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Aims and scope
The British Journal of Ophthalmology is an international peer-reviewed journal for ophthalmologists and visual science specialists describing clinical investigations, clinical observations, and clinically relevant laboratory investigations related to ophthalmology. Main features include articles on both clinical and laboratory sciences, up to date major reviews, editorials, education articles and letters. There are sections for ‘Innovations’ and ‘Global issues’ where surgical, diagnostic and therapeutic innovations and manuscripts of regional interest to geographic areas of the world respectively, are published.
Editorial Board
For information about the British Journal of Ophthalmology editorial team and the three joint Editors-in-Chief Keith Barton, James Chodosh and Jost Jonas, please refer to the Editorial Board page.
Ownership
British Journal of Ophthalmology is owned by BMJ.
Journal information
| Publication Model | Subscription; with hybrid open access option |
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| Frequency | Monthly |
| Launch date | 1917 |
| Digital Archive | LOCKSS |
| Indexed by | Index Medicus (Medline), PubMed, ISI Current Contents (Web of Science), Excerpta Medica (Embase), Scopus |
| Impact Factor | 3.384 |
| Citescore | 2.86 (2016) rank 10/101 |
| Peer Review Model | Single blind; the names of reviewers are hidden from the author |
| Print ISSN | 0007-1161 |
| Online ISSN | 1468-2079 |
Journal statistics
| Acceptance rate | 16% for original research submitted in 2016 |
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| Instant reject rate | 53% |
| Time from submission to first decision | 22 days |
| Time from acceptance to online publication | 17 days |
Contact information
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BMJ is a founding member of COPE (the Committee on Publication Ethics), which provides a forum for publishers and Editors of scientific journals to discuss issues relating to the integrity of the work submitted to or published in their journals.
The EQUATOR Network is an international initiative that seeks to improve the value of medical research literature by promoting transparent, accurate reporting of research studies. BMJ is a sponsor of its activities.
BMJ is a founding organisation of the AllTrials initiative, which calls for all past and present clinical trials to be registered and their results reported.