Optometry and Vision Science

Optometry and Vision Science is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins on behalf of the American Academy of Optometry. The journal was established in 1924 as the American Journal of Optometry. It was renamed the American Journal of Optometry and Archives of the American Academy of Optometry in 1941, then to the American Journal of Optometry and Physiological Optics in 1974, before obtaining its current title in 1989. The editor-in-chief is Michael D. Twa of the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Optometry and Vision Science
DisciplineOptometry, vision science
LanguageEnglish
Edited byMichael D. Twa
Publication details
Former name(s)
American Journal of Optometry and Physiological Optics
American Journal of Optometry and Archives of the American Academy of Optometry
American Journal of Optometry
History1924–present
Publisher
FrequencyMonthly
1.409 (2016)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Optom. Vis. Sci.
Indexing
CODENOVSCET
ISSN1040-5488 (print)
1538-9235 (web)
Links

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed,[1] the Science Citation Index, and Current Contents/Clinical Medicine.[2] According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2012 impact factor of 1.895.[3]

Garland W. Clay Award

This award is given to the authors of the article published by the journal that has been most widely cited in the world of scientific literature in the preceding five years.[4] Winners have included:

References
  1. "Optometry and Vision Science". NLM Catalog. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
  2. "Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Thomson Reuters. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
  3. "Optometry and Vision Science". 2012 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2013.
  4. "Garland W. Clay Award". American Academy of Optometry. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
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