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Legacy Health

In research, Legacy Health stands highest in Medicine (#8,514 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,197 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,819
of 28,054 · #6,468 all time
Rank in United States
#3,071
of 4,192
Research works
1.5k
▼ 33% vs 2013–17
Citations
54k
37.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is Legacy Health 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 #8,514 of 10,443 12.8%94 #3174
Health SciencesDomain #10,197 of 11,982 12.2%102 #3876

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Legacy Health 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).

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: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.39× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.25× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.38× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.25× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.48× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.43× its world share, 94 worksMedicineNursing: 2.54× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.43× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.02× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Legacy Health?

Ranked on the composite score, J. Crawford Downs, George A. Cioffi and Claude F. Burgoyne lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Legacy Health.

  1. 1 J. Crawford Downs United States · #67,018 worldwide 162 citations · 54 works
  2. 2 George A. Cioffi United States · #93,858 worldwide 162 citations · 51 works
  3. 3 Claude F. Burgoyne United States · #114,316 worldwide 238 citations · 87 works
  4. 4 Brad Fortune United States · #134,337 worldwide 186 citations · 54 works
  5. 5 Lin Wang United States · #195,536 worldwide 107 citations · 30 works
  6. 6 D J Sartoris United States · #303,314 worldwide 113 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 William B. Long United States · #354,708 worldwide 65 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Detlev Boison United States · #355,447 worldwide 136 citations · 30 works
  9. 9 Hongli Yang United States · #359,277 worldwide 74 citations · 36 works
  10. 10 Mark A. Terry United States · #369,927 worldwide 76 citations · 50 works
All ranked researchers at Legacy Health

Which keywords describe research at Legacy Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Glaucoma, Optic Nerve, Risk Factors, Intraocular Pressure, Optical Coherence Tomography, Neurodegeneration and Retinal Ganglion Cells.

▲ 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. Epidemiology20▲ 3.5×51 topics
  2. Glaucoma14▲ 64×4 topics
  3. Optic Nerve12▲ 83×2 topics
  4. Risk Factors11▲ 6.9×11 topics
  5. Intraocular Pressure10▲ 84×2 topics
  6. Optical Coherence Tomography10▲ 66×3 topics
  7. Neurodegeneration9▲ 22×7 topics
  8. Retinal Ganglion Cells8▲ 54×3 topics
  9. Ocular Hypertension8▲ 107×1 topic
  10. Visual Field Progression8▲ 107×1 topic
  11. Macular Degeneration7▲ 42×3 topics
  12. Inflammation7▲ 2.4×26 topics
  13. Diabetic Retinopathy6▲ 44×2 topics
  14. Myopia5▲ 64×2 topics
  15. Treatment5▲ 3.0×16 topics
  16. Oxidative Stress5▲ 2.2×15 topics
  17. Cardiovascular Risk4▲ 9.3×5 topics
  18. Visual Impairment4▲ 58×2 topics
  19. Depression4▲ 3.1×11 topics
  20. Retinal Disease4▲ 54×1 topic
  21. Vessel Segmentation4▲ 57×1 topic
  22. Global Prevalence4▲ 28×1 topic
  23. Management4▲ 3.2×12 topics
  24. Refractive Error4▲ 67×1 topic
  25. Anxiety4▲ 5.2×9 topics
  26. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 4.5×7 topics
  27. Neurological Disorders3▲ 4.1×7 topics
  28. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor3▲ 24×2 topics
  29. Neuroprotection3▲ 5.6×5 topics
  30. Rehabilitation3▲ 5.0×5 topics
  31. Intravitreal Injection3▲ 28×2 topics
  32. Survival Analysis3▲ 6.8×3 topics
  33. Choroidal Thickness2▲ 33×1 topic
  34. Retinal Pigment Epithelium2▲ 33×1 topic
  35. Robotic Surgery2▲ 12×4 topics
  36. Health-related Quality of Life2▲ 6.8×3 topics
  37. Corneal Biomechanics2▲ 47×1 topic
  38. Keratoconus2▲ 47×1 topic
  39. Immunosuppressive Therapy2▲ 7.9×3 topics
  40. Metabolic Disorders2▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Legacy Health publish most on?

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

Glaucoma and retinal dis…8Glaucoma and retinal disorders: 8 fractional worksRetinal Imaging and Anal…4Retinal Imaging and Analysis: 4 fractional worksOphthalmology and Visual…4Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies: 4 fractional worksRetinal Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional worksCorneal surgery and disorders: 2 fractional worksRetinal and Macular Surgery: 2 fractional worksCannabis and Cannabinoid Research: 2 fractional worksParasites and Host Interactions: 2 fractional worksOcular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome: 2 fractional worksOptical Coherence Tomography Applications: 2 fractional works
OphthalmologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingEpidemiologyPharmacology2 others

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

  1. 1 Glaucoma and retinal disorders Ophthalmology 8 works
  2. 2 Retinal Imaging and Analysis Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  3. 3 Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies Epidemiology 4 works
  4. 4 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 2 works
  5. 5 Corneal surgery and disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  6. 6 Retinal and Macular Surgery Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  7. 7 Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research Pharmacology 2 works
  8. 8 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 2 works
  9. 9 Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome Ophthalmology 2 works
  10. 10 Optical Coherence Tomography Applications Biomedical Engineering 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 available30.1%not open69.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.2%domestic only86.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Legacy Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 33% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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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