Optometry

14,000,000 Leading Edge Experts on the ideXlab platform

Scan Science and Technology

Contact Leading Edge Experts & Companies

Scan Science and Technology

Contact Leading Edge Experts & Companies

The Experts below are selected from a list of 291 Experts worldwide ranked by ideXlab platform

Steve O'driscoll - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

Jose Manuel Gonzalezmeijome - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • journal of Optometry in pubmed and pubmed central
    Journal of Optometry, 2014
    Co-Authors: Jose Manuel Gonzalezmeijome, David Pinero P Llorens, Cesar Villacollar
    Abstract:

    By March 2014 we received the confirmation that the application of Journal of Optometry to be indexed in PubMed database had been successful. This is noteworthy considering that PubMed receives over 400 requests every 3 months and of course the rejection rate is extremely high. Now, from the 24th of March, the articles published in Journal of Optometry from 2014 (inclusive) will be indexed in PubMed as can be already seen at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/ (search: journal of Optometry). All articles published in Journal of Optometry from July 2008 in PubMed Central (PMC) database had been communicated to the Editorial Office by July 2013. This uploading process is still ongoing, although those articles published in the last three years are already searchable in PMC database since 19th of February 2014 and therefore are available in HTML and PDF format at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/ (search: journal of Optometry). Now, all the new articles published in Journal of Optometry will be automatically uploaded to the journal's website and also to PMC database being available to all the scientific community. With no doubt both are excellent news for the impact that the articles published in Journal of Optometry will generate in the scientific community. The articles included in the present issue (Year 2014; Volume 7; Issue: April-June) will be the first to benefit from the immediate indexing in PMC database and the second issue being indexed in PubMed. We are convinced that this will increase the visibility of the articles and increase the chance for others to cite these articles with the obvious benefits for their authors. In this issue, the reader will find a Review on the treatment of monocular oscillopsia and a Case Report on the use of an advanced design of the Boston Scleral Lens to improve the optical quality and another one reinforcing the importance of pupil examination and interpretation to uncover underlying diseases. The Original Articles include a technical article dealing with corrections to the measurements of optical biometry with the IOL Master in order to improve further the reliability of this technology in “out of normal range” eyes. The remaining four Original Articles are good examples of the clinical optometric activity. One article highlights the relevance of the initial interview time with the patient during the optometric examination. In one study the authors tested the performance of a portable air-puff tonometer in the Indian population and in the other study, the authors evaluated the reliability of IOP measures over silicone hydrogel contact lenses. Finally, the reader will find a pilot study on the influence of residual stereopsis in age-related macular degeneration, on vision related abilities. Hope you all enjoy the contents of this issue and get habituated to find Journal of Optometry's articles in PMC every time you will conduct your search.

  • five years sharing Optometry with a global and multidisciplinary audience
    Journal of Optometry, 2013
    Co-Authors: Jose Manuel Gonzalezmeijome
    Abstract:

    The clinical and scientific activity in the field of Optometry has experienced a rapid expansion in the last decades.1 In many places around the World, where this specialty was not developed in the middle of the 20th century, Optometry is now flourishing with new schools, training centers and other structures. This made possible to provide eye care to millions of people who otherwise would not be served. These strategies have been particularly important in Asia, Middle East, Africa and Latin America. Besides the publication of mainstream state of the art research results in the field of Optometry and visual sciences,2–4 the Journal of Optometry has been committed to be a platform for sharing with a Global Audience the scientific and clinical information coming from or related with developing countries in those areas. The issue being published now is a good example, with a significant proportion of its information arising directly or indirectly from populations whose ocular characteristics and ocular morbidity are now better known. With no doubt, the Free Access policy of the journal and the commitment of the Editorial staff with the scientific development of those populations are main drivers for the global distribution of countries represented in the publishing structure of the Journal of Optometry.5 In the 5th anniversary of the Journal, the role Spanish General Council of Optometry has to be acknowledged as the main supporter for this project. Thanks to this professional organization, Journal of Optometry reaches the World at NO COST for Readers or Authors in electronic support!!. Additionally, over 800 centers in Iberia and over 200 international Research, Academic and Industry centers devoted to the development of knowledge in vision receive a complimentary hard copy of the Journal of Optometry 4 times a year. The 20 issues published over the past 5 years reflect the International and Multidisciplinary scope of the Journal of Optometry. But these ambitious projects are not only relevant for the developing countries. With the exception of the United Kingdom and some other Northern countries, Optometry in Europe has experienced a great evolution in the last twenty years. The Journal of Optometry has also had a relevant impact to widespread the work of European visual scientists and has provided access to state of the art scientific and clinical information at no cost. More specifically, we believe that the role of Spanish researchers in the World map of Optometry and vision sciences is now better recognized.6 We expect to testify and share professional and scientific ground breaking innovations during the next 5 years and beyond!!.

  • two year retrospective analysis of the international impact of journal of Optometry part ii
    Journal of Optometry, 2010
    Co-Authors: Jose Manuel Gonzalezmeijome, Robert Montesmico, Cesar Villacollar
    Abstract:

    The Journal of Optometry – Peer-reviewed Journal of the Spanish General Council of Optometrists- was launched in March 2008 publishing the first issue by September 2008. It is now reaching 2.5 years of activity in spreading clinical and scientific knowledge in the field of Optometry and Visual Science and related areas. Despite this short path within the international scientific publication scenario, it is appropriate to stop and reflect about the challenges, achievements and the numbers that are making J Optom a reference in this competitive area. In this editorial we will discuss the steps followed to setup the journal and the actual international impact in terms of audience from the readership and authorship point of view. In the second part of this editorial (2011;Vol.4:Issue 1), we will analyze the distribution of articles published in J Optom by type of article and country of origin as well as the citations made from other authors to papers published in the Journal of Optometry. Table 1 summarizes the major milestones and achievements since the Journal has been launched. Since the public announcement and Call for Papers, several relevant aspects have to be highlighted. First, the great International Editorial Board made possible that “a new kid in town” became soon recognized as a “very serious player”. The automatic submission and tracking system was also a remarkable achievement to provide the highest operational levels of quality to authors, reviewers, editors and publishers. Full Open-access also warranted that thousands of visitors enjoyed readily access to the material published. More than 14,500 visits to the Journal during 2009 reflect the wide readership for the Journal. Table 1 Milestones in the brief history of the Journal of Optometry This won’t be possible without the support of the Spanish General Council of Optometry. With no doubt the role of the Executive Board, leaded by its President has been crucial on this regard. As the submission, reviewing and publishing activity increased, became necessary to incorporate another important element in the role of Managing Editor. To better understand what J Optom is and how much impact can get world-wide we have done some statistical evaluations about the countries represented in terms of visits to the webpage (Figure 1) and manuscript submissions (Figure 2). Further information on manuscript outcomes, acceptance and publication rates will be provided in the second part of this series. Figure 1 Distribution of visits to the Journal's webpage during 2009. Only the first top 30 countries are reported of the 123 different countries visiting the webpage reaching a total of 14,505 visits Figure 2 Distribution of manuscripts submitted for publication by country of origin of corresponding author (only top 20 are reported) during first 2 years from 15th March 2008 till 15th March 2010 Figure 1 shows the visits to the webpage during 2009 (last whole year of activity). It is remarkable the wide range of countries that visit the journal's webpage www.journalofOptometry.org (now http://www.elsevier.es) with over 120 different countries being represented. Of remarkable interest was the progression in the time spent by visitors from 2008 to 2009 increasing by 2 fold the time spent reaching an average of 2.5 minutes per visit. Currently, the publishing support of Elsevier and the hard work conducted by every element in the structure of the Journal, the hundreds of authors submitting their papers to J Optom, and the thousands of readers that already had made the Journal of Optometry part of their frequent sources of access to cutting-edge innovations in the field of Optometry and Vision Science, make us realize that the future is bright for the Journal of Optometry. Beyond all these achievements, it is the recognition of the international community that makes all of us to be very enthusiastic and proud of the Journal. Perhaps the first global official recognition was the acceptance of J Optom to integrate the prestigious Scopus database during 2009, a year after the first issue had been delivered. With no doubt we will keep on working on the direction of further international indexing, and this is among the main priorities of the Journal now. Figure 2 shows the distribution of countries that are represented in terms of manuscript submission. There are significant number of manuscripts from Spain which might be related with the increasing number of post-graduate research work conducted in MSc and PhD thesis and the subsequent increase in scientific activities within the field in this coutry1. When we look to the papers published, there is a similar distribution (Figure 2). It is interesting to observe that those countries with the highest publication index in Pubmed related to Optometric topics are also in the first places in the ranking of countries submitting manuscripts to Journal of Optometry (UK, USA, Australia, Canada)2. Finally, since November 2010, all articles published in the Journal of Optometry will be readily available from Science Direct database. This is a paid database and is widely available to academics in many institutions world-wide. Furthermore, the readers of Journal of Optometry will continue to enjoy free full open-access to contents at their habitual Internet locations. All the facts shown in this Editorial demonstrate the wide audience of the Journal of Optometry and the effort done to widespread the material published through some of the most respected database in the biomedical field. Further efforts are warranted on this regard which are among the main goals of the Journal of Optometry. In the next issue we will analyze in depth the outcomes of the manuscript submitted to the Journal and the citation index of those being accepted and published to complete this two-year perspective.

  • welcome to the journal of Optometry
    Journal of Optometry, 2008
    Co-Authors: Robert Montesmico, Jose Manuel Gonzalezmeijome
    Abstract:

    Welcome to the Journal of Optometry. It's a great pleasure to present the first issue of the Journal of Optometry, the new peerreviewed journal of the Spanish Council of Optometrists. This project, supported by the Spanish Council of Optometrists, has been embraced by a huge team of researchers from all around the world and aims to become within the next few years a reference in the field of scientific publication in Optometry, Visual Sciences and all related areas. In order to do so, the journal should be distinguished from the very beginning by the number of citations its published articles receive from other authors, which is directly related to the quality of the published material. And this is evident after just a quick inspection of the contents of this first issue, from the letters to editor to the original articles. At a first glance, one could ask why a new scientific journal in the field of Visual Science and Optometry, why now and why from Spain. In fact all three questions are related to each other and so do the corresponding answers. Nowadays, in Europe, with the changes in academic careers imposed by the also known Bolonia Declaration regarding the European Higher Education Area(,1,2), many countries where Optometry was a first-course have moved on to a more consolidated structure reinforcing not only to the purely clinical aspect of the optometric profession but also the research activity. This has provided an ideal culture for the grow-up of different postgraduate programs and several optometrists are now involved in Master Degrees and PhD programs in Spanish universities and overseas. However the answer is not self-limited to the growing reality of Optometry in Spain and in general in the European countries, but it is also driven by international trends. During the past decades the optometrist has become a valuable element in eye research either as independent activity or in multidisciplinary research teams across the World. Despite the increased number of researchers, the number of scientific publications listed in international databases, and particularly those in the optometric field, has remained stable for the last 10-20 years. Moreover, most of the existing journals are confined to specific areas in Vision Science (Optometry, Ophthalmology, Visual Optics, Contact Lens and Ocular Surface for example). It is the multidisciplinary character of current research where optometrists are involved that drove us to widen the scope of the journal to all fields where an optometrist or visual scientist could make contributions to the scientific knowledge. In order to get a closer view of the actual impact of optometric research, we shall analyze journal impact factors and citation indexes(,3). In figure 1 we show some statistics regarding the publication activity from 2000 to 2007 for two journals in the field of Optometry and another two in the field of Ophthalmology that had a similar number of articles published by the year 2000. From this picture it is evident that even when journals have increased their rate of publication by about 1.3 to 1.5-fold, they have increased dramatically the number of citations received by their articles by 2.5 to 5-fold during this time. This is a remarkable indicator of the growing scientific attention paid to these example journals. In fact, the number of citations received is now considered the standard to evaluate the impact of any publication and metrics have been created to quantify this issue, being one example the hindex(,4,5). Furthermore, the path of evolution followed by these four journals is representative of the evolution of the Impact Factor (mean and median values) for the whole area where these journals are classified along with another 41 journals, as reported in the Journal Citation Report 2007 (Figure 2). Figure 1 Number of a rticles published, citations received and impact factor according to Journal Citation Report-ISI Web of Science for 4 example journals in the field of Optometry and Ophthalmology from 2000 to 2007. Figure 2 Mean and median value for the impact factor of the area of Ophthalmology and Optics where Optometry journals are indexed in Journal Citation Report-ISI Web of Knowledge. With all this in mind, it is evident that there is an increase in the research and publication of scientific material within the area of Visual Sciences, and Optometry is a good example of this trend. There is also need for more scientific journals where those reports can be published, covering all areas where optometrists are involved and, above all, to allow the authors to retain the copyright of their own work and to provide this material free of charge to everybody. The Journal of Optometry has all these features in one publication. With the strong support of the Spanish Council of Optometry and all its over 15.000 members, Spain is currently a good culture to start this new publication. The Editor-in-Chief and the Associate Editor-in-Chief have been working hard for the last year in an effort to bring together into this project relevant researchers from all areas within the scope of the journal, resulting in one of the best Editorial Boards possible. The journal has been modelled with attention to editing style, citation reference, ethical concerns regarding research procedures, and tracking of the manuscript and peer–review process. The Journal of Optometry has its own Editorial Manager website which is important for authors to be able to submit and follow the reviewing course of their manuscripts, as well as for the Editorial Board and reviewers to be able to blindly track the reviewing process in the most reliable and efficient way. We hope that all those efforts are reflected in this first issue, but we will keep alert to new trends in the field of research reporting in order to dynamically adapt the Journal of Optometry to the times to come. We are also proud to present one of the most exciting features of the Journal of Optometry: the open-access to published material without any restrictions from anywhere in the world. Indeed, this is a mandatory issue that couples two important aspects of scientific reporting, rapid publication of research results and immediate access to scientific contents for the audience. In fact, our goals are first to allow authors to see their research results published in an efficient way, fully accessible to everyone interested, and secondly, and perhaps even more important, to allow clinicians and researchers to access the highest quality scientific information just a click away. This is a tremendously interesting tool in health sciences as the ease of access to the information can make a great difference in the clinical setting. This tool is complemented with the possibility of uploading videos and colour images to be fully accessible via internet (www.journalofOptometry.org) at no cost for the authors. In this first issue, we present a set of original manuscripts coming from different parts of the world and covering different research topics. We particularly thank the support and trust of these top-level researchers for submitting such high quality manuscripts to the Journal of Optometry, even when this journal is not yet part of the reference database. This bring us to another important point, the recognition of the scientific quality of the Journal of Optometry by independent institutions with global impact, such us the National Library of Medicine (Pubmed) or Thomson Scientific (ISI Web of Science). Everything in this project has been meticulously created in order to get into those databases as soon as possible. We cannot possibly know how soon this will come, but one thing we know: the better the work is done from the very beginning, the sooner those entities will recognize this effort. This work includes creating a set of “Instructions to Authors” in agreement with international guidelines, and a very thorough peer-review process, not an easy task, beautifully supported by our Editorial Board and anonymous reviewers. Every person in the Journal of Optometry is committed to bring this exciting and challenging project to the place we aim for, i.e. being part of a recognized international database and deserving the trust of authors all around the world that may find the latest information in visual science research. In order to achieve these goals, we welcome high quality scientific contributions from anyone developing his/her research activity in the fields within the scope of the Journal of Optometry. We warrant a rapid peer-review process, carried out by the highest level scientists and, in case of acceptance, we assure authors quick publication and spread of their work, being fully accessible from any part of the world, including line art, figures, photographs and movies in full colour at no charge, with just one click. …lights on, the Journal of Optometry has just taken off!!!

  • spanish Optometry demanding its place in the international scientific publication scene
    Journal of Optometry, 2008
    Co-Authors: Jose Manuel Gonzalezmeijome, Robert Montesmico
    Abstract:

    Scientific publication in Optometry and Visual Science has steadily increased for the last decades, mainly since the mid eighties and particularly after the mid nineties and the beginning of the present century, remaining at a higher rate of 400 to 600 new citations each year thereafter. This can be easily assessed by a simple search in one of the most used database by clinicians and scientists in biomedical areas, Pubmed-Medline (see figure 1, obtained using “Optometry” as search keyword). Many times this publication rate has been preceded by new breakthroughs in vision care, and new discoveries leading to clinical studies to assess the ocular response to treatments and devices (i.e. silicone hydrogel contact lenses). Figure 1 Scientific publications listed in Pubmed-Medline since 1926 (search criteria “Optometry” by 16th September 2008). As expected, the main contributors to the scientific publication rate are those countries where Optometry has achieved an earlier full academic development and a scientific independency, such as the United States of America (USA), United Kingdom (UK), and Australia among others (Figure 2). Apart from the higher rate of citations from the USA, we observe the high publication rate coming from Australia, even more significant if we compare the Australian population and the number of Schools of Optometry with those of the UK, for example. Moreover, Canada, with only a few Schools of Optometry shows a similar or even higher publication rate compared again with the UK, with a significantly higher number of Institutions conducting research in Optometry and related areas. Figure 2 Scientific publications listed in Pubmed-Medline since 1952 (search criteria “Optometry” by 16th September 2008) for different countries including Australia, Canada, Spain, United Kingdom and United States of America. The motivations for research in Optometry and visual science are diverse but the most common include academic goals and industrial innovation, these been intensively evaluated in previous reports.1 With the recent launch of the Journal of Optometry, the peer-reviewed journal of the Spanish Council of Optometrists, the issue of scientific publication in the field of Optometry and visual science has attracted our attention with regards to the Spanish optometric professional and academic environment. A closer analysis to the impact factors and publication rates for several optometric and ophthalmological journals has shown that optometric journals followed the average behavior of the remaining journals included in the same group within the Journal Citation Report (JCR) from the Institute for Science Information (ISI) Web of Science.2 In the same document, we pointed out that changes in current academic structure of the Optometry degrees, in addition with the more frequent incorporation of the optometrist to multidisciplinary clinical and research teams, anticipates an increase in the scientific publication rate from the Spanish optometric community. However, a quick overview of figure 2 shows that the contribution by Spanish optometrists to scientific publication worldwide, despite a modest increase in recent years, is meaningless. This was surprising for us because we actually know that the publication carried out by Spanish optometrists in indexed scientific journals largely exceed the numbers reflected by such search using “Spain + Optometry” as keywords. In order to test this hypothesis, we made another search using different keywords (i.e. “refractive surgery”, “eye”, “contact lens”,…) in addition to “Spain”. The outcomes of this search are listed in table 1, showing clearly a higher rate of publication in visual science related areas as those having more contribution coming from Spain. Many of these citations do not have direct participation of optometrists, of course, but many others actually do. Table 1 Number of citations in Pubmed-Medline for different search criteria (by 16th September 2008) The reason for the few number of citations specifically related to Optometry and Spain is partly found in the current Department scheme at Spanish universities and the lack of specific Departments of Optometry. In fact, most of Spanish optometrists involved in research activities are integrated in Departments of Optics, Physics and Ophthalmology. Considering the above, and the need for the optometric community in Spain to claim for its role in the production of scientific knowledge, it is important that Optometry demands its place within the international community. This can be accomplished without going against the laws and current departmental structure. Some examples are included in this second issue of Journal of Optometry from an “Optometric Research” center in the United Kingdom3 and from two “Optometry Research Groups” in Spain and Portugal in collaboration with an ophthalmology clinic.4 Other suggestions to Spanish optometrists involved in manuscript submission to peer-reviewed journals, in order to make clearer their role in research, is to include in their affiliation items such as “Optometry Research Unit”, “School of Optometry”, “Department of Optometry”, “Area of Optometry”, “Department of Physics (Optometry)”,… This is also useful for those publishing from ophthalmology clinics and hospitals where Departments of Optometry are usually present. In this case, the word “Department” can be used without any academic connotation. Perhaps in the next few years, Departments of Optometry or scientific Areas of Optometry will be a “legal” reality in a more contemporary academic structure of Spanish Optometry Schools. Another important milestone recently achieved by Spanish optometrists is the creation of the first Cooperative Optometric Research Network, approved and funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation. This project, involving 5 institutions from Spain, is now in the establishment phase and for the next 3 years will represent a huge step towards the affirmation of the scientific role of optometric activity, and will certainly represent a stimulus for strengthening the publication in this field in the next few years. In summary, we strongly encourage Spanish optometrists to claim for their place in the scene of international Optometry research activity. Along with the recent launch of the Journal of Optometry, this will be a remarkable landmark in the way to elevate optometric activity to the place it deserves following the realities of other countries mentioned earlier. Apart from the obvious example of Australia and Canada there are other examples where a limited number of researchers in an even more limited number of institutions have achieved during the last years a high rate of publications related to the “Optometry” field. Spain can be the following one. Optometrists are strongly involved in research activity in visual sciences, and the Journal of Optometry will witness that for the next years and decades to come. We have the responsibility to face the challenge of raising Spanish Optometry to the scientific place it deserves, and the path seems to be clear on the light of data presented in this editorial.

Robert Iskander - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • interdisciplinary research in Optometry
    Journal of Optometry, 2013
    Co-Authors: Robert Iskander
    Abstract:

    It has been a great honour to be called to act as a topical editor for the special issue of the Journal of Optometry on interdisciplinary research. Because of globalisation, rapid increase in information technology capabilities and accumulative complexity of problems tackled by today's professionals, Optometry, like most disciplines, becomes more and more interdisciplinary and provides a plethora of opportunities for collaborative research efforts. Those endeavours provide a fertile ground for transfer of knowledge between the disciplines and, in turn, act as effective drivers of innovation. Nowadays collaboration is common for Optometry and ophthalmology researchers. A good sense of that can be experiences, for examples, at one of the ARVO (The Associations for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology) meetings. There, next to Optometry and ophthalmology professionals one can meet (in alphabetical order) biologists, chemists, electronics engineers, geneticists, information technology professionals, mathematicians, physicists, mechanical engineers, nanotechnologists, psychologists and zoologists, just to mention the few. This interdisciplinary character of Optometry research made the job of the topical editor and the team of invited guest editors particularly exciting. The response to call for papers published in the 5th Issue of the Journal of Optometry last year was overwhelming. We thank all contributors, including those who submitted excellent articles that we could not consider for this special issue. Space was critical and we needed to make many difficult decisions, but we are confident that those articles will find their place in other issues of the Journal of Optometry or other journals. We are particularly grateful to all international reviewers who did excellent work in a timely fashion. All accepted papers of this special issue are examples of strong interdisciplinary collaboration. The first two papers link Optometry and ophthalmology professionals working on tear film and dry eye with information technology professionals developing signal and image processing algorithms. David Alonso-Caneiro et al. utilise the methodologies of texture analysis for dynamic videokeratoscopy images in the aim to assess the quality of tear film surface while Celik Turgay et al. apply Gabor wavelets for automated gland segmentation in meibography infrared images. The third paper, by Carmen Dominguez-Godinez et al., continues the topic of tear film and considers the possibility of using soft contact lenses to improve the secretagogue role of a particular intracellular signal molecule (diadenosine tetraphosphate) in promoting tear secretion. Further, Maryam Mousavi and Richard Armstrong provide a very comprehensive review on genetic risk factors associated with age related macular degeneration while Uday Kumar Addepalli et al. seeks an agreement between glaucoma specialists and experienced optometrists in gonioscopy and optic disc evaluation. Finally, Haya Shames et al. presents an interesting case report of an eight year old male with refractive instabilities caused by corneal distortions that were associated with chronic habit of abnormal eye rubbing where the interdisciplinary collaboration between professionals was essential to diagnosis. As a final point, together with Thomas Millar, Jesus Pintor and Michael Mrochen, the Guest Editors, let me thank Jose M. Gonzalez-Meijome, the editor-in-chief, for his enormous efforts and timely coordination of this Special Issue.

  • Interdisciplinary research in Optometry --- Call for papers
    Journal of Optometry, 2012
    Co-Authors: Robert Iskander
    Abstract:

    The scientific activity in Optometry has tremendously increased in the last few decades. A great deal of this activity has emerged from the collaboration between interdisciplinary research teams. It is well recognized that the knowledge transfer between diverse groups of researchers is one of the most effective drivers of innovation. The advent of modern refractive surgery, advances in eye disease diagnosis and treatment, as well as the technological advances related to these clinical activities has driven an increased demand of research activity that merged the knowledge of clinicians, basic and applied scientists, engineers and software developers bringing the cutting-edge technology to the market. We find examples of interdisciplinary research in Optometry not only in the development of examination and diagnostic instrumentation, but also in the areas of biology and physiology of the eye, neurophysiology, ocular surface, or nanotechnology. With this in mind the Journal of Optometry is launching a Call for Papers on the topic “Interdisciplinary Research in Optometry” to be published in a Special Issue by July-September 2013. The accepted papers will benefit from the electronic publication ahead of print. The project will be led by Professor D. Robert Iskander (Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland) as Topical Editor, assisted by Guest Editors Prof. Thomas Millar (University of Western Sydney, Australia), Prof. Jesus Pintor (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain) and Dr. Michael Mrochen (IROC Science to Innovation AG, Switzerland). We would like to invite authors to submit their recent and original research results. Of particular interest are works showing interaction between scientists from diverse fields that provides a clear advantage to generate significant innovations in Optometry research and clinical practice. This could include clinical, technological or biologically-oriented topics among others. Prospective authors are encouraged to discuss the style of their proposed papers with the topical editor to help ensure that the issue as a whole will be coherent and intelligible to the broader community of Optometry and ophthalmology specialists and visual scientists. Deadline for submissions is March 31st, 2013.

Cesar Villacollar - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • journal of Optometry in pubmed and pubmed central
    Journal of Optometry, 2014
    Co-Authors: Jose Manuel Gonzalezmeijome, David Pinero P Llorens, Cesar Villacollar
    Abstract:

    By March 2014 we received the confirmation that the application of Journal of Optometry to be indexed in PubMed database had been successful. This is noteworthy considering that PubMed receives over 400 requests every 3 months and of course the rejection rate is extremely high. Now, from the 24th of March, the articles published in Journal of Optometry from 2014 (inclusive) will be indexed in PubMed as can be already seen at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/ (search: journal of Optometry). All articles published in Journal of Optometry from July 2008 in PubMed Central (PMC) database had been communicated to the Editorial Office by July 2013. This uploading process is still ongoing, although those articles published in the last three years are already searchable in PMC database since 19th of February 2014 and therefore are available in HTML and PDF format at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/ (search: journal of Optometry). Now, all the new articles published in Journal of Optometry will be automatically uploaded to the journal's website and also to PMC database being available to all the scientific community. With no doubt both are excellent news for the impact that the articles published in Journal of Optometry will generate in the scientific community. The articles included in the present issue (Year 2014; Volume 7; Issue: April-June) will be the first to benefit from the immediate indexing in PMC database and the second issue being indexed in PubMed. We are convinced that this will increase the visibility of the articles and increase the chance for others to cite these articles with the obvious benefits for their authors. In this issue, the reader will find a Review on the treatment of monocular oscillopsia and a Case Report on the use of an advanced design of the Boston Scleral Lens to improve the optical quality and another one reinforcing the importance of pupil examination and interpretation to uncover underlying diseases. The Original Articles include a technical article dealing with corrections to the measurements of optical biometry with the IOL Master in order to improve further the reliability of this technology in “out of normal range” eyes. The remaining four Original Articles are good examples of the clinical optometric activity. One article highlights the relevance of the initial interview time with the patient during the optometric examination. In one study the authors tested the performance of a portable air-puff tonometer in the Indian population and in the other study, the authors evaluated the reliability of IOP measures over silicone hydrogel contact lenses. Finally, the reader will find a pilot study on the influence of residual stereopsis in age-related macular degeneration, on vision related abilities. Hope you all enjoy the contents of this issue and get habituated to find Journal of Optometry's articles in PMC every time you will conduct your search.

  • two year retrospective analysis of the international impact of journal of Optometry part ii
    Journal of Optometry, 2010
    Co-Authors: Jose Manuel Gonzalezmeijome, Robert Montesmico, Cesar Villacollar
    Abstract:

    The Journal of Optometry – Peer-reviewed Journal of the Spanish General Council of Optometrists- was launched in March 2008 publishing the first issue by September 2008. It is now reaching 2.5 years of activity in spreading clinical and scientific knowledge in the field of Optometry and Visual Science and related areas. Despite this short path within the international scientific publication scenario, it is appropriate to stop and reflect about the challenges, achievements and the numbers that are making J Optom a reference in this competitive area. In this editorial we will discuss the steps followed to setup the journal and the actual international impact in terms of audience from the readership and authorship point of view. In the second part of this editorial (2011;Vol.4:Issue 1), we will analyze the distribution of articles published in J Optom by type of article and country of origin as well as the citations made from other authors to papers published in the Journal of Optometry. Table 1 summarizes the major milestones and achievements since the Journal has been launched. Since the public announcement and Call for Papers, several relevant aspects have to be highlighted. First, the great International Editorial Board made possible that “a new kid in town” became soon recognized as a “very serious player”. The automatic submission and tracking system was also a remarkable achievement to provide the highest operational levels of quality to authors, reviewers, editors and publishers. Full Open-access also warranted that thousands of visitors enjoyed readily access to the material published. More than 14,500 visits to the Journal during 2009 reflect the wide readership for the Journal. Table 1 Milestones in the brief history of the Journal of Optometry This won’t be possible without the support of the Spanish General Council of Optometry. With no doubt the role of the Executive Board, leaded by its President has been crucial on this regard. As the submission, reviewing and publishing activity increased, became necessary to incorporate another important element in the role of Managing Editor. To better understand what J Optom is and how much impact can get world-wide we have done some statistical evaluations about the countries represented in terms of visits to the webpage (Figure 1) and manuscript submissions (Figure 2). Further information on manuscript outcomes, acceptance and publication rates will be provided in the second part of this series. Figure 1 Distribution of visits to the Journal's webpage during 2009. Only the first top 30 countries are reported of the 123 different countries visiting the webpage reaching a total of 14,505 visits Figure 2 Distribution of manuscripts submitted for publication by country of origin of corresponding author (only top 20 are reported) during first 2 years from 15th March 2008 till 15th March 2010 Figure 1 shows the visits to the webpage during 2009 (last whole year of activity). It is remarkable the wide range of countries that visit the journal's webpage www.journalofOptometry.org (now http://www.elsevier.es) with over 120 different countries being represented. Of remarkable interest was the progression in the time spent by visitors from 2008 to 2009 increasing by 2 fold the time spent reaching an average of 2.5 minutes per visit. Currently, the publishing support of Elsevier and the hard work conducted by every element in the structure of the Journal, the hundreds of authors submitting their papers to J Optom, and the thousands of readers that already had made the Journal of Optometry part of their frequent sources of access to cutting-edge innovations in the field of Optometry and Vision Science, make us realize that the future is bright for the Journal of Optometry. Beyond all these achievements, it is the recognition of the international community that makes all of us to be very enthusiastic and proud of the Journal. Perhaps the first global official recognition was the acceptance of J Optom to integrate the prestigious Scopus database during 2009, a year after the first issue had been delivered. With no doubt we will keep on working on the direction of further international indexing, and this is among the main priorities of the Journal now. Figure 2 shows the distribution of countries that are represented in terms of manuscript submission. There are significant number of manuscripts from Spain which might be related with the increasing number of post-graduate research work conducted in MSc and PhD thesis and the subsequent increase in scientific activities within the field in this coutry1. When we look to the papers published, there is a similar distribution (Figure 2). It is interesting to observe that those countries with the highest publication index in Pubmed related to Optometric topics are also in the first places in the ranking of countries submitting manuscripts to Journal of Optometry (UK, USA, Australia, Canada)2. Finally, since November 2010, all articles published in the Journal of Optometry will be readily available from Science Direct database. This is a paid database and is widely available to academics in many institutions world-wide. Furthermore, the readers of Journal of Optometry will continue to enjoy free full open-access to contents at their habitual Internet locations. All the facts shown in this Editorial demonstrate the wide audience of the Journal of Optometry and the effort done to widespread the material published through some of the most respected database in the biomedical field. Further efforts are warranted on this regard which are among the main goals of the Journal of Optometry. In the next issue we will analyze in depth the outcomes of the manuscript submitted to the Journal and the citation index of those being accepted and published to complete this two-year perspective.

Faao - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Demand for Optometry projected to grow
    2018
    Co-Authors: Benjamin P. Casella, Od, Faao
    Abstract:

    When I was in college, a friend of mine once halfheartedly scoffed at the notion that I wanted to go to Optometry school.

  • Following Occam’s razor in Optometry
    2017
    Co-Authors: Benjamin P. Casella, Od, Faao
    Abstract:

    I believe that the future of Optometry, with all its hitches, challenges, and opportunities, is best met head-on if we all communicate effectively with one another.

  • Did I choose Optometry, or did Optometry choose me?
    2015
    Co-Authors: Michael Brown, Od, Faao
    Abstract:

    Sometimes people ask me, “How did you choose Optometry?” Considering all of the close encounters I had with eyecare professionals in my youth, you’d think my career choice would have been as definitive as a Blake Griffith slam dunk. But that’s not the way it happened.

  • Women, leadership, and Optometry
    2013
    Co-Authors: Gretchyn M. Bailey, Nclc, Faao, In Chief
    Abstract:

    The role of women in Optometry has long held an important place in my heart. Recently, I was invited to attend a Women in Optometry meeting at Vistakon’s The Vision Care Institute, the second event the company held. Vistakon gathered a group of women optometrists who have been in practice fewer than 10 years. Vistakon plans to hold more Women in Optometry seminars in 2014. If you have the opportunity, go!

  • New deans at Optometry schools
    2013
    Co-Authors: Gretchyn M. Bailey, Nclc, Faao, In Chief
    Abstract:

    Two schools of Optometry recently announced changes in their leadership. The University of California at Berkeley School of Optometry appointed John Flanagan, MCOptom, PhD, FAAO, as its eighth dean, and The Ohio State University College of Optometry has named Karla Zadnik, OD, PhD, FAAO, as its first woman dean.

Optometry - 15 days free trial to Access Experts & Abstracts