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The 100 most cited papers on amblyopia: a bibliographic perspective

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Abstract

Aim

To analyze the top 100 most cited papers related to amblyopia.

Methods

A bibliographic search in the Institute for Scientific Information Web of Knowledge across 55 years was performed.

Results

Eighty-nine of the 100 papers were published in first-quartile journals. Half (50) of the senior authors were from the USA. Most papers dealt with clinical science (72) and included original research (84). Forty-two of the articles related to all three types of amblyopia (refractive, strabismic and deprivation). Thirty-four related to both strabismic and refractive amblyopia. Around two-thirds of the papers dealt with treatment (34) and pathophysiology (30). Almost a quarter (23%) of the papers were multicenter studies. Nearly half (48) of the papers were published between 2000 and 2010. The Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group (PEDIG) published the highest number of studies (11), which dealt more with treatment (p = 0.01) and had higher average number of citations per years (p = 0.05). A larger number of articles on the treatment of amblyopia are newer (p = 0.01). There was no correlation between the time of their publication and the number of citations (p = 0.68, r = 0.042).

Conclusions

Half of the papers were published between 2000 and 2010 and were spearheaded by PEDIG. Most papers dealt with treatment and pathophysiology. This study provides an important historical perspective, emphasizing the need for additional research to better understand this preventable and curable childhood vision impairment.

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  1. Retina Service, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK

    Gilad Allon

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Meir Medical Center, Kfar Saba, Israel

    Gilad Allon & Elad Moisseiev

  3. Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

    Elad Moisseiev & Tamara Wygnanski-Jaffe

  4. Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

    Sara Dichter & Eedy Mezer

  5. Goldschleger Eye Institute, Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer, Tel Hashomer, Israel

    Tamara Wygnanski-Jaffe

  6. Department of Ophthalmology, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel

    Eedy Mezer

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Allon, G., Moisseiev, E., Dichter, S. et al. The 100 most cited papers on amblyopia: a bibliographic perspective. Int Ophthalmol 43, 1075–1089 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10792-022-02487-z

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