2026 Mingguang He: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	87	13512	12715	153	148	703	33240

Overview

Mingguang He is affiliated with Sun Yat-sen University in China, focusing primarily on medical research with a specialized concentration in ophthalmology. Their publication record reflects extensive contributions to understanding eye diseases, particularly myopia and related retinal conditions.

The main fields of study for Mingguang He include:

Medicine

The subfields of study reflect a detailed focus on eye health and medical imaging, with notable publication numbers in:

Ophthalmology
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Epidemiology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Molecular Biology

Their research topics span a range of areas within visual health, emphasizing diseases and surgical interventions of the retina and eye structures:

Retinal Diseases and Treatments
Retinal Imaging and Analysis
Glaucoma and retinal disorders
Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies
Corneal surgery and disorders
Retinal and Optic Conditions
Intraocular Surgery and Lenses

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Mingguang He include:

"Myopia," 2020, Nature Reviews Disease Primers
"IMI Prevention of Myopia and Its Progression," 2021, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
"Effect of Repeated Low-Level Red-Light Therapy for Myopia Control in Children," 2021, Ophthalmology
"Time Outdoors in Reducing Myopia," 2022, Ophthalmology
"Scleral HIF-1α is a prominent regulatory candidate for genetic and environmental interactions in human myopia pathogenesis," 2020, EBioMedicine

Mingguang He has also contributed to book publications with Frontiers Media, including works released in 2022 and 2023:

Myopia: Public Health Challenges and Interventions (2022)
Big data and artificial intelligence in ophthalmology - clinical application and future exploration (2023)

Frequent publication venues where Mingguang He's work appears are:

British Journal of Ophthalmology
Ophthalmology
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
arXiv (Cornell University)

Collaborations are a significant part of Mingguang He's work, with frequent coauthors including:

Zhuoting Zhu
Wei Wang
Xianwen Shang
Danli Shi
Honghua Yu

Best Publications

Development and Validation of a Deep Learning System for Diabetic Retinopathy and Related Eye Diseases Using Retinal Images From Multiethnic Populations With Diabetes.

Daniel Shu Wei Ting;Daniel Shu Wei Ting;Carol Yim Lui Cheung;Carol Yim Lui Cheung;Gilbert Lim;Gavin Siew Wei Tan;Gavin Siew Wei Tan

2227
Citations
Refractive error and visual impairment in urban children in southern China

Mingguang He;Junwen Zeng;Yizhi Liu;Jingjing Xu

1012
Citations
The epidemics of myopia: Aetiology and prevention.

Ian G Morgan;Ian G Morgan;Amanda N French;Regan S Ashby;Xinxing Guo

969
Citations
Effect of time spent outdoors at school on the development of myopia among children in China a randomized clinical trial

Mingguang He;Fan Xiang;Yangfa Zeng;Jincheng Mai

958
Citations
Efficacy of a Deep Learning System for Detecting Glaucomatous Optic Neuropathy Based on Color Fundus Photographs.

Zhixi Li;Yifan He;Stuart Keel;Wei Meng

769
Citations
IMI - Defining and Classifying Myopia: A Proposed Set of Standards for Clinical and Epidemiologic Studies

Daniel Ian Flitcroft;Mingguang He;Jost B Jonas;Monica Jong

713
Citations
The worldwide epidemic of diabetic retinopathy.

Yingfeng Zheng;Mingguang He;Nathan Congdon

645
Citations
Prevalence and clinical characteristics of glaucoma in adult Chinese: a population-based study in Liwan District, Guangzhou.

Mingguang He;Mingguang He;Paul J Foster;Paul J Foster;Jian Ge;Wenyong Huang

501
Citations
Refractive error and visual impairment in school children in rural southern China.

Mingguang He;Wenyong Huang;Yingfeng Zheng;Li Huang

488
Citations
Lens Vault, Thickness, and Position in Chinese Subjects with Angle Closure

Monisha E. Nongpiur;Mingguang He;Nishani Amerasinghe;Nishani Amerasinghe;David S. Friedman

370
Citations
Cataract Surgical Rate and Socioeconomics: A Global Study.

Wei Wang;William Yan;Kathy Fotis;Noela M Prasad

306
Citations
Myopia, an underrated global challenge to vision: where the current data takes us on myopia control.

B Holden;P Sankaridurg;P Sankaridurg;E Smith;T Aller

283
Citations
Effect of providing free glasses on children’s educational outcomes in China: cluster randomized controlled trial

Xiaochen Ma;Xiaochen Ma;Zhongqiang Zhou;Hongmei Yi;Xiaopeng Pang

283
Citations
Genetic and environmental effects on body mass index from infancy to the onset of adulthood: an individual-based pooled analysis of 45 twin cohorts participating in the COllaborative project of Development of Anthropometrical measures in Twins (CODATwins) study

Karri Silventoinen;Karri Silventoinen;Aline Jelenkovic;Aline Jelenkovic;Reijo Sund;Yoon-Mi Hur

262
Citations
IMI Prevention of Myopia and Its Progression

Jost B Jonas;Marcus Ang;Pauline Cho;Jeremy A Guggenheim

259
Citations
Laser Peripheral Iridotomy in Primary Angle-Closure Suspects: Biometric and Gonioscopic Outcomes: The Liwan Eye Study

Mingguang He;David S. Friedman;Jian Ge;Wenyong Huang

252
Citations
Quantitative Iris Parameters and Association with Narrow Angles

Bingsong Wang;Lisandro M. Sakata;Lisandro M. Sakata;David S. Friedman;Yiong Huak Chan

250
Citations
Prevalence of Myopia in Urban and Rural Children in Mainland China

Mingguang He;Yingfeng Zheng;Fan Xiang

246
Citations
Angle-closure glaucoma in East Asian and European people. Different diseases?

M He;P J Foster;P J Foster;G J Johnson;P T Khaw;P T Khaw

243
Citations
Laser peripheral iridotomy for the prevention of angle closure: a single-centre, randomised controlled trial

Mingguang He;Yuzhen Jiang;Shengsong Huang;Dolly S Chang

235
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Tin Aung National University of Singapore

David S. Friedman Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

Paul J. Foster University College London

Tien Yin Wong Tsinghua University

Karri Silventoinen University of Helsinki

David A. Mackey University of Western Australia

Ching-Yu Cheng National University of Singapore

Richard Saffery University of Melbourne

Jaakko Kaprio University of Helsinki

Nicholas G. Martin QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute

External Links

Personal website of Mingguang He

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