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Children's Hospital of New Orleans

In research, Children's Hospital of New Orleans stands highest in Medicine (#9,004 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,653 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#25,276
of 28,054 · #20,516 all time
Rank in United States
#3,812
of 4,192
Research works
739
▲ 41% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
15.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
23%
world 28%

What is Children's Hospital of New Orleans 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 #9,004 of 10,443 7.3%61 #8430
Health SciencesDomain #10,653 of 11,982 7.1%69 #10629

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Children's Hospital of New Orleans 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).

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: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.60× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.68× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.02× its world share, 3 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.90× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.54× its world share, 61 worksMedicineNursing: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.16× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 3 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.

Who are the top researchers at Children's Hospital of New Orleans?

Ranked on the composite score, Michael J. Heffernan, Randall Craver and Lolie C. Yu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Children's Hospital of New Orleans.

  1. 1 Michael J. Heffernan United States · #347,035 worldwide 95 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Randall Craver United States · #793,785 worldwide 30 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Lolie C. Yu United States · #990,028 worldwide 17 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Abraham Gedalia United States · #1,235,837 worldwide 18 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Children's Hospital of New Orleans

Which keywords describe research at Children's Hospital of New Orleans?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Prenatal Diagnosis, Inflammation, Neurodevelopmental Outcomes, Congenital Heart Disease, Children, Genetics and Preterm Infants.

▲ 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. Epidemiology13▲ 3.6×61 topics
  2. Inflammation4▲ 2.2×24 topics
  3. Public Health3▲ 2.2×10 topics
  4. Treatment3▲ 2.6×19 topics
  5. Genetics3▲ 4.3×11 topics
  6. Prenatal Diagnosis3▲ 20×5 topics
  7. Management2▲ 3.5×14 topics
  8. Diagnosis2▲ 2.9×17 topics
  9. Children2▲ 9.7×7 topics
  10. Congenital Heart Disease2▲ 28×3 topics
  11. Genetic Mutations2▲ 5.4×13 topics
  12. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes2▲ 13×3 topics
  13. Preterm Infants2▲ 18×3 topics
  14. Pulmonary Hypertension2▲ 16×3 topics
  15. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia2▲ 32×2 topics
  16. Heart Failure2▲ 5.0×5 topics
  17. Neurological Disorders2▲ 3.6×7 topics
  18. Adolescents2▲ 5.4×5 topics
  19. Surgical Management2▲ 4.7×7 topics
  20. Echocardiography2▲ 6.9×6 topics
  21. Respiratory Distress Syndrome2▲ 22×2 topics
  22. Adult Congenital Heart Disease2▲ 32×1 topic
  23. Cardiac Surgery2▲ 25×2 topics
  24. Congenital Anomalies2▲ 31×3 topics
  25. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation2▲ 23×2 topics
  26. Mortality Risk2▲ 7.7×3 topics
  27. Pulmonary Valve Replacement2▲ 32×1 topic
  28. Academic Medicine2▲ 22×3 topics
  29. Infectious Diseases2▲ 5.2×5 topics
  30. SARS-CoV-22▲ 5.2×4 topics
  31. Airway Stenosis1▲ 28×1 topic
  32. Health-related Quality of Life1▲ 6.7×4 topics
  33. Lung Stem Cells1▲ 26×1 topic
  34. Mechanical Ventilation1▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Microbiota1▲ 7.0×3 topics
  36. Surfactant Proteins1▲ 26×1 topic
  37. Tracheostomy1▲ 28×1 topic
  38. Hearing Loss1▲ 13×4 topics
  39. Pulmonary Infections1▲ 26×2 topics
  40. Parenting Stress1▲ 19×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Congenital Heart Disease Studies, Tracheal and airway disorders, Neonatal Respiratory Health Research and Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life.

Congenital Heart Disease…2Congenital Heart Disease Studies: 2 fractional worksTracheal and airway diso…1Tracheal and airway disorders: 1 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Hea…1Neonatal Respiratory Health Research: 1 fractional worksChildhood Cancer Survivo…1Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 1 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 1 fractional worksCystic Fibrosis Research Advances: 1 fractional worksCongenital Anomalies and…1Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery: 1 fractional worksWound Healing and Treatm…1Wound Healing and Treatments: 1 fractional worksEthics and Legal Issues …1Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare: 1 fractional worksHealth and Medical Resea…1Health and Medical Research Impacts: 1 fractional works
EpidemiologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthBiomedical Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 2 works
  2. 2 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  3. 3 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  5. 5 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery Surgery 1 works
  8. 8 Wound Healing and Treatments Rehabilitation 1 works
  9. 9 Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  10. 10 Health and Medical Research Impacts Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 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 available23.2%not open76.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.8%domestic only92.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Children's Hospital of New Orleans's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 41% 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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