The Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology

Dear Colleagues,

First of all, we would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

It is with great pleasure to share with you that the Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology will become a free access journal from January 2017. Readers will have free access to all APJO articles, and no article processing charges will be imposed on authors.

APJO is currently indexed in MEDLINE, Scopus, and Thomson Reuters' Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) which indicates that APJO is pretty close to being fully SCI indexed.

The highlight of this year is the introduction of special issues. Three special issues have been published with enthusiastic support from internationally renowned experts, they are on Glaucoma (Jan/Feb), Eye Genetics and Gene Therapy (Jul/Aug) and Myopia (Nov/Dec). Attached below is the list of articles and authors whose contributions are crucial to the success of the very well-received special issues.

For 2017, we have confirmed two special issues. The first and the second ones will be on Ophthalmic Oncology (Mar/Apr), and Cataract and IOLs (Jul/Aug). We are most honored to have Profs Jerry Shields and Carol Shields, and Profs Jorge Alio and David Chang to be the Guest Editors-in-Chief of the Ophthalmic Oncology, and the Cataracts and IOLs issues respectively. We very much look forward to having the world-class special issues published next year!

I am, as always, most thankful to the authors, reviewers, and Editorial Board Members, for their unfailing support to APJO. "Alone one can achieve so little; together we can achieve so much!" Let us join hands to help develop APJO into an impactful journal!

Sincerely yours,

Dennis Lam, MD
Editor-in-Chief
Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology

• Myopia: From Research to Practice
  Morgan, Ian G.; He, Mingguang; Saw, Seang Mei; Krueger, Ronald R.; Lam, Dennis S.C.

• Epidemiology of Myopia
  Wu, Pei-Chang; Huang, Hsiu-Mei; Yu, Hun-Ju; Fang, Po-Chiung; Chen, Chueh-Tan
• Epidemiology of Pathologic Myopia in Asia and Worldwide
  Wong, Yee-Ling; Saw, Seang-Mei
• Environmental Factors and Myopia: Paradoxes and Prospects for Prevention
  Rose, Kathryn Ailsa; French, Amanda Nicole; Morgan, Ian George
• What Twin Studies Have Taught Us About Myopia
  Chen, Yanxian; Wang, Wei; Han, Xiaotong; Yan, William; He, Mingguang
• Pathologic Myopia
  Ohno-Matsui, Kyoko
• Topical Atropine in the Control of Myopia
  Tan, Donald; Tay, Su Ann; Loh, Kai-Lyn; Chia, Audrey
• A Review of the Potential Factors Influencing Myopia Progression in Children Using Orthokeratology
  Yang, Xiao; Li, Zhouyue; Zeng, Junwen
• Laser Vision Correction in Treating Myopia
  Ehlke, Germano Leal; Krueger, Ronald R.
• Modern Phacoemulsification and Intraocular Lens Implantation (Refractive Lens Exchange) Is Safe and Effective in Treating High Myopia
  Srinivasan, Bhaskar; Leung, Hiu Ying; Cao, He; Liu, Shu; Chen, Lizhen; Fan, Alex Hoi
• Update on Treating High Myopia With Implantable Collamer Lenses
  Wang, Xiaoying; Zhou, Xingtao

• Molecular Genomics of Eye Diseases
  Pang, Chi Pui
• Ocular Gene Therapy-The Future Is Now
  Huang, Suber S.; High, Katherine; Toso, Raffaella

• Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Genetics and Biology
  Kumaramanickavel, Govindasamy
• Myopia Genetics-The Asia-Pacific Perspective
  Rong, Shi Song; Chen, Li Jia; Pang, Chi Pui
• Genetics of Bietti Crystalline Dystrophy
  Ng, Danny S.C.; Lai, Timothy Y.Y.; Ng, Tsz Kin; Pang, Chi Pui
• Gene-Based Therapies for Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy. Hype or Hope?
  Mackey, David A.; Kearns, Lisa S.; Hewitt, Alex W.
• Glaucoma Genetics: Recent Advances and Future Directions
  Aung, Tin; Khor, Chiea Chuen
• Genetics of Retinoblastoma
  Mallipatna, Ashwin; Marino, Meghan; Singh, Arun D.
• Retinitis Pigmentosa: Progress and Perspective
  Zhang, Qingjiong
• The Genetics and Pathophysiology of IC3D Category 1 Corneal Dystrophies: A Review
  Oliver, Verity Frances; Vincent, Andrea Louise
• Strategies for Gene Mapping in Inherited Ophthalmic Diseases
  Srilekha, Sundar; Rao, Bhavna; Rao, Divya M.; Sudha, D.; Chandrasekar, Sathya Priya; Pandian, A.J.; Soumittra, N.; Sripriya, S.
• Neurodegenerative Eye Disorders: Role of Mitochondrial Dynamics and Genomics
  Mohanty, Kuldeep; Dada, Rima; Dada, Tanuj
• Gene Therapy for Age-Related Macular Degeneration
  Constable, Ian Jeffery; Blumenkranz, Mark Scott; Schwartz, Steven D.; Barone, Sam; Lai, Chooi-May; Rakoczy, Elizabeth Piroska
• Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats: Challenges in Treating Retinal Disease
  Chrenek, Micah A.; Nickerson, John M.; Boatright, Jeffrey H.
• Exercise as Gene Therapy: BDNF and DNA Damage Repair
  Schmidt, Robin H.; Nickerson, John M.; Boatright, Jeffrey H.
• Gene Therapy and Gene Editing for the Corneal Dystrophies
  Williams, Keryn A.; Irani, Yazad D.

• Glaucoma: Today and Tomorrow
  Lam, Dennis; Lee, Jacky; Jonas, Jost; Leung, Christopher; Park, Ki-Ho; Sit, Arthur; Ritch, Robert

• Translamina Cribrosa Pressure Difference as Potential Element in the Pathogenesis of Glaucomatous Optic Neuropathy
  Jonas, Jost B.; Wang, Ningli; Yang, Diya
• Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging for Glaucoma–Today and Tomorrow
  Leung, Christopher Kai-Shun
• Personalizing Intraocular Pressure: Target Intraocular Pressure in the Setting of 24-Hour Intraocular Pressure Monitoring
  Sit, Arthur J.; Pruet, Christopher M.
• Update on the Prevalence, Etiology, Diagnosis, and Monitoring of Normal-Tension Glaucomaersonalizing Intraocular Pressure: Target Intraocular Pressure in the Setting of 24-Hour Intraocular Pressure Monitoring
  Kim, Ko Eun; Park, Ki-Ho
• Glaucoma Suspect: Diagnosis and Management
  Chang, Robert T.; Singh, Kuldev
• Ocular Blood Flow and Influencing Factors for Glaucoma
  Nakazawa, Toru
• Systemic Associations of Exfoliation Syndrome
  Ritch, Robert
• Update on the Medical Treatment of Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma
  Cheema, Anjum; Chang, Robert T.; Shrivastava, Anurag; Singh, Kuldev
• Management of Primary Angle-Closure Glaucoma
  Lai, Jimmy; Choy, Bonnie N. K.; Shum, Jennifer W. H.
• Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty: An Update
  Kennedy, Jeffrey B.; SooHoo, Jeffrey R.; Kahook, Malik Y.; Seibold, Leonard K.
• Nanotechnology Applications for Glaucoma
  Cetinel, Sibel; Montemagno, Carlo
• Lowering of Intraocular Pressure After Phacoemulsification in Primary Open-Angle and Angle-Closure Glaucoma: A Bayesian Analysis
  Thomas, Ravi; Walland, Mark; Thomas, Aleysha; Mengersen, Kerrie
• Updates on the Surgical Management of Pediatric Glaucoma
  Tan, Yar-Li; Chua, Jocelyn; Ho, Ching-Lin