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Alberta Children's Hospital

In research, Alberta Children's Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#2,231 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,684 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,415 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Psychiatry and Mental health — Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health is 10.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,752
of 28,054 · #5,384 all time
Rank in Canada
#84
of 403
Research works
2.7k
▲ 50% vs 2013–17
Citations
76k
28.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

What is Alberta 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
MedicineField #2,231 of 10,443 23.3%315 #2002
Health SciencesDomain #2,684 of 11,982 23.3%348 #2346
Life SciencesDomain #2,415 of 7,800 20.6%144 #2712
Social SciencesDomain #5,704 of 10,521 28.7%65 #6405
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,577 of 3,579 19.7%76 #3062

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Alberta 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#2,002 #2,231
  2. Health Sciences#2,346 #2,684
  3. Life Sciences#2,712 #2,415
  4. Social Sciences#6,405 #5,704
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#3,062 #2,577
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Alberta Children's Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health takes 10.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 47.5 works11×
  2. Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield · 21.4 works7.3×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.43× its world share, 76 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.65× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 5.43× its world share, 52 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.98× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.22× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.27× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.66× its world share, 26 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.79× its world share, 315 worksMedicineNursing: 2.07× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.37× its world share, 42 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 17 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 5.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Jean K. Mah, David W. Johnson and Victor Lewis lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Alberta Children's Hospital.

  1. 1 Jean K. Mah Canada · #172,536 worldwide 154 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 David W. Johnson Canada · #223,208 worldwide 163 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Victor Lewis Canada · #336,469 worldwide 64 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Mark Montgomery Canada · #570,707 worldwide 52 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Peng Huang Canada · #760,717 worldwide 96 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Alberta Children's Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Alberta Children's Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Neurological Disorders, Neurodevelopmental Outcomes, Adolescents, Genetics, Neuropathology and Encephalopathy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology80▲ 3.5×100 topics
  2. Inflammation37▲ 3.0×63 topics
  3. Neurological Disorders24▲ 7.1×19 topics
  4. Genetics22▲ 5.5×21 topics
  5. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes21▲ 19×6 topics
  6. Adolescents21▲ 9.5×7 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress20▲ 2.0×38 topics
  8. Mental Health19▲ 2.2×26 topics
  9. Risk Factors18▲ 2.8×27 topics
  10. Neuropathology16▲ 21×3 topics
  11. Depression16▲ 3.1×18 topics
  12. Encephalopathy16▲ 40×3 topics
  13. Recovery16▲ 25×2 topics
  14. Concussion15▲ 61×1 topic
  15. Neurological15▲ 61×1 topic
  16. Preterm Infants15▲ 21×4 topics
  17. Neurobiology15▲ 9.8×8 topics
  18. Brain Development14▲ 14×6 topics
  19. Metabolic Syndrome13▲ 2.8×17 topics
  20. Neuroinflammation13▲ 7.8×6 topics
  21. Genetic Mutations13▲ 5.1×21 topics
  22. Chronic Pain12▲ 9.4×5 topics
  23. Cerebral Palsy12▲ 28×2 topics
  24. Psychological Interventions12▲ 15×2 topics
  25. Neuroprotection11▲ 5.4×12 topics
  26. Emotion Regulation11▲ 6.0×8 topics
  27. Neurodevelopmental Disorders11▲ 14×5 topics
  28. Executive Functioning11▲ 14×3 topics
  29. Neuroimaging10▲ 6.4×11 topics
  30. Cognitive Impairment10▲ 6.8×10 topics
  31. Pathophysiology10▲ 5.7×11 topics
  32. Cognitive Function10▲ 9.2×7 topics
  33. Pain Management10▲ 7.1×7 topics
  34. Antiepileptic Drugs9▲ 21×2 topics
  35. Functional Connectivity9▲ 12×3 topics
  36. Epilepsy9▲ 14×4 topics
  37. Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy8▲ 47×1 topic
  38. Neonatal Encephalopathy8▲ 47×1 topic
  39. Brain Connectivity8▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Injury Prevention8▲ 11×5 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Traumatic Brain Injury Research, Neonatal and fetal brain pathology, Epilepsy research and treatment and Functional Brain Connectivity Studies.

Traumatic Brain Injury R…15Traumatic Brain Injury Research: 15 fractional worksNeonatal and fetal brain pathology: 8 fractional worksEpilepsy research and treatment: 7 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 7 fractional worksInfant Development and Preterm Care: 6 fractional worksPediatric Pain Management Techniques: 6 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury a…6Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances: 6 fractional worksSports injuries and prevention: 6 fractional worksChildhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 6 fractional worksMaternal Mental Health D…5Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum: 5 fractional works
EpidemiologyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthPsychiatry and Mental healthCognitive Neuroscience3 others

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

  1. 1 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 15 works
  2. 2 Neonatal and fetal brain pathology Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 8 works
  3. 3 Epilepsy research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 7 works
  4. 4 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 7 works
  5. 5 Infant Development and Preterm Care Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 6 works
  6. 6 Pediatric Pain Management Techniques Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 6 works
  7. 7 Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances Neurology 6 works
  8. 8 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 6 works
  9. 9 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 6 works
  10. 10 Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 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 available47.0%not open53.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.1%domestic only69.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 50% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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