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National Eye Institute

In research, National Eye Institute stands highest in Life Sciences (#3,542 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#5,788 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,410 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ophthalmology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Neuroscience — Ophthalmology is 74.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,058
of 28,054 · #2,735 all time
Rank in United States
#1,067
of 4,192
Research works
4.1k
▼ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
191k
46.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is National Eye Institute 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
Life SciencesDomain #3,542 of 7,800 21.2%110 #1047
MedicineField #5,788 of 10,443 25.6%117 #1953
Health SciencesDomain #7,410 of 11,982 25.5%121 #2446
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,440 of 3,579 24.9%64 #1641

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Eye Institute 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. Life Sciences#1,047 #3,542
  2. Medicine#1,953 #5,788
  3. Health Sciences#2,446 #7,410
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,641 #2,440
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 National Eye Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ophthalmology takes 74.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OphthalmologySubfield · 50.3 works75×
  2. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield · 23.8 works10×
  3. NeuroscienceField · 36.9 works9.0×
← 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, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.72× its world share, 64 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.20× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 9.00× its world share, 37 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.41× its world share, 117 worksMedicineNursing: 1.14× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.86× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.99× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 9.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Eye Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Igal Gery, Joram Piatigorsky and Okihide Hikosaka lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Eye Institute.

  1. 1 Igal Gery United States · #28,643 worldwide 287 citations · 59 works
  2. 2 Joram Piatigorsky United States · #30,392 worldwide 496 citations · 59 works
  3. 3 Okihide Hikosaka United States · #41,212 worldwide 389 citations · 39 works
  4. 4 Susan Vitale United States · #46,576 worldwide 322 citations · 32 works
  5. 5 Merlyn M. Rodrigues United States · #52,749 worldwide 259 citations · 36 works
  6. 6 J. Fielding Hejtmancik United States · #66,304 worldwide 502 citations · 48 works
  7. 7 Frederick L. Ferris United States · #67,598 worldwide 252 citations · 50 works
  8. 8 Toichiro Kuwabara United States · #82,621 worldwide 246 citations · 37 works
  9. 9 Jin H. Kinoshita United States · #82,931 worldwide 292 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Karl G. Csaky United States · #94,828 worldwide 244 citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at National Eye Institute

Which keywords describe research at National Eye Institute?

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

▲ 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 Degeneration49▲ 161×3 topics
  2. Inflammation32▲ 6.1×42 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress31▲ 7.5×32 topics
  4. Diabetic Retinopathy31▲ 123×2 topics
  5. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor25▲ 118×4 topics
  6. Epidemiology23▲ 2.3×45 topics
  7. Glaucoma23▲ 62×4 topics
  8. Intravitreal Injection23▲ 131×2 topics
  9. Choroidal Thickness22▲ 162×1 topic
  10. Retinal Pigment Epithelium22▲ 162×1 topic
  11. Gene Therapy19▲ 39×4 topics
  12. Optic Nerve19▲ 76×2 topics
  13. Retinal Stem Cells18▲ 332×1 topic
  14. Retinitis Pigmentosa18▲ 332×1 topic
  15. Optical Coherence Tomography17▲ 67×3 topics
  16. Deep Learning14▲ 1.63×15 topics
  17. Intraocular Pressure14▲ 64×2 topics
  18. Myopia13▲ 89×2 topics
  19. Neurodegeneration13▲ 17×7 topics
  20. Retinal Ganglion Cells11▲ 40×3 topics
  21. Risk Factors10▲ 3.7×4 topics
  22. Global Prevalence10▲ 43×2 topics
  23. Visual Impairment10▲ 82×2 topics
  24. Childhood Myopia10▲ 103×1 topic
  25. Cortical Connectivity10▲ 91×2 topics
  26. Refractive Error10▲ 103×1 topic
  27. Ocular Hypertension10▲ 73×1 topic
  28. Visual Field Progression10▲ 73×1 topic
  29. Ophthalmology9▲ 75×2 topics
  30. Retinal Disease9▲ 75×2 topics
  31. Image Analysis9▲ 39×1 topic
  32. Vessel Segmentation9▲ 79×1 topic
  33. Neural Processing9▲ 58×2 topics
  34. Perceptual Learning8▲ 66×1 topic
  35. Visual Perception8▲ 133×1 topic
  36. Neuronal Oscillations7▲ 38×2 topics
  37. Innate Immunity7▲ 8.8×9 topics
  38. Cognitive Functions7▲ 36×2 topics
  39. ACE2 Receptor6▲ 10.0×3 topics
  40. Working Memory6▲ 26×2 topics

Which research topics does National Eye Institute publish most on?

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

Retinal Diseases and Tre…22Retinal Diseases and Treatments: 22 fractional worksRetinal Development and Disorders: 18 fractional worksOphthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies: 10 fractional worksGlaucoma and retinal disorders: 10 fractional worksRetinal Imaging and Analysis: 9 fractional worksVisual perception and pr…8Visual perception and processing mechanisms: 8 fractional worksNeural dynamics and brain function: 6 fractional worksRetinal and Optic Conditions: 5 fractional worksOcular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome: 5 fractional worksPhotoreceptor and optogenetics research: 5 fractional works
OphthalmologyMolecular BiologyEpidemiologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging2 others

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

  1. 1 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 22 works
  2. 2 Retinal Development and Disorders Molecular Biology 18 works
  3. 3 Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies Epidemiology 10 works
  4. 4 Glaucoma and retinal disorders Ophthalmology 10 works
  5. 5 Retinal Imaging and Analysis Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 9 works
  6. 6 Visual perception and processing mechanisms Cognitive Neuroscience 8 works
  7. 7 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 6 works
  8. 8 Retinal and Optic Conditions Ophthalmology 5 works
  9. 9 Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome Ophthalmology 5 works
  10. 10 Photoreceptor and optogenetics research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 5 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 available35.5%not open64.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.9%domestic only85.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Eye Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% 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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