''JAMA Ophthalmology'' (formerly ''Archives of Ophthalmology'') is a monthly

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covering all aspects of

ophthalmology Ophthalmology ( ) is a surgical subspecialty within medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of eye disorders. An ophthalmologist is a physician who undergoes subspecialty training in medical and surgical eye care. Following a medic ...

. The

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Neil M. Bressler Neil M. Bressler is an American ophthalmologist. He is the James P. Gills Professor of Ophthalmology and chief of the Retina Division at the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and editor-in-chief of ''JAMA Ophthalmology.'' Ea ...

( Johns Hopkins School of Medicine). It is published by the

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, with which it has been affiliated since 1929.

History

The journal was established in New York in 1869 as the ''Archives of Ophthalmology and Otology'', with a simultaneous German language version published in

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, Germany, as ''Archiv für Augen- und Ohrenheilkunde''; sometimes articles would be slightly different. The editors were

Hermann Knapp Jacob Hermann Knapp (March 17, 1832 – April 30, 1911), also known as Hermann Knapp, was a German-American ophthalmologist and otolaryngologist. Biography Knapp was born in Dauborn, Nassau. He earned his medical degree from the University of Gi ...

(New York), who practiced both ophthalmology and otology, with greater emphasis on the eye, and the otologist

Salomon Moos Salomon Moos (15 July 1831 – 15 July 1895) was a German otologist born in Randegg, a village in the Grand Duchy of Baden. He studied medicine at the University of Heidelberg, and following graduation worked as an assistant at the medical clinic ...

(Heidelberg). The journal obtained its current name in 2013.

Naming History

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: According to ''

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'', the journal has a 2021

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of 8.253, ranking it 3rd out of 61 titles in the category "Ophthalmology".

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* {{Authority control Ophthalmology journals American Medical Association academic journals Monthly journals English-language journals Publications established in 1869

History

Naming History

Abstracting and indexing

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