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Retina Specialists

In research, Retina Specialists stands highest in Health Sciences (#18,067 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Medicine — Medicine is 2.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#38,793
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#8,135
of 8,685
Research works
182
▲ 91% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.1k
16.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is Retina Specialists 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 #18,067 of 20,462 16.0%121

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Retina Specialists 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).

What does Retina Specialists 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 · 23.0 works2.9×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.17× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.30× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.90× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.84× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.92× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.92× its world share, 23 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.12× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.10× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.56× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Retina Specialists?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Pedagogy, Glaucoma, Macular Degeneration, Myopia, Diabetic Retinopathy, Innovation, Education and Student Competencies.

▲ 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. Pedagogy6▲ 31×3 topics
  2. Glaucoma4▲ 75×3 topics
  3. Epidemiology4▲ 2.6×14 topics
  4. Macular Degeneration4▲ 84×3 topics
  5. Myopia4▲ 172×2 topics
  6. Education4▲ 5.8×5 topics
  7. Diabetic Retinopathy4▲ 94×2 topics
  8. Innovation4▲ 8.9×4 topics
  9. Student Competencies4▲ 169×1 topic
  10. Teaching Methods4▲ 60×1 topic
  11. Intravitreal Injection3▲ 114×2 topics
  12. OCT Imaging3▲ 282×2 topics
  13. Sustainable Development3▲ 4.6×4 topics
  14. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor3▲ 87×2 topics
  15. Macular Hole3▲ 332×1 topic
  16. Vitreoretinal Surgery3▲ 332×1 topic
  17. Inflammation3▲ 3.2×4 topics
  18. Optic Nerve3▲ 64×2 topics
  19. Optical Coherence Tomography3▲ 61×2 topics
  20. Oxidative Stress2▲ 3.8×4 topics
  21. Sustainability2▲ 2.5×4 topics
  22. Choroidal Thickness2▲ 106×1 topic
  23. Digital Literacy2▲ 9.4×2 topics
  24. Online Learning2▲ 6.8×2 topics
  25. Retinal Pigment Epithelium2▲ 106×1 topic
  26. COVID-192▲ 3.5×5 topics
  27. Educational Technology2▲ 4.1×2 topics
  28. Entrepreneurship2▲ 13×2 topics
  29. Femtosecond Laser2▲ 98×1 topic
  30. Intraocular Lens Implantation2▲ 179×1 topic
  31. Curriculum Design2▲ 56×1 topic
  32. Technology2▲ 7.7×1 topic
  33. Ocular Findings2▲ 131×1 topic
  34. Retinal Artery Occlusion2▲ 131×1 topic
  35. Retinal Disease2▲ 77×1 topic
  36. Behçet's Disease1▲ 119×1 topic
  37. Digitalization1▲ 16×1 topic
  38. Endophthalmitis1▲ 92×2 topics
  39. Pedagogical1▲ 188×1 topic
  40. Uveitis1▲ 119×1 topic

Which research topics does Retina Specialists publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Education, Innovation and Language Studies, Retinal and Macular Surgery, Retinal Diseases and Treatments and Intraocular Surgery and Lenses.

Education, Innovation and Language Studies: 4 fractional worksRetinal and Macular Surgery: 3 fractional worksRetinal Diseases and Tre…2Retinal Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional worksIntraocular Surgery and …2Intraocular Surgery and Lenses: 2 fractional worksEducational Methods and Teacher Development: 2 fractional worksRetinal and Optic Conditions: 2 fractional worksRetinal Imaging and Anal…2Retinal Imaging and Analysis: 2 fractional worksOphthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies: 1 fractional worksOcular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome: 1 fractional worksEducation and Professional Development: 1 fractional works
EducationRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingOphthalmologyInformation Systems1 others

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

  1. 1 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 4 works
  2. 2 Retinal and Macular Surgery Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  3. 3 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 2 works
  4. 4 Intraocular Surgery and Lenses Ophthalmology 2 works
  5. 5 Educational Methods and Teacher Development Information Systems 2 works
  6. 6 Retinal and Optic Conditions Ophthalmology 2 works
  7. 7 Retinal Imaging and Analysis Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  8. 8 Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies Epidemiology 1 works
  9. 9 Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome Ophthalmology 1 works
  10. 10 Education and Professional Development Education 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 available41.2%not open58.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.6%domestic only84.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Retina Specialists's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 91% higher 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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