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Wills Eye Hospital

In research, Wills Eye Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#4,368 of 10,443 worldwide), Ophthalmology (#40 of 94 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,810 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ophthalmology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Neurology — Ophthalmology is 118.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,893
of 28,054 · #9,611 all time
Rank in United States
#2,247
of 4,192
Research works
4k
▲ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
113k
28.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
18%
world 28%

What is Wills Eye Hospital 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 #4,368 of 10,443 11.3%354 #2009
OphthalmologySubfield #40 of 94 14.1%134 #8
Health SciencesDomain #5,810 of 11,982 11.5%361 #2650
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield #524 of 569 12.3%62 #328

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Wills Eye Hospital 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#2,009 #4,368
  2. Ophthalmology#8 #40
  3. Health Sciences#2,650 #5,810
  4. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging#328 #524
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 Wills Eye Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ophthalmology takes 118.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OphthalmologySubfield · 134.4 works118×
  2. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield · 61.7 works16×
  3. NeurologySubfield · 22.6 works9.3×
  4. MedicineField · 354.2 works4.3×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.59× its world share, 36 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.70× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.68× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.51× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.33× its world share, 354 worksMedicineNursing: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.15× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Wills Eye Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Peter R. Laibson, Jerry A. Shields and Peter J. Savino lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Wills Eye Hospital.

  1. 1 Peter R. Laibson United States · #24,535 worldwide 374 citations · 55 works
  2. 2 Jerry A. Shields United States · #34,938 worldwide 889 citations · 188 works
  3. 3 Peter J. Savino United States · #39,780 worldwide 249 citations · 43 works
  4. 4 Julia A. Haller United States · #40,989 worldwide 381 citations · 90 works
  5. 5 Elisabeth J. Cohen United States · #61,565 worldwide 241 citations · 52 works
  6. 6 Carl D. Regillo United States · #65,014 worldwide 244 citations · 59 works
  7. 7 Ralph C. Eagle United States · #66,411 worldwide 274 citations · 63 works
  8. 8 Allen C. Ho United States · #71,463 worldwide 250 citations · 64 works
  9. 9 Norman J. Schatz United States · #74,156 worldwide 217 citations · 35 works
  10. 10 George L. Spaeth United States · #84,428 worldwide 301 citations · 111 works
All ranked researchers at Wills Eye Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Wills Eye Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Glaucoma, Genetic Mutations, Epidemiology, Macular Degeneration, Myopia, Intraocular Pressure, Prognostic Factors and Optical Coherence Tomography.

▲ 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. Epidemiology60▲ 3.6×44 topics
  2. Glaucoma44▲ 70×4 topics
  3. Genetic Mutations42▲ 23×17 topics
  4. Macular Degeneration38▲ 74×3 topics
  5. Myopia36▲ 144×2 topics
  6. Intraocular Pressure35▲ 98×2 topics
  7. Prognostic Factors34▲ 19×11 topics
  8. Optical Coherence Tomography32▲ 72×3 topics
  9. Radiation Therapy31▲ 55×3 topics
  10. Diabetic Retinopathy30▲ 71×2 topics
  11. Intravitreal Injection30▲ 103×2 topics
  12. Tumor Classification29▲ 139×2 topics
  13. Optic Nerve29▲ 69×2 topics
  14. Retinoblastoma28▲ 457×1 topic
  15. Uveal Melanoma28▲ 457×1 topic
  16. Inflammation28▲ 3.1×18 topics
  17. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor27▲ 76×3 topics
  18. OCT Imaging26▲ 223×2 topics
  19. Oxidative Stress24▲ 3.5×13 topics
  20. Macular Hole23▲ 253×1 topic
  21. Vitreoretinal Surgery23▲ 253×1 topic
  22. Choroidal Thickness23▲ 101×1 topic
  23. Retinal Pigment Epithelium23▲ 101×1 topic
  24. Neurodegeneration22▲ 18×6 topics
  25. Risk Factors22▲ 4.8×5 topics
  26. Retinal Ganglion Cells22▲ 46×2 topics
  27. Ocular Hypertension21▲ 98×1 topic
  28. Visual Field Progression21▲ 98×1 topic
  29. Wound Healing15▲ 14×5 topics
  30. Femtosecond Laser15▲ 73×1 topic
  31. Intraocular Lens Implantation15▲ 135×1 topic
  32. Anatomy15▲ 51×4 topics
  33. Corneal Biomechanics14▲ 98×1 topic
  34. Keratoconus14▲ 98×1 topic
  35. Refractive Error13▲ 83×1 topic
  36. Visual Impairment13▲ 66×1 topic
  37. Immunosuppressive Therapy13▲ 16×4 topics
  38. Endophthalmitis13▲ 87×2 topics
  39. Behçet's Disease13▲ 112×1 topic
  40. Uveitis13▲ 112×1 topic

Which research topics does Wills Eye Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Ocular Oncology and Treatments, Retinal and Macular Surgery, Retinal Diseases and Treatments and Glaucoma and retinal disorders.

Ocular Oncology and Trea…28Ocular Oncology and Treatments: 28 fractional worksRetinal and Macular Surg…23Retinal and Macular Surgery: 23 fractional worksRetinal Diseases and Tre…23Retinal Diseases and Treatments: 23 fractional worksGlaucoma and retinal dis…21Glaucoma and retinal disorders: 21 fractional worksIntraocular Surgery and Lenses: 15 fractional worksCorneal surgery and disorders: 14 fractional worksOphthalmology and Visual…13Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies: 13 fractional worksOcular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome: 13 fractional worksCorneal Surgery and Treatments: 12 fractional worksFacial Rejuvenation and Surgery Techniques: 10 fractional works
OphthalmologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingEpidemiologyDermatology

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

  1. 1 Ocular Oncology and Treatments Ophthalmology 28 works
  2. 2 Retinal and Macular Surgery Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 23 works
  3. 3 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 23 works
  4. 4 Glaucoma and retinal disorders Ophthalmology 21 works
  5. 5 Intraocular Surgery and Lenses Ophthalmology 15 works
  6. 6 Corneal surgery and disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 14 works
  7. 7 Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies Epidemiology 13 works
  8. 8 Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome Ophthalmology 13 works
  9. 9 Corneal Surgery and Treatments Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 12 works
  10. 10 Facial Rejuvenation and Surgery Techniques Dermatology 10 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 available17.8%not open82.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.1%domestic only90.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Wills Eye Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% 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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