Fiona Stapleton

21.9k total citations · 6 hit papers
370 papers, 15.5k citations indexed

About

Fiona Stapleton is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Ophthalmology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Fiona Stapleton has authored 370 papers receiving a total of 15.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 279 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 204 papers in Ophthalmology and 161 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Fiona Stapleton's work include Ocular Surface and Contact Lens (268 papers), Ocular Infections and Treatments (112 papers) and Corneal surgery and disorders (96 papers). Fiona Stapleton is often cited by papers focused on Ocular Surface and Contact Lens (268 papers), Ocular Infections and Treatments (112 papers) and Corneal surgery and disorders (96 papers). Fiona Stapleton collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. Fiona Stapleton's co-authors include Mark Willcox, John Dart, Lisa Keay, Nicole Carnt, Jason J. Nichols, Blanka Golebiowski, Jennifer P. Craig, Isabelle Jalbert, Kelly K. Nichols and J. Daniel Nelson and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, PLoS ONE and Clinical Infectious Diseases.

In The Last Decade

Fiona Stapleton

356 papers receiving 15.0k 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.

TFOS DEWS II Definition and Classification Report

2017 2.3k citations Jennifer P. Craig, Kelly K. Nichols et al. The Ocular Surface profile →
TFOS DEWS II Epidemiology Report

2017 1.8k citations Fiona Stapleton, Mônica Alves et al. The Ocular Surface profile →
TFOS DEWS II Report Executive Summary

2017 583 citations Jennifer P. Craig, J. Daniel Nelson et al. The Ocular Surface profile →
TFOS DEWS II pain and sensation report

2017 466 citations Carlos Belmonte, Jason J. Nichols et al. The Ocular Surface profile →
Risk Factors and Causative Organisms in Microbial Keratitis

2008 423 citations Fiona Stapleton et al. Cornea profile →
TFOS DEWS III: Diagnostic Methodology

2025 13 citations James S. Wolffsohn, Christopher E. Starr et al. American Journal of Ophthalmology profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Fiona Stapleton	12.1k	8.1k	6.0k	2.0k	1.8k	370	15.5k
Jason J. Nichols	9.4k 0.8×	4.7k 0.6×	4.6k 0.8×	2.0k 1.0×	1.9k 1.0×	207	11.0k
Michael E. Stern	9.1k 0.8×	3.4k 0.4×	4.3k 0.7×	2.0k 1.0×	2.0k 1.1×	203	12.4k
Mark Willcox	11.0k 0.9×	7.1k 0.9×	5.6k 0.9×	1.0k 0.5×	1.2k 0.6×	622	21.0k
Kelly K. Nichols	11.0k 0.9×	5.2k 0.6×	4.1k 0.7×	3.2k 1.6×	2.8k 1.5×	168	12.2k
Gary N. Foulks	6.7k 0.5×	3.7k 0.5×	3.2k 0.5×	1.5k 0.8×	1.7k 1.0×	115	8.5k
Michael A. Lemp	8.0k 0.7×	4.2k 0.5×	3.7k 0.6×	1.8k 0.9×	1.7k 1.0×	131	9.4k
Yuichi Ohashi	3.6k 0.3×	3.4k 0.4×	3.0k 0.5×	818 0.4×	584 0.3×	299	7.7k
Nathan Efron	6.7k 0.6×	4.5k 0.6×	5.0k 0.8×	386 0.2×	555 0.3×	413	9.3k
Eric Papas	3.6k 0.3×	2.0k 0.3×	2.3k 0.4×	484 0.2×	594 0.3×	151	4.7k
Friedrich Paulsen	2.5k 0.2×	1.8k 0.2×	1.2k 0.2×	289 0.1×	373 0.2×	404	8.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fiona Stapleton

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Samarawickrama, Chameen, Fiona Stapleton, Tanya Trinh, et al.. (2025). Evidence on the Use of Topical Ciclosporin for Ocular Surface Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis. Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology. 53(5). 470–492. 2 indexed citations

Perez, Victor L., Wei Chen, Jennifer P. Craig, et al.. (2025). TFOS DEWS III: Executive Summary. American Journal of Ophthalmology. 282. 135–145.

Kandel, Himal, Fiona Stapleton, Laura E. Downie, et al.. (2025). The impact of dry eye disease on patient-reported quality of life: A Save Sight Dry Eye Registry study. The Ocular Surface. 37. 11–23. 1 indexed citations

Stapleton, Fiona, et al.. (2025). Hydrophobic Silicon Quantum Dots for Potential Imaging of Tear Film Lipid Layer. Nanomaterials. 15(7). 552–552.

Stapleton, Fiona, et al.. (2024). Meibomian Gland Shortening Is Associated With Altered Meibum Composition. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 65(8). 49–49. 1 indexed citations

Britten‐Jones, Alexis Ceecee, et al.. (2024). Epidemiology and Risk Factors of Dry Eye Disease: Considerations for Clinical Management. Medicina. 60(9). 1458–1458. 16 indexed citations

Watson, Stephanie L., Pauline Khoo, Maria Cabrera‐Aguas, et al.. (2024). Efficient capture of dry eye data from the real world: The Save Sight Dry Eye Registry. University of Birmingham Research Portal (University of Birmingham). 1(3). 100065–100065. 3 indexed citations

Stapleton, Fiona, Juan Carlos Abad, Stefano Barabino, et al.. (2023). TFOS Lifestyle: Impact of societal challenges on the ocular surface. The Ocular Surface. 28. 165–199. 31 indexed citations

Alves, Mônica, Penny A. Asbell, Murat Doğru, et al.. (2023). TFOS Lifestyle Report: Impact of environmental conditions on the ocular surface. The Ocular Surface. 29. 1–52. 59 indexed citations

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Craig, Jennifer P., Mônica Alves, James S. Wolffsohn, et al.. (2023). TFOS Lifestyle Report Introduction: A Lifestyle Epidemic - Ocular Surface Disease. The Ocular Surface. 28. 304–309. 10 indexed citations

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Phan, Minh Anh Thu, et al.. (2023). Culture of primary human meibomian gland cells from surgically excised eyelid tissue. Experimental Eye Research. 235. 109636–109636.

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Stapleton, Fiona, Lisa Keay, David Pye, et al.. (2023). Clinical indicators for diabetic eyecare delivered by optometrists in Australia: a Delphi study. Clinical and Experimental Optometry. 107(5). 571–580.

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Dutta, Debarun, et al.. (2022). Biocompatibility and Comfort during Extended Wear of Mel4 Peptide-Coated Antimicrobial Contact Lenses. Antibiotics. 11(1). 58–58. 2 indexed citations

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Khoo, Pauline, Laura E. Downie, Fiona Stapleton, et al.. (2022). Clinical Registries in Dry Eye Disease: A Systematic Review. Cornea. 41(12). 1572–1583. 3 indexed citations

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Stapleton, Fiona, et al.. (2022). The appropriateness of and barriers to glaucoma care delivery by Australian optometrists. Clinical and Experimental Optometry. 105(6). 593–601. 4 indexed citations

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Stapleton, Fiona, Mark Willcox, Peter B. O’Mara, et al.. (2022). Feasibility of Silicon Quantum Dots as a Biomarker for the Bioimaging of Tear Film. Nanomaterials. 12(12). 1965–1965. 7 indexed citations

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Stapleton, Fiona. (2020). Contact lens‐related corneal infection in Australia. Clinical and Experimental Optometry. 103(4). 408–417. 34 indexed citations

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Stapleton, Fiona, et al.. (2020). Antibiotic Resistance Characteristics of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolated from Keratitis in Australia and India. Antibiotics. 9(9). 600–600. 43 indexed citations

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Craig, Jennifer P., J. Daniel Nelson, Dimitri T. Azar, et al.. (2017). TFOS DEWS II Report Executive Summary. The Ocular Surface. 15(4). 802–812. 583 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhu, Hua, Mark Willcox, Jerome Ozkan, et al.. (2012). In Vivo Assessment of Antimicrobial Efficacy of Silver-Impregnated Contact Lens Storage Cases. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 53(3). 1641–1641. 33 indexed citations

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