New Article Submission Policies and Procedures

EyeWiki publishes articles that are relevant and useful to its readers, in particular practicing ophthalmologists.
Current editorial policy requires that any new articles on the site first go through a submission and approval process.
New article requests may be submitted by ophthalmologists and ophthalmologists-in-training.

Before you submit a request for a new article

EVALUATION CRITERIA: Review these to be sure your proposal is eligible.
EXISTING ARTICLES: Review these to see if your proposed topic is already included or could be inlcuded in an existing EyeWiki article. You can do this by performing a thorough search using various related key terms.
- If you find a pre-existing stand-alone article that addresses your topic or an article that includes your topic please edit the article to include your own input. You will be automatically recognized as a contributor to that article.
- Of those proposals that are not accepted, 85% are rejected because the topic is already covered or could be covered in an existing EyeWiki article.
PROPOSALS PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED: Review these and please do not resubmit these topics.

Requests for new articles will be evaluated based on the relative importance of the topics proposed. New articles must:
- Be primarily focused on ophthalmologic subjects and relevant to the practicing ophthalmologist.
- Be supported by existing literature, evidence, and/or consensus expert opinion.
- Not significantly overlap with existing EyeWiki articles.
- Focus primarily on those considerations pertinent to eye care when articles are about broader medical conditions with associated ocular concerns.

Add your proposal for a new article to this page for new article requests along with brief descriptive information. Do not submit a complete article.
Read the instructions carefully and be sure that you understand the evaluation critera before submitting a proposal. (See above.)
Perform a thorough search before submitting a proposal to see if there is an existing article where the proposed topic could be added. Most articles are not accepted because the topic is already or could be covered in an existing EyeWiki article.
Article titles:
- Titles should be concise, specific, and consistent with other EyeWiki titles.
- The terms in the title should align with reliable sources such as ICD, SNOMED CT, Medical Subject Headings or other controlled lexicons and reflect current clinical usage standards.
- Article titles are subject to revision for editorial consistency.

In general, new article requests will be reviewed within 15 working days of receipt. The response time may be significantly faster.

In many cases, editors will ask that you incorporate you proposal into existing EyeWiki articles.
This is in keeping with Wiki principles and will help to improve EyeWiki and keep it up to date, so please contribute to the community by adding your contributions to existing articles.
There is no such thing as the perfect wiki article, and all articles may benefit from further edits and new content.
You will automatically be added as a contributor to an article when you edit it.
Revised articles may be eligible for submission to the U.S. Residents & Fellows Contest and the International Contest.

Once approved, the article will be added to EyeWiki, and a blank article page is created. You will be sent a link to the page. The article can then be edited by you or anyone else in the EyeWiki community.
Because the article is live, you should complete your article as soon as possible; if no action is taken within 30 days it will be deleted.
New articles should not duplicate or repeat information in other articles. Instead link to other articles with information relevant to your article. Follow the practices on the Getting Started page.
Articles should be properly cited to avoid issues related to plagiarism. Specifically, materials, including figures and images, that you contribute to the EyeWiki must be your original composition. The posting of materials copied from another source without permission and citation is not allowed. If you have any questions regarding what is appropriate, please contact us.
The standard reference style to use is based on the AMA Manual of Style; examples are provided in the Getting Started page.
Final articles that do not align with the evaluation criteria, are not adequately written, or not properly cited may be deleted by EyeWiki editors.

There is no “upload” feature on a wiki platform. Instead, you will be adding your content live in the fields provided on the site, using the tools described in Getting Started.

Contributors may use AI (e.g., generative AI models) in scientific writing solely to improve readability and language of the work, not to replace essential research and writing tasks.
AI must be used with human oversight in order to avoid incorrect, incomplete, or biased output.
AI cannot be listed as a contributor.
Contributors are accountable for the contents of their work, and each contributor is responsible for ensuring the accuracy and integrity of the work.
Contributors must ensure that their work is original and does not infringe on third-party rights.

No. Article topics cannot be reserved, and once online they are open to community editing.

No. EyeWiki functions as any other wiki, and as such content will be amended freely over time by multiple approved EyeWiki contributors. The EyeWiki editorial board reviews and edits articles on a regular basis to ensure accuracy and currency, but this oversight is not akin to a rigorous peer-review process.