Optometry and Vision Science
Last updated ISSN 1040-5488
Optometry and Vision Science is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins in medicine. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Optometry and Vision Science concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies
- Ocular Surface and Contact Lens
- Corneal surgery and disorders
- Glaucoma and retinal disorders
- Visual perception and processing mechanisms
- Ocular and Laser Science Research
- Intraocular Surgery and Lenses
- Earthquake and Disaster Impact Studies
- Ophthalmology and Visual Health Research
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
Key facts
| Publisher | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1040-5488, 1538-9235 |
| Subject area | Medicine |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 23,263 |
| Publishing since | 1924 |
| Journal website | journals.lww.com/optvissci/pages/default.aspx |
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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