Congratulations to Dr Shanica Hon, PhD/BSc alumnus & currently Optometrist of the School of Optometry (SO) and Dr Andrew Lam, Associate Professor & Associate Head of SO, who received the honourable mention for their distinguished publication titled “Corneal Deformation Measurement Using Scheimpflug Noncontact Tonometry” in the latest issue of editorial on Optometry and Vision Science published by the American Academy of Optometry.
Published in 2013, Dr Hon and her supervisor, Dr Lam’s work ranked 25th most cited articles out of 12,000 papers published in Optometry and Vision Science between 1923 and 2023.
Most significantly, their article is ranked 10th after considering the temporal factor as a high-influence publication in a century, using the estimated scientific impact metric (Relative Citation Ratio).
Their publication, the first paper studying the repeatability and reproducibility of a newly launched clinical device called the Corvis ST, had also been awarded “The Garland W. Clay Award 2016” presented by the American Academy of Optometry, honouring as the most widely cited in world research literature in the preceding five years with the votes of the OVS Editorial Board.
