[Citation analysis of the ocular ischemic syndrome literature]

To characterize the literature associated with the ocular ischemic syndrome (OIS) field from January 1, 2000 to December 1, 2013.

Literature analysis. Articles related to OIS between January 1, 2000 and December 1, 2013 were found by advanced search using Google Scholar. All results underwent visual inspection to ensure that the final results included only literature associated with OIS in some way. All the results including the publication year, authors, organizations, nations and the source journals were listed and analyzed.

There were 322 literatures which cited 2 798 times totally. The h-index of literature associated with OIS was 28. There were only 6 articles published in 2000, while 54 articles in 2013 which was significant different. The largest number of author is from US, then China and Japan. The most frequent cited article was a review which summarized retinal vascular occlusive disorders written by Sohan Singh Hayreh. And the other top 10 articles talked about intravitreal injection, hemodynamics and its pathogenesis. The hightest h-index of author, orgnization, country, and source title was Sohan Singh Hayreh, University of Iowa and Utrecht University, United States, and Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science respectively.

The quantity of the articles about OIS growed every year. OIS research is getting more attention gradually, particularly in intravitreal injection, hemodynamics and its pathogenesis.