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Contact Lens and Anterior Eye

Instructions for authors

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye (The Journal of the British Contact Lens Association) welcomes original contributions pertaining to the theory and practice of contact lenses in the widest sense. The journal does not normally publish material that has appeared in other publications, except that presented at the BCLA’s Annual Clinical Conference or at one of the BCLA’s Scientific Meetings (both published as abstracts in the journal). It is the author’s responsibility to obtain appropriate copyright permission to publish material when it has appeared elsewhere. All manuscripts are normally evaluated for suitability of publication in the journal by the Editor and one or more referees.

Manuscripts for publication should be sent to:

Mr Richard M Pearson
Editor, Contact Lens and Anterior Eye
City University
Northampton Square
London EC1V 0HB
UK

The journal will publish the following types of papers: (a) clinical and/or research articles, (b) case reports, (c) literature reviews, (d) inventions and innovations, (e) editorials and guest editorials, (f) letters to the editor and correspondence, (g) instrumentation and techniques, (h) photographic atlas, and (i) book reviews. Dates of forthcoming professional meetings are also welcome.

The article should be arranged as follows, where possible: (1) Title page including title and author(s), (2) abstract, (3) key words, (4) text, (5) references, (6) tables, and (7) figures and figure legends.

Manuscript
This should be double spaced throughout, on one side of A4 (210 x 297 mm) paper. Three copies are required.

Title
A concise title should appear on the first page.

Author(s)
The full name(s) (first name, any initials and surname) of all authors and their affiliations should be given below the title. The title page can be removed from the copies sent to referees if authors wish to maintain anonymity during the review process. Authors’ academic and recognised professional qualifications may be given as a footnote on the title page, linked to relevant authors using superscript symbols. Where applicable, membership of the British Contact Lens Association may also be indicated. The first author shall be regarded as the principal author, to whom all correspondence will be addressed. The author’s affiliation, full postal address, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail address should appear on the title page.

Abstract and key words
An abstract of not more than 100 words should appear on a separate page at the beginning of the paper. It should be intelligible on its own, without reference to the text. Three to six key words should appear below the abstract to assist in indexing.

Text
Where possible, authors should follow the structure: Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion. However departures from this framework may be advisable depending on the subject matter of the manuscript.

References
Number references consecutively in the order in which they appear in the text. References should appear in the text as superscript numbers. At the end of the text, on a separate page, the references should be listed in numerical order, giving the following information: (a) author(s) (surname followed by initials), (b) title of the article, (c) journal title (in abbreviated form as given in the World List of Scientific Periodicals), (d) volume number, (e) page span, (f) year of publication. For books, the title, publisher and town of publication should also be given.

Example of journal reference:

1. Mishima, S. and Hedbys, B.O. Measurement of corneal thickness with the Haag-Streit pachometer. Archs Opthal, 80, 710-713 (1968).

Example of book reference:

1. Hemsley, H.H. Visual Optics, Vol 1, 5th edn, Butterworths, London, pp 301-331 (1955).

Tables
Each table should be double spaced on a separate sheet of paper and should be intelligible without reference to the text. Tables should be numbered with Arabic numerals in the order they are referred to the in the text.

Figures and figure captions
All graphs, charts, drawings and photographs should be of the highest quality, suitable for direct reproduction. They should be numbered in sequence, as they appear in the text, and be identified on the back in soft pencil with the figure number and author’s name. Figure captions should be listed, double spaced, on a separate sheet. One original and two copies of all figures are required. Line drawings should be in black ink on white paper, clearly labelled. Hand-written or freehand lettering is not acceptable. Computer-generated graphics should be printed on white paper using a laser printer. Glossy prints of originals may be submitted. Photographs can be black & white or colour (if essential to interpretation of data). For the Photographic Atlas section only, 35 mm colour transparencies should be submitted and identified by a clear red dot on the upper right hand corner (for projection) of the mount to aid orientation.

Electronic submission of artwork Images can be supplied as either PC or Macintosh tif file format: minimum 600 dpi resolution for black & white lineart/bitmap images and minimum 300 dpi resolution for colour/CMYK or grayscale/halftone images. Acceptable software packages for preparing files are Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Macromedia Freehand and Corel Draw. Files may be submitted on floppy disk 3.5, CD, optical 5.25, syquest 5.25, zip disk or super disk.

Proofs
These will be sent to the principal author to correct errors in composition. No major alteration of the text can be accepted without charge once the paper is set.

Offprints
Twenty-five offprints are supplied without charge to the principal author. If extra offprints are required, these may be ordered using the form accompanying the proofs. Charges for reprints ordered at a later date are necessarily higher.

Copyright
All matter in this journal is copyright and may not be reproduced in whole or in part without permission from Nature Publishing Group, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS, UK. Authors are responsible for the factual accuracy of their manuscripts. Accompanying all manuscripts should be a statement that the material has not been published elsewhere and that, if accepted for publications in Contact Lens and Anterior Eye, it will not be submitted elsewhere without the consent of the Editor and that copyright will be transferred to the BCLA.

Business correspondence and enquiries relating to advertising, subscriptions, backnumbers or reprints should be addressed to the relevant person at Nature Publishing Group, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS, UK.

Last Updated 21 March 2001