Journal of Optometry

ISSN: 1888-4296

The Journal of Optometry (J Optom) is the scientific double blind peer-reviewed publication of the Spanish General Council of Optometry (www.cgcoo.es). Audience of J Optom includes optometrists, ophthalmologists and visual scientists, other professionals and researchers with interests in vision and the eye as well as undergraduate and post-graduate students in those fields. The J Optom welcomes the submission of original manuscripts, reviews, case reports and scientific letters describing clinical and experimental research in all fields related with the eye and vision. Journal of Optometry is an open access journal that publishes articles in English.

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Impact factor 2024

1.8

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Citescore 2024

4.8

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SJR 2024

0.752

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SNIP 2024

1.165

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Original Article

Status of continuation of spectacle use among school children in selected districts of eastern Nepal: A retrospective study

Ranjan Shaha,

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ranjan_shah@nnjs.org.np

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, Anil Paudelb, Sailesh Kumar Mishraa, Pathiyil Ravi Shankarc, Pankaj Ray Adhikarid, Amit Kumar Singhe, Anup Subedif, Rishi Raj Borahg, Sabina Shresthah, Yuddha Dhoj Sapkotai, Radha Devi Ghimirej

a Nepal Netra Jyoti Sangh, Kathmandu, Nepal

b Department of Public Health, CiST College, Kathmandu, Nepal

c IMU Centre for Education, IMU University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

d NNJS/Biratnagar Eye Hospital, Biratnagar, Nepal

e Mechi Eye Hospital, Jhapa, Nepal

f NNJS/Himalaya Eye Hospital, Pokhara, Nepal

g Orbis International, India Country Office, Gurugram, Haryana, India

h Kathmandu Medical College, Sinamangal, Kathmandu, Nepal

i International Agency for Prevention of Blindness, SEA Office, Kathmandu, Nepal

j Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

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