Hans Limburg

8.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
79 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Hans Limburg is a scholar working on Ophthalmology, Epidemiology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Hans Limburg has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Ophthalmology, 52 papers in Epidemiology and 49 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Hans Limburg's work include Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies (46 papers), Retinal Imaging and Analysis (40 papers) and Retinal Diseases and Treatments (24 papers). Hans Limburg is often cited by papers focused on Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies (46 papers), Retinal Imaging and Analysis (40 papers) and Retinal Diseases and Treatments (24 papers). Hans Limburg collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and India. Hans Limburg's co-authors include Allen Foster, Kannan Vaidyanathan, Hannah Kuper, Wanjiku Mathenge, Juan Carlos Silva, Jill Keeffe, Serge Resnikoff, Seth Flaxman, Rupert Bourne and Tien Yin Wong and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Ophthalmology and American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

In The Last Decade

Hans Limburg

75 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

Number of People Blind or Visually Impaired by Cataract Worldwide and in World Regions, 1990 to 2010

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Peers

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Van Charles Lansingh United States

Praveen K. Nirmalan India

Garry Brian Australia

Sannapaneni Krishnaiah India

João M. Furtado Brazil

Nigel Morlet Australia

Noopur Gupta India

Shiva Mehravaran Iran

Senlin Lin China

Carlos Eduardo Leite Arieta Brazil

Van Charles Lansingh United States

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1.6k ×1.0

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769 ×0.5

EPIDE

1.2k ×1.2

RNMI

195 ×0.9

PPCH

176 ×0.8

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Citations per year, relative to Hans Limburg Hans Limburg (= 1×) peers Van Charles Lansingh

Countries citing papers authored by Hans Limburg

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hans Limburg

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Hans Limburg. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Hans Limburg. The network helps show where Hans Limburg may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hans Limburg

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Hans Limburg. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Hans Limburg based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Hans Limburg. Hans Limburg is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Németh, János, et al.. (2023). Uncorrected refractive errors are important causes of avoidable visual impairment in Hungary: re-evaluation of two existing national data sets. International Journal of Ophthalmology. 16(6). 955–961. 2 indexed citations

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Németh, János, et al.. (2022). Prevalence of refractive errors in Hungary reveals three-fold increase in myopia. International Journal of Ophthalmology. 15(7). 1174–1179. 12 indexed citations

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Naidoo, Kovin, John H. Kempen, Stephen Gichuhi, et al.. (2020). Prevalence and causes of vision loss in sub-Saharan Africa in 2015: magnitude, temporal trends and projections. British Journal of Ophthalmology. 104(12). 1658–1668. 33 indexed citations

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Salowi, Mohamad Aziz, et al.. (2018). Estimates of visual impairment and its causes from the National Eye Survey in Malaysia (NESII). PLoS ONE. 13(6). e0198799–e0198799. 57 indexed citations

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Das, Taraprasad, et al.. (2017). Prevalence and causes of blindness, visual impairment, and cataract surgery in Timor-Leste. Clinical ophthalmology. Volume 11. 2125–2131. 12 indexed citations

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Tóth, Gábor, et al.. (2016). Diabetes and diabetic retinopathy in people aged 50 years and older in Hungary. British Journal of Ophthalmology. 101(7). 965–969. 24 indexed citations

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Limburg, Hans, et al.. (2015). Blindness and Visual Impairment in the Republic of Suriname. Ophthalmology. 122(10). 2147–2149. 7 indexed citations

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Limburg, Hans, et al.. (2011). Prevalence and Causes of Blindness in Children in Vietnam. Ophthalmology. 119(2). 355–361. 51 indexed citations

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Müller, Andreas, Mehari Zerom, Hans Limburg, et al.. (2011). Results of a Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness (RAAB) in Eritrea. Ophthalmic Epidemiology. 18(3). 103–108. 37 indexed citations

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Limburg, Hans & Jan E.E. Keunen. (2009). Blindness and low vision in The Netherlands from 2000 to 2020—modeling as a tool for focused intervention. Ophthalmic Epidemiology. 16(6). 362–369. 21 indexed citations

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Arieta, Carlos Eduardo Leite, et al.. (2009). Cataract Remains an Important Cause of Blindness in Campinas, Brazil. Ophthalmic Epidemiology. 16(1). 58–63. 28 indexed citations

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Baltussen, Rob, et al.. (2008). Cost-effectiveness of screening and correcting refractive errors in school children in Africa, Asia, America and Europe. Health Policy. 89(2). 201–215. 57 indexed citations

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Eusebio, Cristina, et al.. (2007). Rapid assessment of avoidable blindness in Negros Island and Antique District, Philippines. British Journal of Ophthalmology. 91(12). 1588–1592. 29 indexed citations

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Silva, Juan Carlos, et al.. (2006). Rapid Assessment of Visual Impairment Due to Cataract and Cataract Surgical Services in Urban Argentina. Ophthalmic Epidemiology. 13(3). 191–197. 38 indexed citations

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Mathenge, Wanjiku, et al.. (2006). Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness in Nakuru District, Kenya. Ophthalmology. 114(3). 599–605. 120 indexed citations

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Silva, Juan Carlos, et al.. (2005). Ceguera por catarata en personas mayores de 50 años en una zona semirrural del norte del Perú. Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública. 17(5-6). 387–93. 28 indexed citations

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Limburg, Hans. (2004). Routine monitoring of visual outcome of cataract surgery. Part 2: Results from eight study centres. British Journal of Ophthalmology. 89(1). 50–52. 62 indexed citations

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Limburg, Hans, et al.. (2002). Cataract blindness in Turkmenistan: results of a national survey. British Journal of Ophthalmology. 86(11). 1207–1210. 50 indexed citations

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Vaidyanathan, Kannan, et al.. (1999). Changing trends in barriers to cataract surgery in India.. PubMed. 77(2). 104–9. 81 indexed citations

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Limburg, Hans, et al.. (1965). �ber das Verhalten von Tumorzellen des weiblichen Genitales in der Gewebekultur und deren Austestung gegen�ber den neueren Cytostatica. Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics. 202(1). 419–420. 2 indexed citations

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