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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 (#5,857 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,865 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,658
of 28,054 · #12,788 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#392
of 1,094
Research works
1.1k
▲ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
20k
18.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

What is Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust 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 #5,857 of 11,982 12.0%177 #5972
MedicineField #5,865 of 10,443 11.4%148 #5032

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 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: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.44× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.72× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.40× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.98× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.12× its world share, 26 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.28× its world share, 148 worksMedicineNursing: 2.17× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.89× its world share, 6 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.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Clare Pain, Benedetta Pettorini and Poonam Dharmaraj lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust.

  1. 1 Clare Pain United Kingdom · #161,825 worldwide 167 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Benedetta Pettorini United Kingdom · #854,252 worldwide 44 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Poonam Dharmaraj United Kingdom · #1,061,541 worldwide 17 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Conor Mallucci United Kingdom · #1,080,386 worldwide 35 citations · 36 works
  5. 5 Eve Smith United Kingdom · #1,212,934 worldwide 14 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Matthew Peak United Kingdom · #1,221,348 worldwide 41 citations · 33 works
  7. 7 Rajeev Shukla United Kingdom · #1,381,850 worldwide 15 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Jennifer Burrows United Kingdom · #1,384,995 worldwide 0 citations · 140 works
  9. 9 Caroline Sanders United Kingdom · #1,497,717 worldwide 9 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Shivaram Avula United Kingdom · #1,539,213 worldwide 2 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

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

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Primary Care, Autoantibodies, Genetics, Genetic Mutations, Neurological Disorders, Adolescents and Health Equity.

▲ 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. Epidemiology24▲ 2.6×83 topics
  2. Inflammation11▲ 2.2×43 topics
  3. Primary Care9▲ 11×12 topics
  4. Autoantibodies9▲ 16×7 topics
  5. Genetics9▲ 5.3×13 topics
  6. Quality of Life9▲ 2.5×26 topics
  7. Public Health8▲ 2.5×20 topics
  8. Treatment8▲ 2.9×29 topics
  9. Neurological Disorders8▲ 5.9×15 topics
  10. Genetic Mutations7▲ 7.2×18 topics
  11. Clinical Trials7▲ 4.5×11 topics
  12. Adolescents7▲ 7.5×7 topics
  13. Health Equity6▲ 9.1×2 topics
  14. Adverse Drug Reactions6▲ 46×2 topics
  15. Social Determinants6▲ 11×3 topics
  16. Training6▲ 11×3 topics
  17. Medication Adherence5▲ 43×2 topics
  18. Off-Label Drug Use5▲ 84×1 topic
  19. Pediatric Pharmacokinetics5▲ 84×1 topic
  20. Surgical Management5▲ 5.5×11 topics
  21. Antiphospholipid Syndrome5▲ 46×1 topic
  22. Community Health5▲ 14×2 topics
  23. Immunopathogenesis5▲ 35×2 topics
  24. Microbiota5▲ 10×2 topics
  25. Pulmonary Infections5▲ 39×2 topics
  26. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus5▲ 42×1 topic
  27. Toll-like Receptors5▲ 20×2 topics
  28. Advocacy5▲ 75×1 topic
  29. Bronchiectasis5▲ 75×1 topic
  30. CFTR5▲ 75×1 topic
  31. Cystic Fibrosis5▲ 31×3 topics
  32. Mutation Analysis5▲ 30×2 topics
  33. Pediatrics5▲ 75×1 topic
  34. Prenatal Diagnosis5▲ 14×5 topics
  35. Mental Health Services4▲ 37×2 topics
  36. Health Care4▲ 20×2 topics
  37. Mechanical Ventilation4▲ 16×2 topics
  38. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes4▲ 9.8×4 topics
  39. Chronic Conditions4▲ 26×2 topics
  40. Self-Management4▲ 30×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Pharmaceutical studies and practices, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research, Child and Adolescent Health and Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances.

Pharmaceutical studies a…5Pharmaceutical studies and practices: 5 fractional worksSystemic Lupus Erythemat…5Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research: 5 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Hea…5Child and Adolescent Health: 5 fractional worksCystic Fibrosis Research…5Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances: 5 fractional worksAdolescent and Pediatric Healthcare: 4 fractional worksChildhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 3 fractional worksCraniofacial Disorders a…2Craniofacial Disorders and Treatments: 2 fractional worksRespiratory Support and Mechanisms: 2 fractional worksAutoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research: 2 fractional worksCleft Lip and Palate Research: 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 5 works
  2. 2 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research Rheumatology 5 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 4 works
  6. 6 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 works
  7. 7 Craniofacial Disorders and Treatments Genetics 2 works
  8. 8 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research Hematology 2 works
  10. 10 Cleft Lip and Palate Research Genetics 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% 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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