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Alcon (Canada)

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Research works
4
▲ 152% vs 2018-21
Citations
153
41.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
31%
world 40%
International
78%
world 18%
Alcon (Canada)

Not ranked overall: Alcon (Canada) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Alcon (Canada) work in?

In all years, 64% of research at Alcon (Canada) is in Health Sciences, 19% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (56%), Engineering (14%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 2 fractional works · 63.9% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 55.6% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 5.6% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 19.4% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 13.9% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 5.6% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 16.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 8.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 5.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 2.8% of its workALL ITS WORKAlcon (Canada)4fractional works, all years
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences64%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields. Size is fractional works in all years. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 3 domains and 8 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine255.6%
    2. Health Professions05.6%
    3. Dentistry02.8%
    1. Engineering013.9%
    2. Materials Science05.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology08.3%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics05.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology02.8%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

What are the most cited papers from Alcon (Canada)?

The most cited paper from Alcon (Canada) is "A Patient Questionnaire Approach to Estimating the Prevalence of Dry Eye Symptoms in Patients Presenting to Optometric Practices across Canada" (Michael J. Doughty, Desmond Fonn, Doris B. Richter et al., 1997), with 360 citations. Next come "Candees" (67) and "Relationship Between Travoprost and Central Corneal Thickness in Ocular Hypertension and Open-Angle Glaucoma" (60).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Patient Questionnaire Approach to Estimating the Prevalence of Dry Eye Symptoms in Patients Presenting to Optometric Practices across Canada Michael J. Doughty, Desmond Fonn, Doris B. Richter et al. · Optometry and Vision Science Aug 1997 360
2 Candees Barbara E. Caffery, Doris B. Richter, TREFFORD LEE SIMPSON et al. · Advances in experimental medicine and biology Book chapter 1998 67
3 Relationship Between Travoprost and Central Corneal Thickness in Ocular Hypertension and Open-Angle Glaucoma Paul J. Harasymowycz, Demosthenes G. Papamatheakis, Marguerite Ennis et al. · Cornea 22 Dec 2006 60
4 The effect of blue light exposure and use of intraocular lenses on human uveal melanoma cell lines Jean-Claude A. Marshall, Keith Gordon, C.S. McCauley et al. · Melanoma Research Dec 2006 40
5 The Proline Variant of the W[F/L/M][T/S]R Cyclic Di-GMP Binding Motif Suppresses Dependence on Signal Association for Regulator Function Daniel M. Chodur, Linda Guo, Meng Pu et al. · Journal of Bacteriology Open access 27 Jun 2017 16
All 10 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Alcon (Canada) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Ophthalmology and Visual Health Research, Intraocular Surgery and Lenses, Retinal and Optic Conditions and Quality and Safety in Healthcare.

Ophthalmology and Visual…0Ophthalmology and Visual Health Research: 0 fractional worksIntraocular Surgery and …0Intraocular Surgery and Lenses: 0 fractional worksRetinal and Optic Condit…0Retinal and Optic Conditions: 0 fractional worksQuality and Safety in He…0Quality and Safety in Healthcare: 0 fractional worksHealthcare Operations an…0Healthcare Operations and Scheduling Optimization: 0 fractional worksMedical Device Sterilization and Disinfection: 0 fractional works
OphthalmologyMedical Laboratory TechnologyEmergency Medical ServicesMicrobiology

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Ophthalmology and Visual Health Research Ophthalmology 0 works
  2. 2 Intraocular Surgery and Lenses Ophthalmology 0 works
  3. 3 Retinal and Optic Conditions Ophthalmology 0 works
  4. 4 Quality and Safety in Healthcare Medical Laboratory Technology 0 works
  5. 5 Healthcare Operations and Scheduling Optimization Emergency Medical Services 0 works
  6. 6 Medical Device Sterilization and Disinfection Microbiology 0 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available31.2%not open68.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors77.7%domestic only22.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Alcon (Canada)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 152% higher than in 2018-2021.

20002005201020152020
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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Alcon (Canada) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000096% in 2022.

0.00010%0.00020%Alcon (Canada)0.0000061% in 202319801990200020102020

Fractional works of Alcon (Canada) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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