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hindsight-37209	Nichols, Jason J.; Morgan, Philip B.; Jones, Lyndon W.; Efron, Nathan	The History of Optometry Journals from a Bibliometric Perspective	2024	8	.htm	application/pdf	5266	242	48	The world-wide optometric fraternity can be justly proud of its forefathers who had the prescience to launch optometry journals over a century ago, and equally thankful for the subsequent generations of individual optometrists and international optometric organizations that have nurtured, enhanced and expanded the portfolio of quality optometry journals, as previously described by Goss.2-4 A strong and vibrant journal base, such as has been demonstratedin this paper to exist today, underpins the optometric profession by providing a scientific rationale for all matters clinical, thus serving to enhance the ocular well-being of humankind. The aim of this paper is to use the Scopus bibliometric database and search tools to (a) identify all optometry journals; and (b) determine the overall volume and impact of papers published in optometry journals, the most impactful papers published therein, as well as the most impactful journals, authors, institutions ABSTRACT The rich history of optometric journal publications has been well documented, but the scientific impact of all optometry journals over all time has not been published.	cache/hindsight-37209.htm	txt/hindsight-37209.txt