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Retina Specialists

In research, Retina Specialists stands highest in Health Sciences (#9,189 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#25,647
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#5,365
of 7,310
Research works
182
▲ 33% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.1k
16.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
41%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
Retina Specialists

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 #9,189 of 16,688 12.3%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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Retina Specialists work in?

In 2022-now, 47% of research at Retina Specialists is in Health Sciences, 38% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (45%), Social Sciences (24%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (7%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 27 fractional works · 47.0% of its workMedicine: 26 fractional works · 45.0% of its workOphthalmology: 10 fractional works · 17.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 10.0% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 22 fractional works · 38.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 24.2% of its workEducation: 11 fractional works · 19.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 6.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 6.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 9.3% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 6.1% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 5.2% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 5.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKRetinaSpecialists58fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences47%Social Sciences38%

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. Medicine2645.0%
    2. Health Professions11.7%
    3. Dentistry00.3%
    1. Social Sciences1424.2%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance46.9%
    3. Psychology23.6%
    4. Arts and Humanities12.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting11.4%
    1. Computer Science46.1%
    2. Environmental Science11.5%
    3. Engineering11.1%
    4. Materials Science00.6%
    5. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology23.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology00.8%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.6%
    4. Neuroscience00.3%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.65× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.62× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.78× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.34× its world share, 26 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.20× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.17× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.91× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.20×4 works
  2. Medicine2.34×26 works
  3. Social Sciences1.91×14 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.62×0 works
  5. Psychology1.17×2 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology0.82×0 works
  7. Arts and Humanities0.79×1 works
  8. Computer Science0.78×4 works
  9. Health Professions0.67×1 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.65×2 works
  11. Dentistry0.59×0 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.44×1 works
  13. Environmental Science0.30×1 works
  14. Neuroscience0.21×0 works
  15. Materials Science0.16×0 works
  16. Engineering0.08×1 works
  17. Mathematics0.05×0 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Retina Specialists?

Ranked on the quality score, Nancy E. Medeiros and John Taylor Thompson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Retina Specialists.

  1. 1 Nancy E. Medeiros United States · #350,752 worldwide 2.9k citations · 24 works
  2. 2 John Taylor Thompson United States · #937,183 worldwide 6.2k citations · 230 works
All ranked researchers at Retina Specialists

What are the most cited papers from Retina Specialists?

The most cited paper from Retina Specialists is "Mutant Gq/11 Promote Uveal Melanoma Tumorigenesis by Activating YAP" (Fa‐Xing Yu, Jing Luo, Jung‐Soon Mo et al., 2014), with 471 citations. Next come "SUBRETINAL DRUSENOID DEPOSITS IN NON-NEOVASCULAR AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION" (382) and "The Relationship between Glaucoma Medication Adherence, Eye Drop Technique, and Visual Field Defect Severity" (363).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Mutant Gq/11 Promote Uveal Melanoma Tumorigenesis by Activating YAP Fa‐Xing Yu, Jing Luo, Jung‐Soon Mo et al. · Cancer Cell Open access 29 May 2014 471
2 SUBRETINAL DRUSENOID DEPOSITS IN NON-NEOVASCULAR AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION Christine A. Curcio, Jeffrey D. Messinger, Kenneth R. Sloan et al. · Retina Open access 22 Dec 2012 382
3 The Relationship between Glaucoma Medication Adherence, Eye Drop Technique, and Visual Field Defect Severity Betsy Lynn Sleath, Susan J. Blalock, DAVID W. COVERT et al. · Ophthalmology Open access 18 Aug 2011 363
4 DEXAMETHASONE INTRAVITREAL IMPLANT FOR TREATMENT OF DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA IN VITRECTOMIZED PATIENTS David S. Boyer, David Faber, Sunil R. Gupta et al. · Retina 12 Apr 2011 362
5 The Use of a Surgical Grade Calcium Sulfate as a Bone Graft Substitute Cynthia M. Kelly, Ross M. Wilkins, Steven Gitelis et al. · Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research 2001 359
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Which keywords describe research at Retina Specialists?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Pedagogy, Innovation, Student Competencies, Teaching Methods, Entrepreneurship, Educational Technology, Education and Glaucoma.

▲ 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. Pedagogy8▲ 29×4 topics
  2. Innovation6▲ 9.7×6 topics
  3. Sustainability6▲ 3.9×4 topics
  4. Education5▲ 5.4×7 topics
  5. Student Competencies5▲ 135×1 topic
  6. Teaching Methods5▲ 55×1 topic
  7. Educational Technology5▲ 7.3×5 topics
  8. Entrepreneurship5▲ 22×2 topics
  9. Glaucoma5▲ 53×3 topics
  10. Macular Degeneration5▲ 64×3 topics
  11. Epidemiology4▲ 1.95×14 topics
  12. Myopia4▲ 115×2 topics
  13. Sustainable Development4▲ 4.8×5 topics
  14. Globalization4▲ 3.7×4 topics
  15. Diabetic Retinopathy4▲ 69×2 topics
  16. Digital Economy4▲ 31×2 topics
  17. E-Learning4▲ 6.5×3 topics
  18. Economic Development4▲ 7.9×4 topics
  19. Teacher Training4▲ 10×3 topics
  20. Intravitreal Injection3▲ 79×2 topics
  21. Digital Transformation3▲ 11×6 topics
  22. Digitalization3▲ 28×3 topics
  23. OCT Imaging3▲ 192×2 topics
  24. Macular Hole3▲ 223×1 topic
  25. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor3▲ 61×2 topics
  26. Vitreoretinal Surgery3▲ 223×1 topic
  27. Inclusive Education3▲ 14×3 topics
  28. Industrial Enterprises3▲ 151×1 topic
  29. Innovation Economics3▲ 151×1 topic
  30. Professional Development3▲ 25×2 topics
  31. Optic Nerve3▲ 46×2 topics
  32. Optical Coherence Tomography3▲ 44×2 topics
  33. Choroidal Thickness2▲ 76×1 topic
  34. Retinal Pigment Epithelium2▲ 76×1 topic
  35. Digital Literacy2▲ 7.0×2 topics
  36. Distance Learning2▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Femtosecond Laser2▲ 64×1 topic
  38. Pedagogical2▲ 197×1 topic
  39. Social Cognition2▲ 19×3 topics
  40. Student-Centered Learning2▲ 146×1 topic

Which research topics does Retina Specialists publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Education, Innovation and Language Studies, Retinal and Macular Surgery, Economic and Industrial Development and Retinal Diseases and Treatments.

Education, Innovation an…5Education, Innovation and Language Studies: 5 fractional worksRetinal and Macular Surgery: 3 fractional worksEconomic and Industrial …3Economic and Industrial Development: 3 fractional worksRetinal Diseases and Tre…2Retinal Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional worksIntraocular Surgery and Lenses: 2 fractional worksEducation and Professional Development: 2 fractional worksEducational Methods and …2Educational Methods and Teacher Development: 2 fractional worksRetinal and Optic Conditions: 2 fractional worksRetinal Imaging and Analysis: 2 fractional worksOphthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies: 1 fractional works
EducationRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingEconomics and EconometricsOphthalmology2 others

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

  1. 1 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 5 works
  2. 2 Retinal and Macular Surgery Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  3. 3 Economic and Industrial Development Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  4. 4 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 2 works
  5. 5 Intraocular Surgery and Lenses Ophthalmology 2 works
  6. 6 Education and Professional Development Education 2 works
  7. 7 Educational Methods and Teacher Development Information Systems 2 works
  8. 8 Retinal and Optic Conditions Ophthalmology 2 works
  9. 9 Retinal Imaging and Analysis Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 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 available41.2%not open58.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Retina Specialists's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 33% higher 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 Specialists as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000096% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Retina Specialists0.00025% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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