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Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness

AFB Press · United States · Est. 1907

ISSN1559-1476

SJR Q3✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.302

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.832

Total Worksi

12,707

Total Citationsi

45,762

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.52

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness is a professional resource for information about visual impairment, including blindness or low vision. It disseminates research findings in areas such as blindness, developmental psychology, medical education, and visual rehabilitation.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1907

FrequencyMonthly, <2002->

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications12,707

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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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?

AFB Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1559-1476

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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

676

2019

431

2020

539

2021

448

2022

313

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

RehabilitationQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Rehabilitation

Scopus Categories

RehabilitationOphthalmology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Tactile and Sensory InteractionsDigital Accessibility for DisabilitiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesOphthalmology and Visual Impairment StudiesDisability Education and EmploymentLegal Cases and CommentaryHearing Impairment and CommunicationInclusion and Disability in Education and SportAssistive Technology in Communication and Mobility

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness

Is Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness: 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 Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness?

Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness 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 0.52.

Is Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.