Gopal P. Pokharel

8.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
18 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

Gopal P. Pokharel is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Ophthalmology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Gopal P. Pokharel has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Epidemiology, 14 papers in Ophthalmology and 13 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Gopal P. Pokharel's work include Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies (16 papers), Retinal Imaging and Analysis (11 papers) and Ophthalmology and Visual Health Research (6 papers). Gopal P. Pokharel is often cited by papers focused on Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies (16 papers), Retinal Imaging and Analysis (11 papers) and Ophthalmology and Visual Health Research (6 papers). Gopal P. Pokharel collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and India. Gopal P. Pokharel's co-authors include Leon B. Ellwein, Donatella Pascolini, R Pararajasegaram, Serge Resnikoff, Ivo Kocur, Silvio Paolo Mariotti, Daniel Etya’ale, Sergio Muñoz, A D Négrel and Junwen Zeng and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, American Journal of Ophthalmology and Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science.

In The Last Decade

Gopal P. Pokharel

18 papers receiving 5.9k 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.

Global data on visual impairment in the year 2002.

2004 3.2k citations Serge Resnikoff, Donatella Pascolini et al. PubMed profile →
Refractive Error and Visual Impairment in Urban Children in Southern China

2004 649 citations Mingguang He, Junwen Zeng et al. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gopal P. Pokharel United States	16	4.5k	3.5k	3.5k	589	407	18	6.3k
Kovin Naidoo Australia	23	5.2k 1.1×	4.9k 1.4×	4.4k 1.3×	600 1.0×	631 1.6×	88	7.6k
Donatella Pascolini Switzerland	5	4.3k 0.9×	3.1k 0.9×	1.9k 0.5×	1.0k 1.8×	722 1.8×	5	6.7k
Silvio Paolo Mariotti Switzerland	15	4.5k 1.0×	3.2k 0.9×	2.1k 0.6×	1.1k 1.8×	836 2.1×	31	7.3k
R Pararajasegaram Switzerland	11	5.7k 1.3×	4.2k 1.2×	1.5k 0.4×	1.1k 1.9×	561 1.4×	13	8.0k
A D Négrel Switzerland	15	2.4k 0.5×	1.4k 0.4×	1.3k 0.4×	338 0.6×	234 0.6×	29	3.3k
Ivo Kocur Czechia	7	2.5k 0.6×	1.7k 0.5×	864 0.3×	585 1.0×	343 0.8×	13	3.6k
Aimee Teo Broman United States	29	1.6k 0.3×	1.3k 0.4×	952 0.3×	622 1.1×	380 0.9×	82	3.4k
Daniel Etya’ale Switzerland	13	2.8k 0.6×	1.8k 0.5×	897 0.3×	651 1.1×	482 1.2×	19	4.1k
Pei‐Chang Wu Taiwan	25	2.4k 0.5×	2.8k 0.8×	2.6k 0.8×	323 0.5×	344 0.8×	104	4.1k
Philippe Denis France	45	2.9k 0.6×	1.6k 0.5×	392 0.1×	625 1.1×	758 1.9×	351	6.6k

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18 of 18 papers shown

Pokharel, Gopal P., et al.. (2022). Normative Vascular Features on OCT Angiography in Healthy Nepalese Eyes. Clinical ophthalmology. Volume 16. 3613–3624. 2 indexed citations

Ellwein, Leon B., et al.. (2020). Visual impairment and refractive error in school children in Bhutan: The findings from the Bhutan School Sight Survey (BSSS 2019). PLoS ONE. 15(9). e0239117–e0239117. 18 indexed citations

Das, Taraprasad, Peter Ackland, Prut Hanutsaha, et al.. (2017). Is the 2015 eye care service delivery profile in Southeast Asia closer to universal eye health need!. International Ophthalmology. 38(2). 469–480. 24 indexed citations

Murthy, G. V. S., Praveen Vashist, Neena John, Gopal P. Pokharel, & Leon B. Ellwein. (2010). Prevelence and Causes of Visual Impairment and Blindness in Older Adults in an Area of India with a High Cataract Surgical Rate. Ophthalmic Epidemiology. 17(4). 185–195. 65 indexed citations

Murthy, G. V. S., Praveen Vashist, Neena John, Gopal P. Pokharel, & Leon B. Ellwein. (2009). Prevalence and vision-related outcomes of cataract surgery in Gujarat, India. Ophthalmic Epidemiology. 16(6). 400–409. 40 indexed citations

Salomão, Solange Rios, et al.. (2009). Prevalence and Outcomes of Cataract Surgery in Brazil: The São Paulo Eye Study. American Journal of Ophthalmology. 148(2). 199–206.e2. 25 indexed citations

Sapkota, Yuddha Dhoj, et al.. (2008). The Prevalence of Visual Impairment in School Children of Upper-Middle Socioeconomic Status in Kathmandu. Ophthalmic Epidemiology. 15(1). 17–23. 90 indexed citations

Salomão, Solange Rios, Adriana Berezovsky, Paulo Henrique Morales, et al.. (2008). Prevalence and Causes of Vision Impairment and Blindness in Older Adults in Brazil: The São Paulo Eye Study. Ophthalmic Epidemiology. 15(3). 167–175. 50 indexed citations

Salomão, Solange Rios, et al.. (2008). Prevalence and Causes of Visual Impairment in Low–Middle Income School Children in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 49(10). 4308–4308. 61 indexed citations

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Resnikoff, Serge, D. Pascolini, Silvio Paolo Mariotti, & Gopal P. Pokharel. (2008). Magnitud mundial de las discapacidades visuales por defectos de refracción no corregidos en 2004. 86(1). 63–70. 2 indexed citations

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Zhao, Jialiang, et al.. (2004). Accuracy of Noncycloplegic Autorefraction in School-Age Children in China. Optometry and Vision Science. 81(1). 49–55. 132 indexed citations

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He, Mingguang, Junwen Zeng, Yizhi Liu, et al.. (2004). Refractive Error and Visual Impairment in Urban Children in Southern China. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 45(3). 793–793. 649 indexed citations breakdown →

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Resnikoff, Serge, Donatella Pascolini, Daniel Etya’ale, et al.. (2004). Global data on visual impairment in the year 2002.. PubMed. 82(11). 844–51. 3245 indexed citations breakdown →

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Naidoo, Kovin, Avesh Raghunandan, Khathutshelo Percy Mashige, et al.. (2003). Refractive Error and Visual Impairment in African Children in South Africa. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 44(9). 3764–3764. 341 indexed citations

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Murthy, G. V. S., Sanjeev Gupta, Leon B. Ellwein, et al.. (2002). Refractive error in children in an urban population in New Delhi.. PubMed. 43(3). 623–31. 464 indexed citations

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Dandona, Rakhi, Lalit Dandona, Srinivas Marmamula, et al.. (2002). Refractive error in children in a rural population in India.. PubMed. 43(3). 615–22. 447 indexed citations

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Négrel, A D, Eugenio Maul, Gopal P. Pokharel, Jialiang Zhao, & Leon B. Ellwein. (2000). Refractive error study in children: sampling and measurement methods for a multi-country survey. American Journal of Ophthalmology. 129(4). 421–426. 293 indexed citations

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Pokharel, Gopal P., A D Négrel, Sergio Muñoz, & Leon B. Ellwein. (2000). Refractive error study in children: results from Mechi Zone, Nepal. American Journal of Ophthalmology. 129(4). 436–444. 357 indexed citations

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