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Dean McGee Eye Institute

In research, Dean McGee Eye Institute stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,934 of 16,688 worldwide), Medicine (#4,303 of 14,558 worldwide) and Ophthalmology (#260 of 551 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ophthalmology and Medicine (Ophthalmology is 97.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#19,687
of 22,385 · #15,819 all time
Rank in United States
#2,913
of 3,332
Research works
558
◆ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
16k
28.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Dean McGee Eye Institute

What is Dean McGee Eye Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #3,934 of 16,688 12.2%357
MedicineField #4,303 of 14,558 12.2%344
OphthalmologySubfield #260 of 551 14.5%121
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #3,025 of 5,801 6.9%132
Life SciencesDomain #5,823 of 11,023 6.7%173

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Dean McGee Eye Institute sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Dean McGee Eye Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 71% of research at Dean McGee Eye Institute is in Health Sciences, 22% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (69%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (17%), Engineering (3%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 57 fractional works · 71.5% of its workMedicine: 55 fractional works · 69.2% of its workOphthalmology: 21 fractional works · 26.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 11 fractional works · 14.1% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 6.0% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 17 fractional works · 22.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 17.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 10.1% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKDean McGee EyeInstitute79fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences22%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences71%Social Sciences1%

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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine5569.2%
    2. Nursing11.0%
    3. Health Professions10.9%
    4. Dentistry00.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1317.0%
    2. Neuroscience33.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology11.5%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    1. Engineering33.3%
    2. Physics and Astronomy00.6%
    3. Materials Science00.5%
    4. Computer Science00.4%
    5. Chemistry00.1%
    6. Environmental Science00.1%
    1. Arts and Humanities10.7%
    2. Social Sciences00.3%
    3. Decision Sciences00.2%
    4. Psychology00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Dean McGee Eye Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ophthalmology takes 97.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OphthalmologySubfield · 20.6 works98×
  2. MedicineField · 54.8 works3.6×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.19× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.47× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.98× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.60× its world share, 55 worksMedicineNursing: 1.99× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.60×55 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.19×14 works
  3. Nursing1.99×1 works
  4. Neuroscience1.98×2 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.47×1 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.79×0 works
  7. Dentistry0.75×0 works
  8. Health Professions0.35×1 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.28×0 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.26×1 works
  11. Engineering0.22×3 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.22×0 works
  13. Materials Science0.13×0 works
  14. Chemistry0.09×0 works
  15. Psychology0.07×0 works
  16. Computer Science0.06×0 works
  17. Environmental Science0.02×0 works
  18. Social Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Dean McGee Eye Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Steven R. Sarkisian, Gregory L. Skuta and Ronald M. Kingsley lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Dean McGee Eye Institute.

  1. 1 Steven R. Sarkisian United States · #247,893 worldwide 1.5k citations · 68 works
  2. 2 Gregory L. Skuta United States · #750,821 worldwide 3.5k citations · 54 works
  3. 3 Ronald M. Kingsley United States · #828,448 worldwide 1.5k citations · 36 works
  4. 4 Robert E. Leonard United States · #915,440 worldwide 1.3k citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Donald U. Stone United States · #1,078,342 worldwide 3.2k citations · 86 works
  6. 6 Mahmoud A. Khaimi United States · #1,396,904 worldwide 1.1k citations · 36 works
  7. 7 C. P. Wilkinson United States · #1,565,367 worldwide 5.8k citations · 81 works
  8. 8 J. James Rowsey United States · #1,635,693 worldwide 4k citations · 119 works
  9. 9 Hal D. Balyeat United States · #1,756,452 worldwide 976 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 STEPHEN R. FRANSEN United States · #1,823,174 worldwide 770 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Dean McGee Eye Institute

What are the most cited papers from Dean McGee Eye Institute?

The most cited paper from Dean McGee Eye Institute is "Diabetes and cardiovascular risk factors: the Framingham study." (William B. Kannel, Dan McGee, 1979), with 1,340 citations. Next come "Rare earth nanoparticles prevent retinal degeneration induced by intracellular peroxides" (881) and "Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles: Applications and Prospects in Nanomedicine" (561).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Diabetes and cardiovascular risk factors: the Framingham study. William B. Kannel, Dan McGee · Circulation 1979 1,340
2 Rare earth nanoparticles prevent retinal degeneration induced by intracellular peroxides Junping Chen, Swanand D. Patil, Sudipta Seal et al. · Nature Nanotechnology Open access 29 Oct 2006 881
3 Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles: Applications and Prospects in Nanomedicine Soumen K. Das, Janet M. Dowding, Kathryn Ellen Klump et al. · Nanomedicine Open access 29 Aug 2013 561
4 Perspectives on systolic hypertension. The Framingham study. William B. Kannel, Thomas R. Dawber, D L McGee · Circulation Open access Jun 1980 467
5 Vision Loss after Intravitreal Injection of Autologous “Stem Cells” for AMD Ajay E. Kuriyan, Thomas Arno Albini, Justin H. Townsend et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 15 Mar 2017 464
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Dean McGee Eye Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Intraocular Pressure, Glaucoma, Epidemiology, Macular Degeneration, Intravitreal Injection, Corneal Biomechanics, Keratoconus and Optical Coherence Tomography.

▲ 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 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology11▲ 3.4×18 topics
  2. Intraocular Pressure10▲ 141×2 topics
  3. Glaucoma8▲ 64×3 topics
  4. Macular Degeneration7▲ 73×3 topics
  5. Inflammation6▲ 3.7×19 topics
  6. Intravitreal Injection6▲ 107×2 topics
  7. Corneal Biomechanics6▲ 199×1 topic
  8. Keratoconus6▲ 199×1 topic
  9. Oxidative Stress5▲ 4.2×8 topics
  10. Optical Coherence Tomography5▲ 67×3 topics
  11. Myopia5▲ 95×2 topics
  12. Neurodegeneration5▲ 21×5 topics
  13. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor5▲ 71×3 topics
  14. Risk Factors4▲ 5.2×5 topics
  15. Optic Nerve4▲ 57×2 topics
  16. Diabetic Retinopathy4▲ 52×2 topics
  17. Ocular Hypertension4▲ 100×1 topic
  18. Retinal Ganglion Cells4▲ 47×1 topic
  19. Choroidal Thickness4▲ 89×1 topic
  20. Retinal Pigment Epithelium4▲ 89×1 topic
  21. Refractive Error3▲ 98×1 topic
  22. Visual Impairment3▲ 78×1 topic
  23. Femtosecond Laser3▲ 75×1 topic
  24. Intraocular Lens Implantation3▲ 132×1 topic
  25. Gene Therapy3▲ 20×2 topics
  26. Retinal Stem Cells3▲ 166×1 topic
  27. Retinitis Pigmentosa3▲ 166×1 topic
  28. Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis3▲ 70×2 topics
  29. Behçet's Disease3▲ 124×1 topic
  30. Uveitis3▲ 124×1 topic
  31. Antibiotic Resistance3▲ 8.6×5 topics
  32. Dry Eye Disease2▲ 90×1 topic
  33. Endophthalmitis2▲ 81×2 topics
  34. Ocular Surface2▲ 90×1 topic
  35. Keratitis2▲ 163×1 topic
  36. Ocular Infections2▲ 163×1 topic
  37. Prognostic Factors2▲ 6.0×5 topics
  38. Wound Healing2▲ 9.9×3 topics
  39. Corneal Regeneration2▲ 85×1 topic
  40. Limbal Stem Cells2▲ 85×1 topic

Which research topics does Dean McGee Eye Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Corneal surgery and disorders, Glaucoma and retinal disorders, Retinal Diseases and Treatments and Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies.

Corneal surgery and diso…6Corneal surgery and disorders: 6 fractional worksGlaucoma and retinal dis…4Glaucoma and retinal disorders: 4 fractional worksRetinal Diseases and Tre…4Retinal Diseases and Treatments: 4 fractional worksOphthalmology and Visual…3Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies: 3 fractional worksIntraocular Surgery and Lenses: 3 fractional worksRetinal Development and Disorders: 3 fractional worksOcular Diseases and Behç…3Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome: 3 fractional worksOcular Surface and Contact Lens: 2 fractional worksOcular Infections and Treatments: 2 fractional worksCorneal Surgery and Treatments: 2 fractional works
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingOphthalmologyEpidemiologyMolecular Biology1 others

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

  1. 1 Corneal surgery and disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 6 works
  2. 2 Glaucoma and retinal disorders Ophthalmology 4 works
  3. 3 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 4 works
  4. 4 Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies Epidemiology 3 works
  5. 5 Intraocular Surgery and Lenses Ophthalmology 3 works
  6. 6 Retinal Development and Disorders Molecular Biology 3 works
  7. 7 Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome Ophthalmology 3 works
  8. 8 Ocular Surface and Contact Lens Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  9. 9 Ocular Infections and Treatments Ophthalmology 2 works
  10. 10 Corneal Surgery and Treatments Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 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 available35.5%not open64.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.8%domestic only90.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Dean McGee Eye Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Dean McGee Eye Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00029% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Dean McGee Eye Institute0.00024% in 202519801990200020102020

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