AIM: To analyze the progress in ophthalmic epidemiology and prevention of blindness research between 2001-2010 through bibliometric approach.

METHODS: This research used Chinese Science Citation Database(CSCD)for statistical sources, and retrieved ophthalmic epidemiology and prevention of blindness literatures during 2001-2010. The data were analyzed by bibliometric statistical methods.

RESULTS: Within the CSCD statistics, there were 179 ophthalmic epidemiology and prevention of blindness literatures which had a linear upward trend. “Chinese Journal of Ophthalmology” and “International Eye Science” were the largest number of published journal literatures. Professor Zhao Jialiang has reported most literatures in all experts, whose publication “Prevalence of glaucoma and normal intraocular pressure among adults aged 50 years or above in Shunyi county of Beijing” in 2002 as the single most frequently cited paper, blindness and low vision study were in the most research, diabetic retinopathy in fundus study occupied a large proportion of epidemiological studies.

CONCLUSION:Ophthalmic epidemiology and prevention of blindness research has become a focus of eye scientific research.