Question 1

Which countries lead Ophthalmology research?

Accepted Answer

On research quality in 2022-now, the United States, China and the United Kingdom rank highest in Ophthalmology. By volume, the United States and China publish the most (13k and 9.7k works in 2022-now).

Question 2

Which institutions lead Ophthalmology research?

Accepted Answer

Harvard University (United States) ranks first in Ophthalmology on research quality in 2022-now, followed by Johns Hopkins University and University College London.

Question 3

Who are the leading researchers in Ophthalmology?

Accepted Answer

Counting only their work in Ophthalmology, Tien Yin Wong, Robert Neal Weinreb and Ronald Klein have the most papers in the world top 10% for their subfield and year beyond the 10% expected.

Question 4

Where is Ophthalmology research done?

Accepted Answer

The largest centres of Ophthalmology research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom), Shanghai (China) and Seoul (South Korea). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Brecksville, Oxnard and Poland.

Question 5

Where is the best place to study Ophthalmology?

Accepted Answer

Among universities, judged by research, Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University and University College London score highest, combining standing in the field's ranking, excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

Question 6

Is Ophthalmology research growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Retinal Diseases and Treatments, Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome and Ocular Infections and Treatments.

Question 7

What are the most cited papers in Ophthalmology?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper in Ophthalmology is "Repertoires of Autophagy in the Pathogenesis of Ocular Diseases" (Yujie Li, Qin Li Jiang, Guo-Fan Cao et al., 2015), with 16,339 citations. Next come "Optical Coherence Tomography" (13,894) and "The biology of VEGF and its receptors" (9,633).