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Eye Center

In research, Eye Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,642 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,122 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ophthalmology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging (Ophthalmology is 77.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,921
of 22,385 · #11,612 all time
Rank in Saudi Arabia
#71
of 91
Research works
1k
▲ 71% vs 2018-21
Citations
18k
16.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
44%
world 40%
International
58%
world 18%
Eye Center

What is Eye Center known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #5,642 of 9,902 5.2%121 #4377
MedicineField #6,122 of 8,541 5.4%116 #5038

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Eye Center 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 Eye Center work in?

In 2022-now, 65% of research at Eye Center is in Health Sciences, 14% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (63%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%), Social Sciences (5%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 185 fractional works · 65.5% of its workMedicine: 178 fractional works · 63.2% of its workOphthalmology: 58 fractional works · 20.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 41 fractional works · 14.7% of its workEpidemiology: 18 fractional works · 6.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 12 fractional works · 4.2% of its workDermatology: 8 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSurgery: 8 fractional works · 2.8% of its workNeurology: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 38 fractional works · 13.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEducation: 9 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMarketing: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 31 fractional works · 11.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 21 fractional works · 7.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGenetics: 8 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 28 fractional works · 9.9% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 3.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 3.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKEye Center282fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences65%Social Sciences14%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine17863.2%
    2. Health Professions51.8%
    3. Dentistry10.5%
    4. Nursing00.0%
    1. Social Sciences155.3%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting83.0%
    3. Psychology72.6%
    4. Arts and Humanities31.2%
    5. Decision Sciences31.1%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology217.4%
    2. Neuroscience62.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology20.6%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    1. Engineering103.6%
    2. Computer Science103.4%
    3. Environmental Science31.2%
    4. Materials Science20.8%
    5. Physics and Astronomy20.6%
    6. Mathematics10.2%
    7. Chemistry00.0%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Eye Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ophthalmology takes 77.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OphthalmologySubfield · 58.3 works77×
  2. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield · 41.4 works16×
← 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.39× its world share, 21 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.33× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.97× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.44× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.24× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.04× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.68× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.28× its world share, 178 worksMedicineNursing: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.42× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.92× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.10× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.85× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.28×178 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.39×21 works
  3. Neuroscience1.33×6 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.10×3 works
  5. Dentistry1.04×1 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.97×1 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting0.92×8 works
  8. Psychology0.85×7 works
  9. Health Professions0.68×5 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.62×2 works
  11. Computer Science0.44×10 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.42×4 works
  13. Social Sciences0.42×15 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.28×2 works
  15. Engineering0.24×10 works
  16. Environmental Science0.24×3 works
  17. Materials Science0.23×2 works
  18. Mathematics0.20×1 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.17×1 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.11×2 works
  21. Nursing0.08×0 works
  22. Chemistry0.03×0 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Eye Center?

Ranked on the quality score, Samir S. Shoughy, J. B. Colman and Eugene A. Vaccaro lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Eye Center.

  1. 1 Samir S. Shoughy Saudi Arabia · #1,303,358 worldwide 987 citations · 45 works
  2. 2 J. B. Colman Saudi Arabia · #4,549,703 worldwide 3 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Eugene A. Vaccaro Saudi Arabia · #5,370,326 worldwide 8 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Ossama M. Hakim Saudi Arabia · #5,393,971 worldwide 195 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Е. П. Гурмизов Saudi Arabia · #5,514,186 worldwide 42 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 J.U. Prause Saudi Arabia · #5,920,088 worldwide 0 citations · 35 works
  7. 7 J. B. H. Hansen Saudi Arabia · #6,049,303 worldwide 0 citations · 47 works
  8. 8 H. Thordal Christensen Saudi Arabia · #6,186,562 worldwide 0 citations · 42 works
  9. 9 M. M. Konovalovа Saudi Arabia · #6,247,375 worldwide 51 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 М. E. Konovalov Saudi Arabia · #6,619,560 worldwide 68 citations · 38 works
All ranked researchers at Eye Center

What are the most cited papers from Eye Center?

The most cited paper from Eye Center is "Imaging of Macular Diseases with Optical Coherence Tomography" (Carmen A. Puliafito, Michael R. Hee, Charles P. Lin et al., 1995), with 1,277 citations. Next come "Association of Inpatient Use of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers With Mortality Among Patients With Hypertension Hospitalized With COVID-19" (1,186) and "Sequence- and target-independent angiogenesis suppression by siRNA via TLR3" (929).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Imaging of Macular Diseases with Optical Coherence Tomography Carmen A. Puliafito, Michael R. Hee, Charles P. Lin et al. · Ophthalmology Feb 1995 1,277
2 Association of Inpatient Use of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers With Mortality Among Patients With Hypertension Hospitalized With COVID-19 Peng Zhang et al. · Circulation Research Open access 17 Apr 2020 1,186
3 Sequence- and target-independent angiogenesis suppression by siRNA via TLR3 Mark Ellsworth Kleinman et al. · Nature Open access 26 Mar 2008 929
4 Large Diurnal Fluctuations in Intraocular Pressure Are an Independent Risk Factor in Patients With Glaucoma Sanjay Asrani, Ran C. Zeimer, Jacob T. Wilensky et al. · Journal of Glaucoma Apr 2000 899
5 Teprotumumab for Thyroid-Associated Ophthalmopathy Terry J. Smith, George Jean Kahaly, Daniel G. Ezra et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 3 May 2017 754
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Eye Center?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology38▲ 3.4×47 topics
  2. Glaucoma36▲ 85×4 topics
  3. Intraocular Pressure32▲ 128×2 topics
  4. Myopia22▲ 115×2 topics
  5. Optic Nerve19▲ 68×2 topics
  6. Optical Coherence Tomography19▲ 66×3 topics
  7. Corneal Biomechanics18▲ 175×1 topic
  8. Keratoconus18▲ 175×1 topic
  9. Femtosecond Laser17▲ 111×1 topic
  10. Intraocular Lens Implantation17▲ 195×1 topic
  11. Visual Impairment15▲ 97×2 topics
  12. Global Prevalence15▲ 53×1 topic
  13. Refractive Error15▲ 121×1 topic
  14. Risk Factors15▲ 4.8×11 topics
  15. Macular Degeneration14▲ 42×3 topics
  16. Retinal Ganglion Cells14▲ 46×3 topics
  17. Neurodegeneration14▲ 16×3 topics
  18. Ocular Hypertension14▲ 94×1 topic
  19. Visual Field Progression14▲ 94×1 topic
  20. Intravitreal Injection13▲ 62×2 topics
  21. Diabetic Retinopathy12▲ 42×2 topics
  22. Wound Healing12▲ 15×7 topics
  23. Inflammatory Cytokines11▲ 44×3 topics
  24. Dry Eye Disease11▲ 113×1 topic
  25. Ocular Surface11▲ 113×1 topic
  26. Tissue Engineering9▲ 5.1×9 topics
  27. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor8▲ 34×3 topics
  28. Genetic Mutations8▲ 6.7×11 topics
  29. Stem Cell Therapy8▲ 31×2 topics
  30. Corneal Regeneration8▲ 105×1 topic
  31. Limbal Stem Cells8▲ 105×1 topic
  32. OCT Imaging8▲ 91×2 topics
  33. Endophthalmitis8▲ 71×2 topics
  34. Antibiotic Resistance7▲ 6.5×7 topics
  35. Academic Achievement7▲ 14×3 topics
  36. Macular Hole7▲ 102×1 topic
  37. Vitreoretinal Surgery7▲ 102×1 topic
  38. Choroidal Thickness7▲ 44×1 topic
  39. Retinal Pigment Epithelium7▲ 44×1 topic
  40. Self-Regulation7▲ 13×3 topics

Which research topics does Eye Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Corneal surgery and disorders, Intraocular Surgery and Lenses, Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies and Glaucoma and retinal disorders.

Corneal surgery and disorders: 18 fractional worksIntraocular Surgery and Lenses: 17 fractional worksOphthalmology and Visual…15Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies: 15 fractional worksGlaucoma and retinal dis…14Glaucoma and retinal disorders: 14 fractional worksOcular Surface and Contact Lens: 11 fractional worksCorneal Surgery and Treatments: 8 fractional worksRetinal and Macular Surg…7Retinal and Macular Surgery: 7 fractional worksRetinal Diseases and Treatments: 7 fractional worksEarly Childhood Education and Development: 6 fractional worksOcular Infections and Treatments: 6 fractional works
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingOphthalmologyEpidemiologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health1 others

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

  1. 1 Corneal surgery and disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 18 works
  2. 2 Intraocular Surgery and Lenses Ophthalmology 17 works
  3. 3 Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies Epidemiology 15 works
  4. 4 Glaucoma and retinal disorders Ophthalmology 14 works
  5. 5 Ocular Surface and Contact Lens Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 11 works
  6. 6 Corneal Surgery and Treatments Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 8 works
  7. 7 Retinal and Macular Surgery Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 7 works
  8. 8 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 7 works
  9. 9 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 6 works
  10. 10 Ocular Infections and Treatments Ophthalmology 6 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 available44.2%not open55.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors57.7%domestic only42.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Eye Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 71% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Eye Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00073% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Eye Center0.0010% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Eye Center over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Eye Center8.6% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.0% in 2000.

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