Vilas Kovai

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Vilas Kovai is a scholar working on Ophthalmology, Epidemiology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Vilas Kovai has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Ophthalmology, 11 papers in Epidemiology and 8 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Vilas Kovai's work include Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies (10 papers), Ophthalmology and Visual Health Research (8 papers) and Retinal Imaging and Analysis (6 papers). Vilas Kovai is often cited by papers focused on Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies (10 papers), Ophthalmology and Visual Health Research (8 papers) and Retinal Imaging and Analysis (6 papers). Vilas Kovai collaborates with scholars based in Australia, India and United States. Vilas Kovai's co-authors include Gullapalli N. Rao, Sannapaneni Krishnaiah, Ravi Thomas, Pyda Giridhar, Lalit Dandona, Rakhi Dandona, Srinivas Marmamula, Catherine A. McCarty, Rajesh K John and B R Shamanna and has published in prestigious journals such as Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, British Journal of Ophthalmology and BMJ Open.

In The Last Decade

Vilas Kovai

26 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

IMI Impact of Myopia 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150 200
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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.

  1. IMI Impact of Myopia
    2021 227 citations Thomas Naduvilath, Srinivas Marmamula et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Vilas Kovai Australia 15 724 593 580 139 104 26 1.1k
Parikshit Gogate India 24 1.1k 1.5× 825 1.4× 681 1.2× 69 0.5× 130 1.3× 65 1.5k
Mohammed M. Abdull Nigeria 18 806 1.1× 317 0.5× 545 0.9× 79 0.6× 58 0.6× 32 1.0k
J Roberts United States 11 320 0.4× 331 0.6× 323 0.6× 97 0.7× 87 0.8× 22 731
Ana Patrícia Marques Portugal 12 206 0.3× 167 0.3× 133 0.2× 34 0.2× 24 0.2× 30 422
Olalekan A. Oduntan South Africa 13 185 0.3× 122 0.2× 108 0.2× 45 0.3× 50 0.5× 35 340
Rakhee Shah United Kingdom 15 488 0.7× 346 0.6× 400 0.7× 109 0.8× 17 0.2× 39 722
AE Aghaji Nigeria 13 136 0.2× 113 0.2× 85 0.1× 38 0.3× 83 0.8× 48 377
Kovin Naidoo South Africa 10 522 0.7× 631 1.1× 462 0.8× 40 0.3× 42 0.4× 14 767
Marie‐Josée Aubin Canada 11 184 0.3× 172 0.3× 108 0.2× 30 0.2× 18 0.2× 31 423
Rosario Sánchez United States 8 541 0.7× 426 0.7× 370 0.6× 39 0.3× 5 0.0× 9 765

Countries citing papers authored by Vilas Kovai

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Fields of papers citing papers by Vilas Kovai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vilas Kovai

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Vilas Kovai. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Vilas Kovai based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Vilas Kovai. Vilas Kovai is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kovai, Vilas, et al.. (2022). Towards an effective collaboration between the South Western Sydney Local Health District and local councils: insights from a qualitative study. Health Research Policy and Systems. 20(1). 47–47. 1 indexed citations
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Kovai, Vilas, et al.. (2020). Culturally tailored tobacco control: Aboriginal community perspectives in Sydney, Australia. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. 32(2). 264–273. 1 indexed citations
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Kovai, Vilas, et al.. (2019). Evaluating an Aboriginal tobacco social marketing project in Sydney, Australia. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. 31(1). 26–37. 3 indexed citations
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Kovai, Vilas, et al.. (2019). Validity of self‐reported anthropometrics in Arabic‐speaking adults in Australia. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. 32(1). 32–38. 3 indexed citations
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Paudel, Prakash, et al.. (2017). Effect of school eye health promotion on children’s eye health literacy in Vietnam. Health Promotion International. 34(1). 113–122. 10 indexed citations
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Paudel, Prakash, et al.. (2016). Validity of Teacher-Based Vision Screening and Factors Associated with the Accuracy of Vision Screening in Vietnamese Children. Ophthalmic Epidemiology. 23(1). 63–68. 16 indexed citations
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Jaggernath, Jyoti, et al.. (2014). Poverty and Eye Health. Health. 6(14). 1849–1860. 23 indexed citations
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Kovai, Vilas, et al.. (2014). Reasons for Refusing Cataract Surgery in Illiterate Individuals in a Tribal Area of Andhra Pradesh, India. Ophthalmic Epidemiology. 21(3). 144–152. 14 indexed citations
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Kovai, Vilas, GullapalliN Rao, & Brien A. Holden. (2012). Key factors determining success of primary eye care through vision centres in rural India: Patients′ perspectives. Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. 60(5). 487–487. 15 indexed citations
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Kovai, Vilas, et al.. (2010). Comparison of patient satisfaction with services of vision centers in rural areas of Andhra Pradesh, India. Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. 58(5). 407–407. 17 indexed citations
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Krishnaiah, Sannapaneni, Taraprasad Das, Vilas Kovai, & Gullapalli N. Rao. (2009). Associated factors for age-related maculopathy in the adult population in southern India: the Andhra Pradesh Eye Disease Study. British Journal of Ophthalmology. 93(9). 1146–1150. 14 indexed citations
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Kovai, Vilas, et al.. (2007). Barriers to accessing eye care services among visually impaired populations in rural Andhra Pradesh, South India. Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. 55(5). 365–365. 99 indexed citations
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Krishnaiah, Sannapaneni, et al.. (2005). Awareness of glaucoma in the rural population of Southern India. Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. 53(3). 205–205. 89 indexed citations
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Krishnaiah, Sannapaneni, Vilas Kovai, Rishita Nutheti, et al.. (2004). Awareness of eye donation in the rural population of India.. PubMed. 52(1). 73–8. 62 indexed citations
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Dandona, Rakhi, et al.. (2002). Population-based study of spectacles use in southern India.. PubMed. 50(2). 145–55. 57 indexed citations
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Giridhar, Pyda, et al.. (2002). Fear of blindness and perceptions about blind people. The Andhra Pradesh Eye Disease Study.. PubMed. 50(3). 239–46. 7 indexed citations
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Dandona, Lalit, Rakhi Dandona, Pyda Giridhar, et al.. (2001). Blindness in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.. PubMed. 42(5). 908–16. 295 indexed citations

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