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WoS ESCI Q4Scopus Q3SCImago #18,492CAS 4区Gold OA

African Vision and Eye Health

Country: South Africa•WoS SCIE Quartile: Q4•Scopus SJR: 0.266•SCImago Rank: #18,492•Identifier (ISSN):2413-3183(Print)/2410-1516(Online)•Articles / Year: 13•Estimated Publication Fee (APC): $2,557 USD
Clarivate JCR Index Advisory: Active (ESCI)
Clarivate IF (2026)Q4
0.8
↑ +0.8

Leading citation impact metric from Clarivate Journal Citation Reports

JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17
H-Index (Hirsch Index)
17

17 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: ESCIQ4
Self-Citation RateN/A
Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)
Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.
Volume & Open AccessGold OA
13articles/year
100% Gold OA•0% Original Research

State Council for Professorship (HĐGSNN) Scoring

Quyết định số 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN ngày 11/7/2025 (Mục quốc tế)

1.00pts
Latest Max Score
Estimated (Dec 26)
Scoring Basis: WoS Q4(IF: 0.8)

HĐGSNN Score History

By article publication year
YearMax ScoreEvaluation DetailsSource
20261.00đ
WoS Q4(IF: 0.8)
🔵 Computed
20231.00đ
WoS Q4(IF: 0)
🔵 Computed

Note: Domestic journal scores are officially collected from annual HĐGSNN decisions across councils. International journal scores are dynamically computed according to Decision 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN based on quartile and citation metrics in the publication year.

Aims & Scope

African Vision and Eye Health is a leading international peer-reviewed journal publishing original research, clinical updates, and reviews indexed in Clarivate Web of Science (SCIE) with Q4 quartile ranking.

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)
Medicine93%Optometry70.4%Biology64.5%Ophthalmology58.2%Physics58%Psychology52.1%Optics51.4%Surgery42.1%Neuroscience35.9%Computer science30.7%Mathematics30.3%Visual acuity26.8%Political science26.8%Internal medicine26.6%Pathology26.6%Law26.1%Genetics23.3%Sociology23.1%Chemistry20.5%Psychiatry20.1%
Primary Research Areas

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

Global SCImago ranking, SJR prestige index, Scopus coverage, and societal policy impact

Rank #18,492Scopus Q3SCImago Profile
Scopus Coverage:2015-2026
Scopus Broad Areas:Health ProfessionsMedicine
Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q3
0.266

Weighted prestige citation metric per document indexed in the Scopus database.

Tứ phân vị: Scopus Q3
Scopus H-Index (2025)
17

Measures cumulative publication volume and citation impact.

Scopus Database Indexed (2025)
Citations / Doc (2 years)
0.72

Average citations received per document published in the 2-year window.

2-Year Citation Window
Estimated Publication Fee (APC)
$2,557 USD

Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.

Chi phí ước tính / bài báo

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations92
3-Year Documents117
Citable Documents113

Aggregated from Scopus database across the 3-year SJR evaluation window.

Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)

Policy Citations (Overton)0

Citations in government and international policy documents

Female Author Rate50.0%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

Real-world societal policy reach and author gender diversity tracked by SCImago.

Scopus Subject Categories

OphthalmologyQ3
OptometryQ3

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification

Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history

Major Category (Broad Field):
4区 (Zone 4)Medicine
Minor Category (Specific Field):
4区OPHTHALMOLOGY
CAS Early Warning List History:
Updated annually: 2020 – 2024
2020
Not warned
2021
Not warned
2022
Not warned
2023
Not warned
2024
Not warned

Publishing & Editorial Information

Detailed publisher, peer-review turnaround, and publication cycle specifications

Publisher Review Speed
Updating
Average time to first editorial decision
Online Publication Speed
Updating
Time from acceptance to online publication
Official Acceptance Rate
Updating
Manuscript acceptance rate confirmed by the publisher
Open Access Model
Gold OA
OA publishing option or traditional subscription
Publisher
OpenJournals Publishing AOSIS (Pty) Ltd
Publication Language
English
Frequency
Periodic
Indexing & Databases
ScopusDOAJPubMed

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR & JCI
CategoryIndexRankQuartile
OPHTHALMOLOGY
JCRESCI
87/98Q4
OPHTHALMOLOGY
JCIESCI
90/98Q4

Annual Historical Statistics & Publications

Track annual publication volume, total citations, and Impact Factor evolution

12 year
YearImpact FactorArticles / YearTotal Citations
2026—130
2025—3310
2024—4448
202302978
2022—51119
2021—42186
2020—41249
2019—33165
2018—32317
2017—18126
2016—38287
2015—38268
Academic Metric Intelligence

Journal Metrics & Citation Visualizations

Impact Factor Trend (2018–2024)

Clarivate IF trend for African Vision and Eye Health

WoS Q4
000020230.00
Annual Impact Factor Metric
2023:0

Total Cites vs Self-Cites

Evaluation of scholarly independence and citation reach

Total citations steady growth
Self-citation: N/A

Citations per Document

Citation metric windows across 2, 3, and 4 years

Cites / Doc (4 years)Cites / Doc (3 years)Cites / Doc (2 years)

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Record UUID: e68d0336-7287-4794-a2a5-131ad0b21ab5
Database Updated: 2026-10-01