AIM：To investigate the published papers of ophthalmology in past ten years and explore the development of ophthalmology.METHORDS：The data of this study retrieved from Science Citation Index Expanded and downloaded o...AIM：To investigate the published papers of ophthalmology in past ten years and explore the development of ophthalmology.METHORDS：The data of this study retrieved from Science Citation Index Expanded and downloaded online in November 2017,including all the papers with publication year from 2007-2016 were analyzed.The papers were based on the Web of Science category and the journals were based on the Journal Citation Report category.RESULTS：The number of ophthalmology papers increased from 7450 to 9089 during 2007 to 2017.The average rate increased 2.2% annually.USA accounts for one thirds of the total and two thirds of the highly cited papers.In Asia,China,Japan and South Korea were in Top 10 by the number of ophthalmology papers.UK,Germany,Japan and Australia also had great impact in global ophthalmology.The hot spots included endothelial growth factor,optical coherence tomography and open-angle glaucoma.CONCLUSION：USA is in the leading position in global ophthalmology.Part of Asian countries play an important role in the development of ophthalmology,but the impact needs to be improved.展开更多
基金Supported by National Social Science Foundation of China(No.15BTQ059)National Key Technology Support Program of China(No.2015BAH25F01)
文摘AIM：To investigate the published papers of ophthalmology in past ten years and explore the development of ophthalmology.METHORDS：The data of this study retrieved from Science Citation Index Expanded and downloaded online in November 2017,including all the papers with publication year from 2007-2016 were analyzed.The papers were based on the Web of Science category and the journals were based on the Journal Citation Report category.RESULTS：The number of ophthalmology papers increased from 7450 to 9089 during 2007 to 2017.The average rate increased 2.2% annually.USA accounts for one thirds of the total and two thirds of the highly cited papers.In Asia,China,Japan and South Korea were in Top 10 by the number of ophthalmology papers.UK,Germany,Japan and Australia also had great impact in global ophthalmology.The hot spots included endothelial growth factor,optical coherence tomography and open-angle glaucoma.CONCLUSION：USA is in the leading position in global ophthalmology.Part of Asian countries play an important role in the development of ophthalmology,but the impact needs to be improved.
