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Akron Children's Hospital

In research, Akron Children's Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,847 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,161 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,221
of 28,054 · #16,161 all time
Rank in United States
#2,158
of 4,192
Research works
1.3k
▲ 32% vs 2013–17
Citations
19k
15.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

What is Akron Children's Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #5,847 of 11,982 9.8%186 #5151
MedicineField #5,161 of 10,443 9.8%162 #5360

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Akron Children's Hospital sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.34× its world share, 17 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.51× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.25× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.23× its world share, 20 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.50× its world share, 162 worksMedicineNursing: 3.14× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.28× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Akron Children's Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Richard W. Hertle, Bruce H. Cohen and James A. Lehman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Akron Children's Hospital.

  1. 1 Richard W. Hertle United States · #106,358 worldwide 159 citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Bruce H. Cohen United States · #186,144 worldwide 158 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 James A. Lehman United States · #342,054 worldwide 36 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Dennis S. Weiner United States · #541,246 worldwide 68 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Michael T. Bigham United States · #580,047 worldwide 16 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Todd A. Ponsky United States · #694,516 worldwide 21 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 H. B. Robinson United States · #1,096,968 worldwide 21 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Ann‐Marie Brown United States · #1,194,957 worldwide 9 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Sarah Friebert United States · #1,327,558 worldwide 2 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Akron Children's Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Akron Children's Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Sepsis, Rehabilitation, Risk Factors, Inflammation, Pathophysiology, Adolescents and Patient Satisfaction.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology36▲ 3.8×76 topics
  2. Inflammation12▲ 2.5×39 topics
  3. Risk Factors10▲ 3.8×17 topics
  4. Rehabilitation9▲ 9.2×8 topics
  5. Sepsis9▲ 22×5 topics
  6. Quality of Life8▲ 2.4×24 topics
  7. Treatment8▲ 2.8×26 topics
  8. Complications7▲ 5.9×14 topics
  9. Pathophysiology7▲ 9.7×7 topics
  10. Adolescents7▲ 7.6×7 topics
  11. Patient Satisfaction7▲ 8.8×8 topics
  12. Genetics6▲ 3.9×13 topics
  13. Resuscitation6▲ 21×4 topics
  14. Pain Management6▲ 11×5 topics
  15. Critical Care6▲ 11×7 topics
  16. Antibiotic Resistance6▲ 6.6×6 topics
  17. Psychological Impact6▲ 7.5×6 topics
  18. Health-related Quality of Life6▲ 9.8×2 topics
  19. Chronic Pain5▲ 9.9×4 topics
  20. Genetic Mutations5▲ 5.0×17 topics
  21. Surgical Management5▲ 5.1×14 topics
  22. Burn Injury5▲ 122×1 topic
  23. Burn Wound Infections5▲ 122×1 topic
  24. Ethical Considerations5▲ 5.8×8 topics
  25. Chronic Kidney Disease5▲ 8.0×7 topics
  26. Prognosis5▲ 5.8×8 topics
  27. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes4▲ 10×5 topics
  28. Primary Care4▲ 4.8×9 topics
  29. Preterm Infants4▲ 14×4 topics
  30. Psychosocial Outcomes4▲ 25×2 topics
  31. Childhood Cancer Survivor Study4▲ 35×1 topic
  32. Medical Education4▲ 6.1×10 topics
  33. Pain Assessment Tools4▲ 27×2 topics
  34. Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory4▲ 35×1 topic
  35. Mechanical Ventilation4▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Perioperative Care4▲ 13×3 topics
  37. Postoperative Pain4▲ 16×2 topics
  38. Shoulder Function4▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Pediatric3▲ 24×3 topics
  40. Pulmonary Hypertension3▲ 9.6×3 topics

Which research topics does Akron Children's Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Burn Injury Management and Outcomes, Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues and Wound Healing and Treatments.

Burn Injury Management a…5Burn Injury Management and Outcomes: 5 fractional worksChildhood Cancer Survivo…4Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 4 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 3 fractional worksWound Healing and Treatments: 3 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Health Research: 2 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Management: 2 fractional worksPediatric Pain Managemen…2Pediatric Pain Management Techniques: 2 fractional worksAcute Kidney Injury Research: 2 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 2 fractional worksRespiratory Support and …2Respiratory Support and Mechanisms: 2 fractional works
EpidemiologyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthRehabilitation3 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Burn Injury Management and Outcomes Epidemiology 5 works
  2. 2 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 4 works
  3. 3 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  4. 4 Wound Healing and Treatments Rehabilitation 3 works
  5. 5 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Pediatric Pain Management Techniques Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  8. 8 Acute Kidney Injury Research Nephrology 2 works
  9. 9 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available27.9%not open72.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.3%domestic only92.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Akron Children's Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 32% higher than in 2013–2017.

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