· International Journal of Ophthalmology-IJO (English edition) is a global ophthalmological scientific publication

and a peer-reviewed open access periodical (ISSN 2222-3959 print, ISSN 2227-4898 online).

This journal is sponsored by Chinese Medical Association Xi’an Branch and obtains guidance and support from

WHO and ICO (International Council of Ophthalmology). It has been indexed in SCIE, PubMed,

PubMed-Central, Chemical Abstracts, Scopus, EMBASE , and DOAJ. IJO JCR IF in 2017 is 1.166.

IJO was established in 2008, with editorial office in Xi’an, China. It is a monthly publication. General Scientific

Advisors include Prof. Hugh Taylor (President of ICO); Prof.Bruce Spivey (Immediate Past President of ICO);

Prof.Mark Tso (Ex-Vice President of ICO) and Prof.Daiming Fan (Academician and Vice President,

Chinese Academy of Engineering.

International Scientific Advisors include Prof. Serge Resnikoff (WHO Senior Speciatist for Prevention of

blindness), Prof. Chi-Chao Chan (National Eye Institute, USA) and Prof. Richard L Abbott (Ex-President of

AAO/PAAO) et al.

Honorary Editors-in-Chief: Prof. Li-Xin Xie(Academician of Chinese Academy of

Engineering/Honorary President of Chinese Ophthalmological Society); Prof. Dennis Lam (President of APAO) and

Prof. Xiao-Xin Li (Ex-President of Chinese Ophthalmological Society).

Chief Editor: Prof. Xiu-Wen Hu (President of IJO Press).

Editors-in-Chief: Prof. Yan-Nian Hui (Ex-Director, Eye Institute of Chinese PLA) and

Prof. George Chiou (Founding chief editor of Journal of Ocular Pharmacology & Therapeutics).

Associate Editors-in-Chief include:

Prof. Ning-Li Wang (President Elect of APAO);

Prof. Ke Yao (President of Chinese Ophthalmological Society) ;

Prof.William Smiddy (Bascom Palmer Eye instituteUSA) ;

Prof.Joel Schuman (President of Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology,USA);

Prof.Yizhi Liu (Vice President of Chinese Ophtlalmology Society);

Prof.Yu-Sheng Wang (Director of Eye Institute of Chinese PLA);

Prof.Ling-Yun Cheng (Director of Ocular Pharmacology, Shiley Eye Center, USA).

IJO accepts contributions in English from all over the world. It includes mainly original articles and review articles,

both basic and clinical papers.

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Cooperation organization

International Council of Ophthalmology(ICO), PubMed, PMC, American Academy of Ophthalmology, Asia-Pacific, Thomson Reuters, The Charlesworth Group, Crossref,Scopus,Publons, DOAJ etc.