2026 Joseph A. Izatt: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	109	1205	1139	633	587	600	48089

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Research.com Recognitions

2017 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
2009 - OSA Fellows For pioneering contributions to the field of biomedical optics, particularly the development of technology and applications of optical coherence tomography and microscopy.
2008 - SPIE Fellow
2007 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Overview

Joseph A. Izatt is affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focused on medicine and engineering.

The main fields of study for Joseph A. Izatt include:

Medicine
Engineering

They have made contributions in several subfields such as:

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Ophthalmology
Biomedical Engineering
Instrumentation
Biophysics

Their research topics cover areas including:

Optical Coherence Tomography Applications
Retinal and Macular Surgery
Retinal Diseases and Treatments
Retinal Imaging and Analysis
Glaucoma and retinal disorders
Retinopathy of Prematurity Studies
Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging

Joseph A. Izatt frequently publishes in these venues:

Biomedical Optics Express
Optics Letters
Translational Vision Science & Technology
arXiv (Cornell University)
Optica

They often collaborate with other researchers, including:

Anthony N. Kuo
Christian Viehland
Ryan P. McNabb
Cynthia A. Toth
Kevin C. Zhou

Selected recent papers authored by Joseph A. Izatt include:

Optical Coherence Tomography-Guided Robotic Ophthalmic Microsurgery via Reinforcement Learning from Demonstration, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Robotics
Video-rate high-precision time-frequency multiplexed 3D coherent ranging, 2022, Nature Communications
Contactless optical coherence tomography of the eyes of freestanding individuals with a robotic scanner, 2021, Nature Biomedical Engineering
Macular OCT Characteristics at 36 Weeks' Postmenstrual Age in Infants Examined for Retinopathy of Prematurity, 2020, Ophthalmology Retina
Microscope-Integrated OCT-Guided Volumetric Measurements of Subretinal Blebs Created by a Suprachoroidal Approach, 2021, Translational Vision Science & Technology

Joseph A. Izatt has received several awards, including:

Fellow, National Academy of Inventors, 2017
OSA Fellow, 2009, for pioneering contributions to biomedical optics, particularly optical coherence tomography and microscopy
SPIE Fellow, 2008
Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), 2007

Best Publications

Sensitivity advantage of swept source and Fourier domain optical coherence tomography

Michael A. Choma;Marinko V. Sarunic;Changhuei Yang;Joseph A. Izatt

2597
Citations
Optical Coherence Tomography of the Human Retina

Michael R. Hee;Joseph A. Izatt;Eric A. Swanson;David Huang

2416
Citations
Imaging of macular diseases with optical coherence tomography.

Carmen A. Puliafito;Michael R. Hee;Charles P. Lin;Elias Reichel

1797
Citations
In vivo retinal imaging by optical coherence tomography

E. A. Swanson;J. A. Izatt;M. R. Hee;D. Huang

1491
Citations
Micrometer-Scale Resolution Imaging of the Anterior Eye In Vivo With Optical Coherence Tomography

Joseph A. Izatt;Michael R. Hee;Eric A. Swanson;Charles P. Lin

1413
Citations
Quantification of Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness in Normal and Glaucomatous Eyes Using Optical Coherence Tomography: A Pilot Study

Joel S. Schuman;Michael R. Hee;Carmen A. Puliafito;Carlton Wong

1178
Citations
Optical coherence microscopy in scattering media

Joseph A. Izatt;Michael R. Hee;Gabrielle M. Owen;Eric A. Swanson

1028
Citations
In vivo bidirectional color Doppler flow imaging of picoliter blood volumes using optical coherence tomography

Joseph A. Izatt;Manish D. Kulkarni;Siavash Yazdanfar;Jennifer K. Barton

974
Citations
Real-Time Optical Coherence Tomography of the Anterior Segment at 1310 nm

Sunita Radhakrishnan;Andrew M. Rollins;Jonathan E. Roth;Siavash Yazdanfar

957
Citations
Optical Coherence Tomography for Optical Biopsy: Properties and Demonstration of Vascular Pathology

Mark E. Brezinski;Guillermo J. Tearney;Brett E. Bouma;Joseph A. Izatt

947
Citations
Automatic segmentation of seven retinal layers in SDOCT images congruent with expert manual segmentation

Stephanie J. Chiu;Xiao T. Li;Peter Nicholas;Cynthia A. Toth

855
Citations
In vivo video rate optical coherence tomography.

Andrew M. Rollins;Manish D. Kulkarni;Siavash Yazdanfar;Rujchai Ung-arunyawee

636
Citations
Optical Coherence Tomography and Microscopy in Gastrointestinal Tissues

Joseph A. Izatt;Manish D. Kulkarni;Hsing-Wen Wang;Kenji Kobayashi

624
Citations
Comparison of optical coherence tomography and ultrasound biomicroscopy for detection of narrow anterior chamber angles.

Sunita Radhakrishnan;Jason Goldsmith;David Huang;Volker Westphal

562
Citations
Adaptive-optics optical coherence tomography for high-resolution and high-speed 3D retinal in vivo imaging

Robert J. Zawadzki;Steven M. Jones;Scot S. Olivier;Mingtao Zhao

549
Citations
Optimal interferometer designs for optical coherence tomography

Andrew M. Rollins;Joseph A. Izatt

519
Citations
Fully automated detection of diabetic macular edema and dry age-related macular degeneration from optical coherence tomography images

Pratul P. Srinivasan;Leo A. Kim;Priyatham S. Mettu;Scott W. Cousins

505
Citations
Real-time in vivo imaging of human gastrointestinal ultrastructure by use of endoscopic optical coherence tomography with a novel efficient interferometer design.

Andrew M. Rollins;Rujchai Ung-arunyawee;Amitabh Chak;Richard C. K. Wong

470
Citations
Optical imaging device

Joseph A. Izatt;Michael V. Sivak;Andrew Rollins;Akihiro Horii

458
Citations
Femtosecond transillumination optical coherence tomography

Michael R. Hee;Joseph A. Izatt;Joseph M. Jacobson;James G. Fujimoto

444
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