Optometry & Vision Science (OVS) plans a Feature Issue to provide a showcase for latest discoveries related to Vision and Aging research to inform clinicians, researchers, industrial partners, patients, policy makers and other stakeholders about the latest research and advances, and to promote and inspire additional thinking on this topic.

OVS invites original articles and review papers that highlight research and clinical advances, including, but not limited to:

Biological aging of the eye: cell & molecular biology, biochemical & molecular pathways and mechanisms and physiological changes in the aging eye Age-related eye diseases: epidemiology, diagnosis & management, including ocular surface disease, cataract, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, AMD, etc. Impact of aging and vision impairment: falls, mobility, driving, reading, technology use, quality of life, social participation and mental health Eye health and healthy aging: policy and practice, multi-disciplinary and integrated care Dementia: ocular biomarkers, vision changes, access to eyecare Dual sensory loss and systemic comorbidities Eyecare in residential aged care facilities and home healthcare: quality of life, vision function and barriers to services

Submissions for this feature issue will be coordinated by a distinguished Guest Editorial Team and all accepted manuscripts will be published together in a single feature issue of OVS.

Guest Editorial Team

Lisa Keay - Feature Issue Lead Editor, Professor and Head of School, UNSW Sydney, Australia

Erica Fletcher - Professor, University of Melbourne, Australia

Edmund Arthur - Assistant Professor, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama

Jonathan Denniss - Associate Professor, University of Bradford, UK

Joanne Wood - Professor, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

Hilde van der Aa - Senior Researcher, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

William Ngo - Assistant Professor, University of Waterloo, Canada

Sheela Kumaran - Research Fellow, UNSW Sydney, Australia

We anticipate that there will be great interest in this publication from clinicians and basic, clinical and public health researchers. All papers accepted in the peer-review process will be published in OVS in a timely fashion. The window for manuscript submission is April 15 - July 15, 2024, with anticipated publication in the January, February, or March 2025 issue of OVS. Early submissions are encouraged and will receive priority for publication at: https://journals.lww.com/optvissci/pages/default.aspx

Please prepare submissions according to the Instructions for Authors at https://edmgr.ovid.com/ovs/accounts/ifauth.htm and submit the submission online at https://www.editorialmanager.com/ovs/default2.aspx, noting that your paper is being submitted for consideration in this feature issue.

Contact the Editorial Office ([email protected]) or Editor-in-Chief Dave Elliott ([email protected]) with any questions.