Lejla Vajzovic

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
99 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Lejla Vajzovic is a scholar working on Ophthalmology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lejla Vajzovic has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Ophthalmology, 69 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 24 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Lejla Vajzovic's work include Retinal Diseases and Treatments (50 papers), Retinal and Macular Surgery (38 papers) and Retinal Development and Disorders (22 papers). Lejla Vajzovic is often cited by papers focused on Retinal Diseases and Treatments (50 papers), Retinal and Macular Surgery (38 papers) and Retinal Development and Disorders (22 papers). Lejla Vajzovic collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Vietnam. Lejla Vajzovic's co-authors include Cynthia A. Toth, Daniel E. Possin, Anita E. Hendrickson, Du Tran-Viet, Sandra S. Stinnett, Joseph A. Izatt, Avni P. Finn, Christian Viehland, Prithvi Mruthyunjaya and Sharon F. Freedman and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Ophthalmology and International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics.

In The Last Decade

Lejla Vajzovic

93 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Retinal Vasculitis and Intraocular Inflammation after Intravitreal Injection of Brolucizumab

2020 227 citations Caroline R. Baumal, Richard F. Spaide et al. Ophthalmology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lejla Vajzovic United States	23	1.3k	1.1k	445	187	134	99	1.8k
Ichiro Maruko Japan	32	3.7k 2.7×	2.5k 2.3×	340 0.8×	158 0.8×	19 0.1×	91	4.0k
Michael P. Blair United States	17	727 0.5×	918 0.8×	150 0.3×	85 0.5×	318 2.4×	72	1.3k
Susmito Biswas United Kingdom	24	921 0.7×	834 0.8×	628 1.4×	19 0.1×	80 0.6×	75	2.0k
Christine R. Gonzales United States	21	650 0.5×	564 0.5×	478 1.1×	40 0.2×	61 0.5×	35	1.4k
T. Michael Nork United States	23	1.2k 0.9×	552 0.5×	1.0k 2.3×	29 0.2×	21 0.2×	89	1.8k
Klaus W. Ruprecht Germany	19	476 0.4×	281 0.3×	389 0.9×	33 0.2×	35 0.3×	107	1.2k
Philipp L. Müller Germany	24	1.0k 0.7×	545 0.5×	820 1.8×	50 0.3×	10 0.1×	73	1.5k
Kimberly A. Drenser United States	24	1.2k 0.9×	1.3k 1.2×	1.1k 2.4×	22 0.1×	294 2.2×	103	2.3k
Felix Y. Chau United States	18	558 0.4×	449 0.4×	163 0.4×	31 0.2×	45 0.3×	53	854
Joseph I. Maguire United States	20	1.7k 1.2×	1.0k 0.9×	987 2.2×	118 0.6×	9 0.1×	48	2.4k

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Chen, Xi, Al-Hafeez Dhalla, Christian Viehland, et al.. (2025). New Directions for Ophthalmic OCT – Handhelds, Surgery, and Robotics. Translational Vision Science & Technology. 14(1). 14–14. 2 indexed citations

Ali, Ferhina S., Sruthi Arepalli, Durga S. Borkar, et al.. (2025). Coring of Intravitreal Medication Vial Stoppers: A Report From the Research and Safety in Therapeutics Committee of the American Society of Retina Specialists. Journal of VitreoRetinal Diseases. 9(5). 546–549.

Valikodath, Nita, et al.. (2025). Pediatric macular hole repair with amniotic membrane graft in a patient with leukemia. American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports. 37. 102259–102259. 1 indexed citations

Chew, Lindsey A., et al.. (2025). Pediatric Eye Screening: Current Standards and Gaps in Care. Ophthalmic surgery, lasers & imaging retina. 56(4). 232–239.

Valikodath, Nita, et al.. (2024). Intraoperative OCT-Guided Volumetric Measurements of Subretinal Therapy Delivery in Humans. Journal of VitreoRetinal Diseases. 8(5). 587–592. 3 indexed citations

Khanani, Arshad M., Peter K. Kaiser, Margaret Chang, et al.. (2024). Vision Loss Reduction with Avacincaptad Pegol for Geographic Atrophy. Ophthalmology Retina. 8(11). 1052–1060. 9 indexed citations

Valikodath, Nita & Lejla Vajzovic. (2023). Fluocinolone Acetonide Implant Removal From the Vitreous Cavity. Journal of VitreoRetinal Diseases. 7(6). 533–535. 1 indexed citations

Wu, Lihteh, Steven Bloom, Paulo Stanga, et al.. (2023). RWC Update: RWC Young Retina Connect; Vitreoretinal Surgery in Uveitis; Ruptured Retinal Arterial Macroaneurysm With Secondary Branch Retinal Artery Occlusion. Ophthalmic surgery, lasers & imaging retina. 54(4). 194–199.

Brodie, Frank, Ryan P. McNabb, William Raynor, et al.. (2021). Ex vivo evaluation of the peripheral retina utilizing a mirrored contact with optical coherence tomography. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 62(8). 3104–3104.

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Mangalesh, Shwetha, Liangbo L. Shen, Brendan McGeehan, et al.. (2021). Systemic Factors Associated with a Thinner Choroid in Preterm Infants. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(2). 100032–100032. 8 indexed citations

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Vajzovic, Lejla, et al.. (2021). Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Microvascular Variations in Pre- and Posttreatment of Retinoblastoma Tumors. Ocular Oncology and Pathology. 7(5). 330–339. 2 indexed citations

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Viehland, Christian, Al-Hafeez Dhalla, William Raynor, et al.. (2020). High Speed Volumetric Intrasurgical Optical Coherence Tomography at 400 kHz with Real Time, 4D Visualization of Surgical Maneuvers. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 61(7). 3244–3244. 1 indexed citations

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Baumal, Caroline R., Richard F. Spaide, Lejla Vajzovic, et al.. (2020). Retinal Vasculitis and Intraocular Inflammation after Intravitreal Injection of Brolucizumab. Ophthalmology. 127(10). 1345–1359. 227 indexed citations breakdown →

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Finn, Avni P., Robert J. House, Akshay S. Thomas, et al.. (2019). Hyperreflective Vitreous Opacities on Optical Coherence Tomography in a Patient With Bilateral Retinoblastoma. Ophthalmic surgery, lasers & imaging retina. 50(1). 50–52. 7 indexed citations

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Stinnett, Sandra S., Ulrich F. O. Luhmann, Lejla Vajzovic, et al.. (2018). Visual Function Metrics in Early and Intermediate Dry Age-related Macular Degeneration for Use as Clinical Trial Endpoints. American Journal of Ophthalmology. 189. 127–138. 87 indexed citations

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Stinnett, Sandra S., Ulrich F. O. Luhmann, Lejla Vajzovic, et al.. (2018). Use of mobile MyVisionTrack (mVT) technology as a remote visual function metric in Early and Intermediate Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 59(9). 2430–2430. 1 indexed citations

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Chen, Xi, Tamer H. Mahmoud, Lejla Vajzovic, et al.. (2017). Visualization from microscope-integrated swept-source OCT in vitreoretinal surgery for diabetic tractional retinal detachment. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 58(8). 3777–3777. 1 indexed citations

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Stinnett, Sandra S., et al.. (2017). Visual function endpoints in early and intermediate dry age-related macular degeneration for use as clinical trial endpoints. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 58(8). 3765–3765. 1 indexed citations

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Vajzovic, Lejla, Karim Sleiman, Oscar Carrasco‐Zevallos, et al.. (2017). Subretinal Therapy Delivery Technique Guided by Intraoperative 4-Dimensional Microscope-Integrated Optical Coherence Tomography. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 58(8). 3122–3122. 1 indexed citations

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Grewal, Dilraj S., Sandra S. Stinnett, Francisco A. Folgar, et al.. (2015). A Comparative Study of Rebound Tonometry With Tonopen and Goldmann Applanation Tonometry Following Vitreoretinal Surgery. American Journal of Ophthalmology. 161. 22–28.e8. 10 indexed citations

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