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Arkansas Children's Hospital

In research, Arkansas Children's Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#2,454 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#3,339 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,249
of 28,054 · #7,199 all time
Rank in United States
#1,238
of 4,192
Research works
2.7k
▲ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
67k
24.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

What is Arkansas 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 #2,454 of 10,443 11.7%275 #1778
Health SciencesDomain #3,339 of 11,982 12.0%304 #2236

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Arkansas 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: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.48× its world share, 30 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.91× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.54× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.03× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.36× its world share, 24 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.69× its world share, 275 worksMedicineNursing: 2.18× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.63× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Richard F. Jacobs, Richard E. Frye and Toni Darville lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Arkansas Children's Hospital.

  1. 1 Richard F. Jacobs United States · #194,860 worldwide 104 citations · 36 works
  2. 2 Richard E. Frye United States · #296,663 worldwide 139 citations · 40 works
  3. 3 Toni Darville United States · #322,684 worldwide 41 citations · 31 works
  4. 4 John F. Redman United States · #396,059 worldwide 99 citations · 70 works
  5. 5 Angela Green United States · #398,804 worldwide 41 citations · 31 works
  6. 6 Kevin Bielamowicz United States · #618,331 worldwide 65 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Joanna J. Seibert United States · #675,621 worldwide 37 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Robbie Pesek United States · #885,653 worldwide 14 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Katherine J. Fray United States · #939,499 worldwide 17 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Ariel Berlinski United States · #1,056,761 worldwide 25 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Arkansas Children's Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Arkansas Children's Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Management, Diagnosis, Treatment, Neurodevelopmental Outcomes, Mechanical Ventilation and Preterm Infants.

▲ 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. Epidemiology64▲ 4.2×93 topics
  2. Inflammation24▲ 3.0×52 topics
  3. Treatment18▲ 3.7×34 topics
  4. Diagnosis16▲ 4.5×29 topics
  5. Management16▲ 5.1×22 topics
  6. Risk Factors14▲ 3.2×28 topics
  7. Genetics11▲ 4.2×16 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease11▲ 2.6×23 topics
  9. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes10▲ 14×6 topics
  10. Metabolic Syndrome10▲ 3.1×15 topics
  11. Insulin Resistance9▲ 5.2×7 topics
  12. Mechanical Ventilation9▲ 21×2 topics
  13. Genetic Mutations9▲ 5.5×20 topics
  14. Preterm Infants9▲ 19×4 topics
  15. Sepsis9▲ 14×5 topics
  16. Resuscitation9▲ 17×4 topics
  17. Complications9▲ 4.4×14 topics
  18. Pulmonary Hypertension8▲ 16×3 topics
  19. Rehabilitation8▲ 5.5×9 topics
  20. Congenital Heart Disease8▲ 26×3 topics
  21. Pathogenesis8▲ 4.0×15 topics
  22. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation8▲ 26×2 topics
  23. Pathophysiology8▲ 6.6×10 topics
  24. Cardiac Surgery8▲ 27×2 topics
  25. Heart Failure8▲ 4.5×10 topics
  26. Mitochondrial Dysfunction8▲ 6.6×7 topics
  27. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia7▲ 29×2 topics
  28. Antibiotic Resistance7▲ 4.8×7 topics
  29. Mortality Risk7▲ 7.7×3 topics
  30. Prenatal Diagnosis7▲ 13×5 topics
  31. Primary Care7▲ 4.8×9 topics
  32. Children7▲ 7.6×7 topics
  33. Adult Congenital Heart Disease6▲ 31×1 topic
  34. Pulmonary Valve Replacement6▲ 31×1 topic
  35. Respiratory Distress Syndrome6▲ 20×2 topics
  36. Asthma6▲ 16×2 topics
  37. Critical Care6▲ 6.8×8 topics
  38. Immunosuppressive Therapy6▲ 8.5×5 topics
  39. Lung Stem Cells6▲ 26×1 topic
  40. Surfactant Proteins6▲ 26×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Congenital Heart Disease Studies, Neonatal Respiratory Health Research, Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery and Asthma and respiratory diseases.

Congenital Heart Disease…6Congenital Heart Disease Studies: 6 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Hea…6Neonatal Respiratory Health Research: 6 fractional worksInhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery: 6 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory diseases: 5 fractional worksBurn Injury Management and Outcomes: 5 fractional worksRespiratory Support and Mechanisms: 5 fractional worksTransplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 5 fractional worksTracheal and airway diso…5Tracheal and airway disorders: 5 fractional worksCongenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies: 4 fractional worksRespiratory viral infections research: 4 fractional works
EpidemiologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePhysiologySurgery

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

  1. 1 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 6 works
  2. 2 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  3. 3 Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  4. 4 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 5 works
  5. 5 Burn Injury Management and Outcomes Epidemiology 5 works
  6. 6 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  7. 7 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 5 works
  8. 8 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  9. 9 Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies Surgery 4 works
  10. 10 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 4 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 available26.9%not open73.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.9%domestic only94.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% 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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