Eye & Contact Lens
Submission checklist and article types
Eye & Contact Lens is the official journal of the Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmologists (CLAO). It publishes original articles, short communications, reviews, case reports and letters on contact lenses, cornea, ocular surface disease and refractive correction.
- Publisher
- Wolters Kluwer
- ISSN (online)
- 1542-233X
- ISSN (print)
- 1542-2321
- Specialty
- Ophthalmology
- Journal website
- journals.lww.com/claojournal
Article types
| Article type | Reporting guideline | Extra Journal-specific Requirements |
|---|---|---|
| Case Report | CARE | 2 |
| Letter to the Editor | Depends on study design | 1 |
| Original Article | Depends on study design | 4 |
| Review Article | Depends on study design | 2 |
| Short Communication | Depends on study design | 1 |
The guideline shown is the one that usually applies to that article type. For original research it depends on the design: see the reporting guidelines. Every review also covers about 80 general content checks; the requirement counts above are the additional checks specific to this journal.
Check your manuscript against Eye & Contact Lens
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