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Retina Associates

In research, Retina Associates stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,444 of 16,688 worldwide), Medicine (#8,432 of 14,558 worldwide) and Ophthalmology (#364 of 551 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Medicine and Health Sciences (Medicine is 3.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#19,406
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#4,026
of 7,310
Research works
746
▼ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
25k
33.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
18%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Retina Associates

What is Retina Associates 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 #7,444 of 16,688 14.4%522
MedicineField #8,432 of 14,558 14.5%514
OphthalmologySubfield #364 of 551 14.9%222
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield #951 of 1,311 13.7%121
Life SciencesDomain #8,904 of 11,023 9.8%139

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Retina Associates 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 Retina Associates work in?

In 2022-now, 73% of research at Retina Associates is in Health Sciences, 11% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (72%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%), Engineering (5%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 40 fractional works · 72.6% of its workMedicine: 40 fractional works · 72.0% of its workOphthalmology: 19 fractional works · 34.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 8 fractional works · 14.1% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 6.7% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 10.9% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 5.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 9.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 7.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 6.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKRetina Associates55fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences73%Social Sciences7%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine4072.0%
    2. Health Professions00.6%
    1. Engineering35.2%
    2. Environmental Science12.5%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.9%
    4. Mathematics00.9%
    5. Chemistry00.5%
    6. Materials Science00.4%
    7. Computer Science00.3%
    8. Energy00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology47.4%
    2. Neuroscience11.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.8%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    1. Social Sciences22.7%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting11.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities00.9%
    4. Decision Sciences00.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.8%
    6. Psychology00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Retina Associates specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Medicine takes 3.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MedicineField · 39.8 works3.8×
  2. Health SciencesDomain · 40.1 works3.2×
← 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: 1.39× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.75× its world share, 40 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.94× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.75×40 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.39×4 works
  3. Decision Sciences0.94×0 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.86×0 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology0.80×0 works
  6. Mathematics0.77×0 works
  7. Neuroscience0.64×1 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.58×0 works
  9. Environmental Science0.50×1 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.36×0 works
  11. Engineering0.35×3 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.31×0 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.30×0 works
  14. Chemistry0.29×0 works
  15. Health Professions0.23×0 works
  16. Social Sciences0.21×2 works
  17. Energy0.20×0 works
  18. Materials Science0.12×0 works
  19. Psychology0.10×0 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.08×0 works
  21. Computer Science0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Retina Associates?

Ranked on the quality score, Lawrence J. Singerman, Hani Salehi-Had and Charles L. Schepens lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Retina Associates.

  1. 1 Lawrence J. Singerman United States · #227,020 worldwide 8.6k citations · 118 works
  2. 2 Hani Salehi-Had United States · #329,758 worldwide 2.5k citations · 50 works
  3. 3 Charles L. Schepens United States · #596,998 worldwide 8.5k citations · 187 works
  4. 4 Ivan R. Batlle United States · #786,091 worldwide 637 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Scott D. Pendergast United States · #1,057,851 worldwide 2k citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Gilbert T. Feke United States · #1,303,325 worldwide 4k citations · 100 works
  7. 7 Alex E. Jalkh United States · #1,404,454 worldwide 2.8k citations · 50 works
  8. 8 Clement L. Trempe United States · #1,504,183 worldwide 5.8k citations · 143 works
  9. 9 Joseph Coney United States · #1,513,828 worldwide 1.5k citations · 42 works
  10. 10 Robert W. Wong United States · #1,537,618 worldwide 1.1k citations · 47 works
All ranked researchers at Retina Associates

What are the most cited papers from Retina Associates?

The most cited paper from Retina Associates is "Efficacy and safety of voretigene neparvovec (AAV2-hRPE65v2) in patients with RPE65 -mediated inherited retinal dystrophy: a randomised, controlled, open-label, phase 3 trial" (Stephen R. Russell et al., 2017), with 1,959 citations. Next come "Ranibizumab for Diabetic Macular Edema" (1,625) and "A central role for inflammation in the pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy" (1,184).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Efficacy and safety of voretigene neparvovec (AAV2-hRPE65v2) in patients with RPE65 -mediated inherited retinal dystrophy: a randomised, controlled, open-label, phase 3 trial Stephen R. Russell et al. · The Lancet Open access 14 Jul 2017 1,959
2 Ranibizumab for Diabetic Macular Edema Quan Dong Nguyen, David M. Brown, Dennis M. Marcus et al. · Ophthalmology 11 Feb 2012 1,625
3 A central role for inflammation in the pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy Antonia Maria Joussen, Vassiliki Poulaki, Minh Ly Le et al. · The FASEB Journal Jul 2004 1,184
4 Contrast in complex images Eli Peli · Annual Meeting Optical Society of America Conference paper 1988 941
5 ESTERASES IN HUMAN LEUKOCYTES Chi‐Yuan Li, L T Yam, Kwok‐Wai Lam · Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry Open access 1973 895
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Retina Associates?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Macular Degeneration, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor, Diabetic Retinopathy, Intravitreal Injection, Myopia, Inflammation, Choroidal Thickness and Retinal Pigment Epithelium.

▲ 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 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 Degeneration9▲ 130×3 topics
  2. Epidemiology9▲ 3.9×15 topics
  3. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor8▲ 156×3 topics
  4. Diabetic Retinopathy8▲ 135×2 topics
  5. Intravitreal Injection7▲ 179×2 topics
  6. Inflammation7▲ 6.0×8 topics
  7. Myopia7▲ 186×2 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress6▲ 7.2×5 topics
  9. Choroidal Thickness6▲ 208×1 topic
  10. Retinal Pigment Epithelium6▲ 208×1 topic
  11. Glaucoma6▲ 70×3 topics
  12. OCT Imaging4▲ 262×2 topics
  13. Macular Hole4▲ 322×1 topic
  14. Vitreoretinal Surgery4▲ 322×1 topic
  15. Optical Coherence Tomography4▲ 70×3 topics
  16. Behçet's Disease3▲ 209×1 topic
  17. Immunosuppressive Therapy3▲ 31×2 topics
  18. Uveitis3▲ 209×1 topic
  19. Optic Nerve3▲ 56×2 topics
  20. Femtosecond Laser3▲ 96×1 topic
  21. Global Prevalence3▲ 51×2 topics
  22. Intraocular Lens Implantation3▲ 169×1 topic
  23. Refractive Error3▲ 110×1 topic
  24. Visual Impairment3▲ 88×1 topic
  25. Genetic Mutations2▲ 9.8×4 topics
  26. Intraocular Pressure2▲ 45×2 topics
  27. Risk Factors2▲ 3.5×5 topics
  28. Ocular Findings2▲ 134×1 topic
  29. Neurodegeneration2▲ 11×4 topics
  30. Ocular Hypertension2▲ 62×1 topic
  31. Retinal Ganglion Cells2▲ 29×1 topic
  32. Gene Therapy2▲ 15×3 topics
  33. Prognostic Factors2▲ 6.5×4 topics
  34. Endophthalmitis2▲ 71×2 topics
  35. Cardiovascular Risk1▲ 7.6×2 topics
  36. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes1▲ 12×4 topics
  37. Retinal Stem Cells1▲ 106×1 topic
  38. Retinitis Pigmentosa1▲ 106×1 topic
  39. Retinoblastoma1▲ 154×1 topic
  40. Telemedicine1▲ 18×2 topics

Which research topics does Retina Associates publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Retinal Diseases and Treatments, Retinal and Macular Surgery, Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome and Intraocular Surgery and Lenses.

Retinal Diseases and Tre…6Retinal Diseases and Treatments: 6 fractional worksRetinal and Macular Surgery: 4 fractional worksOcular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome: 3 fractional worksIntraocular Surgery and Lenses: 3 fractional worksOphthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies: 3 fractional worksRetinal and Optic Condit…2Retinal and Optic Conditions: 2 fractional worksGlaucoma and retinal disorders: 2 fractional worksRetinal Development and Disorders: 1 fractional worksOcular Oncology and Treatments: 1 fractional worksRetinal Imaging and Analysis: 1 fractional works
OphthalmologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingEpidemiologyMolecular Biology

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

  1. 1 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 6 works
  2. 2 Retinal and Macular Surgery Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  3. 3 Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome Ophthalmology 3 works
  4. 4 Intraocular Surgery and Lenses Ophthalmology 3 works
  5. 5 Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies Epidemiology 3 works
  6. 6 Retinal and Optic Conditions Ophthalmology 2 works
  7. 7 Glaucoma and retinal disorders Ophthalmology 2 works
  8. 8 Retinal Development and Disorders Molecular Biology 1 works
  9. 9 Ocular Oncology and Treatments Ophthalmology 1 works
  10. 10 Retinal Imaging and Analysis Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 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 available18.1%not open81.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.1%domestic only89.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Retina Associates's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Retina Associates as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00017% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Retina Associates0.00023% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Retina Associates over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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