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Minnesota Lions Eye Bank

In research, Minnesota Lions Eye Bank stands highest in Medicine (#12,962 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#16,078 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Medicine and Health Sciences — Medicine is 4.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#37,342
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#7,874
of 8,685
Research works
272
▲ 94% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.9k
18.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

What is Minnesota Lions Eye Bank 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
MedicineField #12,962 of 17,978 13.8%224
Health SciencesDomain #16,078 of 20,462 13.7%227

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Minnesota Lions Eye Bank 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 Minnesota Lions Eye Bank specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Medicine takes 4.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MedicineField · 38.9 works4.7×
  2. Health SciencesDomain · 39.3 works4.0×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.67× its world share, 39 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.18× 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, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Minnesota Lions Eye Bank?

Ranked on the composite score, Khoa D. Tran and Christopher S. Sáles lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Minnesota Lions Eye Bank.

  1. 1 Khoa D. Tran United States · #935,234 worldwide 3 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Christopher S. Sáles United States · #1,425,047 worldwide 9 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Minnesota Lions Eye Bank

Which keywords describe research at Minnesota Lions Eye Bank?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Intraocular Pressure, Corneal Biomechanics, Keratoconus, Glaucoma, Tissue Engineering, Wound Healing, Epidemiology and Stem Cell Therapy.

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

All 30 words, with their numbers
  1. Intraocular Pressure13▲ 351×2 topics
  2. Corneal Biomechanics9▲ 656×1 topic
  3. Keratoconus9▲ 656×1 topic
  4. Epidemiology8▲ 4.5×19 topics
  5. Glaucoma6▲ 102×3 topics
  6. Tissue Engineering6▲ 23×2 topics
  7. Wound Healing6▲ 54×4 topics
  8. Stem Cell Therapy6▲ 154×2 topics
  9. Corneal Regeneration6▲ 540×1 topic
  10. Limbal Stem Cells6▲ 540×1 topic
  11. Myopia4▲ 162×2 topics
  12. Risk Factors4▲ 8.7×4 topics
  13. Optical Coherence Tomography4▲ 86×3 topics
  14. Retinal Ganglion Cells4▲ 75×2 topics
  15. Ocular Hypertension4▲ 156×1 topic
  16. Optic Nerve4▲ 82×1 topic
  17. Visual Impairment3▲ 159×2 topics
  18. Global Prevalence3▲ 81×1 topic
  19. Refractive Error3▲ 193×1 topic
  20. Femtosecond Laser3▲ 140×1 topic
  21. Intraocular Lens Implantation3▲ 257×1 topic
  22. Dry Eye Disease3▲ 190×1 topic
  23. Ocular Surface3▲ 190×1 topic
  24. Endophthalmitis2▲ 131×2 topics
  25. Intravitreal Injection2▲ 63×2 topics
  26. Antibiotic Resistance2▲ 9.1×2 topics
  27. Keratitis1▲ 203×1 topic
  28. Ocular Infections1▲ 203×1 topic
  29. Oxidative Stress1▲ 1.92×9 topics
  30. OCT Imaging1▲ 89×2 topics

Which research topics does Minnesota Lions Eye Bank publish most on?

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

Corneal surgery and diso…9Corneal surgery and disorders: 9 fractional worksCorneal Surgery and Trea…6Corneal Surgery and Treatments: 6 fractional worksGlaucoma and retinal dis…4Glaucoma and retinal disorders: 4 fractional worksOphthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies: 3 fractional worksIntraocular Surgery and Lenses: 3 fractional worksOcular Surface and Contact Lens: 3 fractional worksOcular Infections and Treatments: 1 fractional worksRetinal and Macular Surgery: 1 fractional worksTraumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries: 0 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Public Health: 0 fractional works
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingOphthalmologyEpidemiologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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

  1. 1 Corneal surgery and disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 9 works
  2. 2 Corneal Surgery and Treatments Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 6 works
  3. 3 Glaucoma and retinal disorders Ophthalmology 4 works
  4. 4 Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies Epidemiology 3 works
  5. 5 Intraocular Surgery and Lenses Ophthalmology 3 works
  6. 6 Ocular Surface and Contact Lens Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  7. 7 Ocular Infections and Treatments Ophthalmology 1 works
  8. 8 Retinal and Macular Surgery Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  9. 9 Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries Ophthalmology 0 works
  10. 10 Healthcare Systems and Public Health Epidemiology 0 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 available30.9%not open69.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.9%domestic only80.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Minnesota Lions Eye Bank's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 94% higher 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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