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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

In research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia stands highest in Medicine (#259 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#350 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#313 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Genetics, Hematology and Emergency Medicine — Genetics is 7.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,008
of 28,054 · #766 all time
Rank in United States
#177
of 4,192
Research works
25k
▲ 37% vs 2013–17
Citations
798k
32.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is Children's Hospital of Philadelphia 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 #259 of 10,443 15.6%2,676 #172
Health SciencesDomain #350 of 11,982 15.6%2,964 #202
Life SciencesDomain #313 of 7,800 19.2%929 #254
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield #28 of 441 21.0%225 #33
SurgerySubfield #172 of 1,816 15.0%434 #118
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #387 of 3,579 19.3%638 #324
Molecular BiologySubfield #295 of 2,175 20.5%307 #294
GeneticsSubfield #94 of 489 19.3%226 #158
EpidemiologySubfield #221 of 976 14.5%242 #128
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #269 of 1,144 13.2%263 #178

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Children's Hospital of Philadelphia 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#172 #259
  2. Health Sciences#202 #350
  3. Life Sciences#254 #313
  4. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health#33 #28
  5. Surgery#118 #172
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#324 #387
  7. Molecular Biology#294 #295
  8. Genetics#158 #94
  9. Epidemiology#128 #221
  10. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#178 #269
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 Philadelphia specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Genetics takes 7.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. GeneticsSubfield · 92.0 works7.7×
  2. HematologySubfield · 97.3 works7.3×
  3. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 76.1 works7.1×
  4. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 225.1 works6.8×
  5. Clinical BiochemistrySubfield · 24.0 works6.5×
  6. GeneticsSubfield · 226.0 works6.2×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 15 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.72× its world share, 638 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.77× its world share, 123 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.05× its world share, 146 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.46× its world share, 7 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.10× its world share, 7 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 23 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 96 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 27 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.55× its world share, 12 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.06× its world share, 239 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.16× its world share, 2,676 worksMedicineNursing: 1.62× its world share, 35 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 10 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 10 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.20× its world share, 19 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.24× its world share, 167 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 113 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 of Philadelphia?

Ranked on the composite score, N. Scott Adzick, Håkon Håkonarson and Robert A. Berg lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

  1. 1 N. Scott Adzick United States · #5,362 worldwide 579 citations · 95 works
  2. 2 Håkon Håkonarson United States · #7,512 worldwide 1.7k citations · 179 works
  3. 3 Robert A. Berg United States · #10,542 worldwide 785 citations · 119 works
  4. 4 Mark P. Johnson United States · #11,521 worldwide 989 citations · 122 works
  5. 5 Werner Henle United States · #12,415 worldwide 644 citations · 77 works
  6. 6 Gertrude Henle United States · #13,318 worldwide 534 citations · 52 works
  7. 7 John W. Duckett United States · #14,059 worldwide 501 citations · 56 works
  8. 8 J. William Gaynor United States · #14,422 worldwide 513 citations · 93 works
  9. 9 Brenda Banwell United States · #14,616 worldwide 653 citations · 61 works
  10. 10 Thomas L. Spray United States · #16,449 worldwide 376 citations · 70 works
All ranked researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Which keywords describe research at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Genetic Mutations, Neurodevelopmental Outcomes, Inflammation, Management, Genetics, Pulmonary Hypertension 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. Epidemiology544▲ 3.1×125 topics
  2. Inflammation217▲ 2.4×81 topics
  3. Genetic Mutations151▲ 8.0×23 topics
  4. Management150▲ 4.3×30 topics
  5. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes146▲ 18×6 topics
  6. Genetics136▲ 4.4×23 topics
  7. Treatment132▲ 2.5×46 topics
  8. Immunotherapy121▲ 3.9×18 topics
  9. Diagnosis113▲ 2.8×41 topics
  10. Mental Health113▲ 1.75×33 topics
  11. Cancer111▲ 1.89×49 topics
  12. Public Health107▲ 1.67×49 topics
  13. Pulmonary Hypertension102▲ 16×3 topics
  14. Risk Factors102▲ 2.1×36 topics
  15. Preterm Infants96▲ 18×4 topics
  16. Prenatal Diagnosis89▲ 14×7 topics
  17. Adolescents87▲ 5.3×7 topics
  18. Critical Care83▲ 8.2×8 topics
  19. Congenital Heart Disease80▲ 22×3 topics
  20. Heart Failure79▲ 4.2×14 topics
  21. Complications78▲ 3.5×17 topics
  22. Mortality Risk76▲ 7.3×6 topics
  23. Prognostic Factors72▲ 3.7×14 topics
  24. Cardiac Surgery71▲ 22×2 topics
  25. Respiratory Distress Syndrome70▲ 19×2 topics
  26. Adult Congenital Heart Disease68▲ 29×1 topic
  27. Pulmonary Valve Replacement68▲ 29×1 topic
  28. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation68▲ 20×2 topics
  29. Children66▲ 6.4×7 topics
  30. Prognosis66▲ 4.6×9 topics
  31. Resuscitation62▲ 11×4 topics
  32. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia61▲ 21×2 topics
  33. Echocardiography60▲ 5.0×8 topics
  34. Lung Stem Cells58▲ 23×1 topic
  35. Surfactant Proteins58▲ 23×1 topic
  36. Mechanical Ventilation56▲ 11×2 topics
  37. Neural Crest54▲ 32×2 topics
  38. Fetal Surgery52▲ 22×3 topics
  39. Executive Functioning50▲ 8.9×3 topics
  40. Treatment Outcomes46▲ 16×4 topics

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

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

Congenital Heart Disease…68Congenital Heart Disease Studies: 68 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Hea…58Neonatal Respiratory Health Research: 58 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 42 fractional worksChildhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 39 fractional worksCongenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies: 38 fractional worksCleft Lip and Palate Research: 34 fractional worksCraniofacial Disorders a…34Craniofacial Disorders and Treatments: 34 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 32 fractional worksInfant Development and Preterm Care: 32 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy resea…32CAR-T cell therapy research: 32 fractional works
EpidemiologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEmergency MedicinePediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health3 others

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

  1. 1 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 68 works
  2. 2 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 58 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 42 works
  4. 4 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 39 works
  5. 5 Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies Surgery 38 works
  6. 6 Cleft Lip and Palate Research Genetics 34 works
  7. 7 Craniofacial Disorders and Treatments Genetics 34 works
  8. 8 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 32 works
  9. 9 Infant Development and Preterm Care Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 32 works
  10. 10 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 32 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 available36.3%not open63.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.8%domestic only88.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 37% 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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