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Research to Prevent Blindness

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Research works
88
▼ 28% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.1k
24.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
9%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Research to Prevent Blindness is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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.

Which keywords describe research at Research to Prevent Blindness?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Intraocular Pressure, Glaucoma, Epidemiology, Myopia, Optical Coherence Tomography, OCT Imaging, Corneal Biomechanics and Keratoconus.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Epidemiology14▲ 3.9×23 topics
  2. Intraocular Pressure12▲ 134×2 topics
  3. Glaucoma12▲ 82×3 topics
  4. Myopia8▲ 146×2 topics
  5. Optical Coherence Tomography7▲ 74×2 topics
  6. Corneal Biomechanics7▲ 206×1 topic
  7. Keratoconus7▲ 206×1 topic
  8. OCT Imaging7▲ 245×2 topics
  9. Intravitreal Injection6▲ 102×2 topics
  10. Femtosecond Laser6▲ 100×1 topic
  11. Intraocular Lens Implantation6▲ 186×1 topic
  12. Optic Nerve6▲ 66×2 topics
  13. Neurodegeneration6▲ 20×3 topics
  14. Ocular Hypertension5▲ 91×1 topic
  15. Retinal Ganglion Cells5▲ 45×1 topic
  16. Macular Degeneration5▲ 47×3 topics
  17. Macular Hole5▲ 235×1 topic
  18. Vitreoretinal Surgery5▲ 235×1 topic
  19. Genetic Mutations5▲ 11×8 topics
  20. Endophthalmitis4▲ 122×2 topics
  21. Wound Healing4▲ 20×2 topics
  22. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor4▲ 44×2 topics
  23. Stem Cell Therapy4▲ 43×2 topics
  24. Tissue Engineering4▲ 7.7×2 topics
  25. Corneal Regeneration4▲ 136×1 topic
  26. Diabetic Retinopathy4▲ 48×2 topics
  27. Limbal Stem Cells4▲ 136×1 topic
  28. Antibiotic Resistance3▲ 8.9×2 topics
  29. Choroidal Thickness3▲ 69×1 topic
  30. Keratitis3▲ 193×1 topic
  31. Ocular Infections3▲ 193×1 topic
  32. Retinal Pigment Epithelium3▲ 69×1 topic
  33. Refractive Error3▲ 88×1 topic
  34. Visual Impairment3▲ 72×1 topic
  35. Immunosuppressive Therapy3▲ 16×3 topics
  36. Telemedicine3▲ 30×2 topics
  37. Dry Eye Disease3▲ 87×1 topic
  38. Ocular Surface3▲ 87×1 topic
  39. Retinopathy3▲ 156×2 topics
  40. Behçet's Disease2▲ 100×1 topic

Which research topics does Research to Prevent Blindness publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: History of Medical Practice, Corneal Surgery and Treatments, Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances and Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries.

History of Medical Pract…0History of Medical Practice: 0 fractional worksCorneal Surgery and Trea…0Corneal Surgery and Treatments: 0 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances: 0 fractional worksTraumatic Ocular and For…0Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries: 0 fractional worksOcular Surface and Conta…0Ocular Surface and Contact Lens: 0 fractional worksCorneal surgery and diso…0Corneal surgery and disorders: 0 fractional worksOcular Diseases and Behç…0Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome: 0 fractional worksNasolacrimal Duct Obstruction Treatments: 0 fractional worksFacial Rejuvenation and Surgery Techniques: 0 fractional worksOphthalmology and Visual…0Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies: 0 fractional works
NeurologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingOphthalmologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health2 others

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

  1. 1 History of Medical Practice Neurology 0 works
  2. 2 Corneal Surgery and Treatments Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 0 works
  3. 3 Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances Neurology 0 works
  4. 4 Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries Ophthalmology 0 works
  5. 5 Ocular Surface and Contact Lens Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  6. 6 Corneal surgery and disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 0 works
  7. 7 Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome Ophthalmology 0 works
  8. 8 Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction Treatments Ophthalmology 0 works
  9. 9 Facial Rejuvenation and Surgery Techniques Dermatology 0 works
  10. 10 Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies 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 available9.4%not open90.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors37.9%domestic only62.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Research to Prevent Blindness's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 28% 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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