Researchers Ant\u00f3nio Queir\u00f3s, Jos\u00e9 Gonz\u00e1lez-M\u00e9ijome and Jorge Jorge, from the School of Sciences of the University of Minho (UMinho), are among the 200 most influential in the world in the area of optometry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Portuguese appear in the first edition of the “Global Optometrist Top 200 Research Ranking”, which has just been published in the journal Clinical and Experimental Optometry. The Portuguese appear in the first edition of the “Global Optometrist Top 200 Research Ranking”, which has just been published in the journal Clinical and Experimental Optometry<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As a curiosity, Jos\u00e9 Gonz\u00e1lez-M\u00e9ijome is the ninth researcher in the world with more scientific articles in the area per year (9.4, on average), totalling 206 in 22 years of work. UMinho ranks 21st among 72 institutions worldwide in terms of the impact of publications in this area. Portugal is the seventh country with more researchers in the list, after the USA (76), Australia (43), United Kingdom (41), Canada (16), Spain (6), Hong Kong (6) and New Zealand (3).<\/p>\n\n\n\n