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Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center

In research, Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#10,049 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,115
of 28,054 · #15,463 all time
Rank in United States
#2,607
of 4,192
Research works
476
▲ 17% vs 2013–17
Citations
32k
66.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center 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 #10,049 of 11,982 12.1%67 #10523

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center 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: 0.85× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.80× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.35× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.53× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.91× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.99× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.35× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.94× its world share, 55 worksMedicineNursing: 16.22× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.94× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 16.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Ronald L. Prior, Aline Andres and Laxmi Yeruva lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center.

  1. 1 Ronald L. Prior United States · #44,520 worldwide 1.9k citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Aline Andres United States · #1,474,138 worldwide 21 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Laxmi Yeruva United States · #1,506,509 worldwide 21 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Brian D. Piccolo United States · #1,630,575 worldwide 11 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center

Which keywords describe research at Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Metabolic Syndrome, Inflammation, Obesity, Cardiovascular Disease, Insulin Resistance, Cancer Prevention, Public Health and Health Effects.

▲ 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. Metabolic Syndrome17▲ 22×13 topics
  2. Inflammation14▲ 7.1×31 topics
  3. Obesity9▲ 12×18 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease9▲ 8.2×18 topics
  5. Epidemiology7▲ 1.90×22 topics
  6. Insulin Resistance7▲ 16×7 topics
  7. Public Health7▲ 5.0×11 topics
  8. Cancer Prevention7▲ 26×6 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress6▲ 4.0×24 topics
  10. Health Effects5▲ 8.2×9 topics
  11. Chronic Disease5▲ 28×3 topics
  12. Type 2 Diabetes4▲ 21×5 topics
  13. Nutritional Significance4▲ 29×3 topics
  14. Early-Life Conditions4▲ 83×1 topic
  15. Fetal Programming4▲ 83×1 topic
  16. Metabolism4▲ 8.4×13 topics
  17. Neurological Disorders4▲ 7.5×9 topics
  18. Biomarkers4▲ 6.2×6 topics
  19. Chronic Diseases4▲ 16×4 topics
  20. Exercise4▲ 35×3 topics
  21. Child Development4▲ 9.7×4 topics
  22. Probiotics4▲ 18×4 topics
  23. Metabolic Regulation4▲ 23×4 topics
  24. Preterm Infants4▲ 32×3 topics
  25. Gut Microbiota4▲ 11×3 topics
  26. Mitochondrial Dysfunction4▲ 13×4 topics
  27. Cancer Therapy4▲ 6.3×8 topics
  28. Adolescents3▲ 9.5×3 topics
  29. Dietary Intake3▲ 79×2 topics
  30. Physical Activity3▲ 7.0×3 topics
  31. Precision Medicine3▲ 7.6×3 topics
  32. Prevalence3▲ 8.5×4 topics
  33. Atherosclerosis3▲ 12×6 topics
  34. Weight Loss3▲ 20×4 topics
  35. Bioavailability3▲ 16×3 topics
  36. Childhood3▲ 47×1 topic
  37. Human Milk Composition3▲ 119×1 topic
  38. Necrotizing Enterocolitis3▲ 119×1 topic
  39. Overweight3▲ 49×1 topic
  40. Alzheimer's Disease3▲ 11×3 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Birth, Development, and Health, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, Infant Nutrition and Health and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism.

Birth, Development, and …4Birth, Development, and Health: 4 fractional worksObesity, Physical Activi…3Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 3 fractional worksInfant Nutrition and Hea…3Infant Nutrition and Health: 3 fractional worksAdipose Tissue and Metab…3Adipose Tissue and Metabolism: 3 fractional worksDiet and metabolism studies: 3 fractional worksGut microbiota and health: 2 fractional worksAdipokines, Inflammation…2Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases: 2 fractional worksNutrition, Genetics, and Disease: 2 fractional worksGestational Diabetes Research and Management: 2 fractional worksNutritional Studies and …2Nutritional Studies and Diet: 2 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthNutrition and DieteticsPhysiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Birth, Development, and Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 4 works
  2. 2 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  3. 3 Infant Nutrition and Health Nutrition and Dietetics 3 works
  4. 4 Adipose Tissue and Metabolism Physiology 3 works
  5. 5 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 3 works
  6. 6 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 2 works
  7. 7 Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases Epidemiology 2 works
  8. 8 Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease Genetics 2 works
  9. 9 Gestational Diabetes Research and Management Obstetrics and Gynecology 2 works
  10. 10 Nutritional Studies and Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational 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 available46.3%not open53.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.2%domestic only90.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 17% 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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