Influence of English language in the number of citations of articles published in Brazilian journals of ophthalmology.

Purpose: To determine the association between language and number of citations of ophthalmology articles published in Brazilian journals.

Methods: This study was a systematic review. Original articles were identified by review of documents published at the two Brazilian ophthalmology journals indexed at Science Citation Index Expanded - SCIE ["Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia (ABO)" and "Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia (RBO)"].