Journal of Refractive Surgery

The Journal of Refractive Surgery is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering refractive and lens-based optical surgery. It is published by Slack and is the official journal of the International Society of Refractive Surgery, a partner of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

History
The journal was established in 1985 as the Journal of Refractive Surgery and renamed Refractive & Corneal Surgery in 1989. It was again renamed in 1994 as the Journal of Refractive & Corneal Surgery, then reverted to its original and current title in 1995.

Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in: • Current Contents/Clinical Medicine

• EBSCO databases

• Embase

• MEDLINE/PubMed

• ProQuest databases

• Science Citation Index Expanded

• Scopus

• Social Sciences Citation Index According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2017 impact factor of 2.649.