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Children's Hospital

In research, Children's Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#6,136 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,178 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#17,332
of 22,385 · #9,177 all time
Rank in Tunisia
#43
of 56
Research works
1.7k
▼ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
42k
23.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.80×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
38%
world 40%
International
60%
world 18%
Children's Hospital

What is Children's Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #6,136 of 8,541 3.8%141 #3579
Health SciencesDomain #7,178 of 9,902 3.8%154 #4084

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Children's Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 78% of research at Children's Hospital is in Health Sciences, 15% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (71%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%), Health Professions (5%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 174 fractional works · 78.4% of its workMedicine: 159 fractional works · 71.5% of its workSurgery: 32 fractional works · 14.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 16 fractional works · 7.4% of its workEpidemiology: 13 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 10 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPhysiology: 7 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 7 fractional works · 3.1% of its workRheumatology: 7 fractional works · 3.0% of its workHematology: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOphthalmology: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 12 fractional works · 5.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 32 fractional works · 14.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 20 fractional works · 8.8% of its workGenetics: 8 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 7 fractional works · 3.0% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKChildren'sHospital222fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences78%Social Sciences4%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine15971.5%
    2. Health Professions125.3%
    3. Nursing31.3%
    4. Veterinary00.2%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology208.8%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology73.0%
    3. Neuroscience52.3%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Psychology52.4%
    2. Social Sciences20.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.2%
    4. Decision Sciences00.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.0%
    1. Engineering31.2%
    2. Computer Science10.6%
    3. Environmental Science10.6%
    4. Chemistry10.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy10.3%
    6. Mathematics00.1%
    7. Materials Science00.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    10. Energy00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.66× its world share, 20 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.97× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.41× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.01× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.72× its world share, 159 worksMedicineNursing: 2.66× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.66× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.79× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.72×159 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.97×7 works
  3. Nursing2.66×3 works
  4. Health Professions2.01×12 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.66×20 works
  6. Veterinary1.66×0 works
  7. Neuroscience1.41×5 works
  8. Psychology0.79×5 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.33×0 works
  10. Dentistry0.23×0 works
  11. Chemistry0.21×1 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.16×0 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.14×1 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.12×1 works
  15. Environmental Science0.11×1 works
  16. Computer Science0.08×1 works
  17. Engineering0.08×3 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.07×1 works
  19. Mathematics0.06×0 works
  20. Social Sciences0.06×2 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.04×0 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.04×0 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.02×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.02×0 works
  25. Energy0.01×0 works
  26. Business, Management and Accounting0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Children's Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Amina Bibi, S. Ghorbel and Asma Bouziri lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Children's Hospital.

  1. 1 Amina Bibi Tunisia · #2,512,785 worldwide 1.2k citations · 86 works
  2. 2 S. Ghorbel Tunisia · #3,274,007 worldwide 276 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Asma Bouziri Tunisia · #3,334,953 worldwide 1.1k citations · 55 works
  4. 4 Ammar Khaldi Tunisia · #3,487,092 worldwide 773 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Asma Hamdi Tunisia · #3,623,418 worldwide 876 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Harald Christiansen Tunisia · #4,129,438 worldwide 890 citations · 36 works
  7. 7 Saïda Ben Becher Tunisia · #4,591,617 worldwide 652 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Yessine Amri Tunisia · #4,730,865 worldwide 168 citations · 49 works
  9. 9 L. Essaddam Tunisia · #4,753,886 worldwide 315 citations · 45 works
  10. 10 Nejla Ben Jaballah Tunisia · #4,776,026 worldwide 922 citations · 33 works
All ranked researchers at Children's Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Children's Hospital?

The most cited paper from Children's Hospital is "Genome-wide maps of chromatin state in pluripotent and lineage-committed cells" (Tarjei S. Mikkelsen et al., 2007), with 4,237 citations. Next come "Maternal Thyroid Deficiency during Pregnancy and Subsequent Neuropsychological Development of the Child" (2,587) and "A Potential Decline in Life Expectancy in the United States in the 21st Century" (2,536).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Genome-wide maps of chromatin state in pluripotent and lineage-committed cells Tarjei S. Mikkelsen et al. · Nature Open access Jul 2007 4,237
2 Maternal Thyroid Deficiency during Pregnancy and Subsequent Neuropsychological Development of the Child James E. Haddow, Glenn E. Palomaki, Walter C. Allan et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 19 Aug 1999 2,587
3 A Potential Decline in Life Expectancy in the United States in the 21st Century S. Jay Olshansky, Douglas J. Passaro, Ronald C. Hershow et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 17 Mar 2005 2,536
4 A redox-based mechanism for the neuroprotective and neurodestructive effects of nitric oxide and related nitroso-compounds Stuart A. Lipton, Yun‐Beom Choi, Zhuo‐Hua Pan et al. · Nature Aug 1993 2,449
5 Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Food Allergy in the United States: Summary of the NIAID-Sponsored Expert Panel Report Joshua A. Boyce et al. · Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Open access Dec 2010 2,352
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Children's Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Genetic Mutations, Diagnosis, Prenatal Diagnosis, Treatment, Surgical Management, SARS-CoV-2 and Management.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology43▲ 4.9×82 topics
  2. Inflammation11▲ 2.4×36 topics
  3. Treatment11▲ 3.9×30 topics
  4. Diagnosis10▲ 4.8×25 topics
  5. Genetic Mutations10▲ 10×18 topics
  6. Management8▲ 4.8×21 topics
  7. Prenatal Diagnosis8▲ 24×6 topics
  8. Surgical Management8▲ 8.3×14 topics
  9. Complications7▲ 6.6×12 topics
  10. SARS-CoV-27▲ 10×5 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 2.7×19 topics
  12. Pulmonary Hypertension6▲ 19×3 topics
  13. Meta-Analysis6▲ 4.5×6 topics
  14. Pandemic6▲ 2.6×7 topics
  15. Children6▲ 11×7 topics
  16. Genetics6▲ 3.5×11 topics
  17. Chemotherapy5▲ 3.4×12 topics
  18. Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis5▲ 45×2 topics
  19. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation5▲ 29×2 topics
  20. Pathophysiology5▲ 7.5×8 topics
  21. Congenital Anomalies5▲ 39×3 topics
  22. Pathogenesis5▲ 4.3×13 topics
  23. Fetal Surgery5▲ 39×3 topics
  24. Preterm Infants5▲ 17×4 topics
  25. Prognostic Factors5▲ 4.9×10 topics
  26. Vaccine Development5▲ 8.2×7 topics
  27. Immune Response5▲ 3.6×8 topics
  28. Immunosuppressive Therapy4▲ 11×7 topics
  29. ACE2 Receptor4▲ 8.8×3 topics
  30. Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia4▲ 70×1 topic
  31. Lung Volume4▲ 70×1 topic
  32. Surgery4▲ 5.6×7 topics
  33. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes4▲ 9.4×5 topics
  34. Thrombosis4▲ 6.3×5 topics
  35. Respiratory Distress Syndrome4▲ 20×2 topics
  36. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia3▲ 24×2 topics
  37. Clinical Management3▲ 9.0×6 topics
  38. Lung Stem Cells3▲ 26×1 topic
  39. Surfactant Proteins3▲ 26×1 topic
  40. Behçet's Disease3▲ 50×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies, Neonatal Respiratory Health Research, Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome and Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders.

Congenital Diaphragmatic…4Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies: 4 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Hea…3Neonatal Respiratory Health Research: 3 fractional worksOcular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome: 3 fractional worksImmunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 3 fractional worksRespiratory viral infections research: 3 fractional worksConnective tissue disorders research: 3 fractional worksCongenital Anomalies and…2Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery: 2 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 2 fractional worksUrological Disorders and Treatments: 2 fractional works
SurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOphthalmologyImmunology4 others

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

  1. 1 Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies Surgery 4 works
  2. 2 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  3. 3 Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome Ophthalmology 3 works
  4. 4 Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders Immunology 3 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 3 works
  6. 6 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 3 works
  7. 7 Connective tissue disorders research Genetics 3 works
  8. 8 Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 2 works
  10. 10 Urological Disorders and Treatments Urology 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 available38.4%not open61.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors60.1%domestic only39.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Children's Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00086% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Children's Hospital0.00070% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Children's Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Children's Hospital9.4% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.7% in 1999.

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