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Center for Children

In research, Center for Children stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,057 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#5,112 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#7,406 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Psychiatry and Mental health and Clinical Psychology — Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health is 8.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,844
of 28,054 · #7,852 all time
Rank in United States
#1,475
of 4,192
Research works
2.6k
▲ 106% vs 2013–17
Citations
67k
25.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

What is Center for Children 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 #5,057 of 11,982 6.8%364 #5011
MedicineField #5,112 of 10,443 5.9%317 #4890
Social SciencesDomain #7,406 of 10,521 18.4%110 #3179
Life SciencesDomain #5,628 of 7,800 6.0%95 #5079
PsychologyField #1,952 of 2,181 14.1%62 #1453

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Center for Children 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. Health Sciences#5,011 #5,057
  2. Medicine#4,890 #5,112
  3. Social Sciences#3,179 #7,406
  4. Life Sciences#5,079 #5,628
  5. Psychology#1,453 #1,952
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 Center for Children specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health takes 8.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 37.4 works8.3×
  2. Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield · 22.8 works7.6×
  3. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 34.6 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: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.58× its world share, 51 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.61× its world share, 16 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.33× its world share, 23 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.91× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.17× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.36× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.81× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.35× its world share, 37 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.75× its world share, 317 worksMedicineNursing: 2.22× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.25× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.41× its world share, 62 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 37 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Center for Children?

Ranked on the composite score, Jane Knitzer, M.M. Lokhmatov and R Wasikówa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Center for Children.

  1. 1 Jane Knitzer United States · #197,081 worldwide 151 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 M.M. Lokhmatov United States · #870,559 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 R Wasikówa United States · #1,028,662 worldwide 4 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 William W. Ireland United States · #1,102,477 worldwide 11 citations · 79 works
  5. 5 И. В. Давыдова United States · #1,139,287 worldwide 7 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Аndrey P. Fisenko United States · #1,279,520 worldwide 5 citations · 37 works
  7. 7 William E. Rosenfeld United States · #1,491,483 worldwide 15 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 В. Н. Комолятова United States · #1,537,524 worldwide 3 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Center for Children

Which keywords describe research at Center for Children?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Genetics, Prevalence, Adolescents, Treatment, Mental Health, Children and Public Health.

▲ 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. Epidemiology90▲ 3.8×107 topics
  2. Genetics31▲ 7.5×16 topics
  3. Treatment31▲ 4.3×36 topics
  4. Mental Health30▲ 3.4×28 topics
  5. Public Health29▲ 3.4×38 topics
  6. Inflammation28▲ 2.2×55 topics
  7. Prevalence25▲ 10×14 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress25▲ 2.5×37 topics
  9. Adolescents24▲ 11×7 topics
  10. Management21▲ 4.5×22 topics
  11. Diagnosis21▲ 3.8×28 topics
  12. Children20▲ 14×7 topics
  13. Quality of Life18▲ 2.0×40 topics
  14. Depression17▲ 3.2×17 topics
  15. Risk Factors16▲ 2.4×29 topics
  16. Emotion Regulation15▲ 8.2×7 topics
  17. Obesity14▲ 3.2×22 topics
  18. Nutrition13▲ 4.8×9 topics
  19. Neurobiology13▲ 8.2×9 topics
  20. Resilience13▲ 4.4×7 topics
  21. Meta-Analysis13▲ 3.6×15 topics
  22. Neurological Disorders12▲ 3.6×16 topics
  23. Pathogenesis12▲ 4.0×19 topics
  24. Adolescent Health12▲ 23×3 topics
  25. Primary Care12▲ 5.2×12 topics
  26. Genetic Mutations11▲ 4.4×21 topics
  27. Prevention11▲ 4.4×12 topics
  28. Executive Functioning10▲ 14×3 topics
  29. Developmental Trajectories10▲ 14×3 topics
  30. Child Health10▲ 30×2 topics
  31. Educational Technologies10▲ 22×1 topic
  32. Environmental Factors10▲ 26×1 topic
  33. Anxiety Disorders10▲ 15×2 topics
  34. Cognitive Function10▲ 8.9×4 topics
  35. Parenting Stress10▲ 23×2 topics
  36. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes9▲ 8.4×6 topics
  37. Psychopathology9▲ 8.7×3 topics
  38. Neurodevelopmental Disorders8▲ 11×5 topics
  39. Preterm Infants8▲ 11×3 topics
  40. Behavioral Problems8▲ 17×1 topic

Which research topics does Center for Children publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Human Health and Disease, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Family and Disability Support Research and Child and Adolescent Health.

Human Health and Disease10Human Health and Disease: 10 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psy…8Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 8 fractional worksFamily and Disability Support Research: 8 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Health: 6 fractional worksInfant Development and Preterm Care: 6 fractional worksAttention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: 6 fractional worksObesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 6 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Hea…6Neonatal Respiratory Health Research: 6 fractional worksDermatology and Skin Diseases: 5 fractional worksEpilepsy research and treatment: 5 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthClinical PsychologyGeneral Health ProfessionsPsychiatry and Mental health3 others

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

  1. 1 Human Health and Disease Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 10 works
  2. 2 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 8 works
  3. 3 Family and Disability Support Research Clinical Psychology 8 works
  4. 4 Child and Adolescent Health General Health Professions 6 works
  5. 5 Infant Development and Preterm Care Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 6 works
  6. 6 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Psychiatry and Mental health 6 works
  7. 7 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  8. 8 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  9. 9 Dermatology and Skin Diseases Dermatology 5 works
  10. 10 Epilepsy research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 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 available47.3%not open52.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.0%domestic only67.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Center for Children's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 106% 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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