STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that it will publish The Ocular Surface, a peer-reviewed journal focusing on the external eye and vision. Starting January 2012, Elsevier will continue the publication of the quarterly journal.
The Ocular Surface delivers reviews of important work in laboratory science, clinical science, and clinical practice related to the external eye and vision, along with coverage of ongoing studies, patents pending, conference highlights, and more. The journal has an Impact Factor of 3.103 and is ranked 7th out of 56 journals in the Ophthalmology category according to the 2011 Journal Citation Reports published by Thomson Reuters. It has remained in the top 10 ranking of Impact Factors for the last three years.
The Ocular Surface integrates and interprets major findings in diverse fields related to the ocular surface, including ophthalmology, optometry, genetics, molecular biology, pharmacology, immunology, infectious disease, and epidemiology. Its critical review articles cover current knowledge on medical and surgical management of ocular surface pathology, new understandings of ocular surface physiology, the meaning of recent discoveries on how the ocular surface responds to injury and disease, and updates on drug and device development.
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