A bibliometrics study, done as part of a wider project commissioned by the Macular Society by members of Warwick Evidence, found that the UK is one of the world’s leading producers of research into macular degeneration, one of the main causes of blindness. The number of citations to UK research publications showed that the quality of research is very good.

Royle P, Waugh N. Macular disease research in the United Kingdom 2011–2014: a bibliometric analysis of outputs, performance and coverage. BMC Research Notes 2015; 8:833 DOI 10.1186