''Acta Ophthalmologica'' is a peer-reviewed

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, medical journal of

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established in 1923. The journal is edited by Kai Kaarniranta (

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) and Einar Stefánsson (

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) and is published 8 times per year by

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on behalf of the Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica Foundation. It is the official journal of the five Nordic Ophthalmological Societies as well as of the

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(since 2006) and the Dutch Ophthalmological Society. Supplement issues, as well special issues for doctoral theses, are published along with the main journal.

History

The journal was established in 1923 as ''Acta Ophthalmologica'' () and published bimonthly. It was renamed in 1995 as ''Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica'' (print: , online: ) and returned to its original title in 2008, when the publication frequency was increased to 8 per year. A supplement to the journal has also been published. From 1932 to 1984 this was entitled ''Acta Ophthalmologica Supplementum'' () and from 1985 to 1994 ''Acta Ophthalmologica Supplement'' (). From 1995 to 2007, it was published as ''Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica Supplement'' (), before returning to ''Acta Ophthalmologica Supplement'' (print: , online: ) in 2008.

Prizes

The Acta Ophthalmologica Award is given biennially in recognition of excellence in ophthalmic research to a scientist from the Nordic countries, selected by the Board of Directors of the Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica Foundation. It is handed out at the Nordic Congress of Ophthalmology and was initiated in 2002. The Award involves the right to give the Acta Honorary Lecture, and the recipient receives a gold medal that depicts the two skating owls associated with Acta Ophthalmologica. No award was given in 2020 because the Nordic Congress was postponed to 2022. The Acta-EVER Award is given annually in recognition of achievements in eye and vision research to a scientist selected alternately by the Board of Directors of the Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica Foundation and the Board of the

. It is handed out at the Congress of this Association and was initiated in 2006. The Award involves the right to give the Acta-EVER Honorary Lecture, and the recipient receives a silver medal that depicts professor Conrad Christian Carl Lundsgaard, the founder of Acta Ophthalmologica. No award was given in 2020 and 2021 because the Congress was changed to virtual.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is indexed and abstracted in the following databases: According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2020

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of 3.761, ranking it 13th out of 62 journals in the category "Ophthalmology".

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1755-3768 English-language journals Wiley (publisher) academic journals Ophthalmology journals Publications established in 1923 Hybrid open access journals 8 times per year journals