Editorial

Résumé

As I write this editorial in early January, the Canadian Journal of Optometry (CJO) has moved to its new website at https://www.cjo-rco.ca. This is where the archives are online and manuscripts and peer review comments can be submitted. The archives include more than 110 issues, dating back to 1980, with every article having its own DOI (digital object identifier).
The new website is hosted on the Public Knowledge Project servers at Simon Fraser University where the developers of our Online Journal System (OJS) are located. This means that the editorial group has immediate access to technical support for our OJS at an enhanced level.
This move also means all articles submitted to the CJO will be scanned by Crossref’s Similarity Check, which is powered by iThenticate, thereby ensuring a higher level of quality of submissions.
Also with the Canadian Association of Optometrists new membership in Crossref, we have better control of our DOI registration. Starting with this issue, we have unique numbers for the English and French versions of each article.
Over the next few months, we will be updating the OJS-generated email messages to authors and reviewers. We already updated the online guidance to authors and reviewers.
We continue with applications to be included in several online indexing services.
At the same time, the Editorial Board is being expanded to include not only members of the optometric community in Canada but also international members. This will help the CJO to invite researchers and clinicians around the world to contribute to our publication.
Although we plan to continue producing hard copies of future issues, these steps set the CJO firmly in the world of online publishing as an open-access, peer-reviewed journal.
For many years, members of the American Academy of Optometry (AAO) have been able to access the online CJO archive via a link on the AAO website. This continues, and authors of peer-reviewed articles in the CJO continue to receive credit toward fellowship in the academy. We hope to establish more arrangements that will give the worldwide optometric community a view of contemporary optometry in Canada.
Please visit the new website, explore the archive, and read the information for readers and authors. I hope you will enjoy visiting the new CJO.