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Retinal Cases and Brief Reports

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins · United States · Est. 1939

ISSN1937-1578

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

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

0.401

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.586

Total Worksi

2,759

Total Citationsi

14,153

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.51

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Medicine (miscellaneous); Ophthalmology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1939

Annual Volume~ 161 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,759

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

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5/11 · 45%

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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?

1937-1578

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

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

112

741

2019

161

761

2020

104

398

2021

143

395

2022

180

408

2023

161

132

2024

143

2025

125

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

Scopus Categories

OphthalmologyMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Retinal and Macular SurgeryOcular Diseases and Behçet’s SyndromeRetinal Diseases and TreatmentsRetinal and Optic ConditionsOcular Oncology and TreatmentsIntraocular Surgery and LensesOcular Infections and TreatmentsRetinal Development and DisordersDrug-Induced Ocular ToxicityOcular Disorders and Treatments

Frequently asked questions about Retinal Cases and Brief Reports

Is Retinal Cases and Brief Reports a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Retinal Cases and Brief Reports: it is indexed in 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 Retinal Cases and Brief Reports?

Retinal Cases and Brief Reports is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.401.

Is Retinal Cases and Brief Reports indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Retinal Cases and Brief Reports is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Retinal Cases and Brief Reports?