THANK YOU! To <i>Optometry &amp; Vision Science</i> reviewers and editors

THE OPTOMETRY & VISION SCIENCE REVIEW PROCESS: HOW DOES IT WORK? Given the large number of submissions received by Optometry & Vision Science (OVS), we are no longer able to review all papers, and an initial selection process by the editor-in-chief and members of the editorial board is used to determine which papers are reviewed externally. Currently, about 50% of submissions are rejected without full review in this way. This process is fast, and authors receive a decision plus rationale in an average of 3 days. This approach is used to try to keep the ever-increasing reviewer workload to a minimum and to give authors a rapid response if a paper would ultimately be rejected. This is an important part of the review process, and I particularly thank the editorial board for their help in this regard. This triaging process also means that any paper that goes to full review is more likely to be accepted. Our current acceptance rate is 20% of all submissions and thus 40% of all papers going to full review. We have also decreased the time it takes for the whole review process, with the vast majority of papers being accepted at the first or second revision stage, and the time from initial submission to acceptance has been reduced from 173 days and near 6 months to currently 103 days or 3.5 months. We aim to reduce this still further next year. If a paper is chosen to go forward for full review, an editor is chosen by the editor-in-chief. This could be a member of the OVS editorial board, a feature issue or guest editor, or one of the topical editors. Reviewers are then chosen by the editor and invited to review the paper. The decision of whom to invite is based on several factors including editorial contacts, authors of cited papers, searches of keywords within the OVS reviewer database or PubMed or similar, and reviewers suggested by the authors. We have standardized to two reviewers per paper. OVS: a high-quality international journal The list of reviewers and editors who have helped the journal for the last year follows. While tabulating the list, I was struck both by the high quality of the reviewers and editors and by their international nature. Although 59% of reviewers and 36% of editors are US-based researchers, there are large numbers of reviewers and editors from all over the world. Optometry & Vision Science is very much a high-quality and international journal. Editorial board members, guest editors, and topical editors There are different types of editor at OVS. Editorial board members do the most editorial work and are particularly helpful in deciding which papers should receive a full review and then overviewing the review process before providing a decision to the editor-in-chief. Guest editors are recruited to help select editorial board members for special feature issues of the journal that this year were titled Advances in Visual Impairment Research (June 2024 issue) and Advances in Ocular Surface Research (September 2024 issue). These were hugely popular issues that brought large numbers of submissions and many high-quality publications. Last, but certainly not least, OVS currently has over 20 topical editors who are not listed on the journal's webpages, so their work is not widely known. Topical editors include older, perhaps even retired members of the editorial board who want to do less but would like to remain involved and have a huge amount of skill and experience. Other topical editors cover areas of optometry and vision science that need relatively little cover and/or they might be younger researchers who gain experience and mentorship toward full board membership. Thank you, reviewers and editors Our reviewers and editors do an amazing job for OVS. Reviewers provide the information needed for the editor to decide whether a paper should be accepted for publication, accepted after either minor or major revision, or rejected. Both reviewers and editors make numerous suggestions that often substantially improve submitted manuscripts and provide constructive advice that is also helpful for subsequent studies and reports. They perform this work without any remuneration, are asked to perform it within a short time period, and do all of this on top of their normal day job! I would therefore like to thank our reviewers and editors very much indeed for their support of the journal. These lists were provided by editorial solutions. They have been edited where I noticed an error, but I may have missed others, and there may also be omissions, for which I apologize. OVS reviewers in 2024 - Australia Abel Larry Ale Magar Jit Alemu Haile Woretaw Atchison David Bakaraju Ravi Baral Pawan Black Alex Bruce Adrian Carkeet Andrew Chiang Jeremy Chung Bo Chidi-Egboka Ngozi Dain Stephen Downie Laura Ho Lily Hopkins Shelley Hughes Rohan Iqbal Fatima Jackson Jonathan Jaworski Alexandra Kandel Himal Keay Lisa Khan Hashim Ali Krishnan Arun Kumaran Sheela Lazon de la Jara Percy Lee Samantha Lim Jeremiah Luu Wilson Maddess Ted Mani Revathy McGuinness Myra Morgan Ian Niyazmand Hamed Papas Eric Pieterse Emily Pye David Sabeti Faran Samuels Adam Sankaridurg Padmaja Sarwat Sidra Singh Sumeer Stapleton Fiona Tajbakhsh Zahra Webber Ann Willcox Mark Yoshioka Nayuta Canada Adams Russell Caffery Barbara Jones Deborah Labreche Tammy Lorenzini Marie-Céline MacIver Sarah Michaud Langis Moezzi Amir Ngo William Niechwiej-Szwedo Ewa Europe (Non-UK) Vienola Kari Finland Chopin Adrien France Ohlendorf Arne Germany Schaeffel Frank Germany Katsoulos Konstantinos Greece Moore Michael Ireland Rausch-Koster Petra The Netherlands van der Aa Hilde The Netherlands Baraas Rigmor Norway Jorge Jorge Portugal Arroyo-del Arroyo Cristina Spain Garcia Míriam Spain Redondo Beatriz Spain Vera Jesús Spain Macedo Antonio Filipe Sweden Schroth Volkhard Switzerland India Addepalli Uday Bharadwaj Shrikant Gothwal Vijaya Hussaindeen Jameel Rizwana Kumar Krishna Marmamula Srinivas Nishant Prateek Radhakrishnan Aiswaryah Ramakrishna Rao Veena Sadhu Soumen Satgunam PremNandhini Rest of the World Sediqi Sayed Mansoor Afghanistan Huang Jinhai China Yang Bi China Kee Chea-su Hong Kong Ma Martin Ming-Leung Hong Kong Wan Kin Hong Kong Abdi Saeid Iran Cheraqpour Kasra Iran Khabazkhoob Mehdi Iran Sabbaghi Hamideh Iran Benesia Mark Kenya Chua Shee Wen Malaysia Dahal Manish Nepal Kaiti Raju Nepal Craig Jennifer New Zealand Ng Robert New Zealand Turnbull Philip New Zealand Obinwanne Chukwuemeka Junior Nigeria Alotaibi Sultan Saudi Arabia Oriowo Olanrewaju Saudi Arabia Naidoo Kovin South Africa Snegireva Nadja South Africa Basmak Hikmet Turkey United Kingdom Adhisesha Reddy Priya Arblaster Gemma Artes Paul Barbur John Biswas Sayantan Crossland Michael Davies Leon Dutta Debarun Evans Bruce Fylan Fiona Gray Lyle Guggenheim Jeremy Horwood Anna Hull Chris Jones Lee Lawrenson John Logan Nicola McCullough Sara Montesano Giovanni Nagra Manbir Neveu Magella Radhakrishnan Hema Siderov John Stuart Kelsey Suttle Catherine Wolffsohn James Yagan Ali United States Aaron Michelle Abbott Kaleb Adamczyk Diane Aitsebaomo A. Philip Alldredge Brooks Anderson Heather Anthony Scott Arthur Edmund Aumiller Mira Bachman Groth Jane Bailey Melissa Baitch Lawrence Balasubramanian Madhusudhanan Barker, II Felix Bass Sherry Bass Olivia Bassi Carl Beaulieu Wesley Bedell Harold Bedwell Anna Bence Brett Bi Hua Birch Eileen Block Sandra Brennan Noel Brooks Clifford Bullimore Mark Burns Stephen Chan Daphne Chen Angela Chen Elaine Cheng Han Chous Alan Cisarik Patricia Citek Karl Clark Christopher Cooper Jeffrey Coulter Rachel Davis Rob Day Sherry H De Gracia Pablo Deemer Ashley Deffler Rebecca DeNaeyer Greg Dougherty Bradley Druckenbrod Rachel Eldred Kia Erickson Graham Fogt Nick Frantz Kelly Freddo Thomas Frost Frederick Fuller Daniel Fulton Anne Garee Brett Gibson Diane Gobeille Micaela Gould Jennifer Gowrisankaran Sowjanya Graham Andrew Greenspan Lynn Gupta Rahul Haensel Jen Hammond, Jr. Billy Harb Elise Harkness Brooke Harrison Wendy Harthan Jennifer Hartwick Andrew Harvey Erin Hertle Richard Hill Gregory Hopkins Gregory Hopkins Kristine Hug Timothy Hunt Elizabeth Jenewein Erin Johnson Chris Jones-Jordan Lisa Kabat Alan Kanai Kuniyoshi Katiyar Suchitra Kee Chea-su Kirschen David Kirstein Elliot Kleinstein Robert Kwon MiYoung Labhishetty Vivek Lam Tim Legge Gordon Lin Meng Lipson Michael Litvin Taras Lloyd Rachael Lonsberry Blair Luke Paula Luo Gang Madonna Richard Maglione Ashley Majcher Carolyn Malloy Kelly Manh Vivian Manny Ruth Marinoff Rebecca Marsack Jason Mastrota Katherine Mazzarella Jarett McCann Paul McCrann Saoirse McLaughlin Mallory Mestre Clara Miller William Miller Neil Mondal Sanbrita Morrison Ann Mutti Donald Nguyen Lan Chi Nti Augustine Ollinger Morgan Ostrin Lisa Ozawa Glen Pang Yi Park Chelsia Pizzimenti Joseph Plaumann Maureen Portello Joan Prunty Jennifer Pundlik Shrinivas Quan Steven Raasch Thomas Rabin Jeff Reich Lewis Reidy Marielle Rice Melissa Richdale Kathryn Ristin Lauren Rixon Andrew Robinson Joshua Ross Nicole Sah Raman Satjawatcharaphong Pam Savla Keyur Sawamura Mark Sayah Diane Scheiman Mitchell Schornack Muriel Scott Patrick Seiple William Shahid Khadija Shelton Erica Shorter Ellen Shovlin Joseph Sicks Lindsay Singh Sarah Singh Neeraj Smith Levi Srinivasan Gayathri Stevenson Scott Stone Wendy Sutton Brad Swanson Mark Taub Marc Than Tammy Theis Jacqueline Tichenor Anna Trevino Richard Upadhyaya Suraj Valdes Matt Viswanathan Suresh Wagner Heidi Waller Danielle Wan Nok Ken Waters Amy Weiler Danielle Weisser-Pike Orli Wheat Joe Whorff John Wildsoet Christine Winters Janis Wu Yifei Yang David Yuhas Phillip Zadnik Karla Zhang Bin Zhu Xiaoying Ziemanski Jillian Editorial Board Members in 2024 Bharadwaj Shrikant India Bittner Ava United States Bui Bang Australia Bullimore Mark United States Carnt Nicole Australia Chung Susana United States Collins Michael Australia Craig Jennifer New Zealand Denniss Jonathan United Kingdom Downie Laura Australia Fletcher Erica Australia Flitcroft Daniel Ireland Jones Lyndon Canada Keay Lisa Australia Logan Nicola United Kingdom Ngo William Canada Ostrin Lisa United States Papas Eric Australia Raasch Thomas United States Read Scott Australia Stapleton Fiona Australia van der Aa Hilde The Netherlands Webber Ann Australia Wolffsohn James United Kingdom Wood Joanne Australia Zadnik Karla United States Guest Editors in 2024 Arthur Edmund United States Kumaran Sheela Australia Latham Keziah United Kingdom Legge Gordon United States Pardhan Shahina United Kingdom Pardue Machelle United States Polling Jan Roelof The Netherlands van Nispen Ruth The Netherlands Wittich Walter Canada Wu Pei-Chang Taiwan Topical Editors in 2024 Bedell Harold United States Berntsen David United States Fogt Nick United States Kulp Marjean United States Mutti Donald United States Porter Jason United States Roberts Tawna United States Sullivan-Mee Michael United States Twa Michael United States

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