The Annual Review of Vision Science is an academic journal published by Annual Reviews. In publication since 2015, this journal covers significant developments in the field of vision science with an annual volume of review articles. As of 2023, it is being published as open access, under the Subscribe to Open model. It is currently edited by David H. Brainard and John H. R. Maunsell. As of 2024, Journal Citation Reports gives the journal a 2023 impact factor of 5.0, ranking it sixth of 95 journals in "Ophthalmology".
History
The Annual Review of Vision Science was first published in 2015 by Annual Reviews. Though it began with a physical edition, it is now only published electronically.3
Its founding editors were J. Anthony Movshon and Brian Wandell.4 In 2021, Wandell was succeeded by David H. Brainard.5 Brainard and Movshon were joined by John H. R. Maunsell for 2023.6 As of October 2023, Brainard and Maunsell became the editors.7
Scope and indexing
The Annual Review of Vision Science is multidisciplinary, including aspects of neuroscience, genetics, computer science, cell biology, and medicine. Reviews may cover optics, retina, visual perception, eye movement, visual processing, visual development, vision models, computer vision, and the mechanisms and treatments of diseases that affect vision.8 As of 2024, Journal Citation Reports lists the journal's 2023 impact factor as 5.0, ranking it sixth of 95 journal titles in the category "Ophthalmology" and 49th of 310 titles in "Neurosciences".9 It is abstracted and indexed in Scopus, Science Citation Index Expanded, and BIOSIS Previews, among others.10
Editorial processes
The Annual Review of Vision Science is helmed by the editor or the co-editors. The editor is assisted by the editorial committee, which includes associate editors, regular members, and occasionally guest editors. Guest members participate at the invitation of the editor, and serve terms of one year. All other members of the editorial committee are appointed by the Annual Reviews board of directors and serve five-year terms. The editorial committee determines which topics should be included in each volume and solicits reviews from qualified authors.11 Unsolicited manuscripts are not accepted. Peer review of accepted manuscripts is undertaken by the editorial committee.12
References
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"Expected Publication Dates". Annual Reviews. 15 March 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2021. https://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates ↩
Movshon, J. Anthony; Wandell, Brian A. (2015). "Introduction". Annual Review of Vision Science. 1. doi:10.1146/annurev-vs-1-111115-100001. /wiki/Doi_(identifier) ↩
"CO-EDITORS OF THE ANNUAL REVIEW OF VISION SCIENCE - VOLUME 7, 2021". Annual Reviews. Retrieved 27 July 2021. https://www.annualreviews.org/db/directory?2021,vision ↩
"Annual Review of Vision Science, Planning Editorial Committee - Volume 9, 2023". Annual Reviews Directory. Retrieved 4 December 2023. https://www.annualreviews.org/db/directory?2023,vision ↩
"Annual Review of Vision Science, Current Editorial Committee". Annual Reviews Directory. Retrieved 4 December 2023. https://www.annualreviews.org/db/directory?0000,vision ↩
"Annual Review of Vision Science". Annual Reviews. Retrieved 16 March 2021. https://www.annualreviews.org/journal/vision ↩
"Journal Impact Factors". Annual Reviews. Retrieved 25 July 2024. https://www.annualreviews.org/about/impact-factors ↩
"Annual review of vision science". PUBDB. Retrieved 16 March 2021. https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/223744 ↩
"Editorial Principles and Policies". Annual Reviews. Retrieved 12 March 2021. https://www.annualreviews.org/page/authors/editorial-policies ↩
"Information for Unsolicited Authors and Reviewers". Annual Reviews. Retrieved 12 March 2021. https://www.annualreviews.org/page/authors/author-instructions/unsolicited-authors ↩