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Children's Hospital of Los Angeles

In research, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles stands highest in Medicine (#1,075 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,344 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,928 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Genetics, Hematology and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health — Genetics is 8.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,706
of 28,054 · #2,404 all time
Rank in United States
#525
of 4,192
Research works
8.6k
▲ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
253k
29.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

What is Children's Hospital of Los Angeles 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 #1,075 of 10,443 16.1%791 #772
Health SciencesDomain #1,344 of 11,982 16.4%873 #868
Life SciencesDomain #1,928 of 7,800 14.3%242 #1212
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield #177 of 441 26.1%67 #220
SurgerySubfield #1,007 of 1,816 12.9%101 #771
Social SciencesDomain #5,858 of 10,521 25.8%97 #5725
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,307 of 3,579 13.2%171 #1112
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #850 of 1,144 12.1%89 #511
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield #617 of 828 18.7%67 #686
Health ProfessionsField #1,519 of 1,928 21.1%62 #1311

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Children's Hospital of Los Angeles 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. Medicine#772 #1,075
  2. Health Sciences#868 #1,344
  3. Life Sciences#1,212 #1,928
  4. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health#220 #177
  5. Surgery#771 #1,007
  6. Social Sciences#5,725 #5,858
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,112 #2,307
  8. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#511 #850
  9. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health#686 #617
  10. Health Professions#1,311 #1,519
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 of Los Angeles specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Genetics takes 8.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. GeneticsSubfield · 27.6 works8.0×
  2. HematologySubfield · 30.3 works8.0×
  3. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 66.7 works7.1×
  4. GeneticsSubfield · 68.8 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, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.55× its world share, 171 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.90× its world share, 24 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.98× its world share, 40 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.60× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.20× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.05× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.88× its world share, 62 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.28× its world share, 791 worksMedicineNursing: 1.89× its world share, 12 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.90× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.27× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.34× its world share, 51 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 29 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Children's Hospital of Los Angeles?

Ranked on the composite score, Hiroyuki Shimada, Benjamin H. Landing and Paul S. Gaynon lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Children's Hospital of Los Angeles.

  1. 1 Hiroyuki Shimada United States · #15,906 worldwide 622 citations · 98 works
  2. 2 Benjamin H. Landing United States · #33,411 worldwide 306 citations · 47 works
  3. 3 Paul S. Gaynon United States · #38,838 worldwide 434 citations · 35 works
  4. 4 Timothy J. Triche United States · #52,054 worldwide 417 citations · 69 works
  5. 5 Mitchell E. Geffner United States · #60,531 worldwide 321 citations · 46 works
  6. 6 Robert C. Seeger United States · #62,249 worldwide 387 citations · 62 works
  7. 7 David Warburton United States · #64,256 worldwide 242 citations · 35 works
  8. 8 A. Linn Murphree United States · #66,100 worldwide 352 citations · 30 works
  9. 9 Thomas G. Keens United States · #67,394 worldwide 221 citations · 33 works
  10. 10 Robertson Parkman United States · #70,421 worldwide 286 citations · 53 works
All ranked researchers at Children's Hospital of Los Angeles

Which keywords describe research at Children's Hospital of Los Angeles?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Genetic Mutations, Genetics, Prognostic Factors, Neurodevelopmental Outcomes, Immunotherapy, Adolescents and Fetal Development.

▲ 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. Epidemiology155▲ 3.1×117 topics
  2. Inflammation53▲ 2.0×64 topics
  3. Genetic Mutations53▲ 9.8×23 topics
  4. Genetics52▲ 5.9×19 topics
  5. Immunotherapy46▲ 5.2×17 topics
  6. Prognostic Factors43▲ 7.9×14 topics
  7. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes42▲ 18×6 topics
  8. Treatment38▲ 2.5×43 topics
  9. Mental Health34▲ 1.84×29 topics
  10. Quality of Life34▲ 1.86×43 topics
  11. Cancer33▲ 1.97×39 topics
  12. Diagnosis32▲ 2.8×34 topics
  13. Adolescents32▲ 6.9×7 topics
  14. Fetal Development30▲ 25×3 topics
  15. Management28▲ 2.9×25 topics
  16. Treatment Outcomes28▲ 35×3 topics
  17. Complications27▲ 4.2×17 topics
  18. Preterm Infants26▲ 17×4 topics
  19. Cleft Lip26▲ 76×1 topic
  20. Cleft Palate26▲ 76×1 topic
  21. Neurological Disorders26▲ 3.6×18 topics
  22. Mechanical Ventilation25▲ 17×2 topics
  23. Mortality Risk25▲ 8.2×5 topics
  24. Pulmonary Hypertension24▲ 14×3 topics
  25. Prenatal Diagnosis23▲ 13×7 topics
  26. Congenital Heart Disease21▲ 21×3 topics
  27. Health-related Quality of Life20▲ 6.9×5 topics
  28. Prognosis20▲ 4.9×9 topics
  29. Cardiac Surgery20▲ 22×2 topics
  30. Critical Care19▲ 6.5×8 topics
  31. Adult Congenital Heart Disease18▲ 27×1 topic
  32. Pulmonary Valve Replacement18▲ 27×1 topic
  33. Respiratory Distress Syndrome18▲ 17×2 topics
  34. Neural Crest18▲ 37×2 topics
  35. Psychosocial Outcomes17▲ 21×2 topics
  36. Minimal Residual Disease16▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Childhood Cancer Survivor Study16▲ 29×1 topic
  38. Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory16▲ 29×1 topic
  39. Genetic Alterations16▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia16▲ 19×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Cleft Lip and Palate Research, Congenital Heart Disease Studies, Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life and Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research.

Cleft Lip and Palate Res…26Cleft Lip and Palate Research: 26 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease…18Congenital Heart Disease Studies: 18 fractional worksChildhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 16 fractional worksAcute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research: 16 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Health Research: 15 fractional worksCraniofacial Disorders and Treatments: 15 fractional worksRespiratory Support and Mechanisms: 13 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Tre…12Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 12 fractional worksTracheal and airway disorders: 12 fractional worksNeuroblastoma Research and Treatments: 11 fractional works
GeneticsEpidemiologyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health2 others

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

  1. 1 Cleft Lip and Palate Research Genetics 26 works
  2. 2 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 18 works
  3. 3 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 16 works
  4. 4 Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 16 works
  5. 5 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 15 works
  6. 6 Craniofacial Disorders and Treatments Genetics 15 works
  7. 7 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 13 works
  8. 8 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 12 works
  9. 9 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 12 works
  10. 10 Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments Neurology 11 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 available31.1%not open68.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.5%domestic only89.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Children's Hospital of Los Angeles's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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