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Moorfields Eye Hospital

In research, Moorfields Eye Hospital stands highest in Ophthalmology (#22 of 94 worldwide), Medicine (#3,628 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,914 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ophthalmology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging — Ophthalmology is 117.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,663
of 28,054 · #8,739 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#393
of 1,094
Research works
2.7k
▲ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
74k
27.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is Moorfields 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
OphthalmologySubfield #22 of 94 20.3%103 #23
MedicineField #3,628 of 10,443 18.4%250 #2285
Health SciencesDomain #4,914 of 11,982 18.3%256 #3070

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

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Ophthalmology#23 #22
  2. Medicine#2,285 #3,628
  3. Health Sciences#3,070 #4,914
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Moorfields Eye Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ophthalmology takes 117.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OphthalmologySubfield · 102.6 works118×
  2. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield · 49.6 works17×
← 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.42× its world share, 42 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.29× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.63× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.56× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.97× its world share, 250 worksMedicineNursing: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Moorfields Eye Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Macular Degeneration, Diabetic Retinopathy, Glaucoma, Intravitreal Injection, Optic Nerve, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor, Optical Coherence Tomography and Oxidative Stress.

▲ 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. Macular Degeneration59▲ 149×3 topics
  2. Diabetic Retinopathy45▲ 139×2 topics
  3. Epidemiology42▲ 3.3×59 topics
  4. Glaucoma41▲ 86×4 topics
  5. Intravitreal Injection35▲ 158×2 topics
  6. Inflammation34▲ 5.0×32 topics
  7. Optic Nerve33▲ 102×2 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress33▲ 6.1×23 topics
  9. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor32▲ 118×3 topics
  10. Optical Coherence Tomography32▲ 95×3 topics
  11. Choroidal Thickness29▲ 167×1 topic
  12. Retinal Pigment Epithelium29▲ 167×1 topic
  13. Intraocular Pressure27▲ 96×2 topics
  14. Myopia22▲ 112×2 topics
  15. Genetic Mutations18▲ 13×18 topics
  16. Risk Factors18▲ 5.1×12 topics
  17. Cardiovascular Risk17▲ 17×4 topics
  18. Neurodegeneration17▲ 17×7 topics
  19. Retinal Ganglion Cells17▲ 47×3 topics
  20. Ocular Hypertension17▲ 99×1 topic
  21. Visual Field Progression17▲ 99×1 topic
  22. Ophthalmology16▲ 101×2 topics
  23. Retinal Disease16▲ 101×2 topics
  24. Image Analysis16▲ 51×1 topic
  25. Vessel Segmentation16▲ 106×1 topic
  26. Gene Therapy14▲ 23×3 topics
  27. Retinal Stem Cells14▲ 197×1 topic
  28. Retinitis Pigmentosa14▲ 197×1 topic
  29. ACE2 Receptor14▲ 17×2 topics
  30. Ocular Findings14▲ 144×1 topic
  31. Retinal Artery Occlusion14▲ 144×1 topic
  32. Prognostic Factors13▲ 9.4×9 topics
  33. Global Prevalence12▲ 43×2 topics
  34. Visual Impairment12▲ 79×2 topics
  35. Childhood Myopia12▲ 98×1 topic
  36. Refractive Error12▲ 98×1 topic
  37. Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis12▲ 71×2 topics
  38. Immunosuppressive Therapy12▲ 19×3 topics
  39. OCT Imaging11▲ 130×2 topics
  40. Behçet's Disease11▲ 129×1 topic

Which research topics does Moorfields Eye Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Retinal Diseases and Treatments, Glaucoma and retinal disorders, Retinal Imaging and Analysis and Retinal Development and Disorders.

Retinal Diseases and Tre…29Retinal Diseases and Treatments: 29 fractional worksGlaucoma and retinal disorders: 17 fractional worksRetinal Imaging and Anal…16Retinal Imaging and Analysis: 16 fractional worksRetinal Development and …14Retinal Development and Disorders: 14 fractional worksRetinal and Optic Conditions: 14 fractional worksOphthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies: 12 fractional worksOcular Diseases and Behç…11Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome: 11 fractional worksCorneal surgery and disorders: 10 fractional worksRetinal and Macular Surgery: 10 fractional worksOcular Oncology and Treatments: 9 fractional works
OphthalmologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingMolecular BiologyEpidemiology

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

  1. 1 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 29 works
  2. 2 Glaucoma and retinal disorders Ophthalmology 17 works
  3. 3 Retinal Imaging and Analysis Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 16 works
  4. 4 Retinal Development and Disorders Molecular Biology 14 works
  5. 5 Retinal and Optic Conditions Ophthalmology 14 works
  6. 6 Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies Epidemiology 12 works
  7. 7 Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome Ophthalmology 11 works
  8. 8 Corneal surgery and disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 10 works
  9. 9 Retinal and Macular Surgery Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 10 works
  10. 10 Ocular Oncology and Treatments Ophthalmology 9 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 available43.2%not open56.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.5%domestic only68.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Moorfields Eye Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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