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Ocular Surface Center

In research, Ocular Surface Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,251 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,810 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Medicine (Medicine is 3.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#15,605
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#3,222
of 7,310
Research works
431
▼ 38% vs 2018-21
Citations
21k
49.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.36×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
31%
world 18%
Ocular Surface Center

What is Ocular Surface Center 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
Health SciencesDomain #3,251 of 16,688 26.5%317
MedicineField #3,810 of 14,558 26.8%313

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ocular Surface Center 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Ocular Surface Center work in?

In 2022-now, 76% of research at Ocular Surface Center is in Health Sciences, 17% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (74%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%), Engineering (4%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 31 fractional works · 75.5% of its workMedicine: 30 fractional works · 74.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 7 fractional works · 17.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 16.2% of its workOphthalmology: 6 fractional works · 13.6% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnatomy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 16.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 8.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 7.0% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKOcular SurfaceCenter41fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences76%Social Sciences1%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3074.4%
    2. Health Professions00.8%
    3. Dentistry00.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology38.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.7%
    3. Neuroscience12.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology11.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.9%
    1. Engineering23.7%
    2. Computer Science00.8%
    3. Physics and Astronomy00.8%
    4. Energy00.7%
    5. Materials Science00.7%
    6. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    7. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.6%
    2. Social Sciences00.2%
    3. Psychology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Ocular Surface Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Medicine takes 3.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MedicineField · 30.4 works3.9×
← 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: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.60× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.86× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.62× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.51× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.87× its world share, 30 worksMedicineEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× 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, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.87×30 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.51×0 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.86×1 works
  4. Neuroscience1.62×1 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.60×4 works
  6. Energy0.75×0 works
  7. Chemical Engineering0.58×0 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.57×1 works
  9. Dentistry0.56×0 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.37×0 works
  11. Health Professions0.30×0 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.29×0 works
  13. Engineering0.25×2 works
  14. Materials Science0.19×0 works
  15. Computer Science0.10×0 works
  16. Chemistry0.05×0 works
  17. Psychology0.03×0 works
  18. Social Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Ocular Surface Center?

Ranked on the quality score, Scheffer C.G. Tseng, S. C. G. Tseng and Hosam Sheha lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ocular Surface Center.

  1. 1 Scheffer C.G. Tseng United States · #182,099 worldwide 27k citations · 305 works
  2. 2 S. C. G. Tseng United States · #649,304 worldwide 5k citations · 102 works
  3. 3 Hosam Sheha United States · #889,463 worldwide 2.2k citations · 55 works
  4. 4 Szu‐Yu Chen United States · #1,115,744 worldwide 2.2k citations · 69 works
  5. 5 Sean Tighe United States · #1,274,738 worldwide 1.7k citations · 54 works
  6. 6 Vadrevu K. Raju United States · #1,895,782 worldwide 1.4k citations · 34 works
  7. 7 Victoria Casas United States · #2,030,965 worldwide 768 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Antonio Elizondo United States · #2,048,405 worldwide 642 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Hua He United States · #2,190,286 worldwide 7.8k citations · 145 works
  10. 10 Mario A. Di Pascuale United States · #2,211,242 worldwide 1.5k citations · 35 works
All ranked researchers at Ocular Surface Center

What are the most cited papers from Ocular Surface Center?

The most cited paper from Ocular Surface Center is "Pro- and anti-inflammatory forms of interleukin-1 in the tear fluid and conjunctiva of patients with dry-eye disease." (Abraham Solomon, Dilek Dursun, Zhihong Liu et al., 2001), with 731 citations. Next come "Amniotic Membrane Transplantation for Persistent Epithelial Defects With Ulceration" (721) and "Use of Tissue-Type Plasminogen Activator for Acute Ischemic Stroke" (659).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Pro- and anti-inflammatory forms of interleukin-1 in the tear fluid and conjunctiva of patients with dry-eye disease. Abraham Solomon, Dilek Dursun, Zhihong Liu et al. · PubMed Sep 2001 731
2 Amniotic Membrane Transplantation for Persistent Epithelial Defects With Ulceration Shwu‐Huey Lee, Scheffer C.G. Tseng · American Journal of Ophthalmology Open access Mar 1997 721
3 Use of Tissue-Type Plasminogen Activator for Acute Ischemic Stroke Irene L. Katzan, Anthony J. Furlan, Lynne E. Lloyd et al. · JAMA Mar 2000 659
4 Altered cytokine balance in the tear fluid and conjunctiva of patients with Sjögren's syndrome keratoconjunctivitis sicca Stephen C. Pflugfelder, David Jones, Zhonghua Ji et al. · Current Eye Research 1999 615
5 Comparison of Conjunctival Autografts, Amniotic Membrane Grafts, and Primary Closure for Pterygium Excision Pinnita Prabhasawat, Keith Barton, Gene Burkett et al. · Ophthalmology Open access Jun 1997 604
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Ocular Surface Center?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammatory Cytokines, Dry Eye Disease, Ocular Surface, Tissue Engineering, Wound Healing, Corneal Regeneration and Limbal Stem 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-now 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 36 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 36 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology10▲ 6.4×16 topics
  2. Inflammatory Cytokines6▲ 172×2 topics
  3. Dry Eye Disease6▲ 435×1 topic
  4. Ocular Surface6▲ 435×1 topic
  5. Tissue Engineering4▲ 18×3 topics
  6. Wound Healing4▲ 40×5 topics
  7. Corneal Regeneration4▲ 345×1 topic
  8. Limbal Stem Cells4▲ 345×1 topic
  9. Intraocular Pressure4▲ 100×2 topics
  10. Inflammation3▲ 3.8×12 topics
  11. Corneal Biomechanics2▲ 137×1 topic
  12. Glaucoma2▲ 34×2 topics
  13. Keratoconus2▲ 137×1 topic
  14. Intravitreal Injection2▲ 67×2 topics
  15. Myopia2▲ 72×2 topics
  16. Antibiotic Resistance2▲ 12×2 topics
  17. Treatment2▲ 3.9×4 topics
  18. Oxidative Stress2▲ 2.6×9 topics
  19. Diagnostic Criteria2▲ 18×4 topics
  20. Retinal Ganglion Cells2▲ 38×2 topics
  21. Biomarkers2▲ 5.7×2 topics
  22. Endophthalmitis2▲ 104×1 topic
  23. Genetic Mutations2▲ 8.8×6 topics
  24. Keratitis2▲ 213×1 topic
  25. Neurodegeneration2▲ 13×2 topics
  26. Risk Factors2▲ 3.7×3 topics
  27. Lymphoma2▲ 23×2 topics
  28. Ocular Hypertension2▲ 73×1 topic
  29. Optic Nerve2▲ 38×1 topic
  30. Optical Coherence Tomography2▲ 37×2 topics
  31. Autoimmune Disease1▲ 56×1 topic
  32. Saliva1▲ 142×1 topic
  33. Refractive Error1▲ 76×1 topic
  34. Visual Impairment1▲ 60×1 topic
  35. Climate Change1◆ 0.94×2 topics
  36. Immunosuppressive Therapy1▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Ocular Surface Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Ocular Surface and Contact Lens, Corneal Surgery and Treatments, Corneal surgery and disorders and Ocular Infections and Treatments.

Ocular Surface and Conta…6Ocular Surface and Contact Lens: 6 fractional worksCorneal Surgery and Trea…4Corneal Surgery and Treatments: 4 fractional worksCorneal surgery and diso…2Corneal surgery and disorders: 2 fractional worksOcular Infections and Treatments: 2 fractional worksGlaucoma and retinal disorders: 2 fractional worksSalivary Gland Disorders…1Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions: 1 fractional worksOphthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies: 1 fractional worksConnexins and lens biology: 1 fractional worksEntomological Studies and Ecology: 1 fractional worksOcular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome: 1 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingOphthalmologyPhysiology3 others

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

  1. 1 Ocular Surface and Contact Lens Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  2. 2 Corneal Surgery and Treatments Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  3. 3 Corneal surgery and disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  4. 4 Ocular Infections and Treatments Ophthalmology 2 works
  5. 5 Glaucoma and retinal disorders Ophthalmology 2 works
  6. 6 Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions Physiology 1 works
  7. 7 Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies Epidemiology 1 works
  8. 8 Connexins and lens biology Molecular Biology 1 works
  9. 9 Entomological Studies and Ecology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  10. 10 Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome Ophthalmology 1 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 available35.8%not open64.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.6%domestic only69.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Ocular Surface Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 38% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Ocular Surface Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00011% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Ocular Surface Center0.000092% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Ocular Surface Center over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

10%20%30%Ocular Surface Center10.0% in 2012all institutions10.0% in 20122010

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 29.6% in 2008.

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