Ophthalmology journals by time to acceptance (2025)
41 journals with 2025 figures · median days from submission to acceptance, measured from PubMed dates · data as of Sep 15, 2026
Sorted by median days from submission to acceptance in 2025. Faster is not better — this is a planning aid, not a ranking of quality. Click a column to re-sort.
| Open access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ophthalmology Retina | 47 (16–99) | 231 | 10 | ≈$3,920 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Ophthalmology and Therapy | 52 (38–69) | 207 | 22 | $7,675 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| International Journal of Retina and Vitreous | 62 (47–83) | 150 | 15 | $1,990 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Ophthalmology | 64 (17–113) | 236 | 10 | ≈$4,990 | — | 0.0 |
| Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology | 65 (35–99) | 57 | 6 | $1,950 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Case Reports in Ophthalmology | 75 (49–102) | 139 | 17 | $1,520 | Open access (DOAJ) | 1.42 |
| Frontiers in Ophthalmology | 80 (55–118) | 118 | 22 | ≈$2,383 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Journal of Ophthalmic Inflammation and Infection | 81 (53–136) | 108 | 28 | $2,390 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Die Ophthalmologie | 89 (58–144) | 127 | 32 | ≈$3,390 | — | 0.0 |
| Clinical ophthalmology | 90 (75–113) | 466 | 16 | $3,940 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Ophthalmology Glaucoma | 95 (52–154) | 95 | 8 | ≈$3,300 | — | 0.0 |
| Archivos de la Sociedad Española de Oftalmología (English Edition) | 97 (50–174) | 127 | 91 | ≈$2,350 | — | 0.0 |
| Korean Journal of Ophthalmology | 97 (62–158) | 85 | 5 | $250 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| American Journal of Ophthalmology | 98 (59–135) | 465 | 5 | ≈$4,300 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Cornea | 104 (78–141) | 241 | 35 | — | Hybrid | 0.75 |
| International Medical Case Reports Journal | 104 (81–132) | 237 | 9 | $3,230 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Journal Français d Ophtalmologie | 108 (41–156) | 176 | 88 | ≈$3,100 | — | 0.91 |
| Experimental Eye Research | 110 (78–159) | 462 | 1 | ≈$4,010 | Hybrid | 0.57 |
| BMC Ophthalmology | 111 (77–171) | 743 | 19 | $3,090 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Documenta Ophthalmologica | 117 (90–168) | 71 | 24 | ≈$4,090 | — | 0.0 |
| Acta Ophthalmologica | 120 (85–169) | 176 | 13 | ≈$4,990 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus | 122 (90–156) | 147 | 100 | ≈$3,330 | — | 0.0 |
| Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology | 123 (83–159) | 151 | 54 | ≈$3,790 | — | 0.0 |
| Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia | 124 (87–170) | 66 | 127 | — | Open access | 0.0 |
| Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology | 125 (81–175) | 84 | 19 | ≈$4,150 | — | 2.73 |
| Progress in Retinal and Eye Research | 129 (81–163) | 60 | 2 | ≈$6,710 | Hybrid | 4.15 |
| Graefe s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology | 130 (96–175) | 359 | 20 | ≈$2,990 | — | 1.11 |
| Survey of Ophthalmology | 132 (101–190) | 134 | 3 | ≈$4,620 | — | 0.0 |
| Ophthalmology Science | 135 (98–174) | 305 | 7 | $2,500 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery | 137 (73–191) | 212 | — | ≈$3,000 | — | 0.0 |
| Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology | 137 (80–210) | 153 | 38 | ≈$3,220 | — | 0.0 |
| International Ophthalmology | 138 (84–213) | 503 | 19 | ≈$3,790 | — | 0.46 |
| Eye | 139 (41–225) | 560 | 14 | ≈$3,590 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| BMJ Open Ophthalmology | 144 (99–208) | 132 | 22 | ≈$3,223 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| International Journal of Ophthalmology | 154 (95–227) | 268 | 151 | $1,800 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Veterinary Ophthalmology | 154 (107–199) | 140 | 16 | ≈$3,860 | — | 0.0 |
| British Journal of Ophthalmology | 157 (104–228) | 248 | 169 | — | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Indian Journal of Ophthalmology | 161 (115–243) | 282 | 66 | No fee (DOAJ) | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.67 |
| American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports | 164 (125–226) | 261 | 5 | $1,620 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Journal of Glaucoma | 184 (119–258) | 161 | 11 | — | — | 0.0 |
| Oman Journal of Ophthalmology | 274 (192–453) | 85 | 100 | No fee (DOAJ) | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
Journals are listed where at least 25% of their articles' topics fall in Ophthalmology (OpenAlex).
Latest available year: 2024
6 journals without enough usable 2025 data. Their 2024 figures are shown separately so they are never compared with 2025 figures.
| Open access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan Journal of Ophthalmology | 62 (45–89) | 77 | 87 | No fee (DOAJ) | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Saudi Journal of Ophthalmology | 89 (54–138) | 79 | 45 | — | — | 0.0 |
| Ophthalmic Research | 120 (90–191) | 65 | 18 | $2,540 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Journal of Current Ophthalmology | 129 (97–208) | 58 | 278 | No fee (DOAJ) | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Eye and Vision | 173 (147–190) | 50 | 30 | $2,790 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Journal of Ophthalmic and Vision Research | 209 (146–282) | 55 | 258 | $300 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
Latest available year: 2021
6 journals without enough usable 2025 data. Their 2021 figures are shown separately so they are never compared with 2025 figures.
| Open access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Der Ophthalmologe | 66 (38–94) | 82 | 30 | ≈$3,090 | — | — |
| Case Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine | 95 (64–152) | 65 | 12 | $870 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Beyoglu Eye Journal | 103 (69–164) | 61 | 83 | No fee (DOAJ) | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Ophthalmologica | 139 (96–194) | 58 | 20 | — | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Therapeutic Advances in Ophthalmology | 141 (94–206) | 78 | 39 | $2,650 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Molecular vision | 269 (192–397) | 62 | 2 | No fee (DOAJ) | Open access (DOAJ) | 4.85 |
Latest available year: 2020
5 journals without enough usable 2025 data. Their 2020 figures are shown separately so they are never compared with 2025 figures.
| Open access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ocular Oncology and Pathology | 78 (63–110) | 58 | 111 | — | — | — |
| Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus | 84 (63–109) | 63 | — | — | — | 0.0 |
| Ophthalmic surgery, lasers & imaging retina | 107 (54–155) | 82 | — | — | — | 0.0 |
| Translational Vision Science & Technology | 117 (79–167) | 405 | 52 | $1,850 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.55 |
| Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology | 284 (142–397) | 50 | — | — | — | — |
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Which Ophthalmology journals accepted papers fastest in 2025?
Among 41 Ophthalmology journals with enough dated articles in 2025, the shortest median time from submission to acceptance was 47 days (Ophthalmology Retina). The middle journal's median was 120 days. Speed is not a measure of quality; check scope, indexing and fees too.
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From the submission and acceptance dates publishers deposit in PubMed, for accepted articles only. Each journal needs at least 50 dated articles in the year shown, and a table headed with a year contains only that year's figures.
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Data sources. Submission, acceptance and publication dates: Courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine (PubMed, entries through Sep 15, 2026). NLM does not endorse Journal Clock, and these figures may not reflect the most current PubMed data. Journal fees and open-access listing: DOAJ (CC0, retrieved Sep 16, 2026). Fees paid by institutions: OpenAPC (Open Database License, retrieved Sep 16, 2026). Retractions: Retraction Watch Database via Crossref (retrieved Sep 16, 2026). Journal identifiers and topics: OpenAlex (CC0). Currency conversion: ECB reference rates (Sep 15, 2026). How these numbers are calculated · For organisations.