World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!
Ophthalmology Science
H-index 22

Ophthalmology Science

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Medicine 1179 117 195 20

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 217
Documents by Best Scientists*: 269
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 7
SCIMAGO H-index: 20
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.91
Impact Factor: 4.6

Top Publications

  • Artificial Intelligence Detection of Diabetic Retinopathy

    (2022)
    82 Citations
  • Detecting Glaucoma from Fundus Photographs Using Deep Learning without Convolutions: Transformer for Improved Generalization

    (2022)
    73 Citations
  • TENAYA and LUCERNE: Rationale and Design for the Phase 3 Clinical Trials of Faricimab for Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration

    Arshad M. Khanani;Robyn H. Guymer;Karen Basu;Heather Boston

    (2021)
    52 Citations
  • Neuroprotection for Age-Related Macular Degeneration

    (2022)
    43 Citations
  • A Deep Learning Network for Classifying Arteries and Veins in Montaged Widefield OCT Angiograms

    (2022)
    38 Citations
  • SynthEye: Investigating the Impact of Synthetic Data on Artificial Intelligence-assisted Gene Diagnosis of Inherited Retinal Disease

    (2022)
    37 Citations
  • American Academy of Ophthalmology Intelligent Research in Sight (IRIS®) Registry and the IRIS Registry Analytic Center Consortium

    (2022)
    37 Citations
  • Multimodal Imaging and En Face OCT Detection of Calcified Drusen in Eyes with Age-Related Macular Degeneration

    (2022)
    36 Citations
  • Multimodal Imaging, OCT B-Scan Localization, and En Face OCT Detection of Macular Hyperpigmentation in Eyes with Intermediate Age-Related Macular Degeneration

    (2022)
    36 Citations
  • Nonperfusion Area and Other Vascular Metrics by Wider Field Swept-Source OCT Angiography as Biomarkers of Diabetic Retinopathy Severity

    (2022)
    36 Citations

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