Founded in 1985, Eye Science is a national medical journal sponsored by Sun Yat-sen University and organized by Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center (ZOC) of Sun Yat-sen University, which is in charge of the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. (In October 2020, it was changed from a quarterly journal to a monthly journal with the publication number of ISSN: 1000-4432; CN: 44-1119/R). Prof. Ge Jian, former president of ZOC of Sun Yat-sen University, and Prof. Liu Yizhi, director and president of ZOC of Sun Yat-sen University, served as the Editors-in-Chief. Prof. Lin Haotian, deputy director of ZOC of Sun Yat-sen University, served as the Executive Editor-in-Chief. It mainly reports the new progress and new trends in the field of ophthalmology in China and abroad, focusing on the basic research, clinical experience and common diseases of ophthalmology and other related theoretical knowledge and technical operations. By now, it has been indexed in important databases such as Chemical Abstract (CA), China Journal Full Text Database (CJFD), China Core Journal Alternative Database (Wanfang), Chinese Science and Technology Journal Database (CSTJ), etc.
Brief introduction of Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center
After more than 50 years of growth and advancement, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center (ZOC; https://english.gzzoc.com), affiliated to Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, has rapidly burst into a leading ophthalmic center both at home and abroad with a complete set of subspecialties, strong faculty team, advanced diagnosis and treatment equipment, innovative medical excellence and in-depth scientific research. Domestically, ZOC is the first Grade III Level A ophthalmic hospital, the only specialized ophthalmic hospital under the management of the National Health Commission and the supporting unit of the only State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology in China. It has been ranked No.1 in the specialty of ophthalmology on the China’s Hospital Rankings List initiated by Fudan University for 13 consecutive years and No.1 in the specialty of ophthalmology on the Science and Technology Evaluation Metrics (STEM) List of Chinese Hospitals launched by Institute of Medical Information of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences for 9 consecutive years.
Submission Turnaround Time:
First Review: 1-3 weeks
Peer Review: 1-3 months
Online First: within 1 month after being accepted;
Formal Publication: within 1-3 months after being accepted. Original Articles are listed as priority.
Open Access Statement
Eye Science is a peer-reviewed, open access journal. All content of the journal is published under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial- NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).
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All authors of manuscripts submitted to Eye Science must agree that if their works are accepted for publication, the copyright belongs to the Journal of Ophthalmology, but the authors still have the right to share and use their articles academically.
Article Processing Charges
AES is supported by article processing charges (APCs). Currently, all APCs are covered by the ZOC, so there are no publication charges for authors whose work is accepted for publication in Eye Science.
