British Journal of Ophthalmology
Last updated ISSN 0007-1161
British Journal of Ophthalmology is published by BMJ in medicine. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in British Journal of Ophthalmology concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Glaucoma and retinal disorders
- Retinal Diseases and Treatments
- Intraocular Surgery and Lenses
- Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies
- Corneal surgery and disorders
- Retinal and Macular Surgery
- Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome
- Corneal Surgery and Treatments
- Ocular Surface and Contact Lens
- Ocular Oncology and Treatments
Key facts
| Publisher | BMJ |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0007-1161, 1468-2079 |
| Subject area | Medicine |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 25,513 |
| Publishing since | 1917 |
| Journal website | bjo.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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