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Children's Hospital at Westmead

In research, Children's Hospital at Westmead stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,058 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#1,024 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#3,191 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 7.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,164
of 28,054 · #3,590 all time
Rank in Australia
#75
of 391
Research works
5.3k
◆ 0% vs 2013–17
Citations
160k
30.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Children's Hospital at Westmead 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 #1,058 of 11,982 22.2%401 #877
MedicineField #1,024 of 10,443 20.4%354 #789
Life SciencesDomain #3,191 of 7,800 20.4%94 #2441

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Children's Hospital at Westmead 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#877 #1,058
  2. Medicine#789 #1,024
  3. Life Sciences#2,441 #3,191
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 Children's Hospital at Westmead specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health takes 7.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 30.0 works7.1×
← 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: 1.98× its world share, 60 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.81× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.92× its world share, 18 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.37× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.83× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.50× its world share, 37 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.25× its world share, 354 worksMedicineNursing: 2.52× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.45× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.42× its world share, 24 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 19 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

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

Ranked on the composite score, Kathryn N. North, Bridget Wilcken and Russell C. Dale lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Children's Hospital at Westmead.

  1. 1 Kathryn N. North Australia · #25,005 worldwide 488 citations · 68 works
  2. 2 Bridget Wilcken Australia · #41,122 worldwide 337 citations · 38 works
  3. 3 Russell C. Dale Australia · #42,861 worldwide 354 citations · 60 works
  4. 4 Elisabeth M Hodson Australia · #63,345 worldwide 227 citations · 35 works
  5. 5 Craig F. Munns Australia · #93,311 worldwide 206 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Maria E. Craig Australia · #93,318 worldwide 331 citations · 62 works
  7. 7 Lawrence Lam Australia · #97,628 worldwide 167 citations · 37 works
  8. 8 Kaye Spence Australia · #98,978 worldwide 202 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 Fabienne Brilot Australia · #103,889 worldwide 186 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Peter J. Shaw Australia · #123,135 worldwide 171 citations · 46 works
All ranked researchers at Children's Hospital at Westmead

Which keywords describe research at Children's Hospital at Westmead?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Neurodevelopmental Outcomes, Inflammation, Adolescents, Genetic Mutations, Cardiovascular Disease, Genetics and Rehabilitation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology82▲ 3.6×109 topics
  2. Inflammation32▲ 2.8×65 topics
  3. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes21▲ 20×6 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease21▲ 3.3×29 topics
  5. Quality of Life20▲ 2.5×40 topics
  6. Treatment20▲ 2.9×41 topics
  7. Genetics17▲ 4.3×18 topics
  8. Adolescents17▲ 8.0×7 topics
  9. Public Health16▲ 1.90×32 topics
  10. Genetic Mutations16▲ 6.3×23 topics
  11. Rehabilitation14▲ 6.3×10 topics
  12. Diagnosis14▲ 2.7×31 topics
  13. Prevalence14▲ 6.0×11 topics
  14. Risk Factors13▲ 2.1×26 topics
  15. Mortality13▲ 4.0×11 topics
  16. Management13▲ 2.8×23 topics
  17. Chronic Kidney Disease12▲ 8.9×8 topics
  18. Immunotherapy12▲ 3.0×16 topics
  19. Neurological Disorders11▲ 3.5×15 topics
  20. Executive Functioning11▲ 16×3 topics
  21. Cerebral Palsy11▲ 26×2 topics
  22. Pathogenesis11▲ 3.7×20 topics
  23. Preterm Infants11▲ 15×4 topics
  24. Ethical Considerations10▲ 5.4×12 topics
  25. Mortality Risk10▲ 7.4×5 topics
  26. Congenital Heart Disease10▲ 21×3 topics
  27. Cognitive Function10▲ 9.3×5 topics
  28. Graft Survival9▲ 19×3 topics
  29. Interventions9▲ 13×3 topics
  30. Kidney Transplantation8▲ 25×2 topics
  31. Genetic Variants8▲ 8.3×7 topics
  32. Cardiac Surgery8▲ 20×2 topics
  33. Adult Congenital Heart Disease8▲ 26×1 topic
  34. Preterm Birth8▲ 21×2 topics
  35. Pulmonary Valve Replacement8▲ 26×1 topic
  36. Family-Centered Care8▲ 30×1 topic
  37. Infant Mortality8▲ 30×1 topic
  38. Chronic Disease Management8▲ 7.0×5 topics
  39. Gross Motor Function7▲ 31×1 topic
  40. ICF Model7▲ 31×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Congenital Heart Disease Studies, Infant Development and Preterm Care, Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders and Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life.

Congenital Heart Disease…8Congenital Heart Disease Studies: 8 fractional worksInfant Development and P…8Infant Development and Preterm Care: 8 fractional worksCerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders: 7 fractional worksChildhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 6 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Health Research: 5 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 5 fractional worksDialysis and Renal Disease Management: 5 fractional worksAdolescent and Pediatric…5Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare: 5 fractional worksFamily and Disability Support Research: 4 fractional worksCystic Fibrosis Research Advances: 4 fractional works
EpidemiologyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthPsychiatry and Mental healthPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine4 others

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

  1. 1 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 8 works
  2. 2 Infant Development and Preterm Care Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 8 works
  3. 3 Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders Psychiatry and Mental health 7 works
  4. 4 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 6 works
  5. 5 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  6. 6 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 5 works
  7. 7 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 5 works
  8. 8 Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare Speech and Hearing 5 works
  9. 9 Family and Disability Support Research Clinical Psychology 4 works
  10. 10 Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 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 available33.5%not open66.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.9%domestic only77.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 0% 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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