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Contact Lens and Anterior Eye

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 1987

ISSN1476-5411

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

1.551

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.615

Total Worksi

3,768

Total Citationsi

40,235

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.25

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Ophthalmology; Medicine (miscellaneous); Optometry.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1987

FrequencySix No. A Year, 2008-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,768

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1476-5411

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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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?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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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

251

2.4k

2019

132

2.5k

2020

188

2.7k

2021

169

1.6k

2022

743

2023

187

976

2024

203

312

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.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

OphthalmologyQ1

OptometryQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Ophthalmology

Scopus Categories

OphthalmologyOptometryMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Ocular Surface and Contact LensCorneal surgery and disordersOphthalmology and Visual Impairment StudiesCorneal Surgery and TreatmentsGlaucoma and retinal disordersOcular Infections and TreatmentsIntraocular Surgery and LensesDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesConnexins and lens biologyErgonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders

Frequently asked questions about Contact Lens and Anterior Eye

Is Contact Lens and Anterior Eye a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Contact Lens and Anterior Eye: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, 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 Contact Lens and Anterior Eye?

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye 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 2.25.

Is Contact Lens and Anterior Eye indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Contact Lens and Anterior Eye?