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Tien Yin Wong

Tien Yin Wong

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2025
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Medicine
China
2026

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National Ranking
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Medicine

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220
Citations
248680
World Ranking
86
National Ranking
1

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in China Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Singapore Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Medicine in Singapore Leader Award
  • 2021 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science
  • 2020 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Tien Yin Wong is affiliated with Tsinghua University in China and has a research focus primarily in the field of Medicine. Their work encompasses several subfields, including Ophthalmology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Epidemiology, Artificial Intelligence, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

The scientist's research addresses various topics, with a strong emphasis on retinal health and technology. These main topics of work include:

  • Retinal Imaging and Analysis
  • Retinal Diseases and Treatments
  • Retinal and Optic Conditions
  • Glaucoma and retinal disorders
  • Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies
  • Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
  • Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare

Their extensive publication record includes recent papers such as:

  • Global Prevalence of Diabetic Retinopathy and Projection of Burden through 2045 (2021), published in Ophthalmology
  • Digital technology and COVID-19 (2020), published in Nature Medicine
  • The Lancet Global Health Commission on Global Eye Health: vision beyond 2020 (2021), published in The Lancet Global Health
  • Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning in Ophthalmology (2022), published in Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
  • Digital technology, tele-medicine and artificial intelligence in ophthalmology: A global perspective (2020), published in Progress in Retinal and Eye Research

Tien Yin Wong frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Ching-Yu Cheng
  • Yih Chung Tham
  • Charumathi Sabanayagam
  • Daniel Shu Wei Ting
  • Chui Ming Gemmy Cheung

The researcher has contributed to multiple publication venues with frequent appearances in:

  • British Journal of Ophthalmology
  • Ophthalmology
  • Eye
  • Ophthalmology Retina
  • Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology

In addition to journal publications, they have authored books, including titles published by Springer Science+Business Media. Notably, they published "Myopic Maculopathy Analysis" in 2024.

Tien Yin Wong has been recognized with awards such as

  • Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science (2021)
  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) (2020)

Best Publications

  • Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults

    Leandra Abarca-Gómez;Ziad A Abdeen;Zargar Abdul Hamid;Niveen M Abu-Rmeileh

  • Global prevalence of glaucoma and projections of glaucoma burden through 2040: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Yih Chung Tham;Xiang Li;Tien Y. Wong;Harry A. Quigley

  • Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: A pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19.2 million participants

    Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;James Bentham;Gretchen A Stevens;Bin Zhou

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Jeffrey D. Stanaway;Ashkan Afshin;Emmanuela Gakidou;Stephen S. Lim

  • Global Prevalence and Major Risk Factors of Diabetic Retinopathy

    Joanne W.Y. Yau;Sophie L. Rogers;Ryo Kawasaki;Ecosse L. Lamoureux;Ecosse L. Lamoureux

  • Global prevalence of age-related macular degeneration and disease burden projection for 2020 and 2040: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Wan Ling Wong;Xinyi Su;Xiang Li;Chui Ming G Cheung

  • Worldwide trends in diabetes since 1980: a pooled analysis of 751 population-based studies with 4.4 million participants

    Bin Zhou;Yuan Lu;Kaveh Hajifathalian;James Bentham

  • Global Prevalence of Myopia and High Myopia and Temporal Trends from 2000 through 2050.

    Brien A. Holden;Timothy R. Fricke;David A. Wilson;Monica Jong

  • Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids

    Tanya M. Teslovich;Kiran Musunuru;Albert V. Smith;Andrew C. Edmondson

  • Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants

    Bin Zhou;Rodrigo M Carrillo-Larco;Goodarz Danaei;Leanne M Riley

  • Global Causes of Blindness and Distance Vision Impairment 1990-2020: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Seth R Flaxman;Rupert R A Bourne;Serge Resnikoff;Serge Resnikoff;Peter Ackland

  • Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants

    Bin Zhou;James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Honor Bixby

  • Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk

    Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Patricia B. Munroe;Kenneth M. Rice;Murielle Bochud

  • 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

  • Magnitude, temporal trends, and projections of the global prevalence of blindness and distance and near vision impairment: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Rupert R A Bourne;Seth R Flaxman;Tasanee Braithwaite;Maria V Cicinelli

  • Epidemiology of diabetic retinopathy, diabetic macular edema and related vision loss

    Ryan Lee;Tien Y. Wong;Charumathi Sabanayagam

  • Digital technology and COVID-19.

    Daniel Shu Wei Ting;Lawrence Carin;Victor Dzau;Victor Dzau;Tien Y. Wong

  • A century of trends in adult human height

    James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Gretchen A. Stevens;Bin Zhou

  • The Prevalence of Retinal Vein Occlusion: Pooled Data from Population Studies from the United States, Europe, Asia, and Australia

    Sophie Rogers;Rachel L. McIntosh;Ning Cheung;Lyndell Lim

  • Global prevalence and major risk factors of diabetic retinopathy.

    Olubukola Ajala;Patrick English;Jonathan Pinkney;Joanne W Y Yau

Frequent Co-Authors

Jie Jin Wang
Jie Jin Wang University of Sydney
Ching-Yu Cheng
Ching-Yu Cheng National University of Singapore
Tin Aung
Tin Aung National University of Singapore
Paul Mitchell
Paul Mitchell University of Sydney
Seang-Mei Saw
Seang-Mei Saw National University of Singapore
Carol Y. Cheung
Carol Y. Cheung Chinese University of Hong Kong
Ronald Klein
Ronald Klein University of Wisconsin–Madison
Chiea Chuen Khor
Chiea Chuen Khor Agency for Science, Technology and Research
E. Shyong Tai
E. Shyong Tai National University of Singapore
Barbara E. K. Klein
Barbara E. K. Klein University of Wisconsin–Madison

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