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Clinical & Experimental Optometry

Published in Australia since 1919, Clinical and Experimental Optometry is the official journal of Optometry Australia, the New Zealand Association of Optometrists and the Hong Kong Society of Professional Optometrists.

CXO is published online eight times a year and is currently led by Editor Emeritus Professor Nathan Efron AC with support from Deputy Editor Associate Professor Maria Markoulli

Optometry Australia members receive free access to CXO. Please login as a member and then click on the Read CXO online tile below to access the journal’s full archive of papers, issues and collections. Alternatively, you can download the issue pdfs from 2016 to the most recent issue via the Download issue pdfs tile below. Both tiles will only appear if you are logged in (as indicated by the green icon in the top right-hand corner of this webpage). For non-member subscriptions, please visit Taylor & Francis Online.

Scope of the journal

Clinical and Experimental Optometry publishes original research papers and reviews in clinical optometry and vision science. Debate and discussion of controversial scientific and clinical issues is encouraged, and letters to the editor and short communications expressing points of view on matters within the journal’s areas of interest are welcome.

For further information on the journal’s guidelines, or to submit a paper please visit Taylor & Francis Online for more information.

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