Distribution of Ocular Component Measures and Refraction in Brazilian School Children.

Purpose: To describe ocular component values and refraction in 6-17-year-old school children in Campinas, Brazil.

Methods: To obtain a representative sample, a total of 1100 6-17-year-old public school students in Campinas, Brazil, were randomly selected and divided into groups according to median ages 6 years (range 5-7 years), 10 years (range 9-11 years), 14 years (range 13-15 years), and 17 years (range 16-18 years). Cycloplegic autorefraction and ocular biometry were performed on each child.

Influence of English language in the number of citations of articles published in Brazilian journals of ophthalmology.

Purpose: To determine the association between language and number of citations of ophthalmology articles published in Brazilian journals.

Methods: This study was a systematic review. Original articles were identified by review of documents published at the two Brazilian ophthalmology journals indexed at Science Citation Index Expanded - SCIE ["Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia (ABO)" and "Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia (RBO)"].