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Retina Institute

In research, Retina Institute stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,749 of 16,688 worldwide), Medicine (#6,909 of 14,558 worldwide) and Ophthalmology (#298 of 551 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Medicine and Health Sciences (Medicine is 2.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#15,654
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#3,234
of 7,310
Research works
492
▼ 32% vs 2018-21
Citations
11k
22.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
28%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Retina Institute

What is Retina Institute 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 #4,749 of 16,688 8.6%369
MedicineField #6,909 of 14,558 8.5%359
OphthalmologySubfield #298 of 551 7.7%173

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

Which fields of science does Retina Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 59% of research at Retina Institute is in Health Sciences, 22% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (56%), Social Sciences (12%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 34 fractional works · 59.4% of its workMedicine: 32 fractional works · 55.9% of its workOphthalmology: 15 fractional works · 25.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 9 fractional works · 15.7% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 22.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 11.6% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 12.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 8.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 5.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKRetina Institute57fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences59%Social Sciences22%

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. Medicine3255.9%
    2. Nursing11.9%
    3. Health Professions11.5%
    1. Social Sciences711.6%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance23.2%
    3. Psychology22.9%
    4. Arts and Humanities12.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting12.1%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology58.4%
    2. Neuroscience12.0%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics11.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.4%
    1. Environmental Science12.2%
    2. Engineering11.7%
    3. Computer Science11.6%
    4. Mathematics00.5%
    5. Chemistry00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Retina Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Medicine takes 2.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MedicineField · 32.0 works2.9×
  2. Health SciencesDomain · 34.0 works2.6×
← 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.57× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.25× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.67× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.91× its world share, 32 worksMedicineNursing: 3.95× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.52× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.96× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.92× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing3.95×1 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3.67×1 works
  3. Medicine2.91×32 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.57×5 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.52×2 works
  6. Neuroscience1.25×1 works
  7. Psychology0.96×2 works
  8. Social Sciences0.92×7 works
  9. Arts and Humanities0.81×1 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.65×1 works
  11. Health Professions0.58×1 works
  12. Environmental Science0.45×1 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.41×0 works
  14. Mathematics0.41×0 works
  15. Computer Science0.20×1 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.20×0 works
  17. Engineering0.12×1 works
  18. Chemistry0.09×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Retina Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Ranjiv S Khush, Kevin J. Blinder and Rachel Peletz lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Retina Institute.

  1. 1 Ranjiv S Khush United States · #396,431 worldwide 3.1k citations · 59 works
  2. 2 Kevin J. Blinder United States · #450,965 worldwide 5.7k citations · 150 works
  3. 3 Rachel Peletz United States · #681,541 worldwide 2.1k citations · 60 works
  4. 4 Caroline Delaire United States · #710,260 worldwide 1.1k citations · 50 works
  5. 5 Daniel P. Joseph United States · #712,366 worldwide 2.6k citations · 68 works
  6. 6 Ramin Schadlu United States · #750,646 worldwide 1k citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Matthew A. Cunningham United States · #761,377 worldwide 800 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Arghavan Almony United States · #798,954 worldwide 1.4k citations · 50 works
  9. 9 M. Gilbert Grand United States · #1,055,041 worldwide 2.7k citations · 74 works
  10. 10 Steve Charles United States · #1,107,652 worldwide 2.6k citations · 111 works
All ranked researchers at Retina Institute

What are the most cited papers from Retina Institute?

The most cited paper from Retina Institute is "The MR-Base platform supports systematic causal inference across the human phenome" (Gibran Hemani, Jie Zheng, Benjamin L. Elsworth et al., 2018), with 8,708 citations. Next come "Visual perception in a blind subject with a chronic microelectronic retinal prosthesis" (856) and "Two-Year Outcomes of the Ranibizumab for Edema of the mAcula in Diabetes (READ-2) Study" (533).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The MR-Base platform supports systematic causal inference across the human phenome Gibran Hemani, Jie Zheng, Benjamin L. Elsworth et al. · eLife Open access 30 May 2018 8,708
2 Visual perception in a blind subject with a chronic microelectronic retinal prosthesis Mark S. Humayun, James David Weiland, Gildo Y Fujii et al. · Vision Research Open access 3 Sep 2003 856
3 Two-Year Outcomes of the Ranibizumab for Edema of the mAcula in Diabetes (READ-2) Study Quan Dong Nguyen et al. · Ophthalmology 20 Sep 2010 533
4 Primary Vitreoretinal Lymphoma: A Report from an International Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma Collaborative Group Symposium Chi-Chao Chan, James L. Rubenstein, Sarah E. Coupland et al. · The Oncologist Open access Nov 2011 501
5 Genome-wide association study of advanced age-related macular degeneration identifies a role of the hepatic lipase gene ( LIPC ) Benjamin M. Neale et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 12 Apr 2010 452
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Retina Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Macular Degeneration, Diabetic Retinopathy, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor, Glaucoma, Intravitreal Injection, Myopia, Oxidative Stress 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-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▲ 125×3 topics
  2. Diabetic Retinopathy7▲ 121×2 topics
  3. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor7▲ 134×2 topics
  4. Glaucoma6▲ 72×3 topics
  5. Intravitreal Injection6▲ 136×2 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress6▲ 6.0×4 topics
  7. Inflammation6▲ 4.5×6 topics
  8. Myopia5▲ 136×2 topics
  9. Choroidal Thickness5▲ 157×1 topic
  10. Retinal Pigment Epithelium5▲ 157×1 topic
  11. OCT Imaging5▲ 270×2 topics
  12. Macular Hole4▲ 312×1 topic
  13. Vitreoretinal Surgery4▲ 312×1 topic
  14. Epidemiology4▲ 1.65×12 topics
  15. Optic Nerve3▲ 58×2 topics
  16. Optical Coherence Tomography3▲ 53×3 topics
  17. Femtosecond Laser3▲ 97×1 topic
  18. Intraocular Lens Implantation3▲ 170×1 topic
  19. Treatment3▲ 4.0×8 topics
  20. Telemedicine2▲ 31×2 topics
  21. Image Analysis2▲ 39×2 topics
  22. Retinopathy2▲ 212×2 topics
  23. Risk Factors2▲ 3.5×4 topics
  24. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes2▲ 19×2 topics
  25. Retinal Disease2▲ 73×1 topic
  26. Vessel Segmentation2▲ 78×1 topic
  27. Gene Therapy2▲ 17×3 topics
  28. Prematurity2▲ 266×1 topic
  29. Screening2▲ 34×1 topic
  30. Retinal Stem Cells2▲ 142×1 topic
  31. Retinitis Pigmentosa2▲ 142×1 topic
  32. ACE2 Receptor2▲ 13×3 topics
  33. Behçet's Disease2▲ 103×1 topic
  34. Ocular Findings2▲ 107×1 topic
  35. Retinal Artery Occlusion2▲ 107×1 topic
  36. Uveitis2▲ 103×1 topic
  37. Genetic Mutations1▲ 5.6×3 topics
  38. Neurodegeneration1▲ 8.2×2 topics
  39. Endophthalmitis1▲ 60×2 topics
  40. Intraocular Pressure1▲ 24×2 topics

Which research topics does Retina Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Retinal Diseases and Treatments, Retinal and Macular Surgery, Intraocular Surgery and Lenses and Retinal Imaging and Analysis.

Retinal Diseases and Tre…5Retinal Diseases and Treatments: 5 fractional worksRetinal and Macular Surgery: 4 fractional worksIntraocular Surgery and Lenses: 3 fractional worksRetinal Imaging and Analysis: 2 fractional worksRetinopathy of Prematurity Studies: 2 fractional worksRetinal Development and …2Retinal Development and Disorders: 2 fractional worksOcular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome: 2 fractional worksRetinal and Optic Conditions: 2 fractional worksGlaucoma and retinal disorders: 1 fractional worksOphthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies: 1 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 5 works
  2. 2 Retinal and Macular Surgery Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  3. 3 Intraocular Surgery and Lenses Ophthalmology 3 works
  4. 4 Retinal Imaging and Analysis Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  5. 5 Retinopathy of Prematurity Studies Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  6. 6 Retinal Development and Disorders Molecular Biology 2 works
  7. 7 Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome Ophthalmology 2 works
  8. 8 Retinal and Optic Conditions Ophthalmology 2 works
  9. 9 Glaucoma and retinal disorders Ophthalmology 1 works
  10. 10 Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies Epidemiology 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 available27.6%not open72.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.9%domestic only82.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Retina Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 32% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Retina Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00022% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Retina Institute0.00019% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Retina Institute 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%Retina Institute10.3% in 2019all institutions10.0% in 20192010

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.1% in 2010.

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