Advances in Brain and Ocular Nutrition – Insights from the BON-2025 Conference
Submission Deadline: 28 Feb 2026
Guest Editors
Principal Investigator, Howard Chair in Human Nutrition, Fulbright Scholar, European Research Council (ERC) Fellow South East Technological University, Waterford, Ireland
Interests: nutrition for vision and prevention of blindness; age-related macular degeneration (AMD); dietary supplements
Group leader and Associate Adjunct Professor at University of Luxembourg, EFSA NDA and Nutri-Score Panel member, Nutrition and Health Research Group, Department of Precision Health, Luxembourg Institute of Health, Strassen, Luxembourg
Interests: nutritional epidemiology; micronutrients and phytochemicals; digestion and bioavailability; oxidative stress and inflammation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce a special issue dedicated to the BON-2025 – Conference on advances in brain and ocular nutrition.
This special issue will highlight the latest research and prevention and treatment strategies related to brain and ocular nutrition, presented at the BON-2025 Conference, by publishing open access proceedings of the talks and posters presented at the meeting.
Submissions are encouraged from all participants/contributors of the meeting and may include original research articles, reviews, systematic reviews, short communications, editorials, opinion papers, as well as letters to the editor. This special issue will bring together contributions from basic science and mechanistic studies, epidemiology, translational studies, and clinical research aimed at understanding and improving outcomes in brain and ocular health related to dietary aspects.
While the special issue is based on BON 2025, submissions from all BON members on this topic are also welcome. The scope of the special issue includes (but is not limited to):
- Nutrition and neurodegenerative diseases
- (Micro)nutrients and phytochemicals - importance for brain and vision
- Nutritional strategies for prevention and adjuvant therapies
- Dietary patterns for a healthy brain and vision
- Mechanistic investigations into brain and eye health
- Translational and clinical studies
- Gut-brain axis – microbiota
- Food processing techniques including encapsulation
- New technologies in brain and eye health diagnosis
The APC for this Special Issue is 2200 USD, but this does not apply to BON members (BON will cover all charges). If you are a BON member, please contact the Special Issue Editors to inquire about available slots.
Dr. John Nolan and Dr. Torsten Bohn
Guest Editors
Keywords
- brain and ocular health
- prevention and treatment
- dietary patterns
- micronutrients
- phytochemicals
- gut brain axis
- food processing
- diagnostics
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted via our online editorial system at https://imr.propub.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to start your submission. Manuscripts can be submitted now or up until the deadline. All papers will go through peer-review process. Accepted papers will be published in the journal (as soon as accepted) and meanwhile listed together on the special issue website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts will be thoroughly refereed through a double-blind peer-review process. Please visit the Instruction for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. There is an Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal. For details about the APC please see here. Submitted manuscripts should be well formatted in good English.
Published Paper (1)
Int. J. Vitam. Nutr. Res. 2026, 96(3), 50468; https://doi.org/10.31083/IJVNR50468 (registering DOI)
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Brain and Ocular Nutrition – Insights from the BON-2025 Conference)
