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BMJ Open Ophthalmology

BMJ Publishing Group · United Kingdom · Est. 1976

ISSN2397-3269eISSN2397-3269

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 · Scopus CiteScore 3.4. 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

0.897

H-Indexi

CiteScorei

3.4

SNIPi

1.147

Total Worksi

808

Total Citationsi

8,986

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.43

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

BMJ Open Ophthalmology is an international peer-reviewed journal, publishing clinically relevant content in ophthalmology and vision science. BMJ Open Ophthalmology is an open access journal that covers all aspects of ophthalmology and vision science, providing clinicians and scientists with the information they need to improve patient care. It publishes high quality papers in basic, translational and clinical science, and vision science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1976

Annual Volume~ 113 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications808

Publisher OrgBMJ

OA Since2015

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSPMC

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BMJ Publishing Group

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2397-3269 / 2397-3269

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

LOCKSS, PMC

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

1.6k

2019

1.5k

2020

108

1.7k

2021

104

1.1k

2022

654

2023

115

642

2024

135

324

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.

OphthalmologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Ophthalmology

Scopus Categories

Ophthalmology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Retinal Diseases and TreatmentsOphthalmology and Visual Impairment StudiesGlaucoma and retinal disordersCorneal surgery and disordersRetinal and Macular SurgeryRetinal Imaging and AnalysisIntraocular Surgery and LensesOcular Infections and TreatmentsOcular Diseases and Behçet’s SyndromeRetinopathy of Prematurity Studies

Frequently asked questions about BMJ Open Ophthalmology

Is BMJ Open Ophthalmology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for BMJ Open Ophthalmology: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 BMJ Open Ophthalmology?

BMJ Open Ophthalmology 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. As an open alternative, its Scopus CiteScore is 3.4.

Is BMJ Open Ophthalmology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

BMJ Open Ophthalmology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.