Question 1

What is Children’s Institute known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Children’s Institute stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,701 of 16,688 worldwide), Medicine (#2,438 of 14,558 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,856 of 11,023 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology is 5.2× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does Children’s Institute rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Children’s Institute ranks #14,264 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#6,424 all time), and #2,009 of 3,332 in the United States.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Children’s Institute?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Children’s Institute?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Children’s Institute is "Human mesenchymal stem cells engraft and demonstrate site-specific differentiation after in utero transplantation in sheep" (Kenneth W. Liechty, Tippi C. MacKenzie, Aimen F. Shaaban et al., 2000), with 1,226 citations. Next come "De novo somatic mutations in components of the PI3K-AKT3-mTOR pathway cause hemimegalencephaly" (711) and "Meta-analysis of the diagnostic and clinical utility of genome and exome sequencing and chromosomal microarray in children with suspected genetic diseases" (654).

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Genomics and Rare Diseases, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities and Metabolism and Genetic Disorders.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Children’s Institute?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 7

Which fields of science does Children’s Institute work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 44% of research at Children’s Institute is in Health Sciences, 38% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (40%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (28%), Psychology (6%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Question 8

Is Children’s Institute's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% higher than in 2018-2021.