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In research, Boston Children's Museum stands highest in Medicine (#2,357 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,016 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,849 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health — Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health is 5.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,777
of 28,054 · #4,497 all time
Rank in United States
#781
of 4,192
Research works
3.6k
▲ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
86k
23.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Boston Children's Museum 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 #2,357 of 10,443 9.9%428 #1400
Health SciencesDomain #3,016 of 11,982 10.0%477 #1615
Life SciencesDomain #2,849 of 7,800 11.9%139 #2139
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,449 of 3,579 12.5%89 #2800
SurgerySubfield #1,377 of 1,816 9.0%71 #1268
Social SciencesDomain #8,906 of 10,521 15.3%65 #7875

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Boston Children's Museum 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. Medicine#1,400 #2,357
  2. Health Sciences#1,615 #3,016
  3. Life Sciences#2,139 #2,849
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,800 #2,449
  5. Surgery#1,268 #1,377
  6. Social Sciences#7,875 #8,906
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 Museum specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health takes 5.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 29.1 works5.5×
← 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: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.37× its world share, 89 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.84× its world share, 20 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.26× its world share, 26 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.23× its world share, 42 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.14× its world share, 428 worksMedicineNursing: 1.45× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.24× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.38× its world share, 30 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 26 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Boston Children's Museum?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology74▲ 2.6×113 topics
  2. Inflammation40▲ 2.7×69 topics
  3. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes29▲ 22×6 topics
  4. Congenital Heart Disease28▲ 47×3 topics
  5. Risk Factors25▲ 3.2×33 topics
  6. Mortality Risk24▲ 14×5 topics
  7. Cardiac Surgery22▲ 44×2 topics
  8. Adult Congenital Heart Disease22▲ 57×1 topic
  9. Pulmonary Valve Replacement22▲ 57×1 topic
  10. Public Health22▲ 2.1×38 topics
  11. Treatment22▲ 2.5×42 topics
  12. Management21▲ 3.8×29 topics
  13. Cancer21▲ 2.2×41 topics
  14. Genetics20▲ 4.1×17 topics
  15. Mental Health18▲ 1.76×29 topics
  16. Genetic Mutations17▲ 5.5×22 topics
  17. Quality of Life17▲ 1.66×45 topics
  18. Diagnosis15▲ 2.2×33 topics
  19. Adolescents14▲ 5.5×7 topics
  20. Heart Failure14▲ 4.6×11 topics
  21. Immunotherapy12▲ 2.4×15 topics
  22. Neurological Disorders12▲ 3.0×16 topics
  23. Prevalence12▲ 4.1×13 topics
  24. Primary Care12▲ 4.5×11 topics
  25. Genetic Variants12▲ 9.5×7 topics
  26. Complications12▲ 3.3×17 topics
  27. Rehabilitation11▲ 4.0×10 topics
  28. Echocardiography11▲ 5.6×7 topics
  29. Critical Care10▲ 6.2×8 topics
  30. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation10▲ 18×2 topics
  31. Prenatal Diagnosis10▲ 9.5×6 topics
  32. Thrombosis10▲ 5.0×7 topics
  33. Medical Education10▲ 5.3×11 topics
  34. Pulmonary Hypertension9▲ 9.4×3 topics
  35. Community Health9▲ 7.9×3 topics
  36. Pregnancy9▲ 6.1×6 topics
  37. Immunosuppressive Therapy8▲ 6.0×7 topics
  38. Preterm Infants8▲ 8.8×4 topics
  39. Transplantation8▲ 11×4 topics
  40. Neural Crest7▲ 25×2 topics

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

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

Congenital Heart Disease…22Congenital Heart Disease Studies: 22 fractional worksGenomics and Rare Diseases: 7 fractional worksChildhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 6 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Hea…6Child and Adolescent Health: 6 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 5 fractional worksCardiovascular Issues in Pregnancy: 5 fractional worksTransplantation: Methods…5Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 5 fractional worksCongenital heart defects…5Congenital heart defects research: 5 fractional worksAdolescent and Pediatric…5Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare: 5 fractional worksCongenital Diaphragmatic…5Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies: 5 fractional works
EpidemiologyGeneticsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthGeneral Health Professions5 others

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

  1. 1 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 22 works
  2. 2 Genomics and Rare Diseases Genetics 7 works
  3. 3 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 6 works
  4. 4 Child and Adolescent Health General Health Professions 6 works
  5. 5 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 5 works
  6. 6 Cardiovascular Issues in Pregnancy Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  7. 7 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 5 works
  8. 8 Congenital heart defects research Molecular Biology 5 works
  9. 9 Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare Speech and Hearing 5 works
  10. 10 Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies Surgery 5 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 available33.6%not open66.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.1%domestic only80.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Boston Children's Museum'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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