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'''''Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science''''' (IOVS), published monthly in print and online, is an official journal of the [[Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology]] (ARVO). IOVS contains well respected peer-reviewed content and features spectacular cover images.<ref>[https://www.arvo.org/EWEB/Dynamicpage.aspx?site=arvo2&webcode=07Advertising&printerfriendly=yes] Advertising in IOVS Accessed April 1, 2007.</ref> IOVS contains original contributions that emphasize clinical and laboratory hypothesis driven research with statistically significant results that clearly advance the fields of ophthalmology and vision research. <ref>[http://www.iovs.org/misc/about.shtml] About Iovs Accessed December 1, 2006.</ref>
'''''Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science''''' ('''''IOVS''''') is an online journal published by the [[Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology]] (ARVO).<ref>[http://iovs.arvojournals.org/ss/about.aspx About ''IOVS''], Accessed November 14, 2017.</ref>


==History==
IOVS is regarded as the premier primary journal for the field of ophthalmology and is the highest ranked by impact factor. <ref>[http://www.bioscience.org/services/impact15.htm] bioscience.org Accessed December 1, 2006.</ref>
The journal was established as an official publication of the Association for Research in Ophthalmology (later renamed the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology). The first issue of ''Investigative Ophthalmology'' was published in January 1962, with [[Bernard Becker]], MD, as the Executive Editor. The title was changed to ''Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science'' in 1977.<ref name="Colson">Colson, KS. Brief history of ''Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science''. In Chader GJ, Frank RN, Kaufman PL, Beebe DC, eds. ''The Best of'' Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science'': The First 50 Years 1962-2012''. Rockville, MD: ARVO; 2012:1-5.</ref>

Abstracts from the ARVO Annual Meeting have been published as an issue of ''IOVS'' since 1977.<ref name="Colson" />

Also in 1977, ''IOVS'' was accepted for inclusion in ''[[Index Medicus]]'' (and later in [[MEDLINE]]) and [[PubMed]].

''IOVS'' was first published online in 1999, with scanned back content being made available online in 2005. The last print issue was published in 2009, and the journal is now published online only.<ref name="Colson" />

In January 2016, ''IOVS'' ended its subscription program and became open access.<ref>[http://arvojournals.org/SS/openaccess.aspx ARVO journals open access overview]</ref> All content is freely available to read, and content published 2016-onward is freely available for reuse under either the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license or Creative Commons Attribution license.

==Editors==
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* 1962–1972: Bernard Becker
* 1973–1977: Herbert E. Kaufman
* 1978–1982: Alan M. Laties
* 1983–1987: Steven M. Podos
* 1988–1992: J. Terry Ernest
* 1993–1997: Harry A. Quigley
* 1998–2002: Gerald J. Chader
* 2003–2007: Robert N. Frank
* 2008–2012: Paul L. Kaufman
* 2013–2015: David C. Beebe
* 2015–2017: Thomas Yorio
* 2017-2022: Donald C. Hood
* 2023-2027: Joseph Carroll
{{div end}}


==References==
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==See also==
==See also==
*''[[Archives of Ophthalmology]]''
*''[[Journal of Vision]]''

*[[List of medical journals]]
==References==
*''[[Survey of Ophthalmology]]''
{{reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.iovs.org/ IOVS] - Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
* [http://iovs.arvojournals.org/ ''IOVS''] - ''Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science''
* [http://www.arvo.org/ ARVO] - Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
* [http://www.arvo.org/ ARVO] - Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology


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Latest revision as of 22:41, 6 December 2023

Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
DisciplineOphthalmology
LanguageEnglish
Edited byJoseph Carroll, Ph.D.
Publication details
Former name(s)
Investigative Ophthalmology
History1962–present
Publisher
FrequencyContinuously
4.4 (2022)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Investig. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci.
NLMInvest Ophthalmol Vis Sci
Indexing
ISSN0146-0404 (print)
1552-5783 (web)
Links

Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science (IOVS) is an online journal published by the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO).[1]

History[edit]

The journal was established as an official publication of the Association for Research in Ophthalmology (later renamed the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology). The first issue of Investigative Ophthalmology was published in January 1962, with Bernard Becker, MD, as the Executive Editor. The title was changed to Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science in 1977.[2]

Abstracts from the ARVO Annual Meeting have been published as an issue of IOVS since 1977.[2]

Also in 1977, IOVS was accepted for inclusion in Index Medicus (and later in MEDLINE) and PubMed.

IOVS was first published online in 1999, with scanned back content being made available online in 2005. The last print issue was published in 2009, and the journal is now published online only.[2]

In January 2016, IOVS ended its subscription program and became open access.[3] All content is freely available to read, and content published 2016-onward is freely available for reuse under either the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license or Creative Commons Attribution license.

Editors[edit]

  • 1962–1972: Bernard Becker
  • 1973–1977: Herbert E. Kaufman
  • 1978–1982: Alan M. Laties
  • 1983–1987: Steven M. Podos
  • 1988–1992: J. Terry Ernest
  • 1993–1997: Harry A. Quigley
  • 1998–2002: Gerald J. Chader
  • 2003–2007: Robert N. Frank
  • 2008–2012: Paul L. Kaufman
  • 2013–2015: David C. Beebe
  • 2015–2017: Thomas Yorio
  • 2017-2022: Donald C. Hood
  • 2023-2027: Joseph Carroll

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ About IOVS, Accessed November 14, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Colson, KS. Brief history of Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. In Chader GJ, Frank RN, Kaufman PL, Beebe DC, eds. The Best of Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science: The First 50 Years 1962-2012. Rockville, MD: ARVO; 2012:1-5.
  3. ^ ARVO journals open access overview

External links[edit]

  • IOVS - Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
  • ARVO - Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology