Veterinary Ophthalmology

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Edited by:
David A. Wilkie

Print ISSN: 1463-5216
Online ISSN: 1463-5224
Frequency: Bi-monthly
Current Volume: 13 / 2010
ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2008: 26/134 Veterinary Sciences
Impact Factor: 1.559

TopAuthor Guidelines

Veterinary Ophthalmology publishes original material relating to all aspects of clinical and investigational veterinary and comparative ophthalmology. The following types of material will be published:

• Original articles including clinical (prospective and retrospective clinical studies) and investigational studies. Research studies involving animals must have the approval of the institution's animal care and use committee and be acceptable to the Editor.
• Review articles (including papers which clarify, summarize and critically evaluate the current literature). These will be invited by the Editor or a member of the editorial board.
• Case reports (patient-based studies; either single or multiple animals).
• Viewpoint articles (papers which challenge existing concepts or present an alternative interpretation of available information) are usually invited by the Editor or a member of the editorial board.
• Short communications: Brief research and clinical communications (limited to 6 pages and 12 references).
• Letters to the editor.

All original research and review articles will be peer reviewed by at least two independent referees. Submission

Beginning January 1, 2007, Veterinary Ophthalmology accepts manuscripts only through our submission website. To submit a manuscript, please follow the instructions below:

Getting Started

1. Launch your web browser (supported browsers include Internet Explorer 6 or higher, Netscape 7.0, 7.1, or 7.2, Safari 1.2.4, or Firefox 1.0.4) and go to the Veterinary Ophthalmology ScholarOne Manuscripts homepage http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/vop
2. Log-in or click the 'Create Account' option if you are a first-time user of ScholarOne Manuscripts.
3. If you are creating a new account:
   - After clicking on 'Create Account' enter your name and e-mail information and click 'Next'. Your e-mail information is very important.
   - Enter your institution and address information as prompted then click 'Next.'
   - Enter a user ID and password of your choice (we recommend using your e-mail address as your user ID) and then select your area of expertise.
   - Click 'Finish' when done.
4. Log-in and select 'Author Center.'

Submitting Your Manuscript

1. After you have logged in, click the 'Submit a Manuscript' link on the Author Center screen.
2. Enter data and answer questions as prompted.
3. Click on the 'Next' button on each screen to save your work and advance to the next screen.
4. You will be prompted to upload your files:
   - Click on the 'Browse' button and locate the file on your computer.
   - Select the description of the file in the drop down next to the Browse button.
   - When you have selected all files you wish to upload, click the 'Upload' button.
5. Review your submission (in both PDF and HTML formats) before sending to the Editors. Click the 'Submit' button when you are done reviewing.

You may stop a submission at any phase and save it to submit later. After submission, you will receive a confirmation via e-mail. You can also log-on to ScholarOne Manuscripts at any time to check the status of your manuscript. The Editors will send you information via e-mail once a decision has been made.A covering letter, signed by all authors, must be included. This should state that the work has not been published and is not being considered for publication elsewhere, and that all authors meet the journal's criteria for authorship (see below). Information on any financial or other conflict of interest which may have biased the work should be provided (even if precautions were taken and authors are satisfied that bias was avoided).

On acceptance, papers become the copyright of the Journal and all accepted papers must be accompanied by a copyright assignment form.
Authors will be required to assign copyright in their paper to the Journal Title. Copyright assignment is a condition of publication and papers will not be passed to the publisher for production unless copyright has been assigned. To assist authors an appropriate copyright assignment form will be supplied by the editorial office. (Government employees in both the US and the UK need to complete the Author Warranty sections, although copyright in such cases does not need to be assigned.) The form can be found here.

Manuscript Style

The manuscripts must be in Microsoft Word format (.doc or .docx). The manuscript (including footnotes, references, figure legends, and tables) must be double-space typed, using 12-point Times New Roman font, 1-inch margins, and left justification. Original Research papers and Review Articles should usually not be longer than 5000 words. Viewpoint articles will not normally exceed 2000 words, and reviews of books and information materials should be less than 1000 words long.

Title Page
The title page should include a descriptive title for the article, the names [first name, initials of middle name(s), surnames], qualifications and affiliations of all authors, and the full postal address, fax, e-mail (if available), and telephone number of the author to whom correspondence should be addressed. A suggested running title of not more than 50 characters including spaces should be included.

Abstract and Keywords
The abstract should be on a separate page and should not exceed 250 words. Where possible, the abstract should be structured. Suggested headings for abstracts of primary research are: Objective; Animal studied, Procedure(s), Results, and Conclusions.

Key words are used by indexes and electronic search engines, and should appear after the abstract. Use the heading 'Key words', typed in bold and followed by a colon, and then the key words separated by commas. Include up to six key words. Also enter the key words where prompted during the submission process.

Main Text
This should begin on a separate page. Sections within the main text should be appropriately sub-headed: Introduction; Materials and methods, Results, and Discussion. Abbreviations and footnotes should be avoided where possible.

References
These should be in the Vancouver style. References should be numbered sequentially as they occur in the text and identified in the main text by arabic numbers in brackets after the punctuation. The reference list should be typed on a separate sheet from the main text, and references should be listed numerically. The following are examples of the style. All authors should be listed and journal titles and page ranges should not be abbreviated.

1. Bagley LH, Lavach JD. Comparison of postoperative phacoemulsification results in dogs with and without diabetes mellitus: 153 cases (1991-1992). Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 1994; 205: 1165-1169.

2. Barnett KC. Color Atlas of Veterinary Ophthalmology. Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, 1990.

3. Davidson MG. Equine ophthalmology. In: Veterinary Ophthalmology 2nd edition (ed. Gelatt KN). Lea and Febiger: Philadelphia, 1991; 576-610

4. Maggs DJ, Nasisse MP. Effects of oral L-lysine supplementation on the ocular shedding rate of feline herpesvirus (FHV-1) in cats (abstract). 28th Annual Meeting of the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists 1997; 101: 67-78.

Electronic Artwork
Figures must be uploaded as separate files and not be embedded in the main text file. Please save vector graphics (e.g. line artwork) in Encapsulated Postscript Format (EPS), and bitmap files (e.g. half-tones) in Tagged Image File format (TIFF). Detailed information on our digital illustration standards is available on the Wiley Homepage at: http://authorservices.wiley.com/bauthor/illustration.asp.

The figures should be referred to as 'Fig.' and numbered consecutively in the order in which they are referred to in the text. Captions to figures, giving the appropriate figure number, should be typed on a separate page at the end of the manuscript; captions should not be written on the original drawing or photograph. In the fulltext online edition of the journal, figure legends may be truncated in abbreviated links to the full screen version. Therefore, the first 100 characters of any legend should inform the reader of key aspects of the figure. Further guidelines regarding the submission of artwork can be found at http://authorservices.wiley.com/bauthor/illustration.asp

Video Files
The journal will consider up to 2 video files to accompany articles. For video files to be accepted, they must clearly show a dynamic condition that can not be adequately captured in still images. The Editor and/or Associate Editors will scrutinize all video submissions very carefully to assure they meet the intent of providing unique information. Video files of routine imaging findings will not be accepted. Up to 2 video files will be considered for each paper. Video files must be submitted in Quicktime format and each file must be less than 5MB in size. The video files will accompany the online version of the manuscript only; reference to the video file should be made in the print version of the paper.

Tables
Clear tables which contain essential data are welcome. Format tables with the table function in a word processor, such as MS Word, on a separate page with the legend typed above. Column headings should be brief, with units of measurement in parentheses. All abbreviations must be defined in footnotes to the table. Number tables consecutively in the order they occur in the text, with Arabic numerals.

Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements should be brief and must include reference to sources of financial and logistical support. Author(s) should clear the copyright of material they wish to reproduce from other sources and this should be acknowledged.

Author Editing Services
Authors for whom English is a second language may choose to have their manuscript professionally edited before submission or during the review process. Authors wishing to pursue a professional English-language editing service should make contact and arrange payment with the editing service of their choice. For more details regarding the recommended services, please refer to http://authorservices.wiley.com/bauthor/english_language.asp . Japanese authors can also find a list of local English improvement services at http://www.wiley.co.jp/journals/editcontribute.html. All services are paid for and arranged by the author, and use of one of these services does not guarantee acceptance or preference for publication.

Peer Review
All articles submitted for consideration as original clinical and investigational papers or review articles will be peer reviewed by at least two independent referees, one of which is an editorial board member, and a statistician, if appropriate. We aim to give authors a decision (rejection, rejection with encouragement to rework and resubmit, or acceptance subject to revision/copy editing) within three months of manuscript submission.

Proofs will be sent via e-mail as an Acrobat PDF (portable document format) file. The e-mail server must be able to accept attachments up to 4 MB in size. Acrobat Reader will be required in order to read this file. This software can be downloaded (free of charge) from the following Web site:

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

This will enable the file to be opened, read on screen, and printed out in order for any corrections to be added. Further instructions will be sent with the proof. Proofs will be posted if no e-mail address is available; in your absence, please arrange for a colleague to access your e-mail to retrieve the proofs.

Page proofs must be returned to Wiley Periodicals within 3 days of receipt, by fax if international or convenient, and by express mail: only typographical errors can be corrected at this stage.

Authors will be provided with electronic offprints of their paper. Electronic offprints are sent to the first author at his or her first email address on the title page of the paper, unless advised otherwise. Consequently, please ensure that the name, address and email of the receiving author are clearly indicated on the manuscript title page if he or she is not the first author of the paper. Paper offprints may be purchased using the order form supplied with proofs.

If you wish to discuss prospective submissions or to clarify the guidance outlined above, please contact Dr. David A Wilkie at the editorial office (Tel: 1-614-292-8664; Fax 1-614-292-7667; email: wilkie.1@osu.edu).

Further details about the peer review process and arrangements for the final submission of accepted articles and proofs will be sent to authors of accepted manuscripts and are available from the editorial office.