The Ophthalmology subfield contains 109 scored journals in our dataset. Progress in Retinal and Eye Research leads at 12.4, and the median Journal Metrics Score is 1.5.
This page previously reported the ophthalmology journals that received a first Journal Impact Factor™ in the June 2026 JCR release. Journal Metrics no longer displays JCR data; all figures below are 2026 Journal Metrics Scores computed from OpenAlex (CC0) data and are not Journal Impact Factors.
See the full analysis of newly scored journals in 2026- Journals scored
- 109
- Mean score
- 1.91
- Median score
- 1.50
- Highest score
- 12.4
Statistics cover all 109 scored ophthalmology journals in the current dataset. The chart and table below list the top 15 by score.
Ophthalmology journals ranked by Journal Metrics Score
Values come from the current Journal Metrics dataset, computed from OpenAlex data. Hover or tap for each journal's score and best subfield quartile.
Leading ophthalmology journals by score
| Rank | Journal | 2026 Score | Quartile | OpenAlex subfields | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PROGRESS IN RETINAL AND EYE RESEARCH | 12.4 | Q1 | Molecular Biology; Ophthalmology; Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging | 182,014 |
| 2 | EPMA Journal | 7.7 | Q1 | Ophthalmology; Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine; Genetics | 22,901 |
| 3 | Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology | 5.5 | Q1 | Ophthalmology; Epidemiology; Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging | 20,939 |
| 4 | Eye and Vision | 5.2 | Q1 | Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging; Epidemiology; Ophthalmology; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | 14,349 |
| 5 | Annual Review of Vision Science | 4.9 | Q1 | Cognitive Neuroscience; Molecular Biology; Ophthalmology | 18,148 |
| 6 | Seminars in Ophthalmology | 4.9 | Q1 | Ophthalmology; Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging | 38,966 |
| 7 | SURVEY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY | 4.9 | Q1 | Ophthalmology; Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging | 219,061 |
| 8 | EXPERT OPINION ON EMERGING DRUGS | 4.7 | Q1 | Physiology; Ophthalmology; Oncology; Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine | 21,690 |
| 9 | Ocular Surface | 4.4 | Q1 | Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging; Ophthalmology | 70,772 |
| 10 | Advances in Ophthalmology Practice and Research | 4.3 | Q1 | Epidemiology; Ophthalmology; Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging | 1,517 |
| 11 | JAMA Ophthalmology | 4.3 | Q1 | Ophthalmology; Epidemiology | 118,024 |
| 12 | BRITISH JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY | 3.9 | Q1 | Ophthalmology; Epidemiology | 755,005 |
| 13 | Ophthalmology and Therapy | 3.8 | Q1 | Ophthalmology; Epidemiology; Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging | 19,034 |
| 14 | OPHTHALMOLOGY | 3.6 | Q1 | Ophthalmology; Epidemiology; Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging | 1,221,685 |
| 15 | AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY | 3.5 | Q1 | Ophthalmology; Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging | 1,133,761 |
What the 2026 data shows
The cohort mean is 1.9 and the median is 1.5, so the center of the field is not driven by one extreme outlier.
Quartiles are nearly balanced: 30 journals rank Q1 in their best OpenAlex subfield, 28 Q2, 27 Q3, and 24 Q4.
How this cohort is defined
Subfield membership comes from OpenAlex topic classifications and may include vision-science or eye-health titles whose names do not contain "ophthalmology."
The Journal Metrics Score is the two-year mean citedness of a journal, computed from OpenAlex (CC0) data: citations received in the most recent complete year to works published in the two prior years, divided by the number of those works. Quartiles rank journals within each OpenAlex subfield by score. Data source: OpenAlex (CC0).
Frequently asked questions
How many ophthalmology journals have a 2026 Journal Metrics Score?
Our dataset scores 109 journals in the OpenAlex Ophthalmology subfield.
What is a typical Journal Metrics Score in ophthalmology?
The 109 scored ophthalmology journals average 1.9, with a median of 1.5.
Continue exploring
Written by Dr. Meng Zhao
Physician-Scientist · Founder, LabCat AI
MD · Former Neurosurgeon · Medical AI Researcher
Dr. Meng Zhao is a former neurosurgeon turned medical-AI researcher. After years in the operating room, he moved into applied AI for clinical workflows and now leads LabCat AI, a medical-AI company working on decision support and research tooling for clinicians. He built Journal Metrics as a free resource for researchers who need reliable journal metrics without paid database subscriptions.
Related Articles
Recently Launched Journals: A 2026 OpenAlex Analysis
An OpenAlex analysis of recently launched scored journals, including fields, quartiles, averages, and leading titles.
14 min readJournal Metrics AnalysisNeurosurgery Journals Ranked by Journal Metrics Score in 2026
Compare 29 neurosurgery journals by their 2026 Journal Metrics Score, computed from OpenAlex citation data, with subfield quartiles and linked journal profiles.
8 min readJournal Metrics AnalysisBioinformatics Journals Ranked by Journal Metrics Score in 2026
Compare 21 bioinformatics and computational biology journals by their 2026 Journal Metrics Score, led by Briefings in Bioinformatics at 6.7.
8 min read