TY - JOUR T1 - <em>BMJ Open Ophthalmology</em> JF - BMJ Open Ophthalmology JO - BMJ Open Ophth DO - 10.1136/bmjophth-2020-000530 VL - 5 IS - 1 SP - e000530 AU - Stephen B Kaye Y1 - 2020/09/01 UR - http://bmjophth.bmj.com/content/5/1/e000530.abstract N2 - BMJ Open Ophthalmology was launched in autumn 2016. Its remit is to provide an open-access platform for basic, translational and clinical research in ophthalmology and vision Science.BMJ Open Ophthalmology aims to:Publish a broad range of articles of particular clinical, scientific, educational or surgical value on a rapid publication schedule.Facilitate a close interaction between basic, translational and clinical sciences through publication and fostering interdisciplinary research.Provide an interactive digital platform that is freely available, unrestricted and immediately accessible.Provoke scientific debate and clinical commentary in which the readership, authors and public can engage and contribute through both social and multimedia.Since its launch, the journal has grown significantly, with submitted and accepted papers increasing from 61 and 16 in 2016, to 136 and 59 in 2019 (figure 1), with an overall acceptance rate of 44%. It has also seen a steady increase in the transfer of good quality papers from other BMJ journals.Figure 1 BMJ Open Ophthalmology submissions and acceptances since launch.BMJ Open Ophthalmology has attracted an international authorship with 18% of papers from Europe, 17% from the USA and 16% from Japan, China and India combined.The mean (median) time to a first decision has reduced from 47 (43) days in 2016 to 40 (20) days in 2019. The mean time from acceptance to online publication is 23 days.As an open access journal, BMJ Open Ophthalmology has seen a substantial rise in the number of article downloads from around the … ER -