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West Coast Retina

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Research works
56
▼ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
796
14.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: West Coast Retina 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.58× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringHealth Professions: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.49× its world share, 7 worksMedicineEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.44× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at West Coast Retina?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Immunosuppressive Therapy, Macular Degeneration, Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, Behçet's Disease, Uveitis, Intravitreal Injection and Diabetic Retinopathy.

▲ 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 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. Epidemiology13▲ 5.8×26 topics
  2. Immunosuppressive Therapy8▲ 73×3 topics
  3. Macular Degeneration7▲ 104×3 topics
  4. Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis7▲ 250×2 topics
  5. Behçet's Disease7▲ 443×1 topic
  6. Uveitis7▲ 443×1 topic
  7. Intravitreal Injection6▲ 162×2 topics
  8. Diabetic Retinopathy6▲ 123×2 topics
  9. Inflammation6▲ 4.2×9 topics
  10. Optical Coherence Tomography6▲ 87×3 topics
  11. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor5▲ 86×2 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress5▲ 4.6×4 topics
  13. Myopia5▲ 129×2 topics
  14. Choroidal Thickness4▲ 158×1 topic
  15. OCT Imaging4▲ 247×2 topics
  16. Retinal Pigment Epithelium4▲ 158×1 topic
  17. COVID-194▲ 11×1 topic
  18. Ocular Findings4▲ 278×1 topic
  19. Macular Hole4▲ 278×1 topic
  20. Vitreoretinal Surgery4▲ 278×1 topic
  21. Genetic Mutations4▲ 13×11 topics
  22. Glaucoma4▲ 43×3 topics
  23. Treatment3▲ 4.3×10 topics
  24. Endophthalmitis3▲ 127×2 topics
  25. Management2▲ 5.9×7 topics
  26. Diagnosis2▲ 4.2×11 topics
  27. Optic Nerve2▲ 38×2 topics
  28. Prognostic Factors2▲ 8.4×3 topics
  29. Antibiotic Resistance2▲ 8.7×2 topics
  30. Femtosecond Laser2▲ 48×1 topic
  31. Intraocular Lens Implantation2▲ 90×1 topic
  32. Keratitis2▲ 172×1 topic
  33. Ocular Infections2▲ 172×1 topic
  34. Retinoblastoma2▲ 178×1 topic
  35. Uveal Melanoma2▲ 178×1 topic
  36. Gene Therapy2▲ 10×1 topic
  37. Retinitis Pigmentosa2▲ 66×1 topic
  38. Autoantibodies1▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Retinal Disease1▲ 62×1 topic
  40. Vessel Segmentation1▲ 69×1 topic

Which research topics does West Coast Retina publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Retinal and Macular Surgery, Retinal Diseases and Treatments, Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome and Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research.

Retinal and Macular Surg…1Retinal and Macular Surgery: 1 fractional worksRetinal Diseases and Tre…1Retinal Diseases and Treatments: 1 fractional worksOcular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome: 0 fractional worksCytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research: 0 fractional worksOcular Oncology and Treatments: 0 fractional worksOphthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies: 0 fractional worksOcular Infections and Treatments: 0 fractional worksRetinal and Optic Conditions: 0 fractional worksChild Abuse and Related Trauma: 0 fractional worksRetinopathy of Prematurity Studies: 0 fractional works
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingOphthalmologyEpidemiologyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

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

  1. 1 Retinal and Macular Surgery Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  2. 2 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 1 works
  3. 3 Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome Ophthalmology 0 works
  4. 4 Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research Epidemiology 0 works
  5. 5 Ocular Oncology and Treatments Ophthalmology 0 works
  6. 6 Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies Epidemiology 0 works
  7. 7 Ocular Infections and Treatments Ophthalmology 0 works
  8. 8 Retinal and Optic Conditions Ophthalmology 0 works
  9. 9 Child Abuse and Related Trauma Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 works
  10. 10 Retinopathy of Prematurity Studies Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 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 available30.2%not open69.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.7%domestic only84.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has West Coast Retina's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% 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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