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Best Ophthalmology journals

147 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Ophthalmology. The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 37 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Progress in Retinal and Eye Research 29.9 99th Q1 SCIE No
2 Ophthalmology 17.2 98th Q1 SCIE No
3 Survey of Ophthalmology 13.3 98th Q1 SCIE No
4 British Journal of Ophthalmology 10.9 97th Q1 SCIE No
5 Ocular Surface 10.8 96th Q1 SCIE No
6 JAMA Ophthalmology 10.7 96th Q1 SCIE No
7 Annual Review of Vision Science 10 95th Q1 SCIE No
8 Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology 9.3 94th Q1 SCIE No
9 Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology 9.2 94th Q1 SCIE Yes
10 Ophthalmology Retina 9.1 93th Q1 ESCI No
11 Eye and Vision 8.5 92th Q1 SCIE Yes
12 American Journal of Ophthalmology 8.1 92th Q1 SCIE No
13 Contact Lens and Anterior Eye 7.5 91th Q1 SCIE No
14 Acta Ophthalmologica 7.5 90th Q1 SCIE No
15 Ophthalmology Science 7 90th Q1 ESCI Yes
16 Advances in Ophthalmology Practice and Research 6.7 89th Q1 ESCI Yes
17 Ophthalmology and Therapy 6.5 88th Q1 SCIE Yes
18 Eye (Basingstoke) 6.1 88th Q1 SCIE No
19 Current Opinion in Ophthalmology 6.1 87th Q1 SCIE No
20 Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 5.9 86th Q1 SCIE No
21 Ophthalmology Glaucoma 5.7 86th Q1 ESCI No
22 Experimental Eye Research 5.3 85th Q1 SCIE No
23 Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 5.3 84th Q1 SCIE Yes
24 Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology 5.2 84th Q1 SCIE No
25 Journal of Refractive Surgery 5.1 83th Q1 SCIE No
26 Ophthalmic Research 5 82th Q1 SCIE Yes
27 Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics 4.9 81th Q1 SCIE No
28 Seminars in Ophthalmology 4.8 81th Q1 SCIE No
29 Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics 4.7 80th Q1 SCIE No
30 Eye and Brain 4.6 79th Q1 ESCI Yes
31 Translational Vision Science and Technology 4.6 79th Q1 SCIE Yes
32 Cornea 4.3 78th Q1 SCIE No
33 Current Eye Research 4.2 77th Q1 SCIE No
34 Therapeutic Advances in Ophthalmology 4.2 77th Q1 ESCI Yes
35 Journal of Ophthalmology 4.1 76th Q1 SCIE Yes
36 Ophthalmic Epidemiology 4.1 75th Q1 SCIE No
37 International Journal of Retina and Vitreous 4 75th Q1 ESCI Yes
38 Clinical Ophthalmology 4 74th Q2 ESCI Yes
39 Journal of Eye Movement Research 3.9 73th Q2 SCIE Yes
40 Ophthalmologica 3.9 73th Q2 SCIE No
41 Eye and Contact Lens 3.8 72th Q2 SCIE No
42 Journal of Glaucoma 3.8 71th Q2 SCIE No
43 Optometry and Vision Science 3.8 71th Q2 SCIE No
44 Retina 3.8 70th Q2 SCIE No
45 European Journal of Ophthalmology 3.6 69th Q2 SCIE No
46 Indian Journal of Ophthalmology 3.5 69th Q2 SCIE Yes
47 Ocular Immunology and Inflammation 3.5 68th Q2 SCIE No
48 BMJ Open Ophthalmology 3.5 67th Q2 ESCI Yes
49 International Journal of Ophthalmology 3.5 67th Q2 SCIE Yes
50 Vision (Switzerland) 3.5 66th Q2 ESCI Yes
51 Clinical and Experimental Optometry 3.4 65th Q2 SCIE No
52 Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology 3.3 64th Q2 SCIE No
53 BMC Ophthalmology 3.3 63th Q2 SCIE Yes
54 Clinical Optometry 3.3 63th Q2 ESCI Yes
55 Journal of Vision 3.2 62th Q2 SCIE Yes
56 Vision Research 3.1 62th Q2 SCIE No
57 British Journal of Visual Impairment 3 61th Q2 ESCI No
58 International Ophthalmology 3 60th Q2 SCIE No
59 Journal of Ophthalmic Inflammation and Infection 3 60th Q2 ESCI Yes
60 Multisensory Research 2.9 59th Q2 SCIE, SSCI No
61 Documenta Ophthalmologica 2.9 58th Q2 SCIE No
62 Journal of Ophthalmic and Vision Research 2.6 58th Q2 ESCI Yes
63 Korean Journal of Ophthalmology 2.6 57th Q2 Yes
64 Taiwan Journal of Ophthalmology 2.6 56th Q2 ESCI Yes
65 Turkish Journal of Ophthalmology 2.6 56th Q2 Yes
66 Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology 2.5 55th Q2 SCIE No
67 Frontiers in Ophthalmology 2.4 54th Q2 ESCI Yes
68 Perception 2.4 54th Q2 SCIE, SSCI No
69 i-Perception 2.4 53th Q2 SSCI Yes
70 Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2.4 52th Q2 SCIE No
71 Saudi Journal of Ophthalmology 2.3 52th Q2 ESCI No
72 Orbit 2.2 51th Q2 ESCI No
73 Medical Hypothesis, Discovery, and Innovation in Ophthalmology 2.2 50th Q2 No
74 Molecular Vision 2.2 50th Q2 SCIE Yes
75 Journal of VitreoRetinal Diseases 2.1 49th Q3 ESCI No
76 American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports 2.1 48th Q3 Yes
77 Current Ophthalmology Reports 2.1 47th Q3 ESCI No
78 Ophthalmic Genetics 2.1 47th Q3 SCIE No
79 Annals of Eye Science 2 46th Q3 ESCI No
80 Journal of Current Glaucoma Practice 2 45th Q3 No
81 Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness 2 45th Q3 SSCI No
82 Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus 2 44th Q3 SCIE No
83 British and Irish Orthoptic Journal 1.9 43th Q3 Yes
84 Retinal Cases and Brief Reports 1.8 43th Q3 No
85 Journal of AAPOS 1.8 42th Q3 SCIE No
86 Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia 1.8 41th Q3 SCIE No
87 Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology 1.8 41th Q3 SCIE No
88 Journal of Current Ophthalmology 1.7 40th Q3 ESCI Yes
89 JFO Open Ophthalmology 1.7 39th Q3 Yes
90 Neuro-Ophthalmology 1.7 39th Q3 ESCI No
91 Expert Review of Ophthalmology 1.7 38th Q3 ESCI No
92 Journal of Binocular Vision and Ocular Motility 1.6 37th Q3 No
93 Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging Retina 1.6 37th Q3 SCIE No
94 International Ophthalmology Clinics 1.5 36th Q3 No
95 Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde 1.4 35th Q3 SCIE No
96 Archivos de la Sociedad Espanola de Oftalmologia 1.3 35th Q3 No
97 Strabismus 1.3 34th Q3 ESCI No
98 Journal Francais d'Ophtalmologie 1.3 33th Q3 SCIE No
99 Case Reports in Ophthalmology 1.3 32th Q3 ESCI Yes
100 Ophthalmologie 1.2 32th Q3 SCIE No

Rank and percentile are within the Ophthalmology Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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