Journal of Refractive Surgery
Impact Factor & Key Scientometrics

Journal of Refractive Surgery
Overview

Impact Factor

3.573

H Index

99

Impact Factor

2.758

I. Basic Journal Info

Country

United States
Journal ISSN: 1081597X, 19382391
Publisher: Slack Incorporated
History: 1995-ongoing
Journal Hompage: Link
How to Get Published:

Research Categories

Scope/Description:

The Journal of Refractive Surgery, the official journal of the International Society of Refractive Surgery, a partner of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, is a monthly peer-reviewed forum for original research, review, and evaluation of refractive and lens-based surgical procedures. Practical, clinically valuable articles provide readers with the most up-to-date information regarding advances in the field of refractive surgery.

II. Science Citation Report (SCR)



Journal of Refractive Surgery
SCR Impact Factor

Journal of Refractive Surgery
SCR Journal Ranking

Journal of Refractive Surgery
SCImago SJR Rank

SCImago Journal Rank (SJR indicator) is a measure of scientific influence of scholarly journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from.

1.444

Journal of Refractive Surgery
Scopus 2-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Journal of Refractive Surgery
Scopus 3-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Journal of Refractive Surgery
Scopus 4-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Journal of Refractive Surgery
Impact Factor History

2-year 3-year 4-year
  • 2022 Impact Factor
    2.008 2.418 2.483
  • 2021 Impact Factor
    2.758 2.966 3.091
  • 2020 Impact Factor
    2.369 2.664 2.696
  • 2019 Impact Factor
    2.516 2.763 2.685
  • 2018 Impact Factor
    2.62 2.67 2.937
  • 2017 Impact Factor
    2.314 3.042 2.912
  • 2016 Impact Factor
    3.379 3.197 3.185
  • 2015 Impact Factor
    3.081 3.267 3.152
  • 2014 Impact Factor
    3.135 NA NA
  • 2013 Impact Factor
    2.803 NA NA
  • 2012 Impact Factor
    2.16 NA NA
  • 2011 Impact Factor
    2.28 NA NA
  • 2010 Impact Factor
    2.436 NA NA
  • 2009 Impact Factor
    2.119 NA NA
  • 2008 Impact Factor
    1.958 NA NA
  • 2007 Impact Factor
    1.692 NA NA
  • 2006 Impact Factor
    2.003 NA NA
  • 2005 Impact Factor
    1.939 NA NA
  • 2004 Impact Factor
    2.852 NA NA
  • 2003 Impact Factor
    2.151 NA NA
  • 2002 Impact Factor
    2.315 NA NA
  • 2001 Impact Factor
    2.009 NA NA
  • 2000 Impact Factor
    2.005 NA NA
Note: impact factor data for reference only

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Impact Factor

Impact factor (IF) is a scientometric factor based on the yearly average number of citations on articles published by a particular journal in the last two years. A journal impact factor is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field. Find out more: What is a good impact factor?


III. Other Science Influence Indicators

Any impact factor or scientometric indicator alone will not give you the full picture of a science journal. There are also other factors such as H-Index, Self-Citation Ratio, SJR, SNIP, etc. Researchers may also consider the practical aspect of a journal such as publication fees, acceptance rate, review speed. (Learn More)

Journal of Refractive Surgery
H-Index

The h-index is an author-level metric that attempts to measure both the productivity and citation impact of the publications of a scientist or scholar. The index is based on the set of the scientist's most cited papers and the number of citations that they have received in other publications

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Journal of Refractive Surgery
H-Index History