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Eye and Brain

Dove Medical Press Ltd · New Zealand · Est. 1998

ISSN1179-2744eISSN1179-2744

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.79

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.43

Total Worksi

219

Total Citationsi

5,008

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.81

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Eye and Brain is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal focusing on basic research, clinical findings, and expert reviews in the field of visual science and neuro-ophthalmology. The journal’s unique focus is the link between two well-known visual centres, the eye and the brain, with an emphasis on the importance of such connections. All aspects of clinical and especially basic research on the visual system are addressed within the journal as well as significant future directions in vision research and therapeutic measures.

General Information

Country / RegionNew Zealand

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1998

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications219

Publisher OrgDove Medical Press

OA Since2008

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Dove Medical Press Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1179-2744 / 1179-2744

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

280

2019

695

2020

474

2021

104

2022

166

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

OphthalmologyQ2

Sensory SystemsQ2

Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Ophthalmology

Scopus Categories

Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceSensory SystemsOphthalmology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Glaucoma and retinal disordersVisual perception and processing mechanismsRetinal Diseases and TreatmentsRetinal Development and DisordersRetinopathy of Prematurity StudiesOphthalmology and Visual Impairment StudiesRetinal and Optic ConditionsMultiple Sclerosis Research StudiesNeural dynamics and brain functionOcular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome

Frequently asked questions about Eye and Brain

Is Eye and Brain a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Eye and Brain: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Eye and Brain?

Eye and Brain is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 2.81.

Is Eye and Brain indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Eye and Brain is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.