AIM: To identify the most-cited articles in ophthalmic epidemiology over the last decade.METHODS: We performed a cited reference search on articles that were included in the ISI Web of Science database using the terms "Epidemi*" AND "ophthalm*" AND "population*" during year 2006 to 2016. TOP 100 most cited articles(T100) in ophthalmic epidemiology were short listed and analysed using bibliometrics.RESULTS: These top 100 articles in ophthalmic epidemiology were cited between 61 to 333 times. Of these T100 articles, 36% originated from United States, and 34% were published in the Ophthalmology journal. The three major topics identified were age-related macular degeneration(AMD, n=23), glaucoma(n=16) and visual impairment(n=12). The top-cited article was a study on outdoor activities and its association with the prevalence of myopia in school-aged children, published in 2008. CONCLUSION: This bibliometric analysis provides useful insights into the current development in ophthalmicepidemiology in the past decade and can help recognizing the quality of the researches, discoveries, and trends steering ophthalmic epidemiology.
Lei LiuYan LiGui-Sen ZhangJing-Yang WuShivani MajithiaYih-Chung ThamHan ZhangLei Chen
To the Editor:Diabetic retinopathy(DR)is a condition characterized by retinal microvascular damages of diabetes mellitus.As the primary cause of blindness in adults,DR has already become a public health problem worldwide and threatens the outcomes of diabetic patients and even healthy population.The correlation between DR and common anthropometric measurements represented by body mass index(BMI)was still controversial.
