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Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

In research, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,817 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,904 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health is 10.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,589
of 22,385 · #10,205 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#380
of 862
Research works
1.1k
▼ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
20k
18.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
47%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

What is Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #2,817 of 9,902 10.3%177 #3059
MedicineField #2,904 of 8,541 10.7%148 #2929

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust work in?

In 2022-now, 76% of research at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust is in Health Sciences, 15% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (64%), Health Professions (11%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 202 fractional works · 76.2% of its workMedicine: 169 fractional works · 63.6% of its workSurgery: 24 fractional works · 9.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 21 fractional works · 7.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 19 fractional works · 7.2% of its workEpidemiology: 12 fractional works · 4.4% of its workRheumatology: 11 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workNeurology: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHematology: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNephrology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workUrology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 28 fractional works · 10.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 13 fractional works · 5.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 39 fractional works · 14.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 20 fractional works · 7.5% of its workGenetics: 11 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 10 fractional works · 3.7% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 6.2% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.0% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAlder HeyChildren's NHS…265fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences76%Social Sciences6%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine16963.6%
    2. Health Professions2810.7%
    3. Nursing31.3%
    4. Dentistry10.5%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology207.5%
    2. Neuroscience103.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology72.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.4%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.4%
    1. Psychology72.7%
    2. Social Sciences41.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.5%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.4%
    6. Decision Sciences10.3%
    1. Computer Science31.0%
    2. Environmental Science20.8%
    3. Engineering20.8%
    4. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    5. Mathematics00.1%
    6. Chemistry00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health takes 10.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 20.8 works10×
← 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: 1.40× its world share, 20 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.70× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.26× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.04× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.07× its world share, 28 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.31× its world share, 169 worksMedicineNursing: 2.61× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.87× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions4.07×28 works
  2. Medicine3.31×169 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.70×7 works
  4. Nursing2.61×3 works
  5. Neuroscience2.26×10 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.40×20 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.11×1 works
  8. Dentistry1.04×1 works
  9. Psychology0.87×7 works
  10. Veterinary0.41×0 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.39×2 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.27×1 works
  13. Environmental Science0.16×2 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.16×1 works
  15. Computer Science0.13×3 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.13×1 works
  17. Social Sciences0.13×4 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.10×1 works
  19. Mathematics0.09×0 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.08×1 works
  21. Engineering0.05×2 works
  22. Chemistry0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust?

Ranked on the quality score, Liza J McCann, Valentina Leone and Eileen M Baildam lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust.

  1. 1 Liza J McCann United Kingdom · #179,374 worldwide 6k citations · 163 works
  2. 2 Valentina Leone United Kingdom · #278,379 worldwide 3.9k citations · 73 works
  3. 3 Eileen M Baildam United Kingdom · #429,250 worldwide 8.2k citations · 198 works
  4. 4 Udeme Ohia United Kingdom · #488,779 worldwide 2k citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Andrew Riordan United Kingdom · #654,626 worldwide 7k citations · 131 works
  6. 6 Marcus K.H. Auth United Kingdom · #743,736 worldwide 2.6k citations · 101 works
  7. 7 Clare E. Pain United Kingdom · #823,768 worldwide 4.4k citations · 214 works
  8. 8 Joanne Blair United Kingdom · #1,082,065 worldwide 3k citations · 225 works
  9. 9 Shivaram Avula United Kingdom · #1,232,272 worldwide 2.5k citations · 153 works
  10. 10 Ram Kumar United Kingdom · #1,379,907 worldwide 4.3k citations · 125 works
All ranked researchers at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

What are the most cited papers from Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust?

The most cited paper from Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust is "Neurological associations of COVID-19" (Mark A Ellul, Laura Benjamin, Bhagteshwar Singh et al., 2020), with 1,993 citations. Next come "Neurological and neuropsychiatric complications of COVID-19 in 153 patients: a UK-wide surveillance study" (1,318) and "Clinical features and management of human monkeypox: a retrospective observational study in the UK" (1,299).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Neurological associations of COVID-19 Mark A Ellul, Laura Benjamin, Bhagteshwar Singh et al. · The Lancet Neurology Open access 2 Jul 2020 1,993
2 Neurological and neuropsychiatric complications of COVID-19 in 153 patients: a UK-wide surveillance study Aravinthan Varatharaj et al. · The Lancet Psychiatry Open access115 authors 25 Jun 2020 1,318
3 Clinical features and management of human monkeypox: a retrospective observational study in the UK Hugh Adler et al. · The Lancet Infectious Diseases Open access139 authors 24 May 2022 1,299
4 Osteosarcoma treatment – Where do we stand? A state of the art review Anja Luetke, Paul A. Meyers, Ian J. Lewis et al. · Cancer Treatment Reviews 27 Nov 2013 1,285
5 Mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19 COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative et al. · Nature Open access3,896 authors 8 Jul 2021 1,130
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Autoantibodies, Primary Care, Genetic Mutations, Adolescents, Adverse Drug Reactions, Genetics and Clinical Trials.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology27▲ 2.5×84 topics
  2. Inflammation12▲ 2.2×45 topics
  3. Autoantibodies11▲ 17×7 topics
  4. Treatment10▲ 3.0×31 topics
  5. Primary Care10▲ 9.7×12 topics
  6. Public Health10▲ 2.5×23 topics
  7. Quality of Life10▲ 2.5×28 topics
  8. Genetics9▲ 4.9×13 topics
  9. Clinical Trials9▲ 5.0×12 topics
  10. Genetic Mutations8▲ 7.2×18 topics
  11. Neurological Disorders8▲ 5.5×15 topics
  12. Adolescents8▲ 8.1×7 topics
  13. Adverse Drug Reactions8▲ 54×2 topics
  14. Medication Adherence7▲ 49×2 topics
  15. Off-Label Drug Use7▲ 102×1 topic
  16. Pediatric Pharmacokinetics7▲ 102×1 topic
  17. Surgical Management6▲ 5.7×11 topics
  18. Health Equity6▲ 7.9×3 topics
  19. Toll-like Receptors6▲ 19×2 topics
  20. Antiphospholipid Syndrome6▲ 46×1 topic
  21. Immunopathogenesis6▲ 34×2 topics
  22. Social Determinants6▲ 11×3 topics
  23. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus6▲ 40×1 topic
  24. Training6▲ 10×3 topics
  25. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes6▲ 11×6 topics
  26. Prenatal Diagnosis6▲ 14×5 topics
  27. Critical Care6▲ 8.5×8 topics
  28. Community Health5▲ 12×2 topics
  29. Microbiota5▲ 9.3×2 topics
  30. Pulmonary Infections5▲ 33×2 topics
  31. Advocacy5▲ 74×1 topic
  32. Cystic Fibrosis5▲ 29×3 topics
  33. Mutation Analysis5▲ 27×2 topics
  34. Pediatrics5▲ 74×1 topic
  35. Bronchiectasis5▲ 68×1 topic
  36. CFTR5▲ 68×1 topic
  37. Mental Health Services5▲ 37×2 topics
  38. Health Care5▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Chronic Conditions5▲ 26×2 topics
  40. Self-Management5▲ 30×2 topics

Which research topics does Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Pharmaceutical studies and practices, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research, Child and Adolescent Health and Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances.

Pharmaceutical studies a…7Pharmaceutical studies and practices: 7 fractional worksSystemic Lupus Erythemat…6Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research: 6 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Hea…5Child and Adolescent Health: 5 fractional worksCystic Fibrosis Research…5Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances: 5 fractional worksAdolescent and Pediatric Healthcare: 5 fractional worksAutoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research: 3 fractional worksChildhood Cancer Survivo…3Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 3 fractional worksCraniofacial Disorders and Treatments: 3 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Health Research: 3 fractional worksInfant Development and Preterm Care: 2 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthRheumatologyGeneral Health ProfessionsPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Pharmaceutical studies and practices Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 7 works
  2. 2 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research Rheumatology 6 works
  3. 3 Child and Adolescent Health General Health Professions 5 works
  4. 4 Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  5. 5 Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare Speech and Hearing 5 works
  6. 6 Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research Hematology 3 works
  7. 7 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 works
  8. 8 Craniofacial Disorders and Treatments Genetics 3 works
  9. 9 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  10. 10 Infant Development and Preterm Care Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 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 available46.6%not open53.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.9%domestic only82.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00096% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust0.00092% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust6.7% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.1% in 2024.

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