Roberta McKean‐Cowdin

12.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
122 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Roberta McKean‐Cowdin is a scholar working on Ophthalmology, Epidemiology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Roberta McKean‐Cowdin has authored 122 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Ophthalmology, 43 papers in Epidemiology and 43 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Roberta McKean‐Cowdin's work include Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies (37 papers), Glaucoma and retinal disorders (31 papers) and Retinal Diseases and Treatments (27 papers). Roberta McKean‐Cowdin is often cited by papers focused on Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies (37 papers), Glaucoma and retinal disorders (31 papers) and Retinal Diseases and Treatments (27 papers). Roberta McKean‐Cowdin collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Singapore. Roberta McKean‐Cowdin's co-authors include Rohit Varma, Ron D. Hays, Stanley P. Azen, Jerry Slotkin, Susan Vitale, Farzana Choudhury, Joanne Wu, Ge Wen, Mina Torres and Susan A. Cotter and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Clinical Oncology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Roberta McKean‐Cowdin

117 papers receiving 5.5k 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.

Vision assessment using the NIH Toolbox

2013 1.0k citations Rohit Varma, Roberta McKean‐Cowdin et al. profile →
Visual Impairment and Blindness in Adults in the United States

2016 299 citations Rohit Varma, Bruce Burkemper et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Roberta McKean‐Cowdin

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Prevalence and Risk Factors of Open-Angle Glaucoma in an Adult Chinese American Population: The Chinese American Eye Study 2025 ·American Journal of Ophthalmology ·Grace M. Richter, Benjamin Y. Xu, Bruce Burkemper, Xuejuan Jiang, Mina Torres, Farzana Choudhury, Roberta McKean‐Cowdin, (unknown), Rohit Varma	0
2	Burden and Predictors of Undetected Eye Disease in Adult African Americans: African American Eye Disease Study (AFEDS) 2025 ·American Journal of Ophthalmology ·(unknown), Mina Torres, Bruce Burkemper, Roberta McKean‐Cowdin, Xuejuan Jiang, Rohit Varma, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	0
3	Prevalence and Risk Factors of Primary Angle Closure Disease in an Adult Chinese American Population: The Chinese American Eye Study 2025 ·American Journal of Ophthalmology ·Benjamin Y. Xu, Grace M. Richter, Bruce Burkemper, Dandan Wang, Xuejuan Jiang, Mina Torres, Roberta McKean‐Cowdin, (unknown), Rohit Varma	2
4	Optimal number and orientation of anterior segment OCT images to measure ocular biometric parameters in angle closure eyes: the Chinese American Eye Study 2022 ·British Journal of Ophthalmology ·(unknown), Anmol A. Pardeshi, Xuejuan Jiang, Grace M. Richter, Roberta McKean‐Cowdin, Rohit Varma, Benjamin Y. Xu	4
5	Impact of Visual Field Loss on Vision-Specific Quality of Life in African Americans: The African American Eye Disease Study 2021 ·American Journal of Ophthalmology ·(unknown), Rohit Varma, Bruce Burkemper, Benjamin Y. Xu, Mina Torres, (unknown), Cecília Maria Patino, Roberta McKean‐Cowdin	11
6	Ocular Biometric Determinants of Dark-to-Light Change in Angle Width: The Chinese American Eye Study 2021 ·American Journal of Ophthalmology ·(unknown), Bruce Burkemper, Xuejuan Jiang, Anmol A. Pardeshi, Grace M. Richter, Roberta McKean‐Cowdin, Rohit Varma, Benjamin Y. Xu	5
7	Myopic Refractive Error in Adult African Americans: The African American Eye Disease Study 2020 ·Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·Xuejuan Jiang, Bruce Burkemper, Mina Torres, Roberta McKean‐Cowdin, Rohit Varma	2
8	Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness in Healthy Eyes of Black, Chinese, and Latino Americans 2020 ·Ophthalmology ·Darryl Nousome, Roberta McKean‐Cowdin, Grace M. Richter, Bruce Burkemper, Mina Torres, Rohit Varma, Xuejuan Jiang	35
9	Outdoor artificial light at night and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma among women in the California Teachers Study cohort 2020 ·Cancer Epidemiology ·Charlie Zhong, Meredith Franklin, Joseph L. Wiemels, Roberta McKean‐Cowdin, (unknown), (unknown), Sophia Wang, James V. Lacey, Travis Longcore	16
10	Parental Occupation and Risk of Childhood Retinoblastoma in Denmark 2020 ·Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine ·Negar Omidakhsh, Johnni Hansen, Beate Ritz, Anne L. Coleman, Roberta McKean‐Cowdin, Jørn Olsen, Julia E. Heck	6
11	Ocular Biometric Determinants of Anterior Chamber Angle Width in Chinese Americans: The Chinese American Eye Study 2020 ·American Journal of Ophthalmology ·Benjamin Y. Xu, (unknown), Bruce Burkemper, Xuejuan Jiang, Anmol A. Pardeshi, Sasan Moghimi, Grace M. Richter, Roberta McKean‐Cowdin, Rohit Varma	18
12	Genetic Susceptibility to Diabetic Retinopathy Using a Genetic Risk Score in Multiethnic Cohorts 2020 ·Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·Roberta McKean‐Cowdin, Rohit Varma, Darryl Nousome, Mina Torres, Bruce Burkemper, Xiuqing Guo, (unknown), (unknown), Xiaohui Li, Eli Ipp, Wayne Huey‐Herng Sheu, Kent D. Taylor, Jerome I. Rotter	0
13	Effect of Angle Narrowing on Sectoral Variation of Anterior Chamber Angle Width 2019 ·Ophthalmology Glaucoma ·Benjamin Y. Xu, Anmol A. Pardeshi, (unknown), (unknown), Sasan Moghimi, Grace M. Richter, Roberta McKean‐Cowdin, Rohit Varma	8
14	Allergies and Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Case–Control Study and Meta-analysis 2018 ·Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention ·(unknown), Stephen Francis, (unknown), Roberta McKean‐Cowdin, Steve Selvin, Todd P. Whitehead, Lisa F. Barcellos, Alice Y. Kang, Libby M. Morimoto, Theodore B. Moore, Joseph L. Wiemels, Catherine Metayer	6
15	Axial Length and Myopic Macular Degeneration Prevalence among Chinese-Americans: The Chinese American Eye Study (CHES) 2018 ·Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·Farzana Choudhury, Stacy M. Meuer, Ronald Klein, Mina Torres, Roberta McKean‐Cowdin, Rohit Varma	1
16	Self-reported Use of Eye Care Among Adult Chinese Americans: The Chinese American Eye Study 2017 ·American Journal of Ophthalmology ·Xuejuan Jiang, Rohit Varma, Mina Torres, Chunyi Hsu, Roberta McKean‐Cowdin	12
17	Prevalence and Characteristics of Myopic Degeneration in an Adult Chinese American Population: The Chinese American Eye Study 2017 ·American Journal of Ophthalmology ·Farzana Choudhury, Stacy M. Meuer, Ronald Klein, Dandan Wang, Mina Torres, Xuejuan Jiang, Roberta McKean‐Cowdin, Rohit Varma, Stanley P. Azen, Chunyi Hsu, (unknown), (unknown), Jie Sun, Yuping Wang, (unknown), Shuang Wu, (unknown), Lisa V. John, Michelle Cheng	56
18	Harmonizing the Classification of Age-related Macular Degeneration in the Three-Continent AMD Consortium (vol 21, pg 14, 2014) 2014 ·Ophthalmic Epidemiology ·(unknown), Stacy M. Meuer, Chelsea E. Myers, Gabriëlle H.S. Buitendijk, Elena Rochtchina, Farzana Choudhury, Paulus T.V.M. de Jong, Roberta McKean‐Cowdin, Sudha K. Iyengar, Xin Gao, (unknown), Johannes R. Vingerling, Paul Mitchell, Caroline C. W. Klaver, (unknown), Barbara E.K. Klein	1
19	Characteristics of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer in Patients With a BRCA1 Mutation: Results From a Population-Based Study of Young Women 2011 ·Journal of Clinical Oncology ·Eunjung Lee, Roberta McKean‐Cowdin, Huiyan Ma, Darcy Spicer, David Van Den Berg, Leslie Bernstein, Giske Ursin	93
20	Impact of Visual Field Loss on Health Related Quality of Life in Glaucoma Participants. The Los Angeles Latino Eye Study (LALES) 2007 ·Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·Roberta McKean‐Cowdin, Rohit Varma, (unknown), Joanne Wu, Stanley P. Azen	12

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