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Boston Children's Hospital

In research, Boston Children's Hospital stands highest in Life Sciences (#91 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#174 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#224 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Emergency Medicine and Speech and Hearing — Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health is 6.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#475
of 28,054 · #338 all time
Rank in United States
#97
of 4,192
Research works
31k
◆ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.5M
49.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is Boston 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
Life SciencesDomain #91 of 7,800 26.1%925 #73
MedicineField #174 of 10,443 19.7%2,469 #74
Health SciencesDomain #224 of 11,982 20.1%2,746 #92
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield #15 of 441 31.2%205 #12
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #156 of 3,579 26.4%553 #116
Molecular BiologySubfield #130 of 2,175 26.9%297 #85
NeuroscienceField #101 of 1,168 23.0%219 #55
SurgerySubfield #159 of 1,816 16.4%375 #62
Immunology and MicrobiologyField #85 of 682 29.8%128 #73
EpidemiologySubfield #162 of 976 17.8%228 #71

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

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Life Sciences#73 #91
  2. Medicine#74 #174
  3. Health Sciences#92 #224
  4. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health#12 #15
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#116 #156
  6. Molecular Biology#85 #130
  7. Neuroscience#55 #101
  8. Surgery#62 #159
  9. Immunology and Microbiology#73 #85
  10. Epidemiology#71 #162
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Boston Children's Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health takes 6.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 205.5 works6.5×
  2. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 61.6 works5.9×
  3. Speech and HearingSubfield · 41.8 works5.3×
  4. Critical Care and Intensive Care MedicineSubfield · 33.4 works5.3×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 17 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.43× its world share, 553 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.98× its world share, 128 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.16× its world share, 219 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.52× its world share, 8 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.13× its world share, 9 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 40 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 86 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 36 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 10 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 10 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.52× its world share, 11 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.00× its world share, 224 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.01× its world share, 2,469 worksMedicineNursing: 1.94× its world share, 40 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 14 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.32× its world share, 29 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.53× its world share, 198 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 128 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Judah Folkman, Jane W. Newburger and John B. Mulliken lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Boston Children's Hospital.

  1. 1 Judah Folkman · #1,719 worldwide 2.7k citations · 80 works
  2. 2 Jane W. Newburger · #2,122 worldwide 1.3k citations · 95 works
  3. 3 John B. Mulliken · #2,921 worldwide 794 citations · 90 works
  4. 4 John S. Brownstein · #3,021 worldwide 1.9k citations · 69 works
  5. 5 Alan Leviton · #4,097 worldwide 1k citations · 97 works
  6. 6 Lynn A. Sleeper · #6,306 worldwide 1.1k citations · 66 works
  7. 7 Aldo R. Castañeda · #6,536 worldwide 822 citations · 90 works
  8. 8 Alan B. Retik · #9,344 worldwide 586 citations · 71 works
  9. 9 Donald E. Ingber · #9,412 worldwide 979 citations · 75 works
  10. 10 Stephen P. Sanders · #9,859 worldwide 732 citations · 61 works
All ranked researchers at Boston Children's Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Boston Children's Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Neurodevelopmental Outcomes, Genetics, Genetic Mutations, Congenital Heart Disease, Mortality Risk and Cardiac Surgery.

▲ 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. Epidemiology456▲ 2.7×128 topics
  2. Inflammation248▲ 2.8×81 topics
  3. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes145▲ 18×6 topics
  4. Genetics145▲ 4.9×23 topics
  5. Treatment128▲ 2.5×49 topics
  6. Genetic Mutations122▲ 6.6×23 topics
  7. Mental Health114▲ 1.83×39 topics
  8. Cancer113▲ 1.97×49 topics
  9. Management106▲ 3.2×30 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress104▲ 1.50×58 topics
  11. Quality of Life104▲ 1.69×53 topics
  12. Public Health101▲ 1.63×51 topics
  13. Risk Factors95▲ 2.0×36 topics
  14. Congenital Heart Disease95▲ 27×3 topics
  15. Mortality Risk94▲ 9.3×6 topics
  16. Adolescents92▲ 5.8×8 topics
  17. Neurological Disorders91▲ 3.8×19 topics
  18. Cardiac Surgery88▲ 29×2 topics
  19. Diagnosis87▲ 2.2×39 topics
  20. Adult Congenital Heart Disease82▲ 36×1 topic
  21. Pulmonary Valve Replacement82▲ 36×1 topic
  22. Complications74▲ 3.5×17 topics
  23. Preterm Infants73▲ 14×4 topics
  24. Prevalence68▲ 3.9×14 topics
  25. Pulmonary Hypertension68▲ 11×3 topics
  26. Prenatal Diagnosis66▲ 11×7 topics
  27. Heart Failure64▲ 3.5×13 topics
  28. Critical Care63▲ 6.4×8 topics
  29. Primary Care63▲ 3.9×14 topics
  30. Echocardiography62▲ 5.3×8 topics
  31. Brain Development57▲ 7.6×6 topics
  32. Neurobiology53▲ 4.9×9 topics
  33. Health-related Quality of Life52▲ 5.2×5 topics
  34. Genetic Variants52▲ 7.0×7 topics
  35. Respiratory Distress Syndrome49▲ 14×2 topics
  36. Executive Functioning47▲ 8.6×3 topics
  37. Neurodevelopmental Disorders46▲ 8.2×6 topics
  38. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation46▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia45▲ 16×2 topics
  40. Mechanical Ventilation44▲ 8.9×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Congenital Heart Disease Studies, Neonatal Respiratory Health Research, Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life and Genomics and Rare Diseases.

Congenital Heart Disease…82Congenital Heart Disease Studies: 82 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Health Research: 41 fractional worksChildhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 35 fractional worksGenomics and Rare Diseases: 29 fractional worksTracheal and airway disorders: 25 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 24 fractional worksAdolescent and Pediatric…24Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare: 24 fractional worksInfant Development and Preterm Care: 24 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Health: 24 fractional worksEpilepsy research and tr…22Epilepsy research and treatment: 22 fractional works
EpidemiologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthGenetics4 others

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

  1. 1 Congenital Heart Disease StudiesEpidemiology 82 works
  2. 2 Neonatal Respiratory Health ResearchPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 41 works
  3. 3 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of LifePediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 35 works
  4. 4 Genomics and Rare DiseasesGenetics 29 works
  5. 5 Tracheal and airway disordersPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 25 works
  6. 6 Mechanical Circulatory Support DevicesBiomedical Engineering 24 works
  7. 7 Adolescent and Pediatric HealthcareSpeech and Hearing 24 works
  8. 8 Infant Development and Preterm CarePediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 24 works
  9. 9 Child and Adolescent HealthGeneral Health Professions 24 works
  10. 10 Epilepsy research and treatmentPsychiatry and Mental health 22 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 available36.5%not open63.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.7%domestic only75.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% lower 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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