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New Impact Factor for Annals of Eye Science: 1

We are pleased to announce that the Annals of Eye Science (AES) has attained its new impact factor for the 2025 citation year: 1.

Annals of Eye Science 2025 CiteScore Released: 2.0

We are pleased to announce that the Annals of Eye Science (AES) has achieved its 2025 CiteScore: 2.0, ranking 79 out of 147 journals in the Ophthalmology category. This milestone underscores our ongoing commitment to publishing impactful research in the field.

AES 2025 Annual Report

Greetings from the Editorial Office of AES!

We are pleased to share the 2025 Annual Report of Annals of Eye Science. Please click to download the whole report.

We would especially like to express our sincere gratitude to the editorial board members, guest editors, reviewers, authors and readers for all your support and contributions to AES.

We wish you a happy, healthy and prosperous 2026!

AME and Wolters Kluwer aim to expand access to global medical research through new collaboration

The agreement broadens the reach of nearly 50 Open Access titles, contributing globally to over 5,000 articles

October 2, 2025 — Wolters Kluwer Health announced a new collaboration with AME Publishing Company, an Open Access publisher specializing in medical journals and books, headquartered in Hong Kong, China.

Testimonials for AES from Eminent Experts Worldwide in 2025

Eminent Experts Worldwide, including editorial board members, authors, and readers, who know the journal well, provided testimonials for AES. We are thankful for their support for the journal.

Interviews with Editorial Board Members

AES features a distinguished editorial board, the members of which continue to instill the power of their expertise for the journal’s development. By launching this column, we are glad to introduce to you some of them in the form of interviews, in which they will share their unique career experiences and perspectives. We believe their insights will shed light on the knowledge of related fields.

Welcome Dr. Karl Golnik to be the New Co-Editor-in-Chief of AES

The editorial office is pleased to announce that Dr. Karl Golnik is taking on the role of Co-Editor-in-Chief of Annals of Eye Science (AES), effective from September 2024. Please join us in welcoming Dr. Golnik to take on his new role!

AES is officially indexed by Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)

On March 20, 2024, a confirmation letter reached the editorial office of Annals of Eye Science (AES) that the journal met the selection criteria necessary to be included in the Emerging Sources Citation Index. Articles published in AES after 2022, beginning with Vol 7, will be included in Emerging Sources Citation Index.

Reviewer of the Month (2025)

In 2025, AES reviewers continue to make outstanding contributions to the peer review process. They demonstrated professional effort and enthusiasm in their reviews and provided comments that genuinely help the authors to enhance their work.

Hereby, we would like to highlight some of our outstanding reviewers, with a brief interview of their thoughts and insights as a reviewer. Allow us to express our heartfelt gratitude for their tremendous effort and valuable contributions to the scientific process.

Improving Teaching Skills in Ophthalmology

This special series on “Improving Teaching Skills in Ophthalmology” is edited by Dr. Karl Golnik, Dr.Yip Chee Chew, Dr. Gabriela Palis and Dr. Meena Swaminathan. The goal of the series is to improve ophthalmic educators’ teaching abilities and to produce better ophthalmologists and ultimately better eye care.

AES: Preclinical Models in Ophthalmic Research (In vitro, ex vivo and in vivo models of eye pathologies)

This series on “Preclinical Models in Ophthalmic Research (In vitro, ex vivo and in vivo models of eye pathologies)” is edited by Dr. Dario Rusciano. The authors are proud to present this special edition to highlight and contribute to improve the research abilities of those interested in advancing our knowledge of such pathologies and their treatment.

Ocular Surface Reconstruction/Transplantation

The Series on “Ocular Surface Reconstruction/Transplantation” is edited by Joann Kang and Roy S. Chuck from Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, NY, USA.

The Retina and Systemic Disease

The series on “The Retina and Systemic Disease” is edited by Dr. Kareem Moussa from University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA.

Implementation of transparent peer review at Annals of Eye Science (AES)

With a commitment to openness and accountability, and to increase the level of transparency throughout our peer review process, our editorial office has decided to implement a transparent peer review process as an option for all manuscripts submitted to AES from March 19, 2020.

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Editorial Commentary

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Annals of Eye Science is an open access, international, peer-reviewed online journal featuring clinical investigations, clinical observations, and clinically relevant laboratory investigations in the broad fields of ophthalmology. Specific areas of interest include multimodality therapy, biomarkers, imaging, biology, pathology, and technical advances related to ophthalmology. Contributions pertinent to ophthalmology are also included from related fields such as nutrition, surgery, public health, human genetics, basic sciences, education, sociology, and nursing.