<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="PT">JOSA A 2027 ICVS Color Vision Feature Issue</span></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Color Vision 2027</b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Submissions
Open: </b>15 July 2026</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Submission
Deadline: </b>15 October 2026</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">This feature issue
will cover both basic-science and applied approaches to the study of color
vision, including perception and psychophysics, physiology and anatomy,
functional imaging, genetics, and color-vision deficiencies. The collection is
intended to attract submissions based on presentations at the 2026 Symposium of
the International Colour Vision Society to be held in Brighton, UK, 14th-18th
August 2026 (<a href="https://www.icvs2026.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">https://www.icvs2026.org/</a>).
While meeting participants are particularly encouraged to submit their work,
the feature is open to all researchers in related areas.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">All papers must
present original, previously unpublished work, and will be subject to the
normal standards and peer-review process of the journal. To be eligible for
publication, the paper needs to be expanded, revised, and/or refined to add
value to the original conference summary. See Optica Publishing Group’s policy
on expanded conference papers <a href="https://opg.optica.org/content/author/portal/item/review-general-policies/#confpapers" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">here</a>.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Manuscripts must be
prepared according to the usual <a href="https://opg.optica.org/content/author/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">guidelines for
submission to JOSA A</a> and must be submitted through the <a href="https://prism.optica.org/Account/Login?ReturnUrl=%2F" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Prism
submission system</a>. When submitting, authors should specify that the
manuscript is for the "Color Vision 2027" feature issue (choose from
the drop-down menu).</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Feature Editors</b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Sérgio
Nascimento, <i>University of Minho, Portugal</i> (Lead Editor)</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Jenny Bosten, <i>University
of Sussex, UK</i></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">David Foster, <i>The
University of Manchester, UK</i></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Jan Kremers, <i>Friedrich-Alexander
University, Germany</i></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Jasna
Martinovic, <i>The University of Edinburgh, UK</i></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Takuma Morimoto, <i>Oxford
University, UK</i></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Maureen Neitz, <i>University
of Washington, USA</i></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Neil Parry, <i>The
University of Manchester, UK</i></p>

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