Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics considers papers which deal either with basic aspects of visual science or with clinical and applied matters relevant to the practice and application of optometry. The material may be experimental, observational, theoretical or historical in nature. While emphasis is given to matters of importance to optometrists, many of the topics discussed are of interest to visual psychologists, physiologists, and others concerned with the development, use and restoration of vision. Basic studies might concern the development and use of vision. Articles dealing with the practice of optometry and its related instrumentation are major components of the Journal, topics ranging from the design of spectacle and contact lenses to ocular disease and the use of drugs. Emphasis is also given to problems in applied vision in such situations as driving, optical instrumentation and visual displays. Readership: optometrists, vision scientists, ophthalmologists, visual psychologists, physicists, neuroscientists and medical libraries.

眼科和生理光學研究的論文，要么涉及視覺科學的基本方面，要么涉及與驗光實踐和應用相關的臨床和應用問題。材料可以是實驗的，觀察的，理論的或歷史的性質。雖然重點是對驗光師的重要事項，討論的許多主題是感興趣的視覺心理學家，生理學家，和其他有關發展，使用和恢復視力。基礎研究可能涉及視力的發展和使用。有關驗光及其相關儀器的實踐的文章是該雜志的主要組成部分，主題從眼鏡和隱形眼鏡的設計到眼疾和藥物的使用。重點討論了應用視覺在驅動、光學儀器和視覺顯示等方面存在的問題。讀者群體:驗光師、視覺科學家、眼科醫生、視覺心理學家、物理學家、神經科學家和醫學圖書館。