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Southern California Eye Institute

In research, Southern California Eye Institute stands highest in Medicine (#5,417 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,973 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ophthalmology — Ophthalmology is 90.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,699
of 28,054 · #19,700 all time
Rank in United States
#1,908
of 4,192
Research works
550
▲ 93% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
19.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
62%
world 28%

What is Southern California Eye 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 #5,417 of 10,443 20.3%94 #7965
Health SciencesDomain #6,973 of 11,982 20.4%96 #10522

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Southern California Eye 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).

What does Southern California Eye Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ophthalmology takes 90.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OphthalmologySubfield · 33.5 works91×
← 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: 2.78× its world share, 20 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.90× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 4.30× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.31× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.53× its world share, 94 worksMedicineNursing: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.51× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryDecision Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Southern California Eye Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Bruce Burkemper lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Southern California Eye Institute.

  1. 1 Bruce Burkemper United States · #902,998 worldwide 33 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Southern California Eye Institute

Which keywords describe research at Southern California Eye Institute?

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

▲ 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. Macular Degeneration18▲ 104×3 topics
  2. Epidemiology14▲ 2.6×25 topics
  3. Glaucoma14▲ 67×4 topics
  4. Intraocular Pressure12▲ 98×2 topics
  5. Diabetic Retinopathy11▲ 81×2 topics
  6. Optic Nerve11▲ 79×2 topics
  7. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor10▲ 88×3 topics
  8. Optical Coherence Tomography10▲ 70×3 topics
  9. Inflammation10▲ 3.4×14 topics
  10. Intravitreal Injection9▲ 99×2 topics
  11. Oxidative Stress9▲ 4.0×12 topics
  12. Genetic Mutations8▲ 13×9 topics
  13. Myopia8▲ 97×2 topics
  14. Neurodegeneration8▲ 19×5 topics
  15. Risk Factors8▲ 5.2×6 topics
  16. Choroidal Thickness8▲ 107×1 topic
  17. Retinal Pigment Epithelium8▲ 107×1 topic
  18. Retinal Ganglion Cells8▲ 50×3 topics
  19. Ocular Hypertension7▲ 102×1 topic
  20. Visual Field Progression7▲ 102×1 topic
  21. Gene Therapy7▲ 26×5 topics
  22. Retinal Stem Cells6▲ 208×1 topic
  23. Retinitis Pigmentosa6▲ 208×1 topic
  24. Prognostic Factors5▲ 8.1×5 topics
  25. Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis5▲ 69×2 topics
  26. Behçet's Disease5▲ 127×1 topic
  27. Immunosuppressive Therapy5▲ 18×3 topics
  28. Uveitis5▲ 127×1 topic
  29. OCT Imaging4▲ 119×2 topics
  30. Corneal Biomechanics4▲ 91×1 topic
  31. Keratoconus4▲ 91×1 topic
  32. Radiation Therapy4▲ 23×3 topics
  33. Visual Impairment4▲ 63×2 topics
  34. Global Prevalence4▲ 32×2 topics
  35. Macular Hole4▲ 138×1 topic
  36. Retinoblastoma4▲ 196×1 topic
  37. Uveal Melanoma4▲ 196×1 topic
  38. Vitreoretinal Surgery4▲ 138×1 topic
  39. Wound Healing4▲ 11×6 topics
  40. Childhood Myopia4▲ 74×1 topic

Which research topics does Southern California Eye Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Retinal Diseases and Treatments, Glaucoma and retinal disorders, Retinal Development and Disorders and Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome.

Retinal Diseases and Treatments: 8 fractional worksGlaucoma and retinal disorders: 7 fractional worksRetinal Development and …6Retinal Development and Disorders: 6 fractional worksOcular Diseases and Behç…5Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome: 5 fractional worksCorneal surgery and disorders: 4 fractional worksRetinal and Macular Surgery: 4 fractional worksOcular Oncology and Trea…4Ocular Oncology and Treatments: 4 fractional worksOphthalmology and Visual…4Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies: 4 fractional worksRetinal Imaging and Anal…3Retinal Imaging and Analysis: 3 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neural …3Neuroscience and Neural Engineering: 3 fractional works
OphthalmologyMolecular BiologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingEpidemiology1 others

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

  1. 1 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 8 works
  2. 2 Glaucoma and retinal disorders Ophthalmology 7 works
  3. 3 Retinal Development and Disorders Molecular Biology 6 works
  4. 4 Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome Ophthalmology 5 works
  5. 5 Corneal surgery and disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  6. 6 Retinal and Macular Surgery Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  7. 7 Ocular Oncology and Treatments Ophthalmology 4 works
  8. 8 Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies Epidemiology 4 works
  9. 9 Retinal Imaging and Analysis Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  10. 10 Neuroscience and Neural Engineering Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 3 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 available61.8%not open38.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.3%domestic only83.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Southern California Eye Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 93% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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