BMJ Open Ophthalmology
Last updated ISSN 2397-3269
BMJ Open Ophthalmology is published by BMJ in medicine. It is open access. The article processing charge is $2,085.
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What it publishes
Recent work in BMJ Open Ophthalmology concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Retinal Diseases and Treatments
- Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies
- Glaucoma and retinal disorders
- Corneal surgery and disorders
- Retinal and Macular Surgery
- Retinal Imaging and Analysis
- Intraocular Surgery and Lenses
- Ocular Infections and Treatments
- Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome
- Ocular Surface and Contact Lens
Key facts
| Publisher | BMJ |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 2397-3269 |
| Subject area | Medicine |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | $2,085 |
| Indexed in | Scopus · DOAJ |
| Articles published | 835 |
| Publishing since | 1976 |
| Journal website | bmjophth.bmj.com/ |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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