Ophthalmology Manuscript Pre-Submission Check

Ophthalmology journals differ more than most authors expect. Article types, abstract formats, figure and reference rules, and which reporting guideline you must follow all vary from one journal to the next, and editors often return manuscripts that miss them before peer review begins.

AI Pre Review checks your manuscript against the requirements of the specific journal and article type you are targeting, and against the reporting guideline for your study design: CONSORT for trials, STROBE for observational studies, PRISMA for systematic reviews, CARE for case reports and STARD for diagnostic accuracy studies. You get a scored report with what is likely to get the manuscript sent back and prioritized fixes, section by section, in minutes.

One issue comes up across ophthalmology journals and study designs: state your unit of analysis (eyes or patients), and if you include both eyes of a patient, explain how you accounted for the correlation between fellow eyes. Each guideline page below covers what this means for that design.

See a sample report for a cataract and refractive surgery manuscript.