American Journal of Ophthalmology

ISSN 0002-9394 · Elsevier BV · United States · active 1880–2026

Metrics

Scimago quartile
Q1
Cites per paper (2y)
3.4
SJR
1.848
h-index
289

“Cites per paper” is a two-year cited-by rate computed from OpenAlex. It is not a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor — we neither compute nor license that metric. Citation rates differ enormously between fields, so compare within a discipline.

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Responding time

Submission to first decision
45 days (median)
Publisher-reported
Submission to post-review decision
130 days (median)
Publisher-reported
Submission to acceptance
155 days (median)
Publisher-reported
Acceptance to publication
12 days (median)
Publisher-reported

Turnaround figures are indicative, not a guarantee: DOAJ values are self-reported by the journal (average weeks, submission to publication); library estimates are medians of the received/accepted dates printed in papers we hold. Editorial times vary by article type and season — confirm on the journal’s own site.

Indexing & access

ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed

Access status: unknown. Where this comes from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic — confirm on the journal’s own site, especially regarding any article processing charge.

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Scope

glaucomaretinaldisordersophthalmologyintraocularsurgerylensescornealradiologynuclearmedicineimaging

Frequently asked

Is American Journal of Ophthalmology a predatory journal?

Our screening does not flag American Journal of Ophthalmology. That is not a guarantee of quality — it means the venue is not on Beall's archive (frozen since 2017) and does not match our name-pattern heuristic. It is listed in Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, which is a positive signal.

Is American Journal of Ophthalmology indexed in Scopus or Web of Science?

Per our venue index, American Journal of Ophthalmology appears in: Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed. Index membership changes over time — confirm on the index's own site before relying on it.

What is the impact factor of American Journal of Ophthalmology?

Papers in American Journal of Ophthalmology are cited about 3.4 times each within two years of publication, and Scimago places it in Q1, with an h-index of 289. Those are the open equivalents: the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor is a proprietary metric we neither compute nor license, so we show the two-year citation rate and Scimago quartile instead — they answer the same question of how heavily the journal is cited. A citation rate is a property of a field as much as of a journal.

What Scimago quartile is American Journal of Ophthalmology (Q1, Q2, Q3, or Q4)?

Scimago places American Journal of Ophthalmology in Q1 for its subject category. Quartiles split the journals in a field into four equal groups by SJR, so Q1 is the most-cited quarter and Q4 the least; American Journal of Ophthalmology is cited about 3.4 times per paper over two years, with an h-index of 289. A journal is ranked per subject category, so one spanning several fields can sit in different quartiles depending on the category.

What is the Web of Science (JCR) quartile of American Journal of Ophthalmology?

The Web of Science quartile comes from Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports (JCR), a proprietary product we neither license nor compute — so we cannot state a JCR quartile for American Journal of Ophthalmology. The open equivalent is its Scimago quartile, Q1, derived from Scopus citation data. Because JCR ranks against Web of Science and Scimago against Scopus, the two can differ, so check Clarivate's site directly if you need the JCR quartile specifically.

Is American Journal of Ophthalmology open access?

We hold no reliable open-access classification for American Journal of Ophthalmology. Check the journal's own site for its access model and any article processing charge.

How long does American Journal of Ophthalmology take to publish a paper?

Submission to first decision for American Journal of Ophthalmology takes about 45 days (median) — Publisher-reported. Treat it as indicative rather than a guarantee: editorial times vary by article type, reviewer availability and season, and a self-reported figure is the journal's own. We do not hold a peer-review acceptance rate for American Journal of Ophthalmology.

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