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Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute

In research, Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute stands highest in Medicine (#3,806 of 10,443 worldwide), Ophthalmology (#36 of 94 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,090 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ophthalmology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Cognitive Neuroscience — Ophthalmology is 71.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,335
of 28,054 · #5,120 all time
Rank in United States
#972
of 4,192
Research works
3.7k
▲ 22% vs 2013–17
Citations
119k
32.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #3,806 of 10,443 25.8%189 #2190
OphthalmologySubfield #36 of 94 27.3%66 #61
Health SciencesDomain #5,090 of 11,982 26.1%195 #2850
Life SciencesDomain #3,495 of 7,800 16.4%102 #2450

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#2,190 #3,806
  2. Ophthalmology#61 #36
  3. Health Sciences#2,850 #5,090
  4. Life Sciences#2,450 #3,495
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ophthalmology takes 71.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OphthalmologySubfield · 65.8 works72×
  2. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield · 43.6 works14×
  3. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 30.9 works12×
  4. NeuroscienceField · 48.9 works8.8×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.34× its world share, 43 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.23× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 8.78× its world share, 49 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.39× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.59× its world share, 16 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.22× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.55× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.86× its world share, 189 worksMedicineNursing: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.73× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 8.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Andrew W. Taylor, Robert H. Webb and François C. Delori lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute.

  1. 1 Andrew W. Taylor United States · #6,357 worldwide 781 citations · 69 works
  2. 2 Robert H. Webb United States · #71,509 worldwide 686 citations · 83 works
  3. 3 François C. Delori United States · #76,349 worldwide 445 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 James M. Coughlan United States · #96,782 worldwide 371 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 V. Diana United States · #103,295 worldwide 169 citations · 33 works
  6. 6 D. Max Snodderly United States · #112,363 worldwide 395 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Kevin J. McHugh United States · #150,930 worldwide 130 citations · 33 works
  8. 8 Suzanne P. McKee United States · #166,542 worldwide 206 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Preeti Verghese United States · #170,028 worldwide 140 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Arthur Jampolsky United States · #173,550 worldwide 117 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute

Which keywords describe research at Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Macular Degeneration, Glaucoma, Diabetic Retinopathy, Optic Nerve, Intraocular Pressure, Epidemiology, Inflammation and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor.

▲ 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. Epidemiology43▲ 3.2×46 topics
  2. Macular Degeneration43▲ 103×3 topics
  3. Glaucoma33▲ 65×4 topics
  4. Inflammation33▲ 4.6×44 topics
  5. Diabetic Retinopathy30▲ 89×2 topics
  6. Optic Nerve29▲ 86×2 topics
  7. Intraocular Pressure28▲ 98×2 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress28▲ 5.0×30 topics
  9. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor25▲ 87×3 topics
  10. Optical Coherence Tomography25▲ 71×3 topics
  11. Neurodegeneration24▲ 23×9 topics
  12. Intravitreal Injection24▲ 101×2 topics
  13. Myopia21▲ 105×2 topics
  14. Risk Factors21▲ 5.6×9 topics
  15. Choroidal Thickness20▲ 109×1 topic
  16. Retinal Pigment Epithelium20▲ 109×1 topic
  17. Retinal Ganglion Cells19▲ 50×3 topics
  18. Ocular Hypertension18▲ 104×1 topic
  19. Visual Field Progression18▲ 104×1 topic
  20. Visual Impairment16▲ 100×2 topics
  21. Global Prevalence16▲ 51×2 topics
  22. Childhood Myopia15▲ 120×1 topic
  23. Refractive Error15▲ 120×1 topic
  24. Cortical Connectivity15▲ 106×2 topics
  25. Neural Processing15▲ 71×2 topics
  26. Perceptual Learning15▲ 87×1 topic
  27. Visual Perception15▲ 175×1 topic
  28. Gene Therapy14▲ 21×5 topics
  29. Wound Healing13▲ 15×10 topics
  30. Retinal Stem Cells12▲ 166×1 topic
  31. Retinitis Pigmentosa12▲ 166×1 topic
  32. Tissue Engineering12▲ 6.0×10 topics
  33. Stem Cell Therapy11▲ 37×3 topics
  34. Cardiovascular Risk11▲ 10×4 topics
  35. Corneal Regeneration11▲ 127×1 topic
  36. Limbal Stem Cells11▲ 127×1 topic
  37. Retinal Disease11▲ 63×1 topic
  38. Vessel Segmentation11▲ 67×1 topic
  39. Inflammatory Cytokines11▲ 37×2 topics
  40. Dry Eye Disease10▲ 95×1 topic

Which research topics does Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Retinal Diseases and Treatments, Glaucoma and retinal disorders, Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies and Visual perception and processing mechanisms.

Retinal Diseases and Tre…20Retinal Diseases and Treatments: 20 fractional worksGlaucoma and retinal dis…18Glaucoma and retinal disorders: 18 fractional worksOphthalmology and Visual…15Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies: 15 fractional worksVisual perception and pr…15Visual perception and processing mechanisms: 15 fractional worksRetinal Development and Disorders: 12 fractional worksCorneal Surgery and Treatments: 11 fractional worksRetinal Imaging and Anal…11Retinal Imaging and Analysis: 11 fractional worksOcular Surface and Conta…10Ocular Surface and Contact Lens: 10 fractional worksCorneal surgery and diso…10Corneal surgery and disorders: 10 fractional worksOcular Diseases and Behç…7Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome: 7 fractional works
OphthalmologyEpidemiologyCognitive NeuroscienceMolecular Biology2 others

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

  1. 1 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 20 works
  2. 2 Glaucoma and retinal disorders Ophthalmology 18 works
  3. 3 Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies Epidemiology 15 works
  4. 4 Visual perception and processing mechanisms Cognitive Neuroscience 15 works
  5. 5 Retinal Development and Disorders Molecular Biology 12 works
  6. 6 Corneal Surgery and Treatments Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 11 works
  7. 7 Retinal Imaging and Analysis Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 11 works
  8. 8 Ocular Surface and Contact Lens Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 10 works
  9. 9 Corneal surgery and disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 10 works
  10. 10 Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome Ophthalmology 7 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 available41.1%not open58.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.6%domestic only80.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% 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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