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Children's Hospital Colorado

In research, Children's Hospital Colorado stands highest in Health Sciences (#428 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#423 of 8,541 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,324 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health is 6.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#1,544
of 22,385 · #1,310 all time
Rank in United States
#318
of 3,332
Research works
4.5k
▲ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
110k
24.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.04×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Children's Hospital Colorado

What is Children's Hospital Colorado 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
Health SciencesDomain #428 of 9,902 10.8%812 #419
MedicineField #423 of 8,541 11.0%731 #410
Life SciencesDomain #1,324 of 6,403 8.3%146 #1271
SurgerySubfield #317 of 1,532 13.1%119 #280
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,027 of 2,964 8.9%92 #1198
EpidemiologySubfield #324 of 927 10.9%85 #331
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #438 of 1,037 11.5%69 #283
Social SciencesDomain #4,692 of 9,585 9.7%92 #3494
Health ProfessionsField #942 of 1,895 9.6%64 #656

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Children's Hospital Colorado 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#419 #428
  2. Medicine#410 #423
  3. Life Sciences#1,271 #1,324
  4. Surgery#280 #317
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,198 #1,027
  6. Epidemiology#331 #324
  7. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#283 #438
  8. Social Sciences#3,494 #4,692
  9. Health Professions#656 #942
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

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

In 2022-now, 75% of research at Children's Hospital Colorado is in Health Sciences, 14% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (68%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%), Health Professions (6%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 917 fractional works · 75.1% of its workMedicine: 824 fractional works · 67.5% of its workSurgery: 133 fractional works · 10.9% of its workEpidemiology: 94 fractional works · 7.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 79 fractional works · 6.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 61 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 52 fractional works · 4.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 45 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPhysiology: 31 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 26 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNeurology: 22 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGenetics: 20 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOncology: 20 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 19 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHematology: 17 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRheumatology: 17 fractional works · 1.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 16 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 16 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 15 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 13 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 12 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 12 fractional works · 1.0% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGastroenterology: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHepatology: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrology: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransplantation: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 73 fractional works · 6.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 34 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 13 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 13 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 15 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 12 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 169 fractional works · 13.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 106 fractional works · 8.7% of its workGenetics: 44 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 41 fractional works · 3.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 30 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSensory Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 26 fractional works · 2.2% of its workImmunology: 20 fractional works · 1.6% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 104 fractional works · 8.5% of its workPsychology: 57 fractional works · 4.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 36 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 32 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHealth: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 31 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEngineering: 17 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 14 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKChildren'sHospital Colorado1,221fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences75%Social Sciences8%

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. Medicine82467.5%
    2. Health Professions736.0%
    3. Nursing151.2%
    4. Dentistry50.4%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1068.7%
    2. Neuroscience302.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology262.2%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences30.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.3%
    1. Psychology574.6%
    2. Social Sciences322.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance70.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities40.3%
    5. Decision Sciences20.2%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting20.2%
    1. Engineering171.4%
    2. Computer Science50.4%
    3. Environmental Science40.4%
    4. Materials Science20.1%
    5. Mathematics10.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.1%
    7. Chemistry00.0%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    9. Energy00.0%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Children's Hospital Colorado specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health takes 6.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 60.6 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: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.63× its world share, 106 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.15× its world share, 26 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.50× its world share, 30 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.74× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 17 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.80× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.27× its world share, 73 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.51× its world share, 824 worksMedicineNursing: 2.50× its world share, 15 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.26× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.52× its world share, 56 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 32 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.51×824 works
  2. Nursing2.50×15 works
  3. Health Professions2.27×73 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology2.15×26 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.63×106 works
  6. Psychology1.52×56 works
  7. Neuroscience1.50×30 works
  8. Dentistry0.80×5 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.74×3 works
  10. Veterinary0.38×1 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.26×7 works
  12. Social Sciences0.21×32 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.19×2 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.11×4 works
  15. Engineering0.09×17 works
  16. Mathematics0.09×1 works
  17. Environmental Science0.07×4 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.06×3 works
  19. Computer Science0.05×5 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.05×2 works
  21. Materials Science0.04×2 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.03×1 works
  23. Chemistry0.02×0 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.02×0 works
  25. Energy0.02×0 works
  26. Chemical Engineering0.01×0 works

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

The most cited paper from Children's Hospital Colorado is "Standards and guidelines for the interpretation of sequence variants: a joint consensus recommendation of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics and the Association for Molecular Pathology" (Sue M. Richards, Nazneen Aziz, Sherri J. Bale et al., 2015), with 33,443 citations. Next come "Clinical Practice Guideline for Screening and Management of High Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents" (3,700) and "Global burden of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in young children: a systematic review and meta-analysis" (2,839).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Standards and guidelines for the interpretation of sequence variants: a joint consensus recommendation of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics and the Association for Molecular Pathology Sue M. Richards, Nazneen Aziz, Sherri J. Bale et al. · Genetics in Medicine Open access 5 Mar 2015 33,443
2 Clinical Practice Guideline for Screening and Management of High Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents Joseph T. Flynn, David C. Kaelber, Carissa M. Baker‐Smith et al. · PEDIATRICS 22 Aug 2017 3,700
3 Global burden of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in young children: a systematic review and meta-analysis Harish Nair et al. · The Lancet ReviewOpen access 17 Apr 2010 2,839
4 Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition) 1 Daniel J. Klionsky et al. · Autophagy Open access2,930 authors 2 Jan 2021 2,743
5 Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in U.S. Children and Adolescents Leora R. Feldstein et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 29 Jun 2020 2,718
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Children's Hospital Colorado?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Management, Diagnosis, Genetics, Neurodevelopmental Outcomes, Inflammation, Children and Genetic Mutations.

▲ 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. Epidemiology212▲ 4.4×116 topics
  2. Inflammation65▲ 2.5×73 topics
  3. Management57▲ 5.9×28 topics
  4. Diagnosis52▲ 4.6×37 topics
  5. Treatment49▲ 3.3×42 topics
  6. Genetics47▲ 5.4×19 topics
  7. Quality of Life39▲ 2.2×46 topics
  8. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes38▲ 16×6 topics
  9. Genetic Mutations37▲ 6.9×20 topics
  10. Children35▲ 12×7 topics
  11. Mental Health34▲ 1.93×33 topics
  12. Risk Factors30▲ 2.2×33 topics
  13. Immunotherapy29▲ 3.3×17 topics
  14. Prevalence27▲ 5.5×12 topics
  15. Guidelines27▲ 4.7×13 topics
  16. Congenital Heart Disease27▲ 26×3 topics
  17. Adolescents27▲ 6.0×7 topics
  18. Cardiac Surgery25▲ 28×2 topics
  19. Mortality Risk25▲ 8.6×6 topics
  20. Echocardiography25▲ 7.3×8 topics
  21. Heart Failure24▲ 4.4×13 topics
  22. Neuropathology24▲ 15×3 topics
  23. Critical Care24▲ 8.0×8 topics
  24. Recovery24▲ 17×2 topics
  25. Encephalopathy23▲ 28×3 topics
  26. Complications23▲ 3.8×17 topics
  27. Adult Congenital Heart Disease23▲ 34×1 topic
  28. Pulmonary Valve Replacement23▲ 34×1 topic
  29. Pulmonary Hypertension22▲ 13×3 topics
  30. Concussion22▲ 41×1 topic
  31. Neurological22▲ 41×1 topic
  32. Prenatal Diagnosis22▲ 12×7 topics
  33. Rehabilitation21▲ 4.3×10 topics
  34. Preterm Infants19▲ 13×4 topics
  35. Primary Care19▲ 4.2×11 topics
  36. Health-related Quality of Life17▲ 5.7×5 topics
  37. Asthma15▲ 13×3 topics
  38. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation15▲ 16×2 topics
  39. Adults14▲ 20×2 topics
  40. Mechanical Ventilation14▲ 10×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Congenital Heart Disease Studies, Traumatic Brain Injury Research, Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life and Eosinophilic Esophagitis.

Congenital Heart Disease Studies: 23 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury Research: 22 fractional worksChildhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 13 fractional worksEosinophilic Esophagitis: 13 fractional worksFood Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research: 11 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory diseases: 11 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Hea…11Neonatal Respiratory Health Research: 11 fractional worksCystic Fibrosis Research…9Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances: 9 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Tre…9Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 9 fractional worksPulmonary Hypertension R…9Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments: 9 fractional works
EpidemiologyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSurgeryImmunology and Allergy3 others

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

  1. 1 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 23 works
  2. 2 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 22 works
  3. 3 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 13 works
  4. 4 Eosinophilic Esophagitis Surgery 13 works
  5. 5 Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research Immunology and Allergy 11 works
  6. 6 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 11 works
  7. 7 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 11 works
  8. 8 Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 9 works
  9. 9 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 9 works
  10. 10 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 9 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 available35.7%not open64.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.6%domestic only88.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Colorado as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0049% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Children's Hospital Colorado0.0047% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Children's Hospital Colorado 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%30%Children's Hospital Colorado10.4% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.4% in 1991.

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