The journal is abstracted and indexed in Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed,1 the Science Citation Index, and Current Contents/Clinical Medicine.2 According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2012 impact factor of 1.895.3
This award is given to the authors of the article published by the journal that has been most widely cited in the world of scientific literature in the preceding five years.4 Winners have included:
"Optometry and Vision Science". NLM Catalog. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2013-10-31. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/8904931 ↩
"Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Thomson Reuters. Retrieved 2013-10-31. http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/mjl/ ↩
"Optometry and Vision Science". 2012 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2013. /wiki/Journal_Citation_Reports ↩
"Garland W. Clay Award". American Academy of Optometry. Retrieved February 18, 2016. http://www.aaopt.org/About/clayAward ↩