Cornea

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins · United States · Est. 1875

ISSN1536-4798

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.885

H-Indexi

164

SNIPi

1.022

Total Worksi

10,814

Total Citationsi

270,347

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.76

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Ophthalmology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1875

FrequencyTwelve No. A Year, 2010-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications10,814

Publisher OrgLippincott Williams & Wilkins

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1536-4798

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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

404

7.6k

2019

396

5.9k

2020

313

3.7k

2021

260

2022

238

1.4k

2023

329

1.3k

2024

295

385

2025

192

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.

OphthalmologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Ophthalmology

Scopus Categories

Ophthalmology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Corneal surgery and disordersCorneal Surgery and TreatmentsOcular Surface and Contact LensOcular Infections and TreatmentsGlaucoma and retinal disordersIntraocular Surgery and LensesOphthalmology and Visual Impairment StudiesRetinal and Macular SurgeryOcular Diseases and Behçet’s SyndromeOcular Disorders and Treatments

Frequently asked questions about Cornea

Is Cornea a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Cornea: 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 Cornea?

Cornea 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 1.76.

Is Cornea indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Cornea is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Cornea?