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Ophthalmology

2023 ACTIVITY INDICATORS

  • 3 public competitive projects led: ISCIII
  • 3 private projects led
  • 19 clinical led trials
  • 23 publications
  • IF: 56.71
  • Q1 publications: 5 (22%)
  • 3 awards
  • National public agency evaluators: 3 PI
  • Members of editorial committees: 4 researchers
  • 1 patent family with priority European application (EP22382119.0) and PCT/EP2023/053668
  • 1 consensus document and 2 clinical guidelines
  • 2 actions with an impact on society: conferences 
  • 4 visitors hosted and 4 months stay:
    • University Hospital of Helsinky. Finland
    • Medical University of Lublin. Poland
    • University Hospital Center Sestre Milosrdnice. Croatia
    • Ankara University Medical School. Turkey

Milestones

  1. First place in the ranking of the MRS MERCO 2023 health reputation monitor for the best Ophthalmology Service.
  2. Start-up of the Artificial Intelligence project for corneal transplants. PI22/01252_Validation of tomographic image biomarkers as predictors of the need for keratoplasty after cataract surgery in Fuchs' corneal dystrophy: multicentre study and artificial intelligence-assisted diagnosis. Funded by the ISCIII and led by Dr Arnalich. 
  3. Development and publication of clinical practice guidelines published by the Spanish Society of Ophthalmology for the follow-up of glaucoma and the management of advanced glaucoma. 
  4. 3D corneal construct patent: European priority application and PCT extension (EP22382119.0).
  5. Participation of Dr. Arnalich as coordinator and member of the database development committee in the international multicentre study 'Fight corneal blindness' in keratoconus with publication: Ferdi AC, Kandel H, Nguyen V, Tan J, Arnalich-Montiel F, Abbondanza M, Watson SL. Five-year corneal cross-linking outcomes: A Save Sight Keratoconus Registry Study.  Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2023 Jan;51(1):9-18. DOI: 10.1111/ceo.14177. PMID: 36240047.

Bibliometrics

  ARTICLES ACCUM. IF MEAN IF ARTICLES Q1 OR Q2  % IN Q1 OR Q2 ARTICLES D1 % IN D1
2019 34 77.38 2.28 18 53 1 3
2020 42 80.85 2.04 13 31 1 2
2021 41 86.02 2.10 13 32 1 2
2022 25 66.38 2.66 9 36 0 0
2023 23 56.71 2.98 11 48 0 0
  165 372.29 2.41 64 40 3 2

* Only original articles, editorial material, guidelines and reviews.

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