About this journal

Aims and scope

Ophthalmic Genetics accepts original papers, review articles and short communications on the clinical and molecular genetic aspects of ocular diseases. The journal invites several types of contributions divided into sections, details below. Please ensure you are reading the full submission requirements in the 

Journal metrics

Usage

  • 83K annual downloads/views

Citation metrics

  • 1.2 (2023) Impact Factor
  • 1.4 (2023) 5 year IF
  • 2.4 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
  • Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
  • 0.610 (2023) SNIP
  • 0.509 (2023) SJR

Speed/acceptance

  • 43 days avg. from submission to first decision
  • 81 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
  • 20 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
  • 39% acceptance rate

Editorial board

Editor-in-Chief:

Brian P. Brooks, MD, PhD - Chief, Ophthalmic Genetics & Visual Function Branch, National Eye Institute

Editor-in-Chief, Emeritus: 

Elias I. Traboulsi, MD - The Center for Genetic Eye Diseases, The Cleveland Clinic Eye Institute

Associate Editors :
Andreas Gal (Topic: Mutation Reports) - Hamburg, Germany
Stephanie Hagstrom, PhD - Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA
Virginia Miraldi Utz, MD - Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
Natario L. Couser, MD, MS - Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, VA, USA
Arlene Drack, MD - University of Iowa, IA, USA

Editorial Board:
Mary E. Aronow - Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Boston, MA, USA
Jesse L. Berry - Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Brian P. Brooks - The National Eye Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
Fred K. Chen - The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
Meghan DeBenedictis - Cleveland Clinic Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland, OH, USA
Razek G. Coussa - Dean McGee Eye Institute, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Helene Dollfus - Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
Arlene Drack - University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
John Fingert - University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
Stephanie A. Hagstrom - Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
Alex Hewitt - Melbourne School of Health Sciences, East Melbourne, Australia
Yoshihiro Hotta - Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
Robert B. Hufnagel - National Institutes of Health - Bethesda, MD, USA
Zi-Bing Jin - Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
Ulrich Kellner - Sieberg Eye Center, Siegberg, Germany
Arif O. Khan  - Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Robert Koenekoop - McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
Bart Leroy - Ghent University, Ghent Belgium
Richard A. Lewis - Cullen Eye Institute, Houston, TX, USA
Dietmar Lohmann - University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
Birgit Lorenz - Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
David Mackey - University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
Irene Hussels Maumenee - Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Anthony T. Moore - University College London, London, United Kingdom
Francis Munier (Topic: Retinoblastoma Research) - University of Lausanne Medical School, Lausanne, Switzerland
Mark Pennesi - Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA
Markus Preising - Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
Anthony Robson - Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Juliana Salloum- University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paolo, Brazil
Mansoor Sarfarazi - University of Connecticut Health, Farmington, CT, USA
Lisa A. Schimmenti - Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, MN, USA
Daniel Schorderet - Institut de Recherche en Ophtalmologie, Sion, Switzerland
Anne Slavotinek - Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
Stephen Tsang - Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Andrea Vincent - University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Nan-Kai Wang - National Taiwan University, Linkou, Taiwan
Natario L. Couser - Virginia, USA

Updated 17-11-2023

Abstracting and indexing

• Adis International Ltd.
• De Gruyter Saur; IBZ - Internationale Bibliographie der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Zeitschriftenliteratur, Internationale Bibliographie der Rezensionen Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlicher Literatur
• EBSCOhost
• EMBASE, Priority
• Scopus
• MetaPress
• National Library of Medicine; PubMed/MEDLINE
• OCLC
• Personal Alert (E-mail)
• ProQuest
• Thomson Reuters; Current Contents, Science Citation Index Expanded, Web of Science

Open access

Ophthalmic Genetics is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.

Why choose open access?

  1. Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
  2. Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
  3. Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
  4. Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
  5. Rigorous peer review for every open access article

Article Publishing Charges (APC)

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Society information

Ophthalmic Genetics is the official Journal of the International Society for Genetic Eye Diseases and Retinoblastoma.

Mission Statement

To bring together individuals interested in the field of genetic diseases of the eye and in Retinoblastoma,

To provide a forum for researchers in the field of genetic diseases of the eye to share information,

To promote international collaborations in the study of genetic diseases of the eye and in Retinoblastoma,

To disseminate scientific knowledge through international conferences and through its official publication, Ophthalmic Genetics.

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