Beginning this issue of Optometry and Vision Science I introduce a new monthly column “OVS ANNOUNCES”. Each month I will write a page on the highlights of the reports in the issue; it will be based on the material that authors are now required to submit with their manuscripts upon their acceptance for publication. The purpose of this column is to quickly identify interesting findings with a context provided for those less familiar with the particular research area of the publication. My hope is that the clinician and clinician researcher readership will expand and that more and more our authors become conscious of the importance of providing a clinical context for their research reports. In many cases the specific research opens up new ways to approach patient care problems; in others it provides insight for other researchers and clinicians dedicated to finding answers to research questions in their field. I see this column as being consistent with the vision and mission of the Academy: better patient care through education and discovery. Each issue will contain “OVS ANNOUNCES”, from the Editor. But perhaps equally important is that the same column will be released about a month before the publication in order to provide an alert of upcoming topics for readers and all Academy members. It will be sent via email to the entire membership and will be accessible through the Academy's home page (http://www.aaopt.org/). Occasionally it will be used for an even wider audience. What is it I ask of authors? Prior to publication I ask authors to submit a brief summary highlighting the implications for their most important finding. I use these summaries to select some issues to highlight in “OVS ANNOUNCES”. What I write is my perspective, based on my awareness of their published paper and on their summary suggestions. Consequently authors, though significant contributors to the column, should not be cited from this column. Here is what authors are asked to submit. “OVS highlights some of its articles in an ‘OVS Announces’ section each month. We ask you, as authors, to write a summary of less than 100 words, in clear the first in April on ‘Myopia’. The entire issue will highlight the broad and impressive spectrum of current myopia research on humans, and animal models of myopia, by researchers who are well known in their field. Later this Spring and Summer there will be two separate Feature issues. One will be dedicated entirely to reporting on the latest in ‘Cornea and Contact Lens’ research. The other will focus on the most recent issues and findings related to ‘Vision and Driving’. In each case the highlights of specific selected papers from the issue will be made available prior to publication—both through a full membership email to Academy members and on the public access Academy website. In many cases an announcement of these Feature issues of Optometry and Vision Science will also be sent to communities with anticipated interest in the topic, but for whom vision is not necessarily the focus of their attention (eg. the communities and agencies interested in driving research.) I invite your feedback as you read these monthly columns. Anthony J. Adams Editor-in-Chief Berkeley, California
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