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Alimera Sciences (United States)

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Research works
75
▲ 134% vs 2018-21
Citations
781
10.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
31%
world 40%
International
17%
world 18%
Alimera Sciences (United States)

Not ranked overall: Alimera Sciences (United States) is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Alimera Sciences (United States) work in?

In 2022-now, 36% of research at Alimera Sciences (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 32% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (24%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (20%), Engineering (16%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 9 fractional works · 35.9% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 15.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 5.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 11.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 5.6% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 32.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 20.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 13.8% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 6.0% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 8.3% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 23.7% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 23.7% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 8.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 5.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 8.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workALL ITS WORKAlimera Sciences(United States)26fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences32%Physical Sciences36%Health Sciences24%Social Sciences8%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 4 domains and 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering415.8%
    2. Computer Science311.0%
    3. Chemistry13.9%
    4. Environmental Science13.1%
    5. Mathematics01.3%
    6. Materials Science00.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology520.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences28.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology13.2%
    1. Medicine623.7%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting12.8%
    2. Social Sciences02.0%
    3. Decision Sciences01.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance01.5%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.7%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.76× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.83× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.18× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 2.50× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.42× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 1.05× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.11× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsMedicine: 1.23× its world share, 6 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.58× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 15 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.83×5 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology3.18×1 works
  3. Chemistry2.50×1 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.76×2 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.58×0 works
  6. Computer Science1.42×3 works
  7. Medicine1.23×6 works
  8. Mathematics1.11×0 works
  9. Engineering1.05×4 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.88×1 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.71×0 works
  12. Environmental Science0.63×1 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.23×0 works
  14. Materials Science0.19×0 works
  15. Social Sciences0.15×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Alimera Sciences (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Frances E. Kane lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Alimera Sciences (United States).

  1. 1 Frances E. Kane United States · #678,774 worldwide 1.7k citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Alimera Sciences (United States)

What are the most cited papers from Alimera Sciences (United States)?

The most cited paper from Alimera Sciences (United States) is "Looking towards label-free biomolecular interaction analysis in a high-throughput format: a review of new surface plasmon resonance technologies" (Christina L. Boozer, Gi Bum Kim, Shuxin Cong et al., 2006), with 333 citations. Next come "Ribosome biogenesis during cell cycle arrest fuels EMT in development and disease" (237) and "Sustained Delivery Fluocinolone Acetonide Vitreous Implants" (157).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Looking towards label-free biomolecular interaction analysis in a high-throughput format: a review of new surface plasmon resonance technologies Christina L. Boozer, Gi Bum Kim, Shuxin Cong et al. · Current Opinion in Biotechnology Review 12 Jul 2006 333
2 Ribosome biogenesis during cell cycle arrest fuels EMT in development and disease Varsha Prakash et al. · Nature Communications Open access 8 May 2019 237
3 Sustained Delivery Fluocinolone Acetonide Vitreous Implants José Guilherme Cunha-Vaz, Paul Ashton, Raymond Iezzi et al. · Ophthalmology Open access 16 Jun 2014 157
4 Iluvien ™ : a new sustained delivery technology for posterior eye disease Frances E. Kane, Judith Burdan, Antonio Cutino et al. · Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery 29 Aug 2008 155
5 Aqueous Levels of Fluocinolone Acetonide after Administration of Fluocinolone Acetonide Inserts or Fluocinolone Acetonide Implants Peter A. Campochiaro, Quan Dong Nguyen, Gulnar Hafiz et al. · Ophthalmology 4 Dec 2012 142
All 79 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Alimera Sciences (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Healthcare, Gene Therapy, Diabetic Retinopathy, Macular Degeneration, Biomedical Engineering, Hackathons, Innovation and AAV.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 22 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Healthcare2▲ 7.4×3 topics
  2. Machine Learning2▲ 2.4×6 topics
  3. Gene Therapy2▲ 41×2 topics
  4. Deep Learning2▲ 2.1×5 topics
  5. Diabetic Retinopathy2▲ 70×2 topics
  6. Macular Degeneration2▲ 57×2 topics
  7. Education2▲ 3.6×2 topics
  8. Innovation2▲ 5.9×2 topics
  9. Biomedical Engineering2▲ 42×1 topic
  10. Hackathons2▲ 170×1 topic
  11. AAV1▲ 131×1 topic
  12. Oxidative Stress1▲ 3.1×3 topics
  13. Sustainability1▲ 2.1×5 topics
  14. Viral Vectors1▲ 131×1 topic
  15. Glaucoma1▲ 30×2 topics
  16. Optic Nerve1▲ 46×2 topics
  17. Inflammation1▲ 2.1×3 topics
  18. Anomaly Detection1▲ 14×2 topics
  19. Cybersecurity1▲ 16×2 topics
  20. Genome Engineering1▲ 63×1 topic
  21. Monoclonal Antibodies1▲ 44×2 topics
  22. RNA-Guided1▲ 63×1 topic

Which research topics does Alimera Sciences (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Biomedical and Engineering Education, Virus-based gene therapy research, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering and Retinal Diseases and Treatments.

Biomedical and Engineering Education: 2 fractional worksVirus-based gene therapy research: 1 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engin…1CRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 1 fractional worksRetinal Diseases and Tre…1Retinal Diseases and Treatments: 1 fractional worksRetinal Imaging and Analysis: 1 fractional worksBiosimilars and Bioanalytical Methods: 1 fractional worksViral gastroenteritis re…1Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology: 1 fractional worksRNA Interference and Gen…1RNA Interference and Gene Delivery: 1 fractional worksNetwork Security and Int…1Network Security and Intrusion Detection: 1 fractional worksIcing and De-icing Techn…0Icing and De-icing Technologies: 0 fractional works
Biomedical EngineeringGeneticsMolecular BiologyOphthalmology5 others

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

  1. 1 Biomedical and Engineering Education Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  2. 2 Virus-based gene therapy research Genetics 1 works
  3. 3 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 1 works
  4. 4 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 1 works
  5. 5 Retinal Imaging and Analysis Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  6. 6 Biosimilars and Bioanalytical Methods Immunology 1 works
  7. 7 Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology Infectious Diseases 1 works
  8. 8 RNA Interference and Gene Delivery Molecular Biology 1 works
  9. 9 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 1 works
  10. 10 Icing and De-icing Technologies Aerospace Engineering 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 available30.9%not open69.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.8%domestic only83.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Alimera Sciences (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 134% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 Alimera Sciences (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00013% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%Alimera Sciences (United States)0.00018% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Alimera Sciences (United States) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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