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Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Conselho Brasileiro De Oftalmologia · Brazil · Est. 1900

ISSN1678-2925

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2022-04-14). 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 ↗

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.35

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.563

Total Worksi

4,535

Total Citationsi

25,578

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.54

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Ophthalmology; Medicine (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionBrazil

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1900

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications4,535

Publisher OrgConselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia

OA Since1993

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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?

Conselho Brasileiro De Oftalmologia

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1678-2925

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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?

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

104

943

2019

115

671

2020

179

839

2021

191

696

2022

229

2023

110

119

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.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q3

OphthalmologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Ophthalmology

Scopus Categories

OphthalmologyMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Corneal surgery and disordersOphthalmology and Visual Impairment StudiesGlaucoma and retinal disordersIntraocular Surgery and LensesCorneal Surgery and TreatmentsRetinal Diseases and TreatmentsOcular Surface and Contact LensOcular Diseases and Behçet’s SyndromeRetinal and Macular SurgeryOcular Infections and Treatments

Frequently asked questions about Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Is Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia a predatory journal?

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2022-04-14). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Web of Science, Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia?

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia 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 0.54.

Is Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia?