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Vol. 17. Issue 4.
(October - December 2024)
Editorial
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JOptom's Web of Science (WoS) impact factor
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José M. González-Méijomea,
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jgmeijome@fisica.uminho.pt

Corresponding author at: CEORLab – Center of Physics, University of Minho, Portugal.
, David P. Piñerob, César Villa-Collarc
a Clinical and Experimental Optometry Research Lab (CEORLab). Center of Physics, University of Minho, Portugal
b Department of Optics, Pharmacology and Anatomy, University of Alicante, Spain
c Department of Pharmacy, Biotechnology, Nutrition, Optics and Optometry, Faculty of Biomedical and Health Sciences, European University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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Table 1. Summary of indexation achievements by Journal of Optometry from its inception.
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Editor's Editorial in Issue 1, 2023 announced the Web of Science (WoS) indexation for the Journal of Optometry.1 WoS is in the words of Birkle et al.,2the world's oldest, most widely used and authoritative database of research publications and citations”. It is based on the Science Citation Index (SCI), founded by Eugene Garfield in 1964.3

Indexation of the scientific literature is a key aspect of the system implying an external validation of the contents published and its impact in a global perspective. It has been an early aspiration of the Journal of Optometry as a strategic development goal. The main global indexation systems soon recognized the robustness of the Editorial process and impact of the matters published in JOptom, first by Scopus, followed by PubMed and more recently WoS (Table 1).

Table 1.

Summary of indexation achievements by Journal of Optometry from its inception.

Date  Milestone 
May 2009  Journal of Optometry indexed by Scopus 
November 2010  Journal of Optometry papers indexed in Science Direct 
July 2013  PubMed Central announces indexing Journal of Optometry 
March 2014  Journal of Optometry indexed in Pubmed-Medline 
June 2021  Journal of Optometry to be indexed in Emerging (ESCI) 
June 2022  Journal of Optometry ranked high in Emerging Journal Citation Index 
June 2023  Impact Factor assigned in the ESCI 
June 2024  Indexation in Journal Citation Index – 2nd quartile (Q2) 

The methodologies followed by different databases are diverse and often not well understood.4 The indices and rankings produced have also their advantages and limitations that have been extensively discussed and new approaches are being developed.5 Despite that, there is no doubt that being ranked high in the main international databases is important for Journal of Optometry that is now in the best position to attract an increasing number of submissions from highly reputed laboratories around the world.

Sponsored by the Spanish Council of Colleges of Optometry, the achievements of JOptom, have encompassed the development of a flourishing research activity in optometry and vision sciences in Spain over the last decades.6

These indices are nothing more than metrics, and we should not transform them into objectives in themselves. The most important goal for JOptom is to continue increasing the international prestige of the journal, and collectively elevate knowledge in the domains of optometry, vision sciences and related areas.7

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J.M. González-Méijome, D.P. Piñero, C. Villa-Collar.
Journal of Optometry Impact Factor: it's been a long way to here.
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J.M. González-Méijome.
Journal of optometry bibliometrics.
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Who cites optometry journals?.
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