Open Access

Journal of Optometry is a peer reviewed, open access journal. 

All articles published gold open access will be immediately and permanently free for everyone to read and download, copy and distribute. We offer authors a choice of user licenses, which define the permitted reuse of articles. We currently offer the following license(s) for this journal:

Allows users to: distribute and copy the article; create extracts, abstracts, and other revised versions, adaptations or derivative works of or from an article (such as a translation); include in a collective work (such as an anthology); and text or data mine the article. These uses are permitted even for commercial purposes, provided the user: gives appropriate credit to the author(s) (with a link to the formal publication through the relevant DOI); includes a link to the license; indicates if changes were made; and does not represent the author(s) as endorsing the adaptation of the article or modify the article in such a way as to damage the authors' honor or reputation.

Allows users to: distribute and copy the article; and include in a collective work (such as an anthology). These uses are permitted only for non-commercial purposes, and provided the user: gives appropriate credit to the author(s) (with a link to the formal publication through the relevant DOI); provides a link to the license; and does not alter or modify the article. 

If you need to comply with your funding body policy you can apply for a CC BY license after your manuscript is accepted for publication. 

As an open access journal with no subscription charges, a fee (Article Publishing Charge, APC) is payable by the authors, or their institution or funders, to cover the costs associated with publication. This ensures your article will be immediately and permanently free to access by everyone.

The Article Publishing Charge for this journal is:

Discounts and waivers

A 50% discount is offered for articles submitted between 2021-1-1 and null, which are accepted for publication after peer review.

The following discounts are available:

The Spanish General Council of Optometry covers 50% of the Article Publishing Charge.

We automatically apply Article Publishing Charge waivers or discounts to those articles in gold open access journals for which all authors are based in a country eligible for the Research4Life program. Find out more about the APC waiver and discount eligibility. 

Our Online Author Communication System (OACS) ensures you are offered the lowest possible Article Publishing Charge to publish an article in your chosen journal. During submission you will be presented with a personalized OA Article Publishing Charge based on your individual context (your country, institutional affiliation, and any society membership for example) as well as considering the journal involved. 

Learn more about Elsevier's pricing policy.

Elsevier has reached open access agreements with an increasing number of institutions and university consortia around the world. Find out what this means for authors on our open access agreements page.

Elsevier partners with funding bodies to provide guidance for authors on how to comply with funding body open access policies. Find out more on our funding arrangements page. 

Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to complete a Journal Publishing Agreement. Acceptance of the agreement will ensure the widest possible dissemination of information. Copyright will be transferred to the society if the manuscript is accepted for publication. Permission of the society is required for resale or distribution outside the institution and for all other derivative works, including compilations and translations.

Find out how you can share your research published in Elsevier journals. 

• Benefits of publishing open access with Elsevier 

• Open access agreements 

• Funding arrangements 

• Open access license policy 

• Open access pricing policy 

Frequently asked questions and answers are available in the Journal Article Publishing Support Centre. If you have any further questions, you can also chat with an agent using the chat box available on the site.