{{short description|Journal of the American Academy of Optometry}} {{Use American English|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox journal | title = Optometry and Vision Science | cover = 2013 cover Optom Vis Sci.jpg | editor = Michael D. Twa | discipline = Optometry, vision science | former_names = American Journal of Optometry and Physiological Optics<br/>American Journal of Optometry and Archives of the American Academy of Optometry<br/>American Journal of Optometry | abbreviation = Optom. Vis. Sci. | publisher = Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | country = | frequency = Monthly | history = 1924–present | openaccess = | license = | impact = 1.409 | impact-year = 2016 | website = http://journals.lww.com/optvissci/pages/default.aspx | link1 = http://journals.lww.com/optvissci/pages/currenttoc.aspx | link1-name = Online access | link2 = http://journals.lww.com/optvissci/pages/issuelist.aspx | link2-name = Online archive | JSTOR = | OCLC = | LCCN = | CODEN = OVSCET | ISSN = 1040-5488 | eISSN = 1538-9235 }} '''''Optometry and Vision Science''''' is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins on behalf of the American Academy of Optometry. The journal was established in 1924 as the '''''American Journal of Optometry'''''. It was renamed the '''''American Journal of Optometry and Archives of the American Academy of Optometry''''' in 1941, then to the '''''American Journal of Optometry and Physiological Optics''''' in 1974, before obtaining its current title in 1989. The editor-in-chief is Michael D. Twa of the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
== Abstracting and indexing == The journal is abstracted and indexed in Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed,<ref name=PubMed>{{cite web |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/8904931 |title=Optometry and Vision Science |work=NLM Catalog |publisher=National Center for Biotechnology Information |access-date=2013-10-31}}</ref> the Science Citation Index, and Current Contents/Clinical Medicine.<ref name=ISI>{{cite web |url=http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/mjl/ |title=Master Journal List |publisher=Thomson Reuters |work=Intellectual Property & Science |access-date=2013-10-31 |archive-date=2017-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170926150543/http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/mjl/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> According to the ''Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has a 2012 impact factor of 1.895.<ref name=WoS>{{cite book |year=2013 |chapter=Optometry and Vision Science |title=2012 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Thomson Reuters |edition=Science |series=Web of Science |title-link=Journal Citation Reports }}</ref>
==Garland W. Clay Award== 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Garland W. Clay Award|url=http://www.aaopt.org/About/clayAward|publisher=American Academy of Optometry|access-date=February 18, 2016|archive-date=February 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160225081440/http://www.aaopt.org/About/clayAward|url-status=dead}}</ref> Winners have included:
* Nathan Efron - 1980 * Jan E. Lovie-Kitchin - 1998 * Konrad Pesudovs - 2009 & 2011 * Max Snodderly
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== External links == * {{Official website|http://journals.lww.com/optvissci/pages/default.aspx}}
Category:Ophthalmology journals Category:Academic journals established in 1924 Category:Lippincott Williams & Wilkins academic journals Category:Monthly journals Category:English-language journals
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