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École Polytechnique vs SickKids Foundation

On research quality in 2022-now, SickKids Foundation ranks #879 in the world and École Polytechnique #881, of 22,385 institutions. École Polytechnique stands higher in 7 of the 9 fields both publish in, SickKids Foundation in 2.

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École Polytechnique

France · Palaiseau

World rank, 2022-now
#881
#851 all time
Works, 2022-now
1.7k
fractional
Top-10% rate
8.7%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
40%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Mathematical Physics, Geometry and Topology.

SickKids Foundation

Canada · Toronto

World rank, 2022-now
#879
#735 all time
Works, 2022-now
1k
fractional
Top-10% rate
13.9%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
38%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Genetics, Developmental Neuroscience.

Who leads, measure by measure?

SickKids Foundation leads on 5 of 8 measures: research quality, excellence for its fields, top-10% rate, citations per work and international co-authorship. École Polytechnique leads on 2 of 8 measures: output and open access. The two are level on growth.

École Polytechnique 21 level5 SickKids Foundation
  1. #881Research qualityworld rank of 22,385 institutions, 2022-now#879
  2. 1.03×Excellence for its fieldsits top-10% rate against what its topics predict; 1.00× is as expected1.26×
  3. 1.7kOutputfractional works, 2022-now1k
  4. 8.7%Top-10% rateshare of its works among the world's most cited13.9%
  5. 26.8Citations per workall time, per fractional work43.1
  6. 40%Open accessof its works free to read, all time38%
  7. 34%Internationalof its works written with co-authors abroad, all time38%
  8. -4%Growthworks in 2022-25 against 2018-21; half a bar is no change-4%

A rank is drawn as its standing: the longer the bar, the nearer the top. Anything else is drawn against the larger of the two, and two values a hair apart are called level. Quality, excellence and the top-10% rate are explained in the methodology.

Who leads in each field?

École Polytechnique stands higher in 7 of 9 fields, SickKids Foundation in 2. SickKids Foundation leads most in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#399 against #993). Each bar is that side's standing among all institutions ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

École Polytechnique 72 SickKids Foundation
  1. #993Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#399
  2. #616Computer Science-
  3. #852Engineering-
  4. #1,018Environmental Science-
  5. #914Materials Science-
  6. #287Mathematics-
  7. -Medicine#270
  8. #199Physics and Astronomy-
  9. #1,939Social Sciences-

Standing is the percentile of world rank within each field, 2022-now; the printed number is the rank itself. A dash means the field is too small there to rank. How sides are compared.

The numbers behind each field

Click a heading to sort. The side that does better in a pair of columns is shaded: a lower rank, a higher rate, more works.

Field École Polytechnique rankSickKids Foundation rank École Polytechnique top 10%SickKids Foundation top 10% École Polytechnique worksSickKids Foundation works
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology #993 #399 6.6% 9.7% 78 132
Computer Science #616 - 7.6% - 210 -
Engineering #852 - 7.6% - 287 -
Environmental Science #1,018 - 7.2% - 63 -
Materials Science #914 - 5.3% - 68 -
Mathematics #287 - 8.4% - 115 -
Medicine - #270 - 15.3% - 535
Physics and Astronomy #199 - 10.7% - 265 -
Social Sciences #1,939 - 10.7% - 92 -

Where does each put its research?

Not who is better, but what each side chooses to work on. A country or institution that puts twice the world's share of its research into a field sits at 2×, whatever its size.

  1. Physics and Astronomy7.5× 0.1×
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.2× 0.1×
  3. Materials Science1.2× 0.0×
  4. Computer Science1.7× 0.1×
  5. Chemistry1.9× 0.1×
  6. Mathematics6.2× 0.5×
  7. Engineering1.2× 0.1×
  8. Arts and Humanities0.7× 0.1×
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.5× 0.1×
  10. Environmental Science0.8× 0.1×
  11. Decision Sciences1.7× 0.4×
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.5× 0.1×
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.7× 0.4×
  14. Social Sciences0.4× 0.2×
  15. Veterinary0.3× 0.3×
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.3× 0.5×
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.9× 2.6×
  18. Psychology0.2× 1.3×
  19. Health Professions0.3× 2.1×
  20. Neuroscience0.4× 3.0×
  21. Medicine0.2× 3.0×
  22. Nursing0.2× 4.0×
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.1× 2.3×
  24. Dentistry0.0× 0.7×
École PolytechniqueSickKids Foundation

Location quotient in 2022-now: the share of each side's research in the field over the world's share. 1× is the world's balance; the axis runs from a quarter of it to four times. Fields where École Polytechnique leans further are at the top, SickKids Foundation's at the bottom. How research profiles are compared.

What is each known for?

The keywords that describe each side's research, by fractional works in 2022-now and weighted toward what it does more of than the world.

École Polytechnique

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's
All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Deep Learning73▲ 1.24×69 topics
  2. Machine Learning69▲ 1.20×68 topics
  3. Climate Change61▲ 1.30×79 topics
  4. Neural Networks36▲ 1.34×34 topics
  5. Monte Carlo Simulation35▲ 10×9 topics
  6. Remote Sensing33▲ 1.55×32 topics
  7. Lattice QCD27▲ 26×2 topics
  8. Dark Matter23▲ 11×4 topics
  9. Entanglement22▲ 8.6×4 topics
  10. Evolutionary Algorithms22▲ 12×4 topics
  11. Particle Physics21▲ 17×2 topics
  12. Community Engagement21▲ 3.7×6 topics
  13. Territorial Governance21▲ 10×3 topics
  14. Local Development20▲ 11×2 topics
  15. Quantum Information20▲ 9.9×3 topics
  16. Higgs Boson20▲ 23×1 topic
  17. High-Energy Collider20▲ 23×1 topic
  18. Crystal Growth19▲ 4.0×11 topics
  19. Molecular Dynamics18▲ 6.1×6 topics
  20. Renormalization Group18▲ 18×2 topics
  21. Quantum Gravity18▲ 12×4 topics
  22. Stability18▲ 4.5×6 topics
  23. Nonlinear Optics17▲ 9.2×4 topics
  24. Superconductivity17▲ 5.7×9 topics
  25. QCD16▲ 27×1 topic
  26. Solar Wind16▲ 10×2 topics
  27. charmonium16▲ 27×1 topic
  28. Particle Swarm Optimization16▲ 7.7×4 topics
  29. Inverse Problems15▲ 7.8×4 topics
  30. Multiobjective Optimization15▲ 17×2 topics
  31. Ocean Circulation15▲ 6.4×3 topics
  32. Citizen Participation15▲ 7.6×1 topic
  33. Environmental Participation15▲ 12×1 topic
  34. Bell Inequality15▲ 23×1 topic
  35. Decoherence15▲ 23×1 topic
  36. Hydrodynamics15▲ 13×3 topics
  37. Hydrological Cycle14▲ 8.1×2 topics
  38. Approximation Algorithms14▲ 11×5 topics
  39. Option Pricing13▲ 32×1 topic
  40. Stochastic Calculus13▲ 32×1 topic

SickKids Foundation

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's
All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology112▲ 2.7×113 topics
  2. Inflammation60▲ 2.7×71 topics
  3. Genetics41▲ 5.6×18 topics
  4. Genetic Mutations34▲ 7.5×23 topics
  5. Adolescents34▲ 8.9×7 topics
  6. Treatment34▲ 2.7×47 topics
  7. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes33▲ 17×6 topics
  8. Cancer28▲ 2.0×42 topics
  9. Quality of Life28▲ 1.83×44 topics
  10. Management27▲ 3.2×27 topics
  11. Diagnosis27▲ 2.8×35 topics
  12. Immunotherapy26▲ 3.5×17 topics
  13. Neurological Disorders26▲ 4.4×20 topics
  14. Preterm Infants26▲ 20×4 topics
  15. Depression22▲ 2.4×17 topics
  16. Children20▲ 8.6×7 topics
  17. Prevalence19▲ 4.4×14 topics
  18. Health-related Quality of Life16▲ 6.7×5 topics
  19. Pulmonary Hypertension16▲ 11×3 topics
  20. Prenatal Diagnosis16▲ 10×7 topics
  21. Executive Functioning15▲ 12×3 topics
  22. Critical Care15▲ 5.9×8 topics
  23. Congenital Heart Disease14▲ 16×3 topics
  24. Genetic Variants14▲ 7.5×7 topics
  25. Mortality Risk14▲ 5.6×6 topics
  26. Autism Spectrum Disorders14▲ 13×2 topics
  27. Neurodevelopmental Disorders14▲ 9.8×6 topics
  28. Cerebral Palsy13▲ 18×2 topics
  29. Respiratory Distress Syndrome13▲ 15×2 topics
  30. Psychosocial Outcomes13▲ 19×2 topics
  31. Cardiac Surgery13▲ 17×2 topics
  32. Cognitive Function13▲ 6.6×7 topics
  33. Molecular Classification13▲ 8.0×4 topics
  34. Epilepsy13▲ 11×4 topics
  35. Childhood Cancer Survivor Study12▲ 28×1 topic
  36. Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory12▲ 28×1 topic
  37. Adult Congenital Heart Disease12▲ 21×1 topic
  38. Glioblastoma12▲ 17×1 topic
  39. Pulmonary Valve Replacement12▲ 21×1 topic
  40. Temozolomide12▲ 17×1 topic

Size is fractional works in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of the side's work against its share of the world's. Each word links to the topic it comes from most.

How has their output grown?

École Polytechnique has out-published SickKids Foundation every year since 1980.

still counting200400600École Polytechnique338 in 2025SickKids Foundation231 in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works per year.

Their share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share, because all of science grows. Each line is a side as a percentage of every work published that year.

still counting0.020%0.040%École Polytechnique0.0058% in 2025SickKids Foundation0.0039% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

The share of each side's works, year by year, that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. The average of all institutions is 10.0% (why not 10%).

still counting10%20%30%SickKids Foundation13.4% in 2025École Polytechnique7.7% in 2025200020102020

A year with under 1% of the side's peak output is left out: a rate over a handful of papers says nothing. The latest years are still being cited.

Which publishes more research, École Polytechnique or SickKids Foundation?

École Polytechnique publishes 1.7× as much research as SickKids Foundation in 2022-now (1.7k against 1k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, École Polytechnique or SickKids Foundation?

13.9% of SickKids Foundation's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 8.7% for École Polytechnique.

Is École Polytechnique or SickKids Foundation growing faster?

Output in 2022-25 was -4% against 2018-21 for École Polytechnique, and -4% for SickKids Foundation.

Which has more open access research, École Polytechnique or SickKids Foundation?

40% of École Polytechnique's research is free to read, against 38% of SickKids Foundation's.

Who are the top researchers on each side?

The most cited researchers on each side, among those ranked.

École Polytechnique

  1. 1 P. Bruel #1,275 worldwide 45k citations · 267 works
  2. 2 S. V. Rusakov #5,162 worldwide 55k citations · 566 works
  3. 3 G. Selvaggi #15,071 worldwide 7.2k citations · 95 works
  4. 4 B. Giebels #17,017 worldwide 42k citations · 293 works
  5. 5 M. Baber #17,427 worldwide 17k citations · 205 works

SickKids Foundation

  1. 1 Tyler Vaivada #419,816 worldwide 1.5k citations · 34 works
  2. 2 Sherri L. Adams #1,396,211 worldwide 680 citations · 47 works
  3. 3 Ellen Go #1,478,240 worldwide 424 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Karen M O’Callaghan #1,573,094 worldwide 383 citations · 34 works
  5. 5 Nicholas Carman #1,803,305 worldwide 938 citations · 69 works