''Optometry and Vision Science'' is a monthly

peer-reviewed Peer review is the evaluation of work by one or more people with similar competencies as the producers of the work ( peers). It functions as a form of self-regulation by qualified members of a profession within the relevant field. Peer review ...

medical journal published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins on behalf of the American Academy of Optometry. The journal was established in 1924 as the ''American Journal of Optometry''. It was renamed the ''American Journal of Optometry and Archives of the American Academy of Optometry'' in 1941, then to the ''American Journal of Optometry and Physiological Optics'' in 1974, before obtaining its current title in 1989. The

editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The editor-in-chief heads all departments of the organization and is held accoun ...

is Michael D. Twa of the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in Index Medicus/ MEDLINE/ PubMed, the Science Citation Index, and Current Contents/Clinical Medicine. According to the ''

Journal Citation Reports ''Journal Citation Reports'' (''JCR'') is an annual publication by Clarivate. It has been integrated with the Web of Science and is accessed from the Web of Science Core Collection. It provides information about academic journals in the natur ...

'', the journal has a 2012 impact factor of 1.895.

Garland W. Clay Award

This award is given to the authors of the article published by the journal that has been most widely cited in the world of scientific literature in the preceding five years. Winners have included: * Nathan Efron - 1980 *

Jan E. Lovie-Kitchin Jan E. Lovie-Kitchin is an Australian optometry, optometrist, former professor at Queensland University of Technology and founder of the university's Vision Rehabilitation Centre. She was the co-developer of the LogMAR chart, Bailey-Lovie visual ...

- 1998 * Konrad Pesudovs - 2009 & 2011 * Max Snodderly

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://journals.lww.com/optvissci/pages/default.aspx Ophthalmology journals Academic journals established in 1924 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins academic journals Monthly journals English-language journals