| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 1 | Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) | Autophagy | 2016 | 4,701 |
| 2 | Global Prevalence and Major Risk Factors of Diabetic Retinopathy | Diabetes Care | 2012 | 3,439 |
| 3 | Global prevalence of age-related macular degeneration and disease burden projection for 2020 and 2040: a systematic review and meta-analysis | The Lancet Global Health | 2014 | 3,277 |
| 4 | A large genome-wide association study of age-related macular degeneration highlights contributions of rare and common variants | Nature Genetics | 2016 | 1,167 |
| 5 | The Impact of Hearing Loss on Quality of Life in Older Adults | Gerontologist, The | 2003 | 895 |
| 6 | Generation of three-dimensional retinal tissue with functional photoreceptors from human iPSCs | Nature Communications | 2014 | 772 |
| 7 | Fifteen-Year Cumulative Incidence of Age-Related Macular Degeneration | Ophthalmology | 2007 | 577 |
| 8 | Overview of Epidemiologic Studies of Diabetic Retinopathy | Ophthalmic Epidemiology | 2007 | 568 |
| 9 | Modeling early retinal development with human embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cells | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 2009 | 568 |
| 10 | International Photographic Classification and Grading System for Myopic Maculopathy | American Journal of Ophthalmology | 2015 | 549 |
| 11 | Retinal Microvascular Abnormalities and their Relationship with Hypertension, Cardiovascular Disease, and Mortality | Survey of Ophthalmology | 2001 | 531 |
| 12 | Retinal Vascular Caliber, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, and Inflammation: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) | Survey of Ophthalmology | 2006 | 531 |
| 13 | Consensus Definition for Atrophy Associated with Age-Related Macular Degeneration on OCT | Ophthalmology | 2018 | 485 |
| 14 | The Wisconsin Epidemiologic Study of Diabetic Retinopathy XXII | Ophthalmology | 2008 | 454 |
| 15 | Prevalence of Age-Related Macular Degeneration in the US Population | JAMA Ophthalmology | 2011 | 438 |
| 16 | Consensus Nomenclature for Reporting Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration Data | Ophthalmology | 2020 | 417 |
| 17 | Genome-wide meta-analyses of multiancestry cohorts identify multiple new susceptibility loci for refractive error and myopia | Nature Genetics | 2013 | 398 |
| 18 | Conjunctivitis | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 2013 | 386 |
| 19 | The 15-Year Cumulative Incidence of Retinal Vein Occlusion | JAMA Ophthalmology | 2008 | 352 |
| 20 | Cigarette Smoking and Hearing Loss | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 1998 | 350 |
| 21 | Susceptibility to Neurodegeneration in a Glaucoma Is Modified by Bax Gene Dosage | PLoS Genetics | 2005 | 348 |
| 22 | Effects of retinal ganglion cell loss on magno-, parvo-, koniocellular pathways in the lateral geniculate nucleus and visual cortex in glaucoma | Progress in Retinal and Eye Research | 2003 | 343 |
| 23 | Incidence of Late-Onset Bleb-Related Complications Following Trabeculectomy With Mitomycin | JAMA Ophthalmology | 2002 | 336 |
| 24 | Secondary Analyses of the Effects of Lutein/Zeaxanthin on Age-Related Macular Degeneration Progression | JAMA Ophthalmology | 2014 | 330 |
| 25 | Changes in aqueous humor dynamics with age and glaucoma | Progress in Retinal and Eye Research | 2005 | 328 |
| 26 | Prevalence of Age-Related Macular Degeneration in 4 Racial/Ethnic Groups in the Multi-ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis | Ophthalmology | 2006 | 328 |
| 27 | The COMS randomized trial of iodine 125 brachytherapy for choroidal melanoma | Ophthalmology | 2002 | 327 |
| 28 | Diabetic Microvascular Disease: An Endocrine Society Scientific Statement | Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism | 2017 | 323 |
| 29 | Treatment options and future prospects for the management of eyelid malignancies An evidence-based update | Ophthalmology | 2001 | 321 |
| 30 | The Wisconsin Epidemiologic Study of Diabetic Retinopathy XXIII: The Twenty-five-Year Incidence of Macular Edema in Persons with Type 1 Diabetes | Ophthalmology | 2009 | 320 |
| 31 | Incidence and progression of diabetic retinopathy: a systematic review | Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology,the | 2019 | 299 |
| 32 | Randomized Comparison of Systemic Anti-inflammatory Therapy Versus Fluocinolone Acetonide Implant for Intermediate, Posterior, and Panuveitis: The Multicenter Uveitis Steroid Treatment Trial | Ophthalmology | 2011 | 292 |
| 33 | Dry Eye in the Beaver Dam Offspring Study: Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Health-Related Quality of Life | American Journal of Ophthalmology | 2014 | 287 |
| 34 | The 5-Year Incidence and Progression of Hearing Loss | JAMA Otolaryngology | 2003 | 274 |
| 35 | Refractive errors, intraocular pressure, and glaucoma in a white population11The authors have no proprietary interest in the products or devices mentioned herein. | Ophthalmology | 2003 | 272 |
| 36 | Under Pressure: Cellular and Molecular Responses During Glaucoma, a Common Neurodegeneration with Axonopathy | Annual Review of Neuroscience | 2012 | 271 |
| 37 | The Prevalence of Age-Related Eye Diseases and Visual Impairment in Aging: Current Estimates | Annual Review of Neuroscience | 2013 | 268 |
| 38 | The association of atherosclerosis, vascular risk factors, and retinopathy in adults with diabetes | Ophthalmology | 2002 | 264 |
| 39 | Progressive ganglion cell loss and optic nerve degeneration in DBA/2J mice is variable and asymmetric | BMC Neuroscience | 2006 | 264 |
| 40 | Update on the Mechanism of Action of Topical Prostaglandins for Intraocular Pressure Reduction | Survey of Ophthalmology | 2008 | 260 |
| 41 | Sunlight and the 10-Year Incidence of Age-Related Maculopathy | JAMA Ophthalmology | 2004 | 254 |
| 42 | The Prevalence of Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Associated Risk Factors | JAMA Ophthalmology | 2001 | 239 |
| 43 | Retinal light toxicity | Eye | 2011 | 239 |
| 44 | The Effects of Medical Management on the Progression of Diabetic Retinopathy in Persons with Type 2 Diabetes | Ophthalmology | 2014 | 239 |
| 45 | Genome-wide association meta-analysis highlights light-induced signaling as a driver for refractive error | Nature Genetics | 2018 | 239 |
| 46 | Intraocular pressure and systemic blood pressure: longitudinal perspective: the Beaver Dam Eye Study | British Journal of Ophthalmology | 2005 | 234 |
| 47 | Accuracy of Self-reported Hearing Loss | International Journal of Audiology | 1998 | 211 |
| 48 | Long-term Incidence of Dry Eye in an Older Population | Optometry and Vision Science | 2008 | 211 |
| 49 | Fructosamine and glycated albumin for risk stratification and prediction of incident diabetes and microvascular complications: a prospective cohort analysis of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study | Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology,the | 2014 | 206 |
| 50 | Retinal Vessel Calibers in Predicting Long-Term Cardiovascular Outcomes | Circulation | 2016 | 204 |
