Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to contribute to our upcoming publication on "New Insights in Pediatric Optometry and Vision Science." This initiative aims to drive novel research to understand the eye and visual system, prevent and treat vision diseases.

As the field continues to evolve rapidly, collaboration in vision research and clinical care is crucial to develop new ideas and share knowledge across other fields.

We believe that your expertise and research can make a significant contribution to this endeavor.

We welcome submissions on various topics related to pediatric optometry and vision science, including but not limited to:

• Pediatric eye diseases.
• Early visual development and its long-term impact on ocular health.
• Screening and diagnostic strategies for visual conditions in children.
• Characterization of ocular parameters based on refractive errors in children.
• Ocular and environmental factors associated with eye growth in childhood.
• Guidelines for spectacle prescribing in infants and children.
• Advances in the treatment and management of myopia in children.
• Quality of Life Related to Vision in Myopic Children Treated with Various Methods for Myopia Control.
• Myopia prevalence in Europe.
• Influence of digital technology on children's visual health.
• Assessment and management of binocular disorders in childhood.
• Approaches to amblyopia and strabismus in the pediatric population.
• Innovations in lens design and optical devices for children.
• Optometric care for pediatric populations with special needs.

These are just examples, and there are many other topics that could be explored within the realm of pediatric optometry and vision science for such a special edition.

This Special Issue invites systematic reviews, meta-analyses, recommendations, guidelines, original research manuscripts, narratives, scoping reviews, technical reports, and short communications to enhance contemporary research in pediatric optometry and vision science.

Dr. Alicia Ruiz-Pomeda
Dr. José Luis Hernández-Verdejo
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Children is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• ocular health
• ocular parameters
• myopia prevalence
• binocular disorders
• amblyopia
• strabismus
• quality of life related to vision
• optometric guidelines