The eye, as one of our sensory organs and eye health is vital to human life, and the fields of Ophthalmology and Optometry are vital to restoring and promoting eye health. Damage, disfunction and loss of this organ can have significant and lifelong consequences. Visual impairment is extremely prevalent across the globe; however, a large proportion of these cases are preventable. Visual impairment not only entails a health cost to the individual, but also a significant economic burden in terms of lost productivity.
The Eye Health Gateway provides a publication venue that offers visibility to all research related to eye health by publishing it rapidly and openly for all to see. Utilising F1000Research’s unique publishing model authors can drive their submissions from start to finish, with our open post-publication peer review ensuring every step from point of publication to indexing is visible to readers.
The Eye Health Gateway welcomes all findings from basic research to clinical studies from the fields of ophthalmology and optometry, including:
- Clinical Research
- Basic and Translational Research
- Global Health
- Diagnostics and Imaging
- Innovations and Surgical Techniques
The Eye Health Gateway is proud to be affiliated with one of the leading global ophthalmology institutes, the L V Prasad Eye Institute. Based in Hyderabad, India, the Institute provides “equitable and efficient eye care to all sections of society” and is a leader in ocular genetics and eye banking.
Scope
The Eye Health Gateway has been set up to provide visibility for all research related to the eye. From basic biological research on the cells and tissues that make up the eye, through to clinical trials of new treatments and surgical methods, the Gateway accepts content across the fields of optometry and ophthalmology.
The gateway allows researchers in the field of eye health to publish openly, rapidly and transparently using F1000Research’s innovative publishing model. Authors can take advantage of the full range of article types available allowing them to publish all outputs from their research, alongside the data underlying their results. The Gateway also accepts non-peer reviewed content in the form of documents, posters and slides.
Eligibility
The Eye Health Gateway accepts all content related to the eye including diseases and conditions related to sight.
L V Prasad Eye Institute
The Eye Health Gateway is affiliated with L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India.
Established in 1987, L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI), a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Prevention of Blindness, is a comprehensive eye health facility. The Institute has ten active arms to its areas of operations: Clinical Services, Education, Research, Vision Rehabilitation, Rural and Community Eye Health, Eye Banking, Advocacy and Policy Planning, Capacity Building, Innovation and Product Development. The mission of L V Prasad Eye Institute is to be a centre of excellence in Eye care services, basic and clinical research into eye diseases and vision-threatening conditions, training, product development, and rehabilitation for those with incurable visual disability, with a focus on extending equitable and efficient Eye care to underserved populations in the developing world. LVPEI's mission is to provide equitable and quality eye care to all sections of society. In the last three decades, LVPEI has served close to 30 million people, with more than 40 percent services provided free of cost regardless of complexity, reached close to a thousand villages, trained more than twenty-thousand eye care professionals, and published over 2000 papers in international peer-reviewed scientific journals. Most recently, in 2020-21 and 2021-22 LVPEI published 565 and 505 PubMed-indexed research papers, respectively.
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