The OPO Editorial Team would like to introduce readers to a brand-new look for Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics. The new design and presentation of this issue represents the first significant style update to the journal since the purple colour palette was introduced in 2011, and the first comprehensive design change since the familiar eye motif first appeared on the cover in 1998, over 20 years ago (Figure 1).

This is certainly not to say that OPO has stood still. First published by The College of Optometrists in 1981, a year after its founding, the last four decades have seen a great number of innovations and changes that have contributed to OPO becoming the international, interdisciplinary home for high quality vision science and optometric research that it is today. From its beginnings as a manually typeset printed journal published three times per year and sent to subscribers by post, OPO has evolved into a bi-monthly, online only publication, and the top-ranked optometry journal in the world.

So what are the new changes and what do they mean for OPO authors and readers? First, the new logo and journal cover are clean, contemporary, and most importantly, legible and more suitable for use across digital platforms including the Wiley Online Library, the OPO app and social media (Figures 2 and 3). This will help to create a recognisable brand for OPO; it will also fit seamlessly with the College's visual identity. The new modern cover design will generally feature an image selected from the contents of each issue.

Second, the changes are not merely matters of appearance. We have adopted our publisher Wiley's New Journal Design, which uses a standardized article format that is ‘future ready’ and optimized for online publication. The new layout and sans serif fonts for text and equations will improve readability and make key article information stand out. These technical innovations aim to improve the author experience by providing a more efficient publishing process: reducing the typesetting and layout checking time and reducing the number of errors that require correction at the proofing stage. By standardizing the presentation of the journal, OPO aims to reflect its high quality standards, professionalism, and improve readability. The New Journal Design includes a new Key Points section for all original articles, with three bullet points highlighting implications drawn from the reported work and explored in the discussion section, such as what the study adds to the existing literature, its clinical significance and implications for patient care.

Finally, we have updated the OPO Author Guidelines to reflect the technical requirements of the new design and improve the author experience. This includes new guidance on preparing manuscripts for submission, information on article preparation support and resources available from our publisher, and clear instructions for formatting and references. The new guidelines aim to make the submission process more streamlined and efficient, saving time for authors, reviewers and the production team so that accepted manuscripts are published to a high standard and made available to readers as soon as possible.

The true foundation of OPO is its world class, international content, the original research, editorial opinions and scholarly discourse that is made possible entirely thanks to the editorial board, authors and reviewers. OPO content has been developed over the past 20 years to include annual special issues, invited reviews and editorials, and will continue to keep pace with the rapidly changing research and scholarly publishing landscapes. Our growing impact is evidenced by the recently announced 2020 Journal Impact Factors (IF), where OPO received its highest ever 2-year and 5-year IFs, 3.117 and 3.328, respectively, and for the seventh consecutive year is the top-ranked optometry journal in the world.

We hope you like the new look OPO as much as we do, and as always, look forward to receiving your submissions.

OPO 编辑团队想向读者介绍眼科和生理光学的全新面貌。本期的新设计和介绍代表了自 2011 年推出紫色调色板以来该杂志的第一次重大风格更新，也是自 20 多年前熟悉的眼睛图案于 1998 年首次出现在封面上以来的首次全面设计变化（图 1）。

这当然不是说 OPO 停滞不前。由 The College of Optometrists 于 1981 年首次出版，在其成立一年后，在过去的四年里见证了大量的创新和变化，这些创新和变化促使 OPO 成为高质量视觉科学和验光研究的国际性、跨学科之家。是今天。从最初的手动排版印刷期刊每年出版三期并通过邮寄方式发送给订阅者，OPO 已经发展成为双月刊、仅在线出版物和世界顶级验光期刊。

那么新的变化是什么？它们对 OPO 作者和读者意味着什么？首先，新标识和期刊封面干净、现代，最重要的是，清晰易读，更适合在包括 Wiley 在线图书馆、OPO 应用程序和社交媒体在内的数字平台上使用（图 2 和图 3）。这将有助于为 OPO 创建一个可识别的品牌；它还将与学院的视觉形象无缝融合。新的现代封面设计通常会以从每期内容中选择的图像为特色。

其次，变化不仅仅是外观问题。我们采用了我们的出版商 Wiley 的 New Journal Design，该设计使用标准化的文章格式，“面向未来”并针对在线出版进行了优化。文本和方程的新布局和无衬线字体将提高可读性并使关键文章信息脱颖而出。这些技术创新旨在通过提供更高效的出版流程来改善作者体验：减少排版和版式检查时间以及减少在校对阶段需要更正的错误数量。通过规范期刊的呈现方式，OPO 旨在体现其高质量标准、专业性和提高可读性。新期刊设计包括所有原创文章的新关键点部分，

最后，我们更新了 OPO 作者指南，以反映新设计的技术要求并改善作者体验。这包括有关准备提交手稿的新指南、有关文章准备支持和我们出版商提供的资源的信息，以及格式和参考文献的明确说明。新指南旨在使投稿流程更加精简和高效，为作者、审稿人和制作团队节省时间，使被接受的手稿以高标准出版并尽快提供给读者。

OPO 的真正基础是其世界一流的国际内容、原创研究、编辑意见和学术讨论，这完全归功于编辑委员会、作者和审稿人。OPO 内容在过去 20 年中不断发展，包括年度特刊、特邀评论和社论，并将继续跟上快速变化的研究和学术出版格局。最近公布的 2020 年期刊影响因子 (IF) 证明了我们日益增长的影响力，其中 OPO 获得了有史以来最高的 2 年和 5 年影响因子，分别为 3.117 和 3.328，并且连续第七年成为排名第一的验光师世界上的杂志。

我们希望您和我们一样喜欢新外观的 OPO，并一如既往地期待收到您的提交。