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Glaucoma Research Foundation

In research, Glaucoma Research Foundation stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,826 of 16,688 worldwide), Medicine (#5,268 of 14,558 worldwide) and Ophthalmology (#293 of 551 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ophthalmology, Medicine and Health Sciences (Ophthalmology is 178.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#19,426
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#4,032
of 7,310
Research works
324
▼ 8% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.8k
27.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.14×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
28%
world 40%
International
34%
world 18%
Glaucoma Research Foundation

What is Glaucoma Research Foundation 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 #3,826 of 16,688 13.9%275
MedicineField #5,268 of 14,558 14.0%271
OphthalmologySubfield #293 of 551 13.9%140

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Glaucoma Research Foundation 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 Glaucoma Research Foundation work in?

In 2022-now, 90% of research at Glaucoma Research Foundation is in Health Sciences, 7% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (87%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4%), Health Professions (2%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 44 fractional works · 89.8% of its workMedicine: 43 fractional works · 87.4% of its workOphthalmology: 24 fractional works · 47.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 10 fractional works · 21.2% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnatomy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMedical Terminology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 6.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workALL ITS WORKGlaucoma ResearchFoundation49fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences90%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 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine4387.4%
    2. Health Professions11.6%
    3. Nursing00.4%
    4. Veterinary00.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology24.1%
    2. Neuroscience11.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.7%
    1. Computer Science00.8%
    2. Engineering00.5%
    3. Chemistry00.3%
    4. Materials Science00.2%
    5. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Arts and Humanities00.7%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting00.7%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Glaucoma Research Foundation specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ophthalmology takes 178.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OphthalmologySubfield · 23.5 works179×
  2. MedicineField · 43.2 works4.5×
  3. Health SciencesDomain · 44.3 works3.9×
← 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: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.76× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.87× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.55× its world share, 43 worksMedicineNursing: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.48× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 15 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.55×43 works
  2. Veterinary2.48×0 works
  3. Neuroscience0.87×1 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.76×2 works
  5. Nursing0.73×0 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology0.71×0 works
  7. Health Professions0.62×1 works
  8. Chemical Engineering0.39×0 works
  9. Arts and Humanities0.23×0 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.21×0 works
  11. Chemistry0.17×0 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.15×0 works
  13. Computer Science0.10×0 works
  14. Materials Science0.06×0 works
  15. Engineering0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Glaucoma Research Foundation?

Ranked on the quality score, Sunita Radhakrishnan, Andrew G. Iwach and Patricia Wong lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Glaucoma Research Foundation.

  1. 1 Sunita Radhakrishnan United States · #516,750 worldwide 1.9k citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Andrew G. Iwach United States · #2,115,308 worldwide 1.2k citations · 46 works
  3. 3 Patricia Wong United States · #2,133,199 worldwide 1k citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Christopher J. Dickens United States · #2,854,583 worldwide 675 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Simmons Rj United States · #4,752,930 worldwide 189 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Glaucoma Research Foundation

What are the most cited papers from Glaucoma Research Foundation?

The most cited paper from Glaucoma Research Foundation is "Twenty-four-Hour Intraocular Pressure Pattern Associated with Early Glaucomatous Changes" (John H.K. Liu, Xiaoyan Zhang, Daniel F. Kripke et al., 2003), with 448 citations. Next come "Consensus recommendations for trabecular meshwork cell isolation, characterization and culture" (351) and "Clinical Evaluation of Nerve Fiber Layer Atrophy as an Indicator of Glaucomatous Optic Nerve Damage" (343).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Twenty-four-Hour Intraocular Pressure Pattern Associated with Early Glaucomatous Changes John H.K. Liu, Xiaoyan Zhang, Daniel F. Kripke et al. · Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 25 Mar 2003 448
2 Consensus recommendations for trabecular meshwork cell isolation, characterization and culture Kate E. Keller et al. · Experimental Eye Research Open access 8 Mar 2018 351
3 Clinical Evaluation of Nerve Fiber Layer Atrophy as an Indicator of Glaucomatous Optic Nerve Damage Harry A. Quigley, Neil R. Miller, T. George · Archives of Ophthalmology Sep 1980 343
4 Mitochondrial Abnormalities in Patients with Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma Khaled K. Abu‐Amero, José M. Ruiz de Morales, Thomas M. Bosley · Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 24 May 2006 341
5 Collaborative Normal Tension Glaucoma Study Douglas R. Anderson · Current Opinion in Ophthalmology Apr 2003 339
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Glaucoma Research Foundation?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Glaucoma, Intraocular Pressure, Optic Nerve, Optical Coherence Tomography, Retinal Ganglion Cells, Neurodegeneration, Ocular Hypertension and Risk Factors.

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

All 36 words, with their numbers
  1. Glaucoma16▲ 222×4 topics
  2. Intraocular Pressure16▲ 375×2 topics
  3. Optic Nerve13▲ 272×2 topics
  4. Optical Coherence Tomography12▲ 250×3 topics
  5. Retinal Ganglion Cells12▲ 221×2 topics
  6. Neurodegeneration12▲ 76×4 topics
  7. Ocular Hypertension11▲ 450×1 topic
  8. Risk Factors11▲ 21×1 topic
  9. Macular Degeneration8▲ 126×3 topics
  10. Diabetic Retinopathy7▲ 145×2 topics
  11. Inflammation7▲ 6.2×7 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress6▲ 7.9×7 topics
  13. Intravitreal Injection6▲ 179×2 topics
  14. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor6▲ 133×2 topics
  15. Choroidal Thickness6▲ 206×1 topic
  16. Retinal Pigment Epithelium6▲ 206×1 topic
  17. Corneal Biomechanics5▲ 271×1 topic
  18. Keratoconus5▲ 271×1 topic
  19. Myopia4▲ 134×2 topics
  20. Epidemiology4▲ 1.91×9 topics
  21. Femtosecond Laser3▲ 109×2 topics
  22. Intraocular Lens Implantation3▲ 189×1 topic
  23. Macular Hole3▲ 241×1 topic
  24. Posterior Capsule Opacification3▲ 189×1 topic
  25. Vitreoretinal Surgery3▲ 241×1 topic
  26. Deep Learning2◆ 1.05×5 topics
  27. Retinal Disease2▲ 68×1 topic
  28. Vessel Segmentation2▲ 73×1 topic
  29. Refractive Error2▲ 76×1 topic
  30. Visual Impairment2▲ 60×1 topic
  31. Graves' Ophthalmopathy1▲ 154×1 topic
  32. Thyroid-Associated Ophthalmopathy1▲ 154×1 topic
  33. Endophthalmitis1▲ 70×2 topics
  34. Ethical Considerations1▲ 6.8×2 topics
  35. Clinical Photography1▲ 202×1 topic
  36. Digital Photography1▲ 202×1 topic

Which research topics does Glaucoma Research Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Glaucoma and retinal disorders, Retinal Diseases and Treatments, Corneal surgery and disorders and Retinal and Macular Surgery.

Glaucoma and retinal dis…11Glaucoma and retinal disorders: 11 fractional worksRetinal Diseases and Tre…6Retinal Diseases and Treatments: 6 fractional worksCorneal surgery and diso…5Corneal surgery and disorders: 5 fractional worksRetinal and Macular Surg…3Retinal and Macular Surgery: 3 fractional worksIntraocular Surgery and …3Intraocular Surgery and Lenses: 3 fractional worksRetinal Imaging and Anal…2Retinal Imaging and Analysis: 2 fractional worksOphthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies: 2 fractional worksOphthalmology and Eye Disorders: 1 fractional worksDigital Imaging in Medicine: 1 fractional worksOcular Infections and Treatments: 1 fractional works
OphthalmologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingEpidemiologyPathology and Forensic Medicine1 others

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

  1. 1 Glaucoma and retinal disorders Ophthalmology 11 works
  2. 2 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 6 works
  3. 3 Corneal surgery and disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 5 works
  4. 4 Retinal and Macular Surgery Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  5. 5 Intraocular Surgery and Lenses Ophthalmology 3 works
  6. 6 Retinal Imaging and Analysis Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  7. 7 Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies Epidemiology 2 works
  8. 8 Ophthalmology and Eye Disorders Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Digital Imaging in Medicine Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  10. 10 Ocular Infections and Treatments Ophthalmology 1 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 available28.1%not open71.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors34.5%domestic only65.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Glaucoma Research Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% lower 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 Glaucoma Research Foundation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00013% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Glaucoma Research Foundation0.00018% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Glaucoma Research Foundation over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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