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Digital Journal of Ophthalmology

· United States · Est. 2008

ISSN1542-8958

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2017-06-24). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.265

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.373

Total Worksi

283

Total Citationsi

1,421

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.35

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Digital Journal of Ophthalmology is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to the dissemination of original basic science and clinical research, case reports, grand rounds, and images and videos in ophthalmology. It publishes research related to medicine and ophthalmology.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2008

Annual Volume~ 19 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications283

Visit Journal Website

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

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

N/A

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1542-8958

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, PubMed

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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?

N/A

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

162

2019

2020

150

2021

2022

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.

OphthalmologyQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Ophthalmology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Intraocular Surgery and LensesGlaucoma and retinal disordersOcular Diseases and Behçet’s SyndromeRetinal and Optic ConditionsRetinal Diseases and TreatmentsOcular Infections and TreatmentsRetinal and Macular SurgeryCorneal Surgery and TreatmentsCorneal surgery and disordersOcular Oncology and Treatments

Frequently asked questions about Digital Journal of Ophthalmology

Is Digital Journal of Ophthalmology a predatory journal?

Digital Journal of Ophthalmology was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2017-06-24). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Digital Journal of Ophthalmology?

Digital Journal of Ophthalmology is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.265.

Is Digital Journal of Ophthalmology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Digital Journal of Ophthalmology is indexed in Scopus.