Ronald B. Melles

7.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
60 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Ronald B. Melles is a scholar working on Ophthalmology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Rheumatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ronald B. Melles has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Ophthalmology, 17 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 15 papers in Rheumatology. Recurrent topics in Ronald B. Melles's work include Retinal Diseases and Treatments (17 papers), Drug-Induced Ocular Toxicity (16 papers) and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research (15 papers). Ronald B. Melles is often cited by papers focused on Retinal Diseases and Treatments (17 papers), Drug-Induced Ocular Toxicity (16 papers) and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research (15 papers). Ronald B. Melles collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Ronald B. Melles's co-authors include Michael F. Marmor, William F. Mieler, Ulrich Kellner, Timothy Y. Y. Lai, Jack T. Holladay, Carol Conell, Jack X. Kane, Sheila L. Chan, V. Rao and Alexander C. Flint and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Nature Communications and Annals of Internal Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Ronald B. Melles

59 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

Recommendations on Screening for Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine Retinopathy (2016 Revision)

2016 738 citations Michael F. Marmor, Ronald B. Melles et al. Ophthalmology profile →
The Risk of Toxic Retinopathy in Patients on Long-term Hydroxychloroquine Therapy

2014 447 citations Ronald B. Melles, Michael F. Marmor profile →
Effect of Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure on Cardiovascular Outcomes

2019 426 citations Carol Conell, Ronald B. Melles et al. profile →
Accuracy of Intraocular Lens Calculation Formulas

2017 415 citations Ronald B. Melles et al. Ophthalmology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ronald B. Melles United States	25	2.6k	1.2k	1.0k	770	320	60	3.8k
Isabella Kardys Netherlands	33	296 0.1×	173 0.1×	1.1k 1.1×	696 0.9×	649 2.0×	242	4.6k
P M Dodson United Kingdom	27	804 0.3×	121 0.1×	502 0.5×	130 0.2×	241 0.8×	67	2.1k
Seong‐Kyu Kim South Korea	29	115 0.0×	960 0.8×	110 0.1×	262 0.3×	651 2.0×	140	2.5k
François Roubille France	27	98 0.0×	175 0.1×	387 0.4×	346 0.4×	523 1.6×	215	2.9k
Alan Oglesby United States	25	105 0.0×	168 0.1×	176 0.2×	239 0.3×	271 0.8×	55	2.2k
Fang Liu China	30	73 0.0×	262 0.2×	321 0.3×	373 0.5×	882 2.8×	194	3.5k
Reecha Sofat United Kingdom	23	88 0.0×	168 0.1×	137 0.1×	399 0.5×	300 0.9×	71	2.3k
Ava Grace Tan Australia	27	1.5k 0.6×	48 0.0×	1.2k 1.2×	400 0.5×	430 1.3×	66	2.2k
И. И. Дедов Russia	34	97 0.0×	88 0.1×	133 0.1×	551 0.7×	818 2.6×	451	4.2k
Ilan Ben‐Zvi Israel	19	111 0.0×	402 0.3×	63 0.1×	129 0.2×	905 2.8×	77	1.9k

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Melles, Ronald B., David L. Cooke, & Thomas Olsen. (2025). Outcomes of zero power intraocular lenses: insights into the keratometric index and axial length. Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery. 51(5). 388–393. 1 indexed citations

Marmor, Michael F., Seong Joon Ahn, Justis P. Ehlers, et al.. (2025). Special AAO Report: Recommendations on Screening for Hydroxychloroquine Retinopathy (2025 Revision). Ophthalmology. 133(4). 439–450.

Karter, Andrew J., et al.. (2023). Development and Validation of a Diabetic Retinopathy Risk Stratification Algorithm. Diabetes Care. 46(5). 1068–1075. 5 indexed citations

Melles, Ronald B., April Jorge, Michael F. Marmor, et al.. (2023). Hydroxychloroquine Dose and Risk for Incident Retinopathy. Annals of Internal Medicine. 176(2). 166–173. 24 indexed citations

Olsen, Thomas, David L. Cooke, Oliver Findl, et al.. (2023). Surgeons need to know more about intraocular lens design for accurate power calculation. Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery. 49(6). 556–557. 16 indexed citations

Gilbert, Aubrey L., et al.. (2023). Central Retinal Artery Occlusion. Ophthalmology Retina. 7(6). 527–531. 17 indexed citations

Simcoe, Mark, Ameet Shah, Baojian Fan, et al.. (2022). Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies Two Common Loci Associated with Pigment Dispersion Syndrome/Pigmentary Glaucoma and Implicates Myopia in its Development. Ophthalmology. 129(6). 626–636. 12 indexed citations

Conell, Carol, et al.. (2022). Quantification of risk factors for diabetic retinopathy progression. Acta Diabetologica. 60(3). 363–369. 16 indexed citations

Choquet, Hélène, Ronald B. Melles, Deepti Anand, et al.. (2021). A large multiethnic GWAS meta-analysis of cataract identifies new risk loci and sex-specific effects. Nature Communications. 12(1). 3595–3595. 50 indexed citations

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Seider, Michael I., Carol Conell, & Ronald B. Melles. (2021). Complications of Acute Posterior Vitreous Detachment. Ophthalmology. 129(1). 67–72. 17 indexed citations

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Vora, Robin A., et al.. (2020). A case of pentosan polysulfate maculopathy originally diagnosed as stargardt disease. American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports. 17. 100604–100604. 11 indexed citations

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Choquet, Hélène, Ronald B. Melles, Jie Yin, et al.. (2020). A multiethnic genome-wide analysis of 44,039 individuals identifies 41 new loci associated with central corneal thickness. Communications Biology. 3(1). 301–301. 26 indexed citations

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Melles, Ronald B., et al.. (2019). Diabetic retinopathy screening using a virtual reading center. Acta Diabetologica. 57(2). 183–188. 6 indexed citations

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Jorge, April, Ronald B. Melles, Yuqing Zhang, et al.. (2018). Hydroxychloroquine prescription trends and predictors for excess dosing per recent ophthalmology guidelines. Arthritis Research & Therapy. 20(1). 133–133. 32 indexed citations

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Melles, Ronald B., April Jorge, Michael F. Marmor, Yuqing Zhang, & Hyon K. Choi. (2018). Sharp decline in hydroxychloroquine dosing—analysis of 17,797 initiators from 2007 to 2016. Clinical Rheumatology. 37(7). 1853–1859. 12 indexed citations

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Swenson, Michael R., S. Rimmer, Jerry A. Schneider, et al.. (1991). Neurophysiologic Studies of the Peripheral Nervous System in Nephropathic Cystinosis. Archives of Neurology. 48(5). 528–529. 2 indexed citations

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Schneider, Jerry A., Barrett Katz, & Ronald B. Melles. (1990). Update on nephropathic cystinosis. Pediatric Nephrology. 4(6). 645–653. 25 indexed citations

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Katz, Barrett, Ronald B. Melles, Doris A. Trauner, & Jerry A. Schneider. (1988). Saccadic abnormalities in nephropathic cystinosis. 8(2). 115–119. 2 indexed citations

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Melles, Ronald B. & Barrett Katz. (1988). Night terrors and sudden unexplained nocturnal death. Medical Hypotheses. 26(2). 149–154. 4 indexed citations

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Katz, Barrett, Ronald B. Melles, & Jerry A. Schneider. (1987). Glare Disability in Nephropathic Cystinosis. Archives of Ophthalmology. 105(12). 1670–1671. 8 indexed citations

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