Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
Encyclopedia
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science (IOVS), published as ready online, is a peer-reviewed academic journal
of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO). IOVS features original research, mostly pertaining to clinical
and laboratory ophthalmology and vision research in general.
IOVS is regarded as a premier basic science journal for the field of ophthalmology and is among the highest ranked by impact factor. The journal's impact factor
for 2010 is 3.466 and its 5-year impact factor is 3.933.
Academic journal
An academic journal is a peer-reviewed periodical in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as forums for the introduction and presentation for scrutiny of new research, and the critique of existing research...
of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO). IOVS features original research, mostly pertaining to clinical
Clinical Medicine
Clinical Medicine is a peer-reviewed medical journal published bimonthly by the Royal College of Physicians. It was established in 1966 as the Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London. It was doubly named between 1998 and 2000, and since 2001 it has appeared as Clinical Medicine. Its...
and laboratory ophthalmology and vision research in general.
IOVS is regarded as a premier basic science journal for the field of ophthalmology and is among the highest ranked by impact factor. The journal's impact factor
Impact factor
The impact factor, often abbreviated IF, is a measure reflecting the average number of citations to articles published in science and social science journals. It is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field, with journals with higher impact factors deemed...
for 2010 is 3.466 and its 5-year impact factor is 3.933.
See also
- Archives of OphthalmologyArchives of OphthalmologyThe Archives of Ophthalmology is a monthly professional medical journal published by the American Medical Association. Archives of Ophthalmology publishes peer-reviewed, original articles on such topics as epidemiology and biostatistics, mechanisms of ophthalmic disease, ophthalmic molecular...
- List of medical journals
- Survey of OphthalmologySurvey of OphthalmologySurvey of Ophthalmology is a review journal dedicated to publishing reviews of ophthalmological topics by established authorities in that particular field. It is a strictly refereed journal with a bi-monthly publication schedule...