Aaron Lee

17.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
249 papers, 7.4k citations indexed

About

Aaron Lee is a scholar working on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Ophthalmology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Aaron Lee has authored 249 papers receiving a total of 7.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 126 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, 118 papers in Ophthalmology and 34 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Aaron Lee's work include Retinal Imaging and Analysis (97 papers), Retinal Diseases and Treatments (77 papers) and Retinal and Optic Conditions (42 papers). Aaron Lee is often cited by papers focused on Retinal Imaging and Analysis (97 papers), Retinal Diseases and Treatments (77 papers) and Retinal and Optic Conditions (42 papers). Aaron Lee collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Aaron Lee's co-authors include Cecilia S. Lee, Doug M. Baughman, Adnan Tufail, David G. Amaral, Christine Wu Nordahl, Henry Moreton, Hugues Hoppe, Russell N. Van Gelder, Yue Wu and Ariel Rokem and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Aaron Lee

232 papers receiving 7.2k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Non-local propagation of correlations in quantum systems with long-range interactions

2014 515 citations Aaron Lee et al. profile →
Deep Learning Is Effective for Classifying Normal versus Age-Related Macular Degeneration OCT Images

2017 439 citations Cecilia S. Lee, Aaron Lee et al. profile →
Deep-learning based, automated segmentation of macular edema in optical coherence tomography

2017 257 citations Cecilia S. Lee, Yue Wu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Aaron Lee United States	43	3.3k	3.3k	866	732	624	249	7.4k
Daniel S. Reich United States	59	4.9k 1.5×	918 0.3×	2.2k 2.5×	1.9k 2.6×	216 0.3×	295	16.2k
Martin C. Stumpe United States	21	3.5k 1.1×	1.5k 0.4×	701 0.8×	95 0.1×	190 0.3×	50	7.6k
Leopold Schmetterer Austria	68	10.4k 3.1×	13.0k 3.9×	1.9k 2.2×	310 0.4×	215 0.3×	610	18.6k
Marc Coram United States	19	2.9k 0.9×	1.6k 0.5×	756 0.9×	74 0.1×	496 0.8×	30	6.2k
Jerry S. Wolinsky United States	58	3.2k 1.0×	901 0.3×	3.3k 3.8×	521 0.7×	296 0.5×	243	28.5k
Dale R. Webster United States	20	4.7k 1.4×	2.7k 0.8×	1.3k 1.5×	118 0.2×	288 0.5×	40	9.2k
Barbara Pierścionek United Kingdom	38	1.3k 0.4×	974 0.3×	810 0.9×	182 0.2×	106 0.2×	193	3.9k
R. Nick Bryan United States	53	3.0k 0.9×	225 0.1×	753 0.9×	1.1k 1.6×	425 0.7×	221	9.9k
Rolf Fimmers Germany	67	2.7k 0.8×	914 0.3×	2.4k 2.8×	380 0.5×	1.6k 2.5×	350	14.4k
Kwang Gi Kim South Korea	41	2.5k 0.8×	566 0.2×	547 0.6×	55 0.1×	177 0.3×	387	6.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Aaron Lee

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Aaron Lee

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Jackson, Victoria E., Yingli Wu, Roberto Bonelli, et al.. (2025). Multi-omic spatial effects on high-resolution AI-derived retinal thickness. Nature Communications. 16(1). 1317–1317. 5 indexed citations

Douglas, Vivian Paraskevi, Alexander R. Ivanov, Tobias Elze, et al.. (2025). Data Duplication and Errors in Large Medical Data Sets: A Case Study in the IRIS® Registry. Ophthalmology Science. 6(1). 100933–100933.

Raisi‐Estabragh, Zahra, Liliána Szabó, Celeste McCracken, et al.. (2024). Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Reference Ranges FBom the Healthy Hearts Consortium. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. 26. 100770–100770.

Davidson, Oliver, et al.. (2024). Sociodemographic and Visual Outcomes of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Uveitis: IRIS® Registry Study. Clinical ophthalmology. Volume 18. 1257–1266.

Oke, Isdin, Tobias Elze, Joan W. Miller, et al.. (2024). The Association of Race, Ethnicity, and Insurance Status with the Visual Acuity of Retinoblastoma Survivors in the IRIS® Registry. Ophthalmic Epidemiology. 32(1). 18–24.

Smith, Sophie, Anja Lorch, Joan W. Miller, et al.. (2024). Racial Disparities in Glaucoma Vision Outcomes and Eye Care Utilization: An IRIS Registry Analysis. American Journal of Ophthalmology. 264. 194–204. 4 indexed citations

Anegondi, Neha, Simon S. Gao, Aaron Lee, et al.. (2024). Topographic Clinical Insights From Deep Learning–Based Geographic Atrophy Progression Prediction. Translational Vision Science & Technology. 13(8). 6–6. 1 indexed citations

Wittenborn, John S., Aaron Lee, Elizabeth A. Lundeen, et al.. (2023). Comparing Telephone Survey Responses to Best-Corrected Visual Acuity to Estimate the Accuracy of Identifying Vision Loss: Validation Study. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance. 9. e44552–e44552. 3 indexed citations

Lim, Han Woong, Suzann Pershing, Darius M. Moshfeghi, et al.. (2023). Causes of Childhood Blindness in the United States Using the IRIS® Registry (Intelligent Research in Sight). Ophthalmology. 130(9). 907–913. 22 indexed citations

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Brant, Arthur, Jeffrey L. Goldberg, Julia A. Haller, et al.. (2023). United States Population Disparities in Ophthalmic Care. Ophthalmology. 130(11). 1121–1137. 7 indexed citations

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Lee, Cecilia S., Yu‐Ru Su, Rod Walker, et al.. (2022). Diabetic Retinopathy and Dementia Association, Beyond Diabetes Severity. American Journal of Ophthalmology. 249. 90–98. 11 indexed citations

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VandenBosch, Leah S., et al.. (2022). Machine Learning Prediction of Non-Coding Variant Impact in Human Retinal cis -Regulatory Elements. Translational Vision Science & Technology. 11(4). 16–16. 5 indexed citations

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Rim, Tyler Hyungtaek, Aaron Lee, Daniel Shu Wei Ting, et al.. (2021). Computer-aided detection and abnormality score for the outer retinal layer in optical coherence tomography. British Journal of Ophthalmology. 106(9). 1301–1307. 6 indexed citations

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Simonson, Paul D., Yue Wu, David Wu, Jonathan R. Fromm, & Aaron Lee. (2021). De Novo Identification and Visualization of Important Cell Populations for Classic Hodgkin Lymphoma Using Flow Cytometry and Machine Learning. American Journal of Clinical Pathology. 156(6). 1092–1102. 13 indexed citations

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Lee, Aaron, Philipp L. Müller, Roy Schwartz, et al.. (2021). Contextualizing single‐arm trials with real‐world data: An emulated target trial comparing therapies for neovascular age‐related macular degeneration. Clinical and Translational Science. 14(3). 1166–1175. 6 indexed citations

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Owen, Julia P., Ryan T. Yanagihara, Marian Blazes, et al.. (2021). Endophthalmitis Rate in Immediately Sequential versus Delayed Sequential Bilateral Cataract Surgery within the Intelligent Research in Sight (IRIS®) Registry Data. Ophthalmology. 129(2). 129–138. 40 indexed citations

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Knickelbein, Jared E., Karen R. Armbrust, Ian Yeung, et al.. (2020). Logistic Regression Classification of Primary Vitreoretinal Lymphoma versus Uveitis by Interleukin 6 and Interleukin 10 Levels. Ophthalmology. 127(7). 956–962. 25 indexed citations

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Lin, Phoebe, Mary Bach, Aaron Lee, et al.. (2013). HLA-B27 affects the gut microbiome of transgenic rats. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 54(15). 353–353. 1 indexed citations

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Selmeczy, Diana, Kami Koldewyn, Aaron Lee, et al.. (2011). Investigation of amygdala volume in men with the fragile X premutation. Brain Imaging and Behavior. 5(4). 285–294. 5 indexed citations

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Lee, Aaron, et al.. (2009). Polymorphisms in the VEGFA and VEGFR-2 genes and neovascular age-related macular degeneration.. Digital Commons@Becker (Washington University School of Medicine). 51 indexed citations

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