Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science

Scope Statement

Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science (IOVS), published online several times a month, is an official journal of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), an international organization whose purpose is to advance research worldwide into understanding the visual system and preventing, treating and curing its disorders. Included are original contributions that report clinical or laboratory hypothesis-based research with statistically valid results that clearly advance our knowledge of normal or abnormal processes impacting the visual system. For purely descriptive research, we will consider well-designed studies that provide novel or important insight into the structure and/or function of the visual system (normal or pathological). Subjects cover the 13 sections represented by ARVO's membership and the 3 ARVO cross-sectional groups. Short updates on notable new developments in important research areas are also published, but only by invitation. Summaries of meetings/symposia and general review articles are not considered.

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Manuscript Submissions

Manuscripts must be submitted using the IOVS manuscript tracking system at https://iovs.msubmit.net. Please see http://iovs.arvojournals.org/ss/forauthors.aspx for manuscript preparation and submission instructions.

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Impact Factor

Impact factor for 2023: 5.0, ranked #6 of 95 in the category Ophthalmology
The 2023 impact factor represents the number of citations in 2023 to articles published in 2021 and 2022, divided by the total number of articles published in 2021 and 2022.
Total Cites: 56,224, #1 of 95
2023 Release of Journal Citation Reports; Source: 2023 Web of Science Data

h-index

h5-index: 71, ranked #3 out of top 20 in Ophthalmology and Optometry
The current h5-index is the largest number h such that h articles published in the last 5 years have at least h citations each.

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Open Access/Subscriptions

IOVS is now open access, beginning with articles published in January 2016. All back content published prior to 2016, while not fully open access, is freely accessible. No subscriptions are needed. For more information about IOVS's move to open access, please click here.

Contacts:

Editor-in-Chief: Joseph Carroll, PhD
Senior Director of Journals: Jon Mallett, PhD
Assistant Director, Editorial Operations: Kiyah Morrison
Journals Manager: Debbie Chin
Editorial Coordinator: Dyamond Blackman, MBA

IOVS Editorial Office
5515 Security Lane, Suite 500
Rockville, MD 20852
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: +1.240.221.2926