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Children's Hospital

In research, Children's Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#9,432 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#11,117 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 6.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,891
of 28,054 · #7,801 all time
Rank in Tunisia
#41
of 59
Research works
1.7k
◆ 0% vs 2013–17
Citations
42k
23.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is 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
MedicineField #9,432 of 10,443 3.2%141 #3260
Health SciencesDomain #11,117 of 11,982 2.9%154 #4111

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Children's Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 6.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 30.1 works6.6×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.68× its world share, 17 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.00× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.13× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.18× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.76× its world share, 141 worksMedicineNursing: 2.15× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.89× 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: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.60× its world share, 4 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: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Children's Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, R. Astley, P H Rayner and Monia Khémiri lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Children's Hospital.

  1. 1 R. Astley Tunisia · #573,066 worldwide 49 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 P H Rayner Tunisia · #978,369 worldwide 38 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Monia Khémiri Tunisia · #1,004,690 worldwide 10 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Othman Rym Ben Tunisia · #1,283,342 worldwide 0 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Riadh Jouini Tunisia · #1,283,383 worldwide 5 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Children's Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Children's Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Genetic Mutations, Prenatal Diagnosis, Surgical Management, Complications, SARS-CoV-2 and Treatment.

▲ 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. Epidemiology38▲ 5.0×77 topics
  2. Diagnosis10▲ 5.3×25 topics
  3. Inflammation9▲ 2.2×33 topics
  4. Treatment9▲ 3.8×27 topics
  5. Genetic Mutations8▲ 9.6×17 topics
  6. Management8▲ 5.1×21 topics
  7. Prenatal Diagnosis8▲ 26×6 topics
  8. Complications7▲ 7.4×12 topics
  9. Surgical Management7▲ 8.9×14 topics
  10. SARS-CoV-27▲ 11×5 topics
  11. Pandemic6▲ 2.7×7 topics
  12. Children6▲ 12×7 topics
  13. Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis5▲ 53×2 topics
  14. Pulmonary Hypertension5▲ 19×3 topics
  15. Chemotherapy5▲ 3.6×12 topics
  16. Meta-Analysis5▲ 4.3×6 topics
  17. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation5▲ 32×2 topics
  18. Pathophysiology5▲ 8.1×8 topics
  19. Congenital Anomalies5▲ 41×3 topics
  20. Fetal Surgery5▲ 44×3 topics
  21. Pathogenesis5▲ 4.7×13 topics
  22. Genetics4▲ 3.3×10 topics
  23. ACE2 Receptor4▲ 9.0×3 topics
  24. Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia4▲ 75×1 topic
  25. Immune Response4▲ 3.9×7 topics
  26. Immunosuppressive Therapy4▲ 12×6 topics
  27. Lung Volume4▲ 75×1 topic
  28. Prognostic Factors4▲ 5.1×10 topics
  29. Vaccine Development4▲ 8.7×7 topics
  30. Preterm Infants4▲ 16×4 topics
  31. Surgery4▲ 5.8×7 topics
  32. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes4▲ 10×5 topics
  33. Thrombosis4▲ 6.5×4 topics
  34. Respiratory Distress Syndrome3▲ 20×2 topics
  35. Behçet's Disease3▲ 60×1 topic
  36. Uveitis3▲ 60×1 topic
  37. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia3▲ 24×2 topics
  38. Laparoscopic Surgery3▲ 13×3 topics
  39. Lung Stem Cells3▲ 26×1 topic
  40. Surfactant Proteins3▲ 26×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies, Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome, Neonatal Respiratory Health Research and Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders.

Congenital Diaphragmatic…4Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies: 4 fractional worksOcular Diseases and Behç…3Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome: 3 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Health Research: 3 fractional worksImmunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 2 fractional worksRespiratory viral infections research: 2 fractional worksCongenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery: 2 fractional worksAutoimmune and Inflammat…2Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research: 2 fractional worksKawasaki Disease and Coronary Complications: 2 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease Studies: 2 fractional works
SurgeryOphthalmologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineImmunology3 others

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

  1. 1 Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies Surgery 4 works
  2. 2 Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome Ophthalmology 3 works
  3. 3 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders Immunology 3 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 2 works
  6. 6 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 2 works
  7. 7 Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research Hematology 2 works
  9. 9 Kawasaki Disease and Coronary Complications Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 0% 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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