Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology: insights into cites

Caxton, computers and citation: a long road to refining the electronic or virtual journal

“…Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology (CEO) evolved in 2000 from the entirely print copy Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology (ANZJO). Over the last 7 years the journal has more than doubled in volume and frequency of publication and moved towards an electronic/paperless environment 6 . All manuscripts and reviews are now submitted and managed online by Manuscript Central.…”

“…Although a hard copy of the journal is still dispatched to all who subscribe to the print edition, by far the greatest international access is now online. This access and other parameters that are now readily available online, such as citation analysis, inform us how the journal performs in relationship to its readership and in relation to other journals in the field of ophthalmology and visual science 6,7 . Although the journal impact factor has grown significantly from 0.578 to 1.247 over the last 7 years, greater detail of the journal development and impact can be sieved from the electronic records.…”