For the first time in the history of ARVO’s Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science (IOVS), one special issue has generated 9 of the 16 most-read articles in a given year. From April 2011 to March 2012 all articles in the IOVS issue featuring the Report of the TFOS International Workshop on Meibomian Gland Dysfunction(http://tearfilm.org/tearfilm-reports-mgdreport.php) ranked in the top 16. Indeed, as shown below, one of these articles ranked first, and 5 of the top 6 most-read IOVS articles were from this Report.
The TFOS MGD Workshop was over a 2-year effort involving 50 of the world’s MGD experts. Overviews of this TFOS Report have been distributed in many languages to over 400,000 eye care practitioners throughout the world.
The 16 Most-Frequently Read Articles in IOVS during April 2011 through March 2012
1. Kelly K. Nichols, Gary N. Foulks, Anthony J. Bron, Ben J. Glasgow, Murat Dogru, Kazuo Tsubota, Michael A. Lemp, David A. Sullivan
The International Workshop on Meibomian Gland Dysfunction: Executive Summary
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci Mar 30, 2011; 52: 1922-1929.
(Read 9941 times)
2. SS Hayreh, JB Jonas, MB Zimmerman
Parapapillary chorioretinal atrophy in chronic high-pressure experimental glaucoma in rhesus monkeys
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci Nov 01, 1998; 39: 2296-2303.
(Read 8842 times)
3. Erich Knop, Nadja Knop, Thomas Millar, Hiroto Obata, David A. Sullivan
The International Workshop on Meibomian Gland Dysfunction: Report of the Subcommittee on Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathophysiology of the Meibomian Gland
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci Mar 30, 2011; 52: 1938-1978.
(Read 7703 times)
4. Kelly K. Nichols
The International Workshop on Meibomian Gland Dysfunction: Introduction
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci Mar 30, 2011; 52: 1917-1921.
(Read 7403 times)
5. Alan Tomlinson, Anthony J. Bron, Donald R. Korb, Shiro Amano, Jerry R. Paugh, E. Ian Pearce, Richard Yee, Norihiko Yokoi, Reiko Arita, Murat Dogru
The International Workshop on Meibomian Gland Dysfunction: Report of the Diagnosis Subcommittee
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci Mar 30, 2011; 52: 2006-2049.
(Read 7122 times)
6. Gerd Geerling, Joseph Tauber, Christophe Baudouin, Eiki Goto, Yukihiro Matsumoto, Terrence O”Brien, Maurizio Rolando, Kazuo Tsubota, Kelly K. Nichols
The International Workshop on Meibomian Gland Dysfunction: Report of the Subcommittee on Management and Treatment of Meibomian Gland Dysfunction
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci Mar 30, 2011; 52: 2050-2064.
(Read 7076 times)
7. Justyn W. Regini, J. Günter Grossmann, Peter Timmins, John J. Harding, Andrew J. Quantock, Stuart A. Hodson, Gerald F. Elliott
X-Ray- and Neutron-Scattering Studies of -Crystallin and Evidence That the Target Protein Sits in the Fenestrations of the -Crystallin Shell
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci Jun 01, 2007; 48: 2695-2700.
(Read 6105 times)
8. J. Daniel Nelson, Jun Shimazaki, Jose M. Benitez-del-Castillo, Jennifer P. Craig, James P. McCulley, Seika Den, Gary N. Foulks
The International Workshop on Meibomian Gland Dysfunction: Report of the Definition and Classification Subcommittee
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci Mar 30, 2011; 52: 1930-1937.
(Read 5468 times)
9. Kazuo Tsubota, Hiromi Fujita, Kensei Tsuzaka, Tsutomu Takeuchi
Mikulicz’s Disease and Sjögren’s Syndrome
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci Jun 01, 2000; 41: 1666-1673.
(Read 4970 times)
10. Minna Vesaluoma, Linda Müller, Juana Gallar, Alessandro Lambiase, Jukka Moilanen, Tapani Hack, Carlos Belmonte, Timo Tervo
Effects of Oleoresin Capsicum Pepper Spray on Human Corneal Morphology and Sensitivity
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci Jul 01, 2000; 41: 2138-2147.
(Read 4917 times)
11. Henry F. Edelhauser, Cheryl L. Rowe-Rendleman, Michael R. Robinson, Daniel G. Dawson, Gerald J. Chader, Hans E. Grossniklaus, Kay D. Rittenhouse, Clive G. Wilson, David A. Weber, Baruch D. Kuppermann, Karl G. Csaky, Timothy W. Olsen, Uday B. Kompella, V. Michael Holers, Gregory S. Hageman, Brian C. Gilger, Peter A. Campochiaro, Scott M. Whitcup, Wai T. Wong
Ophthalmic Drug Delivery Systems for the Treatment of Retinal Diseases: Basic Research to Clinical Applications
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci Nov 01, 2010; 51: 5403-5420.
(Read 4084 times)
12. Amalia Enríquez de Salamanca, Yolanda Diebold, Margarita Calonge, Carmen García-Vazquez, Sagrario Callejo, Ana Vila, Maria José Alonso
Chitosan Nanoparticles as a Potential Drug Delivery System for the Ocular Surface: Toxicity, Uptake Mechanism and In Vivo Tolerance
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci Apr 01, 2006; 47: 1416-1425.
(Read 4075 times)
13. Kari B. Green-Church, Igor Butovich, Mark Willcox, Douglas Borchman, Friedrich Paulsen, Stefano Barabino, Ben J. Glasgow
The International Workshop on Meibomian Gland Dysfunction: Report of the Subcommittee on Tear Film Lipids and Lipid–Protein Interactions in Health and Disease
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci Mar 30, 2011; 52: 1979-1993.
(Read 4017 times)
14. Debra A. Schaumberg, Jason J. Nichols, Eric B. Papas, Louis Tong, Miki Uchino, Kelly K. Nichols
The International Workshop on Meibomian Gland Dysfunction: Report of the Subcommittee on the Epidemiology of, and Associated Risk Factors for, MGD
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci Mar 30, 2011; 52: 1994-2005.
(Read 3975 times)
15. ALBERT M. POTTS
Methods for Separation of Proteins
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci Aug 01, 1965; 4: 531-538.
(Read 3954 times)
16. Penny A. Asbell, Fiona J. Stapleton, Kerstin Wickström, Esen K. Akpek, Pasquale Aragona, Reza Dana, Michael A. Lemp, Kelly K. Nichols
The International Workshop on Meibomian Gland Dysfunction: Report of the Clinical Trials Subcommittee
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci Mar 30, 2011; 52: 2065-2085.
(Read 3942 times)