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Hong Kong Eye Hospital

In research, Hong Kong Eye Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#6,263 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,002 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ophthalmology — Ophthalmology is 72.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,767
of 28,054 · #20,560 all time
Rank in China
#2,072
of 3,058
Research works
495
▲ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
13k
25.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
27.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is Hong Kong Eye Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #6,263 of 10,443 28.5%76 #7586
Health SciencesDomain #8,002 of 11,982 28.5%78 #10095

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hong Kong Eye Hospital 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Hong Kong Eye Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ophthalmology takes 72.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OphthalmologySubfield · 22.8 works73×
← 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: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.12× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.02× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 4.66× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.95× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.62× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.38× its world share, 76 worksMedicineNursing: 1.16× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.62× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryPsychology: 0.16× its world share, 1 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: Neuroscience, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Hong Kong Eye Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Intraocular Pressure, Macular Degeneration, Glaucoma, Epidemiology, Myopia, Optic Nerve, Diabetic Retinopathy and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology17▲ 3.7×17 topics
  2. Intraocular Pressure13▲ 133×2 topics
  3. Macular Degeneration13▲ 89×3 topics
  4. Glaucoma12▲ 72×3 topics
  5. Myopia11▲ 165×2 topics
  6. Optic Nerve11▲ 95×2 topics
  7. Inflammation11▲ 4.4×23 topics
  8. Diabetic Retinopathy10▲ 86×2 topics
  9. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor10▲ 100×3 topics
  10. Optical Coherence Tomography10▲ 80×3 topics
  11. Visual Impairment10▲ 172×2 topics
  12. Global Prevalence10▲ 90×1 topic
  13. Refractive Error10▲ 215×1 topic
  14. Oxidative Stress8▲ 4.3×14 topics
  15. Neurodegeneration8▲ 23×3 topics
  16. Risk Factors8▲ 6.0×3 topics
  17. Retinal Ganglion Cells8▲ 59×2 topics
  18. Ocular Hypertension7▲ 123×1 topic
  19. Visual Field Progression7▲ 123×1 topic
  20. Intravitreal Injection7▲ 90×2 topics
  21. Choroidal Thickness7▲ 106×1 topic
  22. Retinal Pigment Epithelium7▲ 106×1 topic
  23. Corneal Biomechanics6▲ 148×1 topic
  24. Keratoconus6▲ 148×1 topic
  25. Treatment5▲ 3.3×12 topics
  26. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes4▲ 18×4 topics
  27. Cardiovascular Risk4▲ 10×3 topics
  28. Dry Eye Disease4▲ 92×1 topic
  29. Ocular Surface4▲ 92×1 topic
  30. Retinal Disease4▲ 60×1 topic
  31. Vessel Segmentation4▲ 64×1 topic
  32. Retinopathy3▲ 165×2 topics
  33. Telemedicine3▲ 22×2 topics
  34. Prematurity3▲ 235×1 topic
  35. Screening3▲ 29×1 topic
  36. Gene Therapy3▲ 13×4 topics
  37. Mass Spectrometry3▲ 15×3 topics
  38. Autoimmunity3▲ 16×2 topics
  39. Graves' Ophthalmopathy3▲ 120×1 topic
  40. Thyroid-Associated Ophthalmopathy3▲ 120×1 topic

Which research topics does Hong Kong Eye Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies, Glaucoma and retinal disorders, Retinal Diseases and Treatments and Corneal surgery and disorders.

Ophthalmology and Visual…10Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies: 10 fractional worksGlaucoma and retinal disorders: 7 fractional worksRetinal Diseases and Treatments: 7 fractional worksCorneal surgery and disorders: 6 fractional worksRetinal Imaging and Analysis: 4 fractional worksOcular Surface and Conta…4Ocular Surface and Contact Lens: 4 fractional worksRetinopathy of Prematurity Studies: 3 fractional worksRetinal Development and Disorders: 3 fractional worksOphthalmology and Eye Disorders: 3 fractional worksRetinal and Macular Surgery: 2 fractional works
EpidemiologyOphthalmologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health2 others

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

  1. 1 Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies Epidemiology 10 works
  2. 2 Glaucoma and retinal disorders Ophthalmology 7 works
  3. 3 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 7 works
  4. 4 Corneal surgery and disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 6 works
  5. 5 Retinal Imaging and Analysis Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  6. 6 Ocular Surface and Contact Lens Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  7. 7 Retinopathy of Prematurity Studies Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  8. 8 Retinal Development and Disorders Molecular Biology 3 works
  9. 9 Ophthalmology and Eye Disorders Pathology and Forensic Medicine 3 works
  10. 10 Retinal and Macular Surgery 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 available41.8%not open58.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors80.8%domestic only19.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hong Kong Eye Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% higher than in 2013–2017.

200020102020
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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.

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