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Alder Hey Children's Hospital

In research, Alder Hey Children's Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#5,250 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,260 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 6.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,474
of 28,054 · #13,602 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#591
of 1,094
Research works
1.4k
▲ 44% vs 2013–17
Citations
30k
21.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is Alder Hey 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 #5,250 of 10,443 13.0%120 #4533
Health SciencesDomain #6,260 of 11,982 12.0%143 #5462

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

What does Alder Hey Children's Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 6.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 25.7 works6.2×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.24× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.59× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.95× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.74× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.33× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.77× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.04× its world share, 19 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.52× its world share, 120 worksMedicineNursing: 2.97× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.61× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Alder Hey Children's Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mortality, Genetic Mutations, Primary Care, Complications, Treatment, Genetics and Rehabilitation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology25▲ 3.5×77 topics
  2. Mortality9▲ 8.6×11 topics
  3. Treatment8▲ 3.7×28 topics
  4. Public Health7▲ 2.7×17 topics
  5. Genetics6▲ 5.2×13 topics
  6. Complications6▲ 6.9×15 topics
  7. Genetic Mutations6▲ 7.8×17 topics
  8. Diagnosis6▲ 3.6×19 topics
  9. Primary Care6▲ 8.8×10 topics
  10. Management6▲ 4.2×15 topics
  11. Quality of Life5▲ 2.1×24 topics
  12. Rehabilitation5▲ 7.6×8 topics
  13. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes5▲ 15×5 topics
  14. Guidelines5▲ 5.6×10 topics
  15. Surgical Management5▲ 6.4×14 topics
  16. Clinical Trials4▲ 3.7×8 topics
  17. Adolescents4▲ 6.4×4 topics
  18. Mechanical Ventilation4▲ 21×2 topics
  19. Patient Satisfaction4▲ 7.0×7 topics
  20. Congenital Heart Disease4▲ 26×2 topics
  21. Surgery4▲ 6.2×8 topics
  22. Critical Care4▲ 9.0×8 topics
  23. Health Equity4▲ 7.6×4 topics
  24. Mortality Risk4▲ 8.9×3 topics
  25. Clinical Outcomes4▲ 9.4×4 topics
  26. Social Determinants4▲ 9.4×3 topics
  27. Training4▲ 9.3×3 topics
  28. Cardiac Surgery4▲ 27×2 topics
  29. Adult Congenital Heart Disease3▲ 35×1 topic
  30. Community Health3▲ 11×3 topics
  31. Pulmonary Valve Replacement3▲ 35×1 topic
  32. Health Care Utilization3▲ 16×3 topics
  33. Pain Management3▲ 8.0×5 topics
  34. Prenatal Diagnosis3▲ 12×6 topics
  35. Biomechanics3▲ 5.8×4 topics
  36. Health Policy3▲ 11×2 topics
  37. Chronic Pain3▲ 7.3×4 topics
  38. Preterm Infants3▲ 13×4 topics
  39. Advocacy3▲ 53×1 topic
  40. Pediatrics3▲ 53×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Congenital Heart Disease Studies, Child and Adolescent Health, Pharmaceutical studies and practices and Emergency and Acute Care Studies.

Congenital Heart Disease…3Congenital Heart Disease Studies: 3 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Hea…3Child and Adolescent Health: 3 fractional worksPharmaceutical studies and practices: 2 fractional worksEmergency and Acute Care Studies: 2 fractional worksCraniofacial Disorders and Treatments: 2 fractional worksHip disorders and treatments: 2 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 2 fractional worksTracheal and airway diso…2Tracheal and airway disorders: 2 fractional worksCerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders: 2 fractional worksAdolescent and Pediatric Healthcare: 2 fractional works
EpidemiologyGeneral Health ProfessionsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthEmergency Medicine6 others

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

  1. 1 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 3 works
  2. 2 Child and Adolescent Health General Health Professions 3 works
  3. 3 Pharmaceutical studies and practices Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  4. 4 Emergency and Acute Care Studies Emergency Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Craniofacial Disorders and Treatments Genetics 2 works
  6. 6 Hip disorders and treatments Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  10. 10 Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare Speech and Hearing 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 available35.6%not open64.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.3%domestic only82.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Alder Hey Children's Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 44% 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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