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Aims and scope

International Journal of Retina and Vitreous focuses on the ophthalmic subspecialty of vitreoretinal disorders. The journal presents original articles on new approaches to diagnosis, outcomes of clinical trials, innovations in pharmacological therapy and surgical techniques, as well as basic science advances that impact clinical practice. Topical areas include, but are not limited to:

  • Imaging of the retina, choroid and vitreous
  • Innovations in optical coherence tomography (OCT)
  • Small-gauge vitrectomy, retinal detachment, chromovitrectomy
  • Electroretinography (ERG), microperimetry, other functional tests
  • Intraocular tumors
  • Retinal pharmacotherapy & drug delivery
  • Diabetic retinopathy & other vascular diseases
  • Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) & other macular entities

Open access

All articles published by International Journal of Retina and Vitreous are made freely and permanently accessible online immediately upon publication, without subscription charges or registration barriers. Further information about open access can be found here

As authors of articles published in International Journal of Retina and Vitreous you are the copyright holders of your article and have granted to any third party, in advance and in perpetuity, the right to use, reproduce or disseminate your article according to the licence terms

For those of you who are US government employees or are prevented from being copyright holders for similar reasons, BMC can accommodate non-standard copyright lines. Please contact us if further information is needed.

Article processing charges (APC)

Authors who publish open access in International Journal of Retina and Vitreous are required to pay an article processing charge (APC). The APC price will be determined from the date on which the article is accepted for publication.

The current APC, subject to VAT or local taxes where applicable, is: £1190.00/$1790.00/€1390.00

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Open access funding

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Springer Nature offers agreements that enable institutions to cover open access publishing costs. Learn more about our open access agreements to check your eligibility and discover whether this journal is included.

Springer Nature offers APC waivers and discounts for articles published in our fully open access journals whose corresponding authors are based in the world’s lowest income countries (see our APC waivers and discounts policy for further information). Requests for APC waivers and discounts from other authors will be considered on a case-by-case basis, and may be granted in cases of financial need (see our open access policies for journals for more information). All applications for discretionary APC waivers and discounts should be made at the point of manuscript submission; requests made during the review process or after acceptance are unable to be considered.

Indexing services

Articles published in International Journal of Retina and Vitreous are included in:

  • ESCI/Web of Science Core Collection
  • PubMed Central
  • Scopus
  • DOAJ
  • CLOCKSS
  • CNKI
  • CNPIEC
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) - GoOA
  • Dimensions
  • EBSCO Discovery Service
  • EMBASE
  • Gale
  • Google Scholar
  • Naver
  • OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
  • Portico
  • ProQuest Central
  • ProQuest Health & Medical Collection
  • ProQuest Health Research Premium Collection
  • ProQuest-ExLibris Primo
  • ProQuest-ExLibris Summon
  • SCImago
  • Semantic Scholar
  • TD Net Discovery Service
  • UGC-CARE List (India)

Peer-review policy

Peer-review is the system used to assess the quality of a manuscript before it is published. Independent researchers in the relevant research area assess submitted manuscripts for originality, validity and significance to help editors determine whether the manuscript should be published in their journal. You can read more about the peer-review process here.

International Journal of Retina and Vitreous operates a single-blind peer-review system, where the reviewers are aware of the names and affiliations of the authors, but the reviewer reports provided to authors are anonymous. The benefit of single-blind peer review is that it is the traditional model of peer review that many reviewers are comfortable with, and it facilitates a dispassionate critique of a manuscript.

Submitted manuscripts will generally be reviewed by two or more experts who will be asked to evaluate whether the manuscript is scientifically sound and coherent, whether it duplicates already published work, and whether or not the manuscript is sufficiently clear for publication. The Editors will reach a decision based on these reports and, where necessary, they will consult with members of the Editorial Board.

Editorial policies

All manuscripts submitted to International Journal of Retina and Vitreous should adhere to BioMed Central's editorial policies.

Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

Appeals and complaints

Authors who wish to appeal a rejection or make a complaint should follow the procedure outlined in the BMC Editorial Policies.

Citing articles in International Journal of Retina and Vitreous

Articles in International Journal of Retina and Vitreous should be cited in the same way as articles in a traditional journal. Because articles are not printed, they do not have page numbers; instead, they are given a unique article number.

Article citations follow this format:

Authors: Title. Int J Retin Vitr [year], [volume number]:[article number].

e.g. Roberts LD, Hassall DG, Winegar DA, Haselden JN, Nicholls AW, Griffin JL: Increased hepatic oxidative metabolism distinguishes the action of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor delta from Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor gamma in the Ob/Ob mouse. Int J Retin Vitr 2009, 1:115.

refers to article 115 from Volume 1 of the journal.

Benefits of publishing with BMC

High visibility

International Journal of Retina and Vitreous's open access policy allows maximum visibility of articles published in the journal as they are available to a wide, global audience. 

Speed of publication

International Journal of Retina and Vitreous offers a fast publication schedule whilst maintaining rigorous peer review; all articles must be submitted online, and peer review is managed fully electronically (articles are distributed in PDF form, which is automatically generated from the submitted files). Articles will be published with their final citation after acceptance, in both fully browsable web form, and as a formatted PDF.

Flexibility

Online publication in International Journal of Retina and Vitreous gives you the opportunity to publish large datasets, large numbers of color illustrations and moving pictures, to display data in a form that can be read directly by other software packages so as to allow readers to manipulate the data for themselves, and to create all relevant links (for example, to PubMed, to sequence and other databases, and to other articles).

Promotion and press coverage

Articles published in International Journal of Retina and Vitreous are included in article alerts and regular email updates. Some may be highlighted on International Journal of Retina and Vitreous’s pages and on the BMC homepage.

In addition, articles published in International Journal of Retina and Vitreous may be promoted by press releases to the general or scientific press. These activities increase the exposure and number of accesses for articles published in International Journal of Retina and Vitreous. A list of articles recently press-released by journals published by BMC is available here.

Copyright

As an author of an article published in Cancer & Metabolism you retain the copyright of your article and you are free to reproduce and disseminate your work. For further information, see our guide to licensing, copyright and author rights

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The official journal of the Brazilian Retina and Vitreous Society


International Journal of Retina and Vitreous is endorsed by the Pan American Society of Retina and Vitreous


Annual Journal Metrics

  • Citation Impact 2023
    Journal Impact Factor: 1.9
    5-year Journal Impact Factor: N/A
    Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 0.877
    SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 0.776

    Speed 2023
    Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 10
    Submission to acceptance (median days): 42

    Usage 2023
    Downloads: 548,806
    Altmetric mentions: 137