目前眼科研究的主要目的是提供快速出版的全篇論文，簡短的交流和小評論，所有的高質量。目前的眼科研究發表的文章涵蓋了眼科研究的所有領域。學科領域包括：臨床研究、解剖學、生理學、生物物理學、生物化學、藥理學、發育生物學、微生物學和免疫學。

The principal aim of Current Eye Research is to provide rapid publication of full papers, short communications and minireviews, all of high quality. Current Eye Research publishes articles encompassing all the areas of eye research. Subject areas include the following: clinical research, anatomy, physiology, biophysics, biochemistry, pharmacology, developmental biology, microbiology and immunology.