Retinal Imaging and Analysis
Retinal Imaging and Analysis is a research topic within Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Science Explorer counts 36k research works in it since 1950. 16.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the development and validation of deep learning algorithms for the detection and management of retinal diseases, particularly diabetic retinopathy. It includes topics such as vessel segmentation, optic nerve localization, cardiovascular risk prediction, macular degeneration, and glaucoma detection.
- Retinal Disease
- Diabetic Retinopathy
- Deep Learning
- Vessel Segmentation
- Ophthalmology
- Image Analysis
- Optic Nerve
- Cardiovascular Risk
- Macular Degeneration
- Glaucoma
- Research works
- 36k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 6.2k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 16.9% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +63% 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 Retinal Imaging and Analysis research?
By volume, India and China publish the most (2k and 1.9k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 India 2k works
- 2 China 1.9k works
- 3 United States 1.3k works
- 4 United Kingdom 337 works
- 5 Indonesia 270 works
- 6 South Korea 242 works
- 7 Japan 224 works
- 8 Türkiye 220 works
- 9 Germany 208 works
- 10 Spain 200 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Retinal Imaging and Analysis research?
By volume in 2022–2025, SRM Institute of Science and Technology publishes the most Retinal Imaging and Analysis research, followed by Saveetha University and Vellore Institute of Technology University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia 75 works
- 2 Saveetha UniversityIndia 61 works
- 3 Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia 56 works
- 4 Chitkara UniversityIndia 48 works
- 5 Amrita Vishwa VidyapeethamIndia 45 works
- 6 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 41 works
- 7 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 35 works
- 8 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 29 works
- 9 Medical University of ViennaAustria 29 works
- 10 Capital Medical UniversityChina 26 works
Who are the leading researchers in Retinal Imaging and Analysis?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Retinal Imaging and Analysis include Jost B. Jonas and Narayanaswamy Venketasubramanian.
- 1 Jost B. Jonas Germany 7.7k citations
- 2 Narayanaswamy Venketasubramanian Singapore 5.4k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Retinal Imaging and Analysis research done?
The largest centres of Retinal Imaging and Analysis research in 2022–2025 are Chennai (India), Beijing (China), Shanghai (China) and London (United Kingdom). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Madurai.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- MaduraiIN · 24.5 works9.7×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Retinal Imaging and Analysis than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Retinal Imaging and Analysis?
Among universities, judged by research, Duke-NUS Medical School, Medical University of Vienna and Chitkara University 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Duke-NUS Medical SchoolSingapore | 73.1 | 40.4% | 16.9× | 12 | +346.6% |
| 2 | Medical University of ViennaAustria | 72.8 | 48.5% | 10.1× | 29 | +7.4% |
| 3 | Chitkara UniversityIndia | 64.5 | 27.0% | 12.8× | 48 | — |
| 4 | Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia | 62.7 | 25.7% | 5.9× | 56 | +456.3% |
| 5 | Amrita Vishwa VidyapeethamIndia | 61.6 | 14.6% | 8.7× | 44 | +497.3% |
| 6 | Hindustan Institute of Technology and ScienceIndia | 59.8 | 26.9% | 9.6× | 13 | +200.0% |
| 7 | Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong | 59.5 | 36.3% | 3.2× | 22 | +197.6% |
| 8 | Vita-Salute San Raffaele UniversityItaly | 59.5 | 32.9% | 7.9× | 10 | +254.5% |
| 9 | SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia | 56.8 | 11.2% | 9.2× | 75 | — |
| 10 | Saveetha UniversityIndia | 53.8 | 18.9% | 6.6× | 61 | — |
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 Retinal Imaging and Analysis research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 63% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Retinal Imaging and Analysis.
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.