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Valley Retina Institute

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Research works
47
▼ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
411
8.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
46.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Valley Retina Institute is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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.

Which keywords describe research at Valley Retina Institute?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Macular Degeneration, Diabetic Retinopathy, Glaucoma, Optical Coherence Tomography, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor, Oxidative Stress, Inflammation and Optic Nerve.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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 33 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 33 words, with their numbers
  1. Macular Degeneration19▲ 316×3 topics
  2. Diabetic Retinopathy18▲ 450×2 topics
  3. Glaucoma14▲ 180×4 topics
  4. Optical Coherence Tomography12▲ 227×2 topics
  5. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor12▲ 255×3 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress12▲ 13×3 topics
  7. Inflammation11▲ 10×5 topics
  8. Optic Nerve11▲ 234×2 topics
  9. Intravitreal Injection11▲ 334×2 topics
  10. Choroidal Thickness11▲ 450×1 topic
  11. Retinal Pigment Epithelium11▲ 450×1 topic
  12. COVID-198▲ 26×1 topic
  13. Ocular Findings8▲ 675×1 topic
  14. Deep Learning7▲ 7.2×2 topics
  15. Retinal Disease7▲ 406×1 topic
  16. Vessel Segmentation7▲ 450×1 topic
  17. Myopia5▲ 156×2 topics
  18. Retinal Ganglion Cells5▲ 72×2 topics
  19. OCT Imaging4▲ 264×2 topics
  20. Risk Factors4▲ 8.3×3 topics
  21. Macular Hole4▲ 336×1 topic
  22. Vitreoretinal Surgery4▲ 336×1 topic
  23. Intraocular Pressure4▲ 79×1 topic
  24. Ocular Hypertension4▲ 126×1 topic
  25. Epidemiology2▲ 1.33×7 topics
  26. Femtosecond Laser2▲ 65×1 topic
  27. Intraocular Lens Implantation2▲ 121×1 topic
  28. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes2▲ 16×2 topics
  29. Behçet's Disease1▲ 108×1 topic
  30. Uveitis1▲ 108×1 topic
  31. Prematurity1▲ 215×1 topic
  32. Retinopathy1▲ 138×2 topics
  33. Treatment1▲ 1.92×1 topic

Which research topics does Valley Retina Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Retinal Diseases and Treatments, Retinal Imaging and Analysis, Ocular Disorders and Treatments and Intraocular Surgery and Lenses.

Retinal Diseases and Tre…0Retinal Diseases and Treatments: 0 fractional worksRetinal Imaging and Anal…0Retinal Imaging and Analysis: 0 fractional worksOcular Disorders and Treatments: 0 fractional worksIntraocular Surgery and Lenses: 0 fractional worksDental Anxiety and Anest…0Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques: 0 fractional worksOcular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome: 0 fractional worksRetinal Development and Disorders: 0 fractional worksRetinal and Macular Surg…0Retinal and Macular Surgery: 0 fractional worksGlaucoma and retinal disorders: 0 fractional worksPediatric Pain Management Techniques: 0 fractional works
OphthalmologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingGeneticsOral Surgery2 others

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

  1. 1 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 0 works
  2. 2 Retinal Imaging and Analysis Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 0 works
  3. 3 Ocular Disorders and Treatments Genetics 0 works
  4. 4 Intraocular Surgery and Lenses Ophthalmology 0 works
  5. 5 Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques Oral Surgery 0 works
  6. 6 Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome Ophthalmology 0 works
  7. 7 Retinal Development and Disorders Molecular Biology 0 works
  8. 8 Retinal and Macular Surgery Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 0 works
  9. 9 Glaucoma and retinal disorders Ophthalmology 0 works
  10. 10 Pediatric Pain Management Techniques Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 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 available33.8%not open66.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.0%domestic only95.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Valley Retina Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% lower 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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