Yangfa Zeng

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Yangfa Zeng is a scholar working on Ophthalmology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yangfa Zeng has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Ophthalmology, 22 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 19 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Yangfa Zeng's work include Corneal surgery and disorders (20 papers), Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies (19 papers) and Glaucoma and retinal disorders (13 papers). Yangfa Zeng is often cited by papers focused on Corneal surgery and disorders (20 papers), Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies (19 papers) and Glaucoma and retinal disorders (13 papers). Yangfa Zeng collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and United Kingdom. Yangfa Zeng's co-authors include Mingguang He, Ian G. Morgan, Qianyun Chen, Kathryn Rose, Jincheng Mai, Jian Zhang, Wayne Smith, Fan Xiang, Lixia Luo and Mingbing Zeng and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Ophthalmology and BMJ.

In The Last Decade

Yangfa Zeng

29 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Effect of Time Spent Outdoors at School on the Development of Myopia Among Children in China

2015 695 citations Mingguang He, Yangfa Zeng et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yangfa Zeng China	13	981	965	891	100	76	31	1.3k
Daniel Ian Flitcroft Ireland	10	749 0.8×	784 0.8×	619 0.7×	89 0.9×	73 1.0×	20	1.0k
Shuyu Xiong China	18	904 0.9×	1.0k 1.0×	798 0.9×	107 1.1×	74 1.0×	40	1.4k
Dharani Ramamurthy Singapore	5	668 0.7×	770 0.8×	580 0.7×	73 0.7×	67 0.9×	9	924
Po‐Chiung Fang Taiwan	16	909 0.9×	817 0.8×	773 0.9×	272 2.7×	88 1.2×	48	1.4k
Meng‐Tian Kang China	20	1.1k 1.2×	1.1k 1.2×	852 1.0×	182 1.8×	73 1.0×	50	1.4k
Weizhong Lan China	19	990 1.0×	1.1k 1.2×	757 0.8×	191 1.9×	168 2.2×	69	1.3k
J. Willem L. Tideman Netherlands	16	1.6k 1.6×	1.7k 1.8×	1.3k 1.5×	172 1.7×	91 1.2×	29	2.0k
Luo-Ru Liu China	19	1.1k 1.1×	1.1k 1.2×	824 0.9×	186 1.9×	66 0.9×	30	1.3k
Gareth Lingham Australia	16	615 0.6×	547 0.6×	549 0.6×	192 1.9×	54 0.7×	59	938
Pavan K. Verkicharla India	23	1.1k 1.1×	1.1k 1.2×	945 1.1×	129 1.3×	106 1.4×	68	1.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yangfa Zeng

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20 of 20 papers shown

Li, Zhihuan, Jie Xu, Zhuo Sun, et al.. (2024). Accurate prediction of myopic progression and high myopia by machine learning. Precision Clinical Medicine. 7(1). pbae005–pbae005. 6 indexed citations

Zhang, Shiyao, Ling Jin, Nathan Congdon, et al.. (2024). Effect of laughter exercise versus 0.1% sodium hyaluronic acid on ocular surface discomfort in dry eye disease: non-inferiority randomised controlled trial. BMJ. 386. e080474–e080474. 5 indexed citations

Li, Linling, Chimei Liao, Xiaojuan Zhang, et al.. (2024). Association between body stature with ocular biometrics and refraction among Chinese preschoolers. BMC Ophthalmology. 24(1). 107–107. 4 indexed citations

Han, Xiaotong, et al.. (2024). Longitudinal Changes in Choroidal Thickness Varied With Refractive Progression in Myopic and Non-Myopic Children: A Two-Year Cohort Study. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 65(3). 17–17. 10 indexed citations

Hu, Yin, Xiaohu Ding, Lin-Xing Chen, et al.. (2023). Long-Term Axial Length Shortening in Myopic Orthokeratology: Incident Probability, Time Course, and Influencing Factors. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 64(15). 37–37. 7 indexed citations

Chen, Xin, et al.. (2021). Prevalence, incidence, and risk factors for myopia among urban and rural children in southern China: protocol for a school-based cohort study. BMJ Open. 11(11). e049846–e049846. 9 indexed citations

Zeng, Yangfa, Xiaotong Han, Decai Wang, et al.. (2020). Effect of a complex intervention to improve post-vision screening referral compliance among pre-school children in China: A cluster randomized clinical trial. EClinicalMedicine. 19. 100258–100258. 6 indexed citations

Guo, Xinxing, Min Fu, Xiaohu Ding, et al.. (2017). Significant Axial Elongation with Minimal Change in Refraction in 3- to 6-Year-Old Chinese Preschoolers. Ophthalmology. 124(12). 1826–1838. 89 indexed citations

Guo, Yangfeng, et al.. (2015). Comparison of the Educational Effect upon Myopia Prevention and Treatment between Video Demonstration and Traditional Teaching.. PubMed. 30(2). 67–9. 1 indexed citations

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Morgan, Ian G., Fan Xiang, Yangfa Zeng, et al.. (2014). INCREASED OUTDOOR TIME REDUCES INCIDENT MYOPIA - THE GUANGZHOU OUTDOOR ACTIVITY LONGITUDINAL STUDY. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 55(13). 1272–1272. 6 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhonghao, et al.. (2013). Comparison of anterior segment optical coherence tomography and ultrasound biomicroscopy for iris parameter measurements in patients with primary angle closure glaucoma.. PubMed. 28(1). 1–6. 12 indexed citations

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Congdon, Nathan, Xiangbin Kong, Mirjam E. Meltzer, et al.. (2012). Determinants and Two-Year Change in Anterior Chamber Angle Width in a Chinese Population. Ophthalmology. 119(12). 2500–2506. 15 indexed citations

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Zeng, Yangfa, et al.. (2012). Correlation between lens thickness and central anterior chamber depth.. PubMed. 27(3). 124–6. 5 indexed citations

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Liu, Xing, et al.. (2011). [Comparison of anterior segment changes before and after laser peripheral iridectomy by anterior segment optical coherence tomography in eyes with primary acute angle closure glaucoma].. PubMed. 47(10). 871–5. 3 indexed citations

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He, Mingguang, et al.. (2011). The Child Self-Refraction Study. Ophthalmology. 118(6). 1162–1169. 26 indexed citations

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Zeng, Yangfa, Lisa Keay, Mingguang He, et al.. (2009). A Randomized, Clinical Trial Evaluating Ready-Made and Custom Spectacles Delivered Via a School-Based Screening Program in China. Ophthalmology. 116(10). 1839–1845. 59 indexed citations

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Zeng, Yangfa, et al.. (2009). Comparison of Lens Thickness Measurements Using the Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography and A-scan Ultrasonography. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 50(1). 290–290. 15 indexed citations

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Liu, Xialin, Lixia Luo, Yangfa Zeng, et al.. (2009). Early changes in clear cornea incision after phacoemulsification: an anterior segment optical coherence tomography study. Acta Ophthalmologica. 87(7). 764–768. 44 indexed citations

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Zeng, Mingbing, Yizhi Liu, Xialin Liu, et al.. (2007). Aberration and contrast sensitivity comparison of aspherical and monofocal and multifocal intraocular lens eyes. Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology. 35(4). 355–360. 51 indexed citations

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Liu, Yizhi, Mingbing Zeng, Xialin Liu, et al.. (2007). Torsional mode versus conventional ultrasound mode phacoemulsification. Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery. 33(2). 287–292. 144 indexed citations

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