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Ocular Infections and Treatments

Ocular Infections and Treatments is a research topic within Ophthalmology. Science Explorer counts 20k research works in it since 1950. 15.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the epidemiology, risk factors, microbiological spectrum, antibiotic resistance, and management strategies for ocular infections such as endophthalmitis, keratitis, and fungal keratitis. It also explores the impact of cataract surgery and intravitreal injections on the development of these infections, as well as the composition of conjunctival flora.

  • Endophthalmitis
  • Keratitis
  • Ocular Infections
  • Antibiotic Resistance
  • Fungal Keratitis
  • Cataract Surgery
  • Microbial Spectrum
  • Intravitreal Injection
  • Conjunctival Flora
  • Corneal Blindness
Research works
20k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
15.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+29%
the tick is no change

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Ocular Infections and Treatments research?

By volume, the United States and India publish the most (643 and 473 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 643 works
  2. 2 India 473 works
  3. 3 China 380 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 139 works
  5. 5 Germany 104 works
  6. 6 Japan 103 works
  7. 7 Italy 93 works
  8. 8 Spain 92 works
  9. 9 Türkiye 87 works
  10. 10 South Korea 81 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 29.3%India: 21.6%China: 17.3%United Kingdom: 6.3%6 others listed: 25.5%29%largest
United States643 · 29.3%India473 · 21.6%China380 · 17.3%United Kingdom139 · 6.3%6 others listed560 · 25.5%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Ocular Infections and Treatments research?

By volume in 2022–2025, L V Prasad Eye Institute publishes the most Ocular Infections and Treatments research, followed by Aravind Eye Hospital and Creative Commons.

Who are the leading researchers in Ocular Infections and Treatments?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Ocular Infections and Treatments include Jost B. Jonas, Tien Yin Wong and João M. Furtado.

  1. 1 Jost B. Jonas Germany 7.7k citations
  2. 2 Tien Yin Wong Singapore 4.3k citations
  3. 3 João M. Furtado Brazil 3.7k citations
  4. 4 Hugh R. Taylor Australia 2.9k citations
  5. 5 Miltiadis K. Tsilimbaris Greece 2.8k citations
  6. 6 Michael R. Hamblin United States 2.8k citations
  7. 7 Thomas J. Walsh United States 2.3k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Ocular Infections and Treatments research done?

The largest centres of Ocular Infections and Treatments research in 2022–2025 are Hyderabad (India), Beijing (China), New Delhi (India) and London (United Kingdom). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Madurai, Mountain View and Hyderabad.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Hyderabad India 73 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 62 works
  3. 3 New Delhi India 51 works
  4. 4 London United Kingdom 49 works
  5. 5 Chennai India 38 works
  6. 6 Seoul South Korea 37 works
  7. 7 Tehran Iran 35 works
  8. 8 Madurai India 35 works
  9. 9 Tokyo Japan 32 works
  10. 10 Mountain View United States 30 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. MaduraiIN · 35.2 works41×
  2. Mountain ViewUS · 29.6 works16×
  3. HyderabadIN · 72.6 works12×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Ocular Infections and Treatments than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Ocular Infections and Treatments?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Miami, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research and UNSW Sydney score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 22.64%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Miami: 19, 26.1%Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research: 15, 10.5%UNSW Sydney: 10, 38.8%All India Institute of Medical Sciences: 28, 9.8%Qingdao University: 9, 35.8%Saarland University: 11, 11.1%Capital Medical University: 8, 28.1%Tehran University of Medical Sciences: 8, 22.9%Harvard University: 11, 22.1%University of California, San Francisco: 9, 21.2%UNSW SydneyUniversity of MiamiPost Graduate Instit…All India Institute …
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 University of MiamiUnited States 56.326.1%12.3×19 +11.1%
2 Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and ResearchIndia 52.010.5%14.3×15 +227.1%
3 UNSW SydneyAustralia 50.638.8%3.9×10 +83.4%
4 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 49.29.8%14.4×28 +80.6%
5 Qingdao UniversityChina 43.235.8%5.0×9 +54.6%
6 Saarland UniversityGermany 42.511.1%16.4×11 +56.5%
7 Capital Medical UniversityChina 37.528.1%4.6×8 +83.7%
8 Tehran University of Medical SciencesIran 35.522.9%5.5×8 +68.9%
9 Harvard UniversityUnited States 28.922.1%2.8×11 +19.8%
10 University of California, San FranciscoUnited States 27.021.2%4.4×9 -1.1%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Ocular Infections and Treatments research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Ocular Infections and Treatments.

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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.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.