School of Optometry and Vision Science, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Australia.
Centre for Ocular Research & Education, School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Clin Exp Optom. 2021 Aug;104(6):684-690. doi: 10.1080/08164622.2021.1945414. Epub 2021 Jul 7.
Examination of the literature can help answer the age-old question of the extent to which rigid contact lenses can be considered an art versus a science.
This work aims to assemble rigid contact lens-related publication metrics to identify the most impactful papers, authors, institutions, countries and journals.
A search was undertaken of the Scopus database to identify rigid contact lens-related articles published since this lens type was first described in 1949. The 25 most highly cited papers were determined from the total list of 1,823 papers found. Rank-order lists by count were assembled for the 'top 25' in each of four categories: authors, institutions, countries and journals. A subject-specific rigid contact lens h-index (h-index) was derived for each author, institution, country and journal to serve as a measure of impact in the field. A short list of the top constituents in each category were ranked by h-index and tabulated.
The most highly cited paper (467 citations) is entitled 'Risk factors and prognosis for corneal ectasia after LASIK', by Randleman et al. Karla Zadnik (h = 20; 32 papers) and Richard Hill (h = 10; 50 papers) are most impactful and prolific authors, respectively. The Ohio State University (h = 24; 96 papers) is the most impactful and prolific institution and the United States (h = 51; 680 papers) is the most impactful and prolific country. (h = 30; 233 papers) is the most impactful journal.
Impactful authors, institutions, countries and journals in the field of rigid lenses are identified. Although there is perhaps an artistic element to rigid contact lens fitting, the solid literature base underpinning the field of rigid contact lenses revealed here belies the notion that rigid lenses fitting is more of an art than a science.
对文献的研究有助于回答一个由来已久的问题，即硬性隐形眼镜在多大程度上可以被视为一门艺术，而不是一门科学。
这项工作旨在收集硬性隐形眼镜相关的出版指标，以确定最有影响力的论文、作者、机构、国家和期刊。
对 Scopus 数据库进行了搜索，以确定自 1949 年首次描述这种隐形眼镜类型以来发表的硬性隐形眼镜相关文章。从总共找到的 1823 篇论文中确定了 25 篇被引用最多的论文。按引用次数对每个类别中的“前 25 名”进行了排名，列出了作者、机构、国家和期刊的排名。为每个作者、机构、国家和期刊计算了一个特定于主题的硬性隐形眼镜 h 指数（h-index），作为该领域影响力的衡量标准。对每个类别中的前几名进行了 h 指数排名和制表。
被引用最多的论文（467 次引用）是 Randleman 等人的《LASIK 后角膜扩张的危险因素和预后》。Karla Zadnik（h=20；32 篇论文）和 Richard Hill（h=10；50 篇论文）是最有影响力和最多产的作者。俄亥俄州立大学（h=24；96 篇论文）是最有影响力和最多产的机构，美国（h=51；680 篇论文）是最有影响力和最多产的国家。《角膜接触镜杂志》（h=30；233 篇论文）是最有影响力的期刊。
确定了硬性隐形眼镜领域有影响力的作者、机构、国家和期刊。尽管硬性隐形眼镜的适配可能有一定的艺术性，但这里揭示的硬性隐形眼镜领域坚实的文献基础，否定了硬性隐形眼镜的适配更多是一门艺术而不是一门科学的观点。
