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Manchester Royal Eye Hospital

In research, Manchester Royal Eye Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#9,337 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,876 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ophthalmology, Medicine and Health Sciences — Ophthalmology is 123.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#24,479
of 28,054 · #28,476 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#931
of 1,094
Research works
906
▼ 21% vs 2013–17
Citations
21k
23.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is Manchester Royal 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 #9,337 of 10,443 13.2%61 #9995
Health SciencesDomain #10,876 of 11,982 13.5%63 #12713

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Manchester Royal 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 Manchester Royal Eye Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ophthalmology takes 123.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OphthalmologySubfield · 24.1 works124×
  2. MedicineField · 61.1 works4.4×
  3. Health SciencesDomain · 62.9 works3.8×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.62× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.29× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.36× its world share, 61 worksMedicineNursing: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.79× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× 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, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Paulo Stanga, Sajjad Mahmood and Jane Ashworth lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Manchester Royal Eye Hospital.

  1. 1 Paulo Stanga United Kingdom · #559,858 worldwide 75 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Sajjad Mahmood United Kingdom · #733,657 worldwide 28 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Jane Ashworth United Kingdom · #818,966 worldwide 40 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Paulo Stanga United Kingdom · #966,087 worldwide 31 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Karl Mercieca United Kingdom · #1,308,175 worldwide 13 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Neil R. A. Parry United Kingdom · #1,392,664 worldwide 15 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Glaucoma, Optical Coherence Tomography, Myopia, Intraocular Pressure, Macular Degeneration, Optic Nerve, Epidemiology and Intravitreal Injection.

▲ 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. Glaucoma10▲ 91×4 topics
  2. Epidemiology9▲ 3.2×15 topics
  3. Optical Coherence Tomography8▲ 108×3 topics
  4. Myopia8▲ 186×2 topics
  5. Intraocular Pressure7▲ 120×2 topics
  6. Macular Degeneration7▲ 77×3 topics
  7. Optic Nerve7▲ 94×2 topics
  8. Intravitreal Injection6▲ 119×2 topics
  9. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor6▲ 96×3 topics
  10. OCT Imaging6▲ 293×2 topics
  11. Diabetic Retinopathy6▲ 77×2 topics
  12. Neurodegeneration6▲ 25×2 topics
  13. Retinal Ganglion Cells6▲ 69×3 topics
  14. Ocular Hypertension5▲ 143×1 topic
  15. Risk Factors5▲ 6.8×2 topics
  16. Visual Field Progression5▲ 143×1 topic
  17. Macular Hole5▲ 335×1 topic
  18. Vitreoretinal Surgery5▲ 335×1 topic
  19. Inflammation5▲ 3.3×12 topics
  20. Oxidative Stress5▲ 4.1×10 topics
  21. Choroidal Thickness4▲ 109×1 topic
  22. Genetic Mutations4▲ 13×9 topics
  23. Retinal Pigment Epithelium4▲ 109×1 topic
  24. Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis4▲ 103×2 topics
  25. Immunosuppressive Therapy4▲ 27×2 topics
  26. Behçet's Disease4▲ 182×1 topic
  27. Uveitis4▲ 182×1 topic
  28. Femtosecond Laser3▲ 85×1 topic
  29. Intraocular Lens Implantation3▲ 156×1 topic
  30. Visual Impairment3▲ 85×2 topics
  31. Global Prevalence3▲ 42×1 topic
  32. Refractive Error3▲ 101×1 topic
  33. Telemedicine3▲ 28×3 topics
  34. Autoimmunity2▲ 24×2 topics
  35. Graves' Ophthalmopathy2▲ 185×1 topic
  36. Ocular Findings2▲ 121×1 topic
  37. Retinal Artery Occlusion2▲ 121×1 topic
  38. Thyroid-Associated Ophthalmopathy2▲ 185×1 topic
  39. Antibiotic Resistance2▲ 7.9×4 topics
  40. Retinopathy2▲ 178×2 topics

Which research topics does Manchester Royal Eye Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Glaucoma and retinal disorders, Retinal and Macular Surgery, Retinal Diseases and Treatments and Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome.

Glaucoma and retinal disorders: 5 fractional worksRetinal and Macular Surgery: 5 fractional worksRetinal Diseases and Tre…4Retinal Diseases and Treatments: 4 fractional worksOcular Diseases and Behç…4Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome: 4 fractional worksIntraocular Surgery and Lenses: 3 fractional worksOphthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies: 3 fractional worksRetinal and Optic Condit…2Retinal and Optic Conditions: 2 fractional worksOphthalmology and Eye Disorders: 2 fractional worksCorneal surgery and disorders: 2 fractional worksOcular Infections and Treatments: 2 fractional works
OphthalmologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingEpidemiologyPathology and Forensic Medicine

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

  1. 1 Glaucoma and retinal disorders Ophthalmology 5 works
  2. 2 Retinal and Macular Surgery Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 5 works
  3. 3 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 4 works
  4. 4 Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome Ophthalmology 4 works
  5. 5 Intraocular Surgery and Lenses Ophthalmology 3 works
  6. 6 Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies Epidemiology 3 works
  7. 7 Retinal and Optic Conditions Ophthalmology 2 works
  8. 8 Ophthalmology and Eye Disorders Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Corneal surgery and disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  10. 10 Ocular Infections and Treatments Ophthalmology 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 available42.4%not open57.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.4%domestic only85.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Manchester Royal Eye Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% 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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