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Clinical Optometry

Dove Medical Press Ltd · New Zealand · Est. 1996

ISSN1179-2752eISSN1179-2752

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.663

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.893

Total Worksi

357

Total Citationsi

3,462

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.50

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

An international, peer-reviewed, open access journal focusing on clinical optometry. All aspects of patient care are addressed within the journal as well as the practice of optometry. Basic and clinical research papers are published that cover all aspects of optics, refraction and its application to the theory and practice of optometry.

General Information

Country / RegionNew Zealand

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1996

FrequencyIrregular

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications357

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?

1179-2752 / 1179-2752

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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

419

2019

566

2020

497

2021

203

2022

233

2023

164

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 SystemsQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Ophthalmology

Scopus Categories

OphthalmologySensory Systems

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment StudiesOcular Surface and Contact LensCorneal surgery and disordersGlaucoma and retinal disordersCorneal Surgery and TreatmentsRetinal Diseases and TreatmentsErgonomics and Musculoskeletal DisordersVisual perception and processing mechanismsOcular Infections and TreatmentsRetinopathy of Prematurity Studies

Frequently asked questions about Clinical Optometry

Is Clinical Optometry a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Clinical Optometry: 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 Clinical Optometry?

Clinical Optometry 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 1.50.

Is Clinical Optometry indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Clinical Optometry is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.