Nathan Efron

13.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
413 papers, 9.3k citations indexed

About

Nathan Efron is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Ophthalmology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nathan Efron has authored 413 papers receiving a total of 9.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 289 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 180 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 178 papers in Ophthalmology. Recurrent topics in Nathan Efron's work include Ocular Surface and Contact Lens (287 papers), Corneal surgery and disorders (145 papers) and Glaucoma and retinal disorders (115 papers). Nathan Efron is often cited by papers focused on Ocular Surface and Contact Lens (287 papers), Corneal surgery and disorders (145 papers) and Glaucoma and retinal disorders (115 papers). Nathan Efron collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. Nathan Efron's co-authors include Philip B. Morgan, Rayaz A. Malik, Nicola Pritchard, Noel A. Brennan, Katie Edwards, Anthony Russell, Mitra Tavakoli, Andrew B. Tullo, Panagiotis A. Kallinikos and Andrew J.M. Boulton and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Diabetes Care and Diabetes.

In The Last Decade

Nathan Efron

378 papers receiving 8.8k citations

Hit Papers

TFOS DEWS II iatrogenic r... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 100 200 300
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.

  1. TFOS DEWS II iatrogenic report
    2017 319 citations José Álvaro Pereira Gomes, Dimitri T. Azar et al. The Ocular Surface profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Nathan Efron 6.7k 5.0k 4.5k 1.1k 1.1k 413 9.3k
Anat Galor 5.2k 0.8× 3.0k 0.6× 5.2k 1.2× 1.1k 1.0× 944 0.9× 354 9.8k
Miki Uchino 5.6k 0.8× 2.1k 0.4× 2.6k 0.6× 543 0.5× 515 0.5× 171 7.9k
Jason J. Nichols 9.4k 1.4× 4.6k 0.9× 4.7k 1.0× 1.0k 0.9× 579 0.5× 207 11.0k
Timo Tervo 4.0k 0.6× 4.0k 0.8× 2.5k 0.6× 382 0.3× 604 0.6× 175 6.7k
Anthony J. Bron 10.1k 1.5× 6.0k 1.2× 6.8k 1.5× 1.1k 1.0× 932 0.9× 193 14.8k
Rudolf Guthoff 2.4k 0.4× 3.0k 0.6× 2.9k 0.6× 438 0.4× 349 0.3× 325 5.9k
Gerd Geerling 6.9k 1.0× 4.7k 1.0× 3.6k 0.8× 210 0.2× 614 0.6× 326 9.1k
Reza Dana 10.0k 1.5× 7.1k 1.4× 4.3k 1.0× 424 0.4× 847 0.8× 355 15.3k
Murat Doğru 11.2k 1.7× 5.7k 1.1× 6.1k 1.3× 774 0.7× 843 0.8× 286 13.8k
Jesús Merayo‐Lloves 2.7k 0.4× 2.9k 0.6× 2.2k 0.5× 777 0.7× 340 0.3× 191 5.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nathan Efron

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nathan Efron

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Efron, Nathan, et al.. (2024). International trends in rigid contact lens prescribing (2000–2023): An update. Contact Lens and Anterior Eye. 47(5). 102255–102255. 2 indexed citations
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Morgan, Philip B., et al.. (2024). International trends in daily disposable contact lens prescribing (2000–2023): An update. Contact Lens and Anterior Eye. 47(6). 102259–102259. 3 indexed citations
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Efron, Nathan, Philip B. Morgan, Craig A. Woods, et al.. (2024). International trends in prescribing toric soft contact lenses to correct astigmatism (2000–2023): An update. Contact Lens and Anterior Eye. 47(5). 102276–102276. 1 indexed citations
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Jones, Lyndon, Nathan Efron, Melissa Barnett, et al.. (2023). TFOS Lifestyle: Impact of contact lenses on the ocular surface. The Ocular Surface. 29. 175–219. 35 indexed citations
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Craig, Jennifer P., Mônica Alves, James S. Wolffsohn, et al.. (2023). TFOS Lifestyle Report Introduction: A Lifestyle Epidemic - Ocular Surface Disease. The Ocular Surface. 28. 304–309. 10 indexed citations
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Morgan, Philip B. & Nathan Efron. (2022). Global contact lens prescribing 2000-2020. Clinical and Experimental Optometry. 105(3). 298–312. 48 indexed citations
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Pritchard, Nicola, Cirous Dehghani, Anthony Russell, et al.. (2022). Corneal Dendritic Cell Dynamics Are Associated with Clinical Factors in Type 1 Diabetes. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 11(9). 2611–2611. 10 indexed citations
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Efron, Nathan, Philip B. Morgan, Lyndon Jones, & Jason J. Nichols. (2021). Bibliometric analysis of the refractive error field. Clinical and Experimental Optometry. 104(5). 641–643. 9 indexed citations
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Efron, Nathan, Philip B. Morgan, Lyndon Jones, & Jason J. Nichols. (2021). 21st century citation analysis of the field of contact lenses. Clinical and Experimental Optometry. 104(5). 634–638. 11 indexed citations
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Efron, Nathan, et al.. (2021). Global optometrist top 200 research ranking. Clinical and Experimental Optometry. 104(4). 471–485. 15 indexed citations
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Efron, Nathan, Lyndon Jones, Philip B. Morgan, & Jason J. Nichols. (2021). Bibliometric analysis of the literature relating to scleral contact lenses. Contact Lens and Anterior Eye. 44(4). 101447–101447. 7 indexed citations
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Efron, Nathan, Lyndon Jones, Philip B. Morgan, & Jason J. Nichols. (2021). Bibliometric analysis of the literature relating to silicone hydrogel and daily disposable contact lenses. Journal of Optometry. 15(1). 44–52. 2 indexed citations
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Efron, Nathan. (2021). Optometry journals have impact. Clinical and Experimental Optometry. 104(2). 137–138. 2 indexed citations
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Nichols, Jason J., Philip B. Morgan, Lyndon Jones, & Nathan Efron. (2021). 21st century bibliometric analysis of the field of dry eye disease. Clinical and Experimental Optometry. 104(5). 639–640. 8 indexed citations
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Efron, Nathan, Philip B. Morgan, Lyndon Jones, & Jason J. Nichols. (2021). Bibliometric analysis of the keratoconus literature. Clinical and Experimental Optometry. 105(4). 372–377. 6 indexed citations
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Efron, Nathan. (2021). Highlighting clinical relevance and welcoming a new publisher. Clinical and Experimental Optometry. 104(1). 1–2. 1 indexed citations
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Efron, Nathan, Lyndon Jones, Philip B. Morgan, & Jason J. Nichols. (2021). On the art and science of rigid contact lens fitting. Clinical and Experimental Optometry. 104(6). 684–690. 2 indexed citations
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Morgan, Philip B. & Nathan Efron. (2021). Quarter of a century of contact lens prescribing trends in the United Kingdom (1996 – 2020). Contact Lens and Anterior Eye. 45(3). 101446–101446. 12 indexed citations
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Kalteniece, Alise, Maryam Ferdousi, Ioannis N. Petropoulos, et al.. (2018). Greater corneal nerve loss at the inferior whorl is related to the presence of diabetic neuropathy and painful diabetic neuropathy. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 82 indexed citations
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Gomes, José Álvaro Pereira, Dimitri T. Azar, Christophe Baudouin, et al.. (2017). TFOS DEWS II iatrogenic report. The Ocular Surface. 15(3). 511–538. 319 indexed citations breakdown →

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