OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Ophthalmic Epidemiology is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Association Between Area Temperature and Severe Vision Impairment in a Nationally Representative Sample of Older Americans	33
The Relationship of Visiting Alternative Care Practitioners with Receiving Medical Eye Care in Patients with Chronic Ocular Disease	28
Awareness on Eye Donation in the North-eastern State of Tripura, India – The Tripura Eye Survey	26
Racial Differences in Retinopathy of Prematurity	25
Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in Mexican Health Care Workers after Two Years of the Pandemic: The Picture of an Ophthalmic Medical Centre	25
Prevalence and Risk Factors of Major Depression in Patients with Diabetic Retinopathy in a Nationally Representative Survey	21
A Review to Populate A Proposed Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Glaucoma Screening in Sub-Saharan Africa	18
A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Assessing Diversity and Representation in Diabetic Retinopathy Clinical Trials in the U.S.	14
Impact of Ambient Air Pollution on Reduced Visual Acuity Among Children and Adolescents	13
Epidemiology of Orbital and Preseptal Cellulitis in the United States: A 13-Year Analysis	13
Cataract Surgical Services in Palestine	12
Refractive Error in a Chinese Population with Type 2 Diabetes: A Report from the Fushun Diabetic Retinopathy Cohort Study	11
The Use of Optical Coherence Tomography for Early Glaucoma Screening in a Population of Patients with Diabetes	11
Trends in Volume and Charges of Retinal Tear Patients in the Emergency Department	11
Cataract Phacoemulsification in People with Dementia: Characterization and Outcomes	11
Weather Patterns and the Frequency of Ophthalmology Consultations in the Emergency Setting	11
Increased Number and Severity of Open Globe Injuries during COVID-19 Stay-at-home Orders	10
Association of Gaps in Medical Insurance Coverage with Vision Care Benefits Among US Adults	10
Access to a Patient Portal is Associated with a Higher Rate of Diabetic Eye Examination Completion	10
Cost-Effectiveness of Addressing Retinopathy of Prematurity in Rwanda	10
Prevalence of Diabetic Retinopathy and Dilated Fundus Examinations by Metropolitan Status from 2017–2021: An Assessment of the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System	9
Evaluation of a Risk Screening Tool for Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) in a German Cohort	9
Thirty-Year Trends in the Prevalence and Severity of Diabetic Retinopathy at the First Visit in Patients with Untreated Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus	9
Feasibility and Patient Experience of a Pilot Artificial Intelligence-Based Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Program in Northern Ontario	9
Corneal Transplantation in Australia Over 29 Years: A Retrospective Analysis of Medicare Data from 1994 to 2022	8

Prevalence, Associated Factors and Health-related Quality of Life of Dual Sensory Impairment in Residential Care Facilities in Singapore	8
Subjective Wellbeing, Work Performance and Lived Experience of Zanzibari Women Entrepreneurs with Uncorrected Functional Presbyopia: A Pre-Post Mixed-Methods Study	8
Patient Demand for Ophthalmologists in the United States: A Google Trends Analysis	8
Progress Towards Elimination of Trachoma in Kenya 2017–2020	8
Prevalence of Trachoma After Three Rounds of Antibiotic Mass Drug Administration in 13 Woredas of Gambella Region, Ethiopia	8
Prevalence of Trachoma after Implementation of Trachoma Elimination Interventions in Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia: Results of Impact Surveys in 131 Evaluation Units Covering 139 Districts	8
Blindness Secondary to Retinopathy of Prematurity in Sub-Saharan Africa	8
Refractive Error Findings in Students Who Failed School-based Vision Screening	7
SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence among the Health Care Staff of an Ophthalmological Reference Centre, a Cross Sectional Study	7
Prevalence of Self-Reported Symptoms of Computer Vision Syndrome and Associated Risk Factors among School Students in China during the COVID-19 Pandemic	7
Prevalence of pediatric eye disease in the optumlabs data warehouse	7
Eye drops for dry eye disease during pregnancy and adverse neonatal outcomes: high-dimensional propensity score analyses	7
Comparison of Three Handheld Fundus Cameras for Assessment of the Vertical Cup-To-Disk Ratio	7
Population Prevalence of Trachoma in Nine Rural Non-Indigenous Evaluation Units of Brazil	7
Use of Diuretics and Risk of Acute Angle Closure: A Case-Control Study	6
Consumer Product-Related Pediatric Eye Injuries Treated in United States Emergency Departments	6
Results from the Nationwide German KiGGS Study in Children and Adolescents Show that Myopia is Associated with Being an Only Child	6
The Continuing Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Diabetic Retinopathy Screenings	6
In-Depth Analysis of Incidence and Survival of Lacrimal Gland Malignancies in the United States of America from 1995 to 2018	6
Epidemiological Characteristics Associated with Astigmatism in a Population of 3- to 5-Year-Old Children in Los Angeles, CA	5
A READABILITY COMPARISON OF ONLINE SPANISH AND ENGLISH PATIENT EDUCATION MATERIALS ABOUT VISION HEALTH	5
Development and Evaluation of a Rules-based Algorithm for Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma in the VA Million Veteran Program	5
Prevalence of Retinal Vascular Anomalies in the German Population: Results from the Gutenberg Health Study	5
Epidemiology of Eye Cancer in Cali, Colombia: A 55-Year Study	5
Recent Practice Patterns in Acute Retinal Artery Occlusions in the United States	5
Evaluating the Accuracy and Readability of ChatGPT-4o’s Responses to Patient-Based Questions about Keratoconus	5
Long-Term Burden of Pain and Reduced Visual Acuity after Gunshot Wounds to the Orbit	5
Prevalence and Risk Factors of Age-Related Macular Degeneration in South Korea: Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey	5
Reducing the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Retinopathy of Prematurity Screening: Successful Strategies Learnt from a Multi-Center Tele-Medicine Program in India	4
Door-to-door Screening as a New Model Augmenting School Eye Screening: Reaching Out to School Age Children in the Midst of a Pandemic	4
Prevalence of Trachoma following Implementation of the SAFE Strategy in Three Local Government Areas of Taraba State, North Eastern Nigeria	4
Association between Increased Cataract Surgery Duration and Postoperative Outcomes	4
Impact of Community Eye Clinics (CEC) on Specialist Eye Clinic Referrals	4
COMPARISON OF SMARTPHONE-BASED AND AUTOMATED REFRACTION WITH SUBJECTIVE REFRACTION FOR SCREENING OF REFRACTIVE ERRORS	4
Comprehensive Profiling through a Cross-sectional Assessment on the Awareness about Eye Protection Safety among Dental Professionals in Saudi Arabia	4
The Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Among Adults with Vision Impairment from Low-, Middle- and High-Income Countries	4
Characteristics of Ophthalmic Trauma in Fall-Related Hospitalizations in the United States from 2000 to 2017	4
Nationwide Trends in Vitreoretinal Procedures within Australia	4
Incidence and Progression of Diabetic Retinopathy in Urban India: Sankara Nethralaya Diabetic Retinopathy Epidemiology and Molecular Genetics Study, 15yr Follow up	4
Trachoma Impact Survey Results from 31 Woredas in Tigray Region, Ethiopia	4
PREVALENCE OF MEIBOMIAN GLAND DYSFUNCTION IN AFRICA: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS OF OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES	4
Prevalence of Trachoma in Pre-validation Surveillance Surveys in 11 Evaluation Units (Covering 12 Districts) in Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia: Results from 2018−2020	4
Design and Methodology of a Multi-Centre Clinical Trial of Low Dose Laser Cycloplasty for the Treatment of Malignant Glaucoma in China	4
Association Analysis of Telomere Length and Vision in a Large Community-Based Survey	4
Epidemiologic Trends in Ophthalmic Trauma Related to Major Sports: An NEISS Study	4
Decomposition of Economic Inequality in Age-Related Macular Degeneration by Using Oaxaca-Blinder Decomposition: Tehran Geriatric Eye Study	4
A Systematic Review of Clinical Practice Guidelines for Age-related Macular Degeneration	3
Colombian Ocular Diseases Epidemiology Study (CODES): Prevalence and Sociodemographic Characterization of Refractive Errors in Colombian Eye Care Consultations	3
Prevalence and Types of Strabismus in Cerebral Palsy: A Global and Historical Perspective Based on a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	3
Ophthalmologists’ Perspective on Barriers to Cataract Surgery and Surgical Productivity in Ethiopia, Ghana, and Zambia: A Descriptive, Mixed-Methods Survey	3

Ocular Adverse Events After Influenza Vaccination in Older Adults: Self-Controlled Case Series Using a Large Database in Japan	3
Prevalence and Causes of Visual Impairment and Blindness in Elderly Population; an Urgent Geriatric Health Issue: Tehran Geriatric Eye Study (TGES)	3
Colombian Ocular Diseases Epidemiology Study (CODES): Prevalence Incidence, and Sociodemographic Characterization of Vision Impairment (2015–2019), A Nationwide Study	3
Dry Eye and Visual Display Terminal-Related Symptoms among University Students during the Coronavirus Disease Pandemic	3
The Burden of Blindness and Vision Impairment in the Middle East and North Africa: A Global Burden of Disease 2019 Perspective	3
Rationale, Design and Methodology of a Population-Based Ocular Study in a Suburbanization Region in Tianjin, China: The Beichen Eye Study	3
The Postnatal Growth and Retinopathy of Prematurity Model: A Multi-institutional Validation Study	3
Community based vision screening in preschool children; performance of the Spot Vision Screener and optotype testing	3
Incidence and Association of Uveitis with COVID-19 Vaccination: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	3
Association Between Multimorbidity and Presence of Diagnosed Vision Problems Among the Middle-Aged and Older Population in India	3
The Prevalence of Trachomatous Trichiasis in People Aged 15 Years and Over in Six Evaluation Units of Gaoual, Labé, Dalaba and Beyla Districts, Guinea	3
Visit Adherence and Visual Acuity in Study of COmparative Treatments for REtinal Vein Occlusion 2 (SCORE2)	3
Cost Analysis of a Comprehensive School Eye Screening Model from India	3