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Children’s Institute

In research, Children’s Institute stands highest in Life Sciences (#5,287 of 14,347 worldwide), Medicine (#7,028 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,137 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology — Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology is 5.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,011
of 28,054 · #11,049 all time
Rank in United States
#1,795
of 4,192
Research works
742
▲ 30% vs 2013–17
Citations
26k
34.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is Children’s Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Life SciencesDomain #5,287 of 14,347 23.0%230
MedicineField #7,028 of 17,978 22.9%316
Health SciencesDomain #8,137 of 20,462 24.2%349
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #5,130 of 7,814 23.7%160

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Children’s Institute 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).

What does Children’s Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology takes 5.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 32.3 works5.4×
← 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: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5.38× its world share, 32 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.88× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.04× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.47× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.18× its world share, 47 worksMedicineNursing: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.60× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 5.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Children’s Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Stephen F. Kingsmore and David Dimmock lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Children’s Institute.

  1. 1 Stephen F. Kingsmore · #12,605 worldwide 819 citations · 51 works
  2. 2 David Dimmock · #256,566 worldwide 115 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Children’s Institute

Which keywords describe research at Children’s Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Genetic Variants, Clinical Genomics, Sequence Interpretation, Genetic Mutations, Cell-Free DNA, Neurodevelopmental Outcomes, Preterm Infants and Inflammation.

▲ 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. Genetic Variants9▲ 46×3 topics
  2. Clinical Genomics9▲ 229×1 topic
  3. Sequence Interpretation9▲ 229×1 topic
  4. Epidemiology7▲ 1.50×47 topics
  5. Inflammation6▲ 2.4×32 topics
  6. Genetic Mutations5▲ 10.0×16 topics
  7. Cell-Free DNA4▲ 33×2 topics
  8. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes4▲ 17×4 topics
  9. Preterm Infants3▲ 25×4 topics
  10. Diagnosis3▲ 3.2×14 topics
  11. Genetic Testing3▲ 24×3 topics
  12. Genetics3▲ 3.8×14 topics
  13. Genomic Instability3▲ 23×2 topics
  14. Metabolic Disorders3▲ 22×4 topics
  15. Somatic Mutations3▲ 31×2 topics
  16. Cancer Genomics3▲ 34×1 topic
  17. Mutational Signatures3▲ 34×1 topic
  18. Cancer Risk3▲ 11×3 topics
  19. Congenital Heart Disease2▲ 26×3 topics
  20. Neurodevelopmental Disorders2▲ 17×3 topics
  21. Pulmonary Hypertension2▲ 16×3 topics
  22. Mitochondrial Function2▲ 23×2 topics
  23. Newborn Screening2▲ 40×2 topics
  24. Biochemical Genetics2▲ 58×1 topic
  25. Carnitine2▲ 58×1 topic
  26. Mitochondrial Dysfunction2▲ 7.0×8 topics
  27. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia2▲ 30×2 topics
  28. Prenatal Diagnosis2▲ 13×4 topics
  29. Lung Stem Cells2▲ 32×1 topic
  30. Respiratory Distress Syndrome2▲ 23×2 topics
  31. Surfactant Proteins2▲ 32×1 topic
  32. Wnt Signaling2▲ 18×2 topics
  33. Brain Development2▲ 10×5 topics
  34. Children2▲ 7.7×5 topics
  35. Copy Number Variation2▲ 116×1 topic
  36. Genomic Rearrangements2▲ 105×1 topic
  37. Pregnancy2▲ 8.7×7 topics
  38. Cardiac Surgery2▲ 24×2 topics
  39. Cardiomyocyte Renewal2▲ 80×1 topic
  40. Neural Crest2▲ 44×2 topics

Which research topics does Children’s Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Genomics and Rare Diseases, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Metabolism and Genetic Disorders and Neonatal Respiratory Health Research.

Genomics and Rare Diseases9Genomics and Rare Diseases: 9 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 3 fractional worksMetabolism and Genetic Disorders: 2 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Health Research: 2 fractional worksGenomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities: 2 fractional worksCongenital heart defects…2Congenital heart defects research: 2 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease Studies: 2 fractional worksBRCA gene mutations in cancer: 1 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and Interaction: 1 fractional worksGenetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders: 1 fractional works
GeneticsCancer ResearchClinical BiochemistryPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Genomics and Rare Diseases Genetics 9 works
  2. 2 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 3 works
  3. 3 Metabolism and Genetic Disorders Clinical Biochemistry 2 works
  4. 4 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities Genetics 2 works
  6. 6 Congenital heart defects research Molecular Biology 2 works
  7. 7 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 2 works
  8. 8 BRCA gene mutations in cancer Genetics 1 works
  9. 9 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 1 works
  10. 10 Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Genetics 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 available42.0%not open58.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.2%domestic only79.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Children’s Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 30% 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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