The contributions submitted to Eye Science shall conform to the following academic publishing ethics. 
Original content and repeated publication: Eye Science only publishes original content, which have not been published in whole or in part in other journals or are under consideration for publication. 
Fabrication and forgery: Eye Science refuses fabricated data or images (i.e. forged data and intentional false statements or deceptive data processing). 
Redundant/duplicate publication: Eye Science believes that it is immoral to publish very similar articles based on the same experiment or research. 
Plagiarism and duplication: When an author attempts to present a previously published work as original content, it is plagiarism. All submitted manuscripts will be checked for plagiarism and duplication, and only original content will be published. Manuscripts suspected of plagiarism or duplication will not be considered for publication. According to the guidelines of the Commission on Publication Ethics (COPE),  previously published original articles should be reasonably quoted , as well as the author's own preliminary work. 

For the convenience of reading, we summarize the publishing norms and ethics into three aspects, as follows. 
1. Author's responsibility 
Eye Science follows the guidelines of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), which states that author(s) submitting manuscripts to the journal must comply with the following criteria: 
(1) The manuscript is the original work of the listed authors. 
(2) The manuscript accurately reflects the scientific results. 
(3) All the authors have made meaningful contributions to the concept, design, implementation and interpretation of the research. 
(4) All those who made meaningful contributions to the research should be given the opportunity to authorship. 
(5) All authors are aware of and agree to submit to the manuscript. 
(6) The manuscript has not been published before. After the submission, it will not be submitted again now and in the future. 
(7) The author accepts the review procedure established by the journal. 
(8) All experimental data of the manuscript is true and reliable.

Those who do not meet the above criteria but have provided important help for the final manuscript can be mentioned in the acknowledgment, but require the permission of the author(s). 

2. Editor’s responsibilities 
(1) According to the review opinions of the reviewer and the editorial board, the editor can accept, reject or request to modify the article. 
(2) The editor should not have a conflict of interest with the article under review. 
(3) The editor shall conduct duplication check on the submitted manuscript through software. After duplication check, the manuscript will be forwarded to at least two review experts for blind review, who will make specific suggestions on the acceptance, rejection or modification of the manuscript. 
(4) The editor shall maintain the authenticity of the review records, and shall have the obligation to keep the data confidential in each link of review and revision. The editor shall not divulge any information about the manuscript to people with conflicts of interest. 
(5) The editor must ensure that every article accepted by the journal is subject to intellectual content review, regardless of the author's gender, race, religion and nationality. 
(6) The editor may take other appropriate measures, such as withdrawing the manuscript or paying more attention to it before taking corresponding measures, when finding any manuscript that violates the academic norms. 

3. Reviewer’s  responsibilities
(1) The reviewer must be objective and fair in reviewing contributions and express he/her views through arguments. 
(2) The reviewer shall have no conflict of interest with the research, authors and/or funders of the research. 
(3) The reviewer must ensure that the author has confirmed all sources of data used in the study. If plagiarism or multiple submissions of one manuscript are found, the editor should be informed immediately.
(4) When the reviewer feels that it is not suitable to complete the review of the manuscript, he/she shall immediately inform the editor. 
(5) Before the manuscript is published, reviewers shall not use the contents of the manuscript to carry out similar research. 

4. Publisher’s responsibilities 
(1) The journal only reports original research results, which are innovative or practical, and should reach the leading level at home or abroad. 
(2) All manuscripts shall be submitted by registration, and all review processes shall be free of any fees. The journal will not charge any fees after acceptance. 
(3) If any academic misconduct is found in the accepted manuscript, the journal has the right to reject the manuscript and notify the author’s institution and relevant journals.

(4) For published papers, if any academic misconduct is found, the journal will withdraw the paper and publish a withdrawal statement. 
(5) Once the paper is submitted to this journal and accepted, the digital reproduction right, distribution right, compilation right and information network transmission right of the paper will be transferred to the editorial office of Eye Science. 
(6) After the paper is published, 2 hard copies of the journal and the electronic version of the author’s paper will be obtained free of charge for the author(s). 
(7) All manuscripts submitted to the editorial office shall be kept in electronic files by the authors themselves. Once accepted, the manuscripts will be published publicly. If the manuscripts are not accepted, the editorial office will keep the full text on file and strictly implement the confidentiality provisions, so as not to disclose the research content of the manuscripts that are not accepted.