Santosh Khanal

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Santosh Khanal is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions and Ophthalmology. According to data from OpenAlex, Santosh Khanal has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 14 papers in General Health Professions and 7 papers in Ophthalmology. Recurrent topics in Santosh Khanal's work include Ocular Surface and Contact Lens (14 papers), Innovations in Medical Education (5 papers) and Advancements in Transdermal Drug Delivery (4 papers). Santosh Khanal is often cited by papers focused on Ocular Surface and Contact Lens (14 papers), Innovations in Medical Education (5 papers) and Advancements in Transdermal Drug Delivery (4 papers). Santosh Khanal collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and Nepal. Santosh Khanal's co-authors include Alan Tomlinson, Charles Diaper, Angus McFadyen, Kanna Ramaesh, T. J. Millar, E. Ian Pearce, Priya Bhatt, Peter A. Simmons, David R. Jones and L. Esakowitz and has published in prestigious journals such as International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, BMC Public Health and Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science.

In The Last Decade

Santosh Khanal

33 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Tear Film Osmolarity: Determination of a Referent for Dry Eye Diagnosis

2006 445 citations Alan Tomlinson, Santosh Khanal et al. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Santosh Khanal Australia	13	1.1k	512	404	226	205	35	1.2k
Kendall E. Donaldson United States	21	314 0.3×	1.1k 2.2×	934 2.3×	40 0.2×	61 0.3×	53	1.5k
Gunnar Høvding Norway	19	353 0.3×	562 1.1×	427 1.1×	48 0.2×	134 0.7×	68	1.2k
Jane Greaves United Kingdom	15	293 0.3×	145 0.3×	149 0.4×	8 0.0×	9 0.0×	32	771
David R.P. Almeida United States	21	93 0.1×	937 1.8×	512 1.3×	3 0.0×	23 0.1×	92	1.2k
Wolfgang Wehrmann Germany	14	77 0.1×	9 0.0×	19 0.0×	435 1.9×	440 2.1×	54	933
Mohammed M. Abdull Nigeria	18	79 0.1×	806 1.6×	545 1.3×	2 0.0×	4 0.0×	32	1.0k
Carolyn Charman United Kingdom	12	38 0.0×	19 0.0×	4 0.0×	1.3k 5.7×	1.6k 7.8×	20	1.8k
Hie‐Jin Noh South Korea	9	89 0.1×	17 0.0×	29 0.1×	10 0.0×	13 0.1×	47	354
Andreas Heller Germany	9	104 0.1×	4 0.0×	19 0.0×	9 0.0×	63 0.3×	33	397
Florence Dalgard Norway	14	58 0.1×	5 0.0×	4 0.0×	254 1.1×	1.1k 5.4×	21	1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Santosh Khanal

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20 of 20 papers shown

Khanal, Santosh. (2025). Language barriers and their consequences in healthcare: a qualitative case study of Nepali migrants in Finland. BMC Health Services Research. 25(1). 577–577. 1 indexed citations

Khanal, Santosh, et al.. (2025). A Microsurgical Skills Course Improves Cataract Surgery Proficiency in First Year Australia and New Zealand Ophthalmology Trainees. Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology. 54(2). 194–201.

Obamiro, Kehinde, et al.. (2022). Considerations for Training and Workforce Development to Enhance Rural and Remote Ophthalmology Practise in Australia: A Scoping Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(14). 8593–8593. 7 indexed citations

Allen, Penny, et al.. (2021). Distribution and Location Stability of the Australian Ophthalmology Workforce: 2014–2019. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(23). 12574–12574. 7 indexed citations

Rissel, Chris, et al.. (2019). Piloting a Telephone Based Health Coaching Program for Pregnant Women: A Mixed Methods Study. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 23(3). 307–315. 12 indexed citations

Khanal, Santosh, et al.. (2019). Dose response relationship between program attendance and children’s outcomes in a community based weight management program for children and their families. BMC Public Health. 19(1). 716–716. 9 indexed citations

Khanal, Santosh, et al.. (2016). Evaluation of the implementation of Get Healthy at Work, a workplace health promotion program in New South Wales, Australia. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. 27(3). 243–250. 11 indexed citations

Khanal, Santosh, et al.. (2016). Pragmatic cluster randomised trial of a free telephone-based health coaching program to support women in managing weight gain during pregnancy: the Get Healthy in Pregnancy Trial. BMC Health Services Research. 16(1). 454–454. 12 indexed citations

Khanal, Santosh, et al.. (2015). Effectiveness of a once per week delivery of a family‐based childhood obesity intervention: a cluster randomised controlled trial. Pediatric Obesity. 11(6). 475–483. 12 indexed citations

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Khanal, Santosh & T. J. Millar. (2011). Barriers to clinical uptake of tear osmolarity measurements. British Journal of Ophthalmology. 96(3). 341–344. 72 indexed citations

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Khanal, Santosh & T. J. Millar. (2010). Nanoscale phase dynamics of the normal tear film. Nanomedicine Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine. 6(6). 707–713. 37 indexed citations

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Tomlinson, Alan, et al.. (2010). A Clinical Alternative to Fluorophotometry for Measuring Tear Production in the Diagnosis of Dry Eye. Cornea. 29(7). 745–750. 5 indexed citations

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Tomlinson, A. & Santosh Khanal. (2008). Effectiveness of Tear Physiology Tests in the Differential Diagnosis of Dry Eye Subtypes. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 49(13). 5852–5852. 1 indexed citations

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Khanal, Santosh, et al.. (2008). Dry Eye Diagnosis. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 49(4). 1407–1407. 130 indexed citations

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Khanal, Santosh, et al.. (2008). Changes in corneal sensitivity and tear physiology after phacoemulsification. Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics. 28(2). 127–134. 116 indexed citations

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Khanal, Santosh, Peter A. Simmons, E. Ian Pearce, Mhairi Day, & Alan Tomlinson. (2008). Effect of Artificial Tears on Tear Stress Test. Optometry and Vision Science. 85(8). 732–739. 11 indexed citations

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Khanal, Santosh, Alan Tomlinson, E. Ian Pearce, & Peter A. Simmons. (2007). Effect of an Oil-in-Water Emulsion on the Tear Physiology of Patients With Mild to Moderate Dry Eye. Cornea. 26(2). 175–181. 59 indexed citations

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Niraula, Surya Raj & Santosh Khanal. (2006). Critical analysis of performance of medical students. Education for Health. 19(1). 5–13. 8 indexed citations

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Khanal, Santosh, A. Tomlinson, & E. Ian Pearce. (2005). Efficacy of an Emulsion Eye Drop in the Management of Mild to Moderate Dry Eyes. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 46(13). 2038–2038. 1 indexed citations

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Tomlinson, Alan & Santosh Khanal. (2005). Assessment of Tear Film Dynamics: Quantification Approach. The Ocular Surface. 3(2). 81–95. 137 indexed citations

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