Kent W. Small

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
96 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Kent W. Small is a scholar working on Ophthalmology, Molecular Biology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Kent W. Small has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Ophthalmology, 47 papers in Molecular Biology and 33 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Kent W. Small's work include Retinal Diseases and Treatments (38 papers), Retinal Development and Disorders (34 papers) and Glaucoma and retinal disorders (17 papers). Kent W. Small is often cited by papers focused on Retinal Diseases and Treatments (38 papers), Retinal Development and Disorders (34 papers) and Glaucoma and retinal disorders (17 papers). Kent W. Small collaborates with scholars based in United States, New Zealand and Canada. Kent W. Small's co-authors include Wallace L.M. Alward, Nitin Udar, John C. Carey, Pierre Bitoun, J.C. Murray, Nancy J. Leysens, Elena V. Semina, Rebecca S. Reiter, Jacqueline Siegel‐Bartelt and Nicole A. Datson and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Circulation and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Kent W. Small

93 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

Cloning and characterization of a novel bicoid-related ho... 1996 2026 2006 2016 1996 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Cloning and characterization of a novel bicoid-related homeobox transcription factor gene, RIEG, involved in Rieger syndrome
    1996 720 citations Elena V. Semina, Rebecca S. Reiter et al. Nature Genetics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kent W. Small United States 30 1.5k 1.2k 793 504 167 96 2.7k
Winston Lee United States 30 2.0k 1.3× 1.6k 1.4× 424 0.5× 216 0.4× 52 0.3× 113 2.6k
Yoshitaka Ohnishi Japan 31 1.3k 0.9× 1.5k 1.3× 1.4k 1.8× 293 0.6× 25 0.1× 128 3.4k
Arif O. Khan Saudi Arabia 24 845 0.6× 669 0.6× 396 0.5× 610 1.2× 34 0.2× 131 1.8k
David McLeod United Kingdom 37 1.0k 0.7× 2.6k 2.2× 2.1k 2.6× 215 0.4× 35 0.2× 117 3.7k
R. Brancato Italy 36 810 0.5× 3.0k 2.5× 2.2k 2.8× 196 0.4× 36 0.2× 231 4.2k
Hari Jayaram United Kingdom 26 865 0.6× 1.1k 0.9× 718 0.9× 160 0.3× 21 0.1× 76 2.0k
Robert W. A. M. Kuijpers Netherlands 22 369 0.2× 658 0.6× 397 0.5× 278 0.6× 52 0.3× 64 1.7k
Ilkka Immonen Finland 27 461 0.3× 1.6k 1.4× 978 1.2× 50 0.1× 75 0.4× 97 2.5k
Morton E. Smith United States 22 366 0.2× 920 0.8× 551 0.7× 159 0.3× 33 0.2× 72 1.5k
Manae S. Kurokawa Japan 23 785 0.5× 205 0.2× 206 0.3× 115 0.2× 65 0.4× 82 1.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kent W. Small

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kent W. Small

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kent W. Small. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kent W. Small 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 Kent W. Small. Kent W. Small is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Nguyen, Truc Sophia, Sarah Phillips, Kent W. Small, et al.. (2025). The Australasian Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition: Consensus statements on refeeding syndrome. Nutrition & Dietetics. 82(2). 128–142.
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Small, Kent W., et al.. (2024). Large Language Models for Biomedical Knowledge Graph Construction: Information extraction from EMR notes. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 295–317. 4 indexed citations
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Joo, Kwangsic, Junwon Lee, Timothy J. Cherry, et al.. (2024). Two novel non-coding single nucleotide variants in the DNase1 hypersensitivity site of PRDM13 causing North Carolina macular dystrophy in Korea.. PubMed. 30. 58–66. 1 indexed citations
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Small, Kent W., et al.. (2019). Congenital toxoplasmosis as one phenocopy of North Carolina Macular Dystrophy (NCMD/MCDR1). American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports. 15. 100521–100521. 10 indexed citations
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Walsh, Thomas J., et al.. (2014). Histopathology of enucleation specimens of fungal endophthalmitis secondary to a compounding pharmacy. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 55(13). 3863–3863. 1 indexed citations
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Small, Kent W., et al.. (2009). Treating Wet AMD With Verteporfin PDT in Triple or Double Combination Therapy: Results of Two Visudyne® Registry Databases. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 50(13). 1925–1925. 1 indexed citations
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Small, Kent W.. (2008). New Mutation, P575L, in the GUCY2D Gene in a Family With Autosomal Dominant Progressive Cone Degeneration. Archives of Ophthalmology. 126(3). 397–397. 14 indexed citations
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Aldave, Anthony J., et al.. (2005). Candidate Gene Screening for Posterior Polymorphous Dystrophy. Cornea. 24(2). 151–155. 30 indexed citations
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Aldave, Anthony J., et al.. (2004). The usefulness of buccal swabs for mutation screening in patients with suspected corneal dystrophies. Ophthalmology. 111(7). 1407–1409. 4 indexed citations
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Aldave, Anthony J., et al.. (2004). Lattice Dystrophy-like Localized Amyloidosis of the Cornea Secondary to Trichiasis. Cornea. 24(1). 112–115. 19 indexed citations
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Caldwell, Germaine, Laura E. Kakuk, Norma J. Nowak, et al.. (1999). Bestrophin Gene Mutations in Patients with Best Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy. Genomics. 58(1). 98–101. 85 indexed citations
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Keltner, John L., et al.. (1996). The Variable Expressivity of a Family with Central Areolar Pigment Epithelial Dystrophy. Ophthalmology. 103(3). 406–415. 6 indexed citations
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Small, Kent W. & Karen M. Gehrs. (1996). Clinical Study of a Large Family With Autosomal Dominant Progressive Cone Degeneration. American Journal of Ophthalmology. 121(1). 1–12. 20 indexed citations
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Semina, Elena V., Rebecca S. Reiter, Nancy J. Leysens, et al.. (1996). Cloning and characterization of a novel bicoid-related homeobox transcription factor gene, RIEG, involved in Rieger syndrome. Nature Genetics. 14(4). 392–399. 720 indexed citations breakdown →
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Proia, Alan D. & Kent W. Small. (1995). Pyogenic granuloma of the cornea induced by snake oil. 2(48). 92. 2 indexed citations
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Small, Kent W., et al.. (1994). Physical mapping of the MCDR1 locus. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 35(4). 1717. 3 indexed citations
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Dyer, David, Margaret E. Wilson, Kent W. Small, & G. Shashidhar Pai. (1994). Alström Syndrome: A Case Misdiagnosed as Bardet-Biedl Syndrome. Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus. 31(4). 272–274. 22 indexed citations
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Small, Kent W., et al.. (1993). Pigmented Paravenous Retinochoroidal Atrophy (PPRCA) with Optic Disc Drusen. Ophthalmic Paediatrics and Genetics. 14(1). 23–27. 9 indexed citations
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Murray, Jeffrey C., Steven R. Bennett, Anne E. Kwitek, et al.. (1992). Linkage of Rieger syndrome to the region of the epidermal growth factor gene on chromosome 4. Nature Genetics. 2(1). 46–49. 84 indexed citations
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Damiano, Ralph J., Henry F. Tripp, Tetsuo Asano, et al.. (1987). Left ventricular dysfunction and dilatation resulting from chronic supraventricular tachycardia. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 94(1). 135–143. 71 indexed citations

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