ReviewJournal of current glaucoma practice
Gel-based Ocular Phantom Models in Glaucoma Diagnostics: A Bibliometric and Narrative Review.
Review in Journal of current glaucoma practice. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Background: Gel-based ocular phantom models provide a controlled platform to test the biomechanical factors and validate emerging diagnostic technologies. Despite the growing application in ophthalmic research, no comprehensive bibliometric analysis has been conducted to map their evolution and translational relevance in glaucoma diagnostics. Purpose: The study aimed to bridge this gap by identifying global research trends and highlighting the emerging role of gel-based ocular phantoms in intraocular pressure (IOP) assessment and glaucoma-related diagnostic applications. Materials and methods: A bibliometric analysis of open-access literature (2020-2025) was conducted using the Scopus database. Keyword co-occurrence and temporal overlay analysis were performed using VOSviewer to assess research trends, geographical contributions, and thematic evolution from general tissue-mimicking models to glaucoma-specific applications. Results: A total of 1,116 publications related to gel or tissue-mimicking phantoms were identified. The results showed a progressive narrowing of research focus from generic tissue-mimicking phantoms toward ocular biomechanical models for IOP assessment, with 62 publications specifically related to glaucoma, IOP, biomechanical modeling, sensor validation, or fluid dynamics. The United States and China emerged as leading contributors. The overlay visualization demonstrated a recent shift toward ocular biomechanics in glaucoma diagnostic simulation, reflecting growing clinical translation. Conclusion: Ocular gel phantoms are emerging as an integral experimental platform for addressing the biomechanical variability and enhancing safer preclinical validation of glaucoma diagnostic instruments. Clinical significance: The findings of this study highlight the importance of ocular biomechanics in glaucoma diagnostics and suggest the importance of gel phantom integration for preclinical validation of ocular biomechanics-related instruments to enhance accuracy.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.