The ''Annual Review of Vision Science'' is an

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published by Annual Reviews. In publication since 2015, this journal covers significant developments in the field of

vision science Vision science is the scientific study of visual perception. Researchers in vision science can be called vision scientists, especially if their research spans some of the science's many disciplines. Vision science encompasses all studies of vision ...

with an annual volume of

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s. It is edited by David H. Brainard,

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, and J. Anthony Movshon. As of 2022, ''

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'' gives the journal a 2021

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of 7.745.

History

The ''Annual Review of Vision Science'' was first published in 2015 by Annual Reviews. Its founding

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were J. Anthony Movshon and

Brian Wandell Brian A. Wandell is the Isaac and Madeline Stein Family Professor at Stanford University, where he is Director of the Stanford Center for Cognitive and Neurobiological Imaging, and Deputy Director of the Wu Tsai Neuroscience Institute. He was a f ...

. In 2021, Wandell was succeeded by David H. Brainard and

. Though it began with a physical edition, it is now only published electronically.

Scope and indexing

The ''Annual Review of Vision Science'' is multidisciplinary, including aspects of

neuroscience Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system (the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system), its functions and disorders. It is a multidisciplinary science that combines physiology, anatomy, molecular biology, development ...

genetics Genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms.Hartl D, Jones E (2005) It is an important branch in biology because heredity is vital to organisms' evolution. Gregor Mendel, a Moravian Augustinian friar wor ...

computer science Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to Applied science, practical discipli ...

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, and

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. Reviews may cover

optics Optics is the branch of physics that studies the behaviour and properties of light, including its interactions with matter and the construction of instruments that use or detect it. Optics usually describes the behaviour of visible, ultraviole ...

retina The retina (from la, rete "net") is the innermost, light-sensitive layer of tissue of the eye of most vertebrates and some molluscs. The optics of the eye create a focused two-dimensional image of the visual world on the retina, which then ...

visual perception Visual perception is the ability to interpret the surrounding environment through photopic vision (daytime vision), color vision, scotopic vision (night vision), and mesopic vision (twilight vision), using light in the visible spectrum reflecte ...

eye movement Eye movement includes the voluntary or involuntary movement of the eyes. Eye movements are used by a number of organisms (e.g. primates, rodents, flies, birds, fish, cats, crabs, octopus) to fixate, inspect and track visual objects of interests. ...

visual processing Visual processing is a term that is used to refer to the brain's ability to use and interpret visual information from the world around us. The process of converting light energy into a meaningful image is a complex process that is facilitated by ...

, visual development, vision models,

computer vision Computer vision is an interdisciplinary scientific field that deals with how computers can gain high-level understanding from digital images or videos. From the perspective of engineering, it seeks to understand and automate tasks that the hum ...

, and the mechanisms and treatments of diseases that affect vision. As of 2022, ''

'' lists the journal's 2021

as 7.745, ranking it fourth of 61 journal titles in the category "Ophthalmology" and 34th of 274 titles in "Neurosciences". It is

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, and

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, among others.

Editorial processes

The ''Annual Review of Vision Science'' is helmed by the editor or the co-editors. The editor is assisted by the editorial committee, which includes associate editors, regular members, and occasionally guest editors. Guest members participate at the invitation of the editor, and serve terms of one year. All other members of the editorial committee are appointed by the Annual Reviews board of directors and serve five-year terms. The editorial committee determines which topics should be included in each volume and solicits reviews from qualified authors. Unsolicited manuscripts are not accepted.

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of accepted manuscripts is undertaken by the editorial committee.

Current editorial board

As of 2022, the editorial committee consists of the three co-editors and the following members: *

Marlene Behrmann Marlene Behrmann (born April 14, 1959) is a Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Pittsburgh) She was previously a Professor of Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University. She specializes in the cognitive neuroscience ...

* T. Rowan Candy *

Hany Farid Hany Farid is an American university professor who specializes in the analysis of digital images and the detection of digitally manipulated images such as deepfakes. Farid serves as Dean and Head of School for the UC Berkeley School of Informatio ...

* Marla Feller * Richard J. Krauzlis * Tirin Moore * Cynthia Owsley * Russell N. Van Gelder * Janey L. Wiggs * Rachel O. Wong

References

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Vision Science Vision science is the scientific study of visual perception. Researchers in vision science can be called vision scientists, especially if their research spans some of the science's many disciplines. Vision science encompasses all studies of vision ...

Annual journals Publications established in 2015 English-language journals Perception journals Ophthalmology journals