OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Ocular Surface is 34. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
ACE2 and TMPRSS2 are expressed on the human ocular surface, suggesting susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infection	229
The evidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection on ocular surface	199
A single cell atlas of human cornea that defines its development, limbal progenitor cells and their interactions with the immune cells	100
Co-expression of SARS-CoV-2 entry genes in the superficial adult human conjunctival, limbal and corneal epithelium suggests an additional route of entry via the ocular surface	100
Prevalence and risk factors of dry eye in 79,866 participants of the population-based Lifelines cohort study in the Netherlands	87
The keratoconus enigma: A review with emphasis on pathogenesis	82
Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in human post-mortem ocular tissues	82
Corneal stromal wound healing: Major regulators and therapeutic targets	66
Randomised double-masked placebo-controlled trial of the cumulative treatment efficacy profile of intense pulsed light therapy for meibomian gland dysfunction	65
Assessing the ocular surface microbiome in severe ocular surface diseases	57
Fungal keratitis: A review of clinical presentations, treatment strategies and outcomes	55
Neurotrophic keratitis: Frequency, etiologies, clinical management and outcomes	53
Single-cell transcriptomics identifies limbal stem cell population and cell types mapping its differentiation trajectory in limbal basal epithelium of human cornea	53
The gut-eye-lacrimal gland-microbiome axis in Sjögren Syndrome	53
Immune - Goblet cell interaction in the conjunctiva	47
Intense pulsed light treatment in meibomian gland dysfunction: A concise review	47
Use of digital displays and ocular surface alterations: A review	46
NLRP12- and NLRC4-mediated corneal epithelial pyroptosis is driven by GSDMD cleavage accompanied by IL-33 processing in dry eye	45
Ocular surface microbiota in patients with aqueous tear-deficient dry eye	45
Organoids and organ chips in ophthalmology	44
Association between dry eye and depressive symptoms: Large-scale crowdsourced research using the DryEyeRhythm iPhone application	43
The physical and mental burden of dry eye disease: A large population-based study investigating the relationship with health-related quality of life and its determinants	43
Molecular identity of human limbal heterogeneity involved in corneal homeostasis and privilege	41
The eye as the discrete but defensible portal of coronavirus infection	41
Long-term outcomes of amniotic membrane treatment in acute Stevens-Johnson syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis	39

Visualization of microneuromas by using in vivo confocal microscopy: An objective biomarker for the diagnosis of neuropathic corneal pain?	39
Pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF) plays anti-inflammatory roles in the pathogenesis of dry eye disease	38
The relationship between dry eye and sleep quality	36
Safety and feasibility of mesenchymal stem cell therapy in patients with aqueous deficient dry eye disease	36
Predicting the likelihood of need for future keratoplasty intervention using artificial intelligence	36
Aggregated neutrophil extracellular traps occlude Meibomian glands during ocular surface inflammation	35
Tear cytokine levels in the diagnosis and severity assessment of ocular chronic graft-versus-host disease(GVHD)	35
Demographic and lifestyle risk factors of dry eye disease subtypes: A cross-sectional study	35
New insights into the lacrimal pump	34