Nathan Congdon

24.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
319 papers, 10.2k citations indexed

About

Nathan Congdon is a scholar working on Ophthalmology, Epidemiology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Nathan Congdon has authored 319 papers receiving a total of 10.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 237 papers in Ophthalmology, 160 papers in Epidemiology and 148 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Nathan Congdon's work include Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies (151 papers), Retinal Diseases and Treatments (108 papers) and Glaucoma and retinal disorders (104 papers). Nathan Congdon is often cited by papers focused on Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies (151 papers), Retinal Diseases and Treatments (108 papers) and Glaucoma and retinal disorders (104 papers). Nathan Congdon collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and United States. Nathan Congdon's co-authors include Harry A. Quigley, Mingguang He, David S. Friedman, James M. Tielsch, Karen Bandeen‐Roche, Aimee Teo Broman, Sheila K. West, Ling Jin, Davinder S. Grover and John H. Kempen and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, JAMA and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Nathan Congdon

298 papers receiving 9.8k citations

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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.

Important Causes of Visual Impairment in the World Today

2003 550 citations Nathan Congdon profile →
The worldwide epidemic of diabetic retinopathy

2012 457 citations Nathan Congdon, Mingguang He et al. profile →
Prevalence of Cataract and Pseudophakia/Aphakia Among Adults in theUnited States

2004 453 citations Nathan Congdon, Ronald Klein et al. Archives of Ophthalmology profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Global Gender Disparities in Access to Refractive Error Services 2025 ·Ophthalmology ·(unknown), (unknown), Ving Fai Chan, Nathan Congdon, Jacqueline Ramke, Prabhath Piyasena, Iris Gordon, Jennifer L. Patnaik, David Hunter Cherwek, (unknown), (unknown), Julie‐Anne Little, Gianni Virgili	0
2	Differences in prevalence and risk factors of diabetic retinopathy among rural and urban residents with diabetes in South China: a cross-sectional study 2025 ·BMJ Open ·Baixiang Xiao, Fang Duan, (unknown), (unknown), Ving Fai Chan, Gianni Virgili, Xiaojun Zhou, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Yun He, (unknown), (unknown), Jia Li, Nathan Congdon	0
3	Prevalence of dry eye disease among children: a systematic review and meta-analysis 2025 ·BMJ Open Ophthalmology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Nathan Congdon, Prabhath Piyasena, S. Grace Prakalapakorn, (unknown), (unknown), Ving Fai Chan, Man Yu	2
4	Randomized Noninferiority Trial of Direct Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty in Open-Angle Glaucoma and Ocular Hypertension 2025 ·Ophthalmology ·Gus Gazzard, Nathan Congdon, Augusto Azuara‐Blanco, Eytan Z. Blumenthal, (unknown), (unknown), Carlo Enrico Traverso, (unknown), (unknown), Yoram Solberg, (unknown), Thomas W. Samuelson, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	1
5	Prevalence, incidence, and risk factors of diabetic retinopathy and macular edema in patients with early and late‐onset type 2 diabetes mellitus 2025 ·Journal of Diabetes Investigation ·(unknown), Andina Hu, Yuntong Li, Wenyong Huang, Wei Wang, (unknown), (unknown), Yuting Li, Nathan Congdon, (unknown), (unknown)	1
6	Barriers to uptake of cataract surgery among elderly patients in rural China: a cross-sectional study 2024 ·BMJ Open ·Xiaochen Ma, (unknown), Catherine Jan, (unknown), (unknown), Chengfang Liu, Yaojiang Shi, Ailian Hu, Kai Cao, Nathan Congdon, Scott Rozelle, Zhe Dong, Ningli Wang	0
7	Adherence to diabetic retinopathy screening among children and young adults in Bangladesh 2024 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), Munir Ahmed, Marjia Sultana, Salissou Moutari, Md. Awlad Hossain, (unknown), Tünde Pető, (unknown), Bedowra Zabeen, Nathan Congdon	1
8	The Global Impact of Edentulism: A Systematic Review 2023 ·European Journal of Public Health ·Elizabeth Hunter, Nathan Congdon, (unknown), Gerald McKenna, (unknown), Cláudio Rodrigues Leles, Georgios Tsakos, Jayne V. Woodside, Gianni Virgili, Prabhath Piyasena	5
9	Baseline Refractive Error, Habitual Accommodative Tone, and Its Association With Myopia in Children: The Lhasa Childhood Eye Study 2023 ·Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·(unknown), (unknown), Lei Li, Jiawen Liu, Weiwei Chen, Jing Fu, Nathan Congdon	4
10	Willingness to pay for diabetic retinopathy screening in Qujiang District, rural Guangdong, southern China: a cross-sectional study 2023 ·BMJ Open ·Baixiang Xiao, (unknown), Ling Jin, Ving Fai Chan, Yanping Li, (unknown), (unknown), Yanfang Wang, (unknown), (unknown), Nathan Congdon	0
11	Time trends, associations and prevalence of blindness and vision loss due to glaucoma: an analysis of observational data from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 2022 ·BMJ Open ·Yi Sun, Aiming Chen, Minjie Zou, Yichi Zhang, Ling Jin, Yi Li, Danying Zheng, Guangming Jin, Nathan Congdon	78
12	Ophthalmologists’ and patients’ perspectives on treatments for diabetic retinopathy and maculopathy in Vietnam: a descriptive qualitative study 2022 ·BMJ Open ·(unknown), Lynne Lohfeld, Nathan Congdon, Tünde Pető, Tung Thanh Hoang, Nguyễn Thị Huế, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Tuan A. Vu, (unknown)	3
13	A pilot cost-benefit analysis of a children’s spectacle reimbursement scheme: Evidence for Including children’s spectacles in Mongolia’s Social Health Insurance 2022 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), Chimgee Chuluunkhuu, Ving Fai Chan, (unknown), Nathan Congdon, Ciarán O’Neill	2
14	A Peer-to-Peer Live-Streaming Intervention for Children During COVID-19 Homeschooling to Promote Physical Activity and Reduce Anxiety and Eye Strain: Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial 2021 ·Journal of Medical Internet Research ·Yingfeng Zheng, Wei Wang, (unknown), Fengchun Wu, Zhuoting Zhu, Yih Chung Tham, Ecosse L. Lamoureux, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ling Jin, (unknown), Lixia Luo, Mingguang He, Ian G. Morgan, Nathan Congdon, Yizhi Liu	51
15	Impact of spectacles wear on uncorrected visual acuity among urban migrant primary school children in China: a cluster-randomised clinical trial 2020 ·British Journal of Ophthalmology ·(unknown), (unknown), Xiaochen Ma, Hongmei Yi, Haiqing Zhang, Xiuqin Wang, Ling Jin, Kovin Naidoo, Hasan Minto, Haidong Zou, Scott Rozelle, Nathan Congdon, Yue Ma	3
16	Safety of eyeglasses wear for visual acuity among middle school students in northwestern rural China: a cluster-randomised controlled trial 2020 ·BMJ Open Ophthalmology ·Yue Ma, (unknown), Haoyang Li, Xiaochen Ma, (unknown), Scott Rozelle, Xiaopeng Pang, (unknown), Nathan Congdon	3
17	A Randomized Noninferiority Trial of Wearing Adjustable Glasses versus Standard and Ready-made Spectacles among Chinese Schoolchildren 2019 ·Ophthalmology ·(unknown), Guoshan Zhang, (unknown), Ling Jin, Wenyong Huang, Xiuqin Wang, Tingting Chen, (unknown), Baixiang Xiao, Jun Wang, Zhongqiang Zhou, (unknown), Yan Liang, Mabel Crescioni, David A. Wilson, Helen McAneney, J. D. Silver, Bruce Moore, Nathan Congdon	5
18	The cost‐effectiveness of alternative vision screening models among preschool children in rural China 2018 ·Acta Ophthalmologica ·Lei Wang, Nathan Congdon, Ruth Hogg, Siqi Zhang, Mengjie Li, Yaojiang Shi, Ling Jin, Fei He, Huan Wang, Matthew Boswell, (unknown)	15
19	Evidence for an “Epidemic” of Myopia 2004 ·Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore ·(unknown), Nathan Congdon	49
20	Potential Public Health Impact of Age-Related Eye Disease Study Results 2003 ·Archives of Ophthalmology ·(unknown), (unknown), Nathan Congdon, Frederick L. Ferris, DS Friedman, Ronald Klein, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	295

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