ophthalmic Research 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 5, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 82nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.881, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 68.
Ophthalmic Research is published by S. Karger AG. Its print ISSN is 0030-3747 and its online ISSN is 1423-0259.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Ophthalmic Research has an h-index of 82 and a 2-year mean of 2.15 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #37 of 146 Scopus journals in Ophthalmology.
Ophthalmic Research published 46 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 130. 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 97 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from China (44%), United States (10.1%) and Germany (5.2%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 6 retracted papers are recorded (1.5 per 1,000 papers). 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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