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Children's Medical Research Institute

In research, Children's Medical Research Institute stands highest in Life Sciences (#2,876 of 7,800 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,291 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology — Molecular Biology is 8.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,230
of 28,054 · #7,009 all time
Rank in Australia
#104
of 391
Research works
979
▼ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
51k
52.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
30.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is Children's Medical Research Institute 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
Life SciencesDomain #2,876 of 7,800 34.4%67 #2830
Health SciencesDomain #6,291 of 11,982 27.0%62 #6359

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Children's Medical Research 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 Medical Research Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Molecular Biology takes 8.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 39.0 works8.9×
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 54.5 works7.0×
← 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: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7.04× its world share, 54 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.26× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.36× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.18× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.78× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.33× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.00× its world share, 56 worksMedicineNursing: 1.22× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.51× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 1 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, 7.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Children's Medical Research Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Roger R. Reddel, Patrick Tam and Hilda A. Pickett lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Children's Medical Research Institute.

  1. 1 Roger R. Reddel Australia · #52,977 worldwide 370 citations · 51 works
  2. 2 Patrick Tam Australia · #114,177 worldwide 408 citations · 49 works
  3. 3 Hilda A. Pickett Australia · #307,072 worldwide 225 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Leszek Lisowski Australia · #412,434 worldwide 101 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Peter L. Jeffrey Australia · #491,013 worldwide 109 citations · 30 works
  6. 6 Geoff Symonds Australia · #559,547 worldwide 74 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Phillip J. Robinson Australia · #618,164 worldwide 138 citations · 67 works
  8. 8 Robyn V. Jamieson Australia · #921,908 worldwide 23 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Children's Medical Research Institute

Which keywords describe research at Children's Medical Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gene Expression, Epidemiology, Gene Therapy, Stem Cells, Inflammation, Tumor Suppression, RNA-Seq and Aging.

▲ 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▲ 2.3×65 topics
  2. Inflammation8▲ 2.7×34 topics
  3. Gene Expression8▲ 8.7×13 topics
  4. Gene Therapy6▲ 23×4 topics
  5. Stem Cells6▲ 15×9 topics
  6. Aging5▲ 6.1×6 topics
  7. Cancer5▲ 2.4×27 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress4▲ 1.91×23 topics
  9. Tumor Suppression4▲ 42×4 topics
  10. RNA-Seq4▲ 27×2 topics
  11. Data Integration4▲ 17×2 topics
  12. Single-Cell4▲ 62×1 topic
  13. Transcriptomics4▲ 62×1 topic
  14. Genome Engineering4▲ 39×1 topic
  15. RNA-Guided4▲ 39×1 topic
  16. Senescence4▲ 182×1 topic
  17. Telomere4▲ 182×1 topic
  18. Pluripotent Stem Cells4▲ 46×2 topics
  19. Transcriptional Regulation4▲ 15×7 topics
  20. Embryonic Stem Cells3▲ 51×2 topics
  21. Mass Spectrometry3▲ 14×3 topics
  22. Differentiation3▲ 34×2 topics
  23. Genomic Instability3▲ 17×2 topics
  24. Genomic Integration3▲ 34×2 topics
  25. Macular Degeneration3▲ 16×3 topics
  26. Antibiotic Resistance3▲ 4.9×7 topics
  27. Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells3▲ 73×1 topic
  28. Proteomics3▲ 30×2 topics
  29. Reprogramming3▲ 73×1 topic
  30. Chromatin2▲ 34×2 topics
  31. Retinal Stem Cells2▲ 74×1 topic
  32. Retinitis Pigmentosa2▲ 74×1 topic
  33. AAV2▲ 40×1 topic
  34. Data Analysis2▲ 5.8×3 topics
  35. Quantitative Analysis2▲ 7.9×2 topics
  36. Viral Vectors2▲ 40×1 topic
  37. Alternative Splicing2▲ 28×1 topic
  38. Homologous Recombination2▲ 32×2 topics
  39. RNA-Binding Proteins2▲ 28×1 topic
  40. Gene Regulation2▲ 16×4 topics

Which research topics does Children's Medical Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering and Pluripotent Stem Cells Research.

Single-cell and spatial …4Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 4 fractional worksTelomeres, Telomerase, a…4Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence: 4 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engin…4CRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 4 fractional worksPluripotent Stem Cells R…3Pluripotent Stem Cells Research: 3 fractional worksRetinal Development and Disorders: 2 fractional worksVirus-based gene therapy research: 2 fractional worksRNA Research and Splicing2RNA Research and Splicing: 2 fractional worksBioinformatics and Genomic Networks: 2 fractional worksCell Image Analysis Techniques: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Proteomics Tech…2Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications: 2 fractional works
Molecular BiologyPhysiologyGeneticsBiophysics1 others

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

  1. 1 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 4 works
  2. 2 Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence Physiology 4 works
  3. 3 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 4 works
  4. 4 Pluripotent Stem Cells Research Molecular Biology 3 works
  5. 5 Retinal Development and Disorders Molecular Biology 2 works
  6. 6 Virus-based gene therapy research Genetics 2 works
  7. 7 RNA Research and Splicing Molecular Biology 2 works
  8. 8 Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks Molecular Biology 2 works
  9. 9 Cell Image Analysis Techniques Biophysics 2 works
  10. 10 Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications Spectroscopy 2 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 available50.3%not open49.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.2%domestic only67.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Children's Medical Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% lower 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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