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Children's Mercy Hospital

In research, Children's Mercy Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,449 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#2,313 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#3,391 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health — Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health is 7.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,226
of 28,054 · #6,025 all time
Rank in United States
#835
of 4,192
Research works
4.8k
▲ 30% vs 2013–17
Citations
94k
19.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

What is Children's Mercy Hospital 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
Health SciencesDomain #2,449 of 11,982 13.0%587 #1754
MedicineField #2,313 of 10,443 12.4%516 #1657
Life SciencesDomain #3,391 of 7,800 17.6%118 #3289
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,622 of 3,579 17.8%84 #3388
SurgerySubfield #1,338 of 1,816 9.9%79 #1024
Social SciencesDomain #8,770 of 10,521 19.0%70 #7787

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Children's Mercy Hospital 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. Health Sciences#1,754 #2,449
  2. Medicine#1,657 #2,313
  3. Life Sciences#3,289 #3,391
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#3,388 #2,622
  5. Surgery#1,024 #1,338
  6. Social Sciences#7,787 #8,770
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 Mercy Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health takes 7.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 44.7 works7.5×
← 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, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.97× its world share, 84 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.73× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.94× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.09× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.67× its world share, 56 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.37× its world share, 516 worksMedicineNursing: 3.46× its world share, 14 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.41× its world share, 34 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 24 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Children's Mercy Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Jay M. Portnoy, Robert T. Hall and Elin Grundberg lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Children's Mercy Hospital.

  1. 1 Jay M. Portnoy United States · #10,187 worldwide 553 citations · 63 works
  2. 2 Robert T. Hall United States · #39,652 worldwide 254 citations · 47 works
  3. 3 Elin Grundberg United States · #69,373 worldwide 391 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Andrea Gaedigk United States · #72,812 worldwide 274 citations · 40 works
  5. 5 Bradley A. Warady United States · #77,993 worldwide 404 citations · 88 works
  6. 6 Mary Anne Jackson United States · #99,803 worldwide 145 citations · 37 works
  7. 7 William E. Truog United States · #103,082 worldwide 181 citations · 34 works
  8. 8 Charles L. Snyder United States · #104,925 worldwide 68 citations · 38 works
  9. 9 Daniel J. Ostlie United States · #111,427 worldwide 116 citations · 41 works
  10. 10 Lanny J. Rosenwasser United States · #120,329 worldwide 232 citations · 64 works
All ranked researchers at Children's Mercy Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Children's Mercy Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Adolescents, Public Health, Cardiovascular Disease, Inflammation, Treatment, Genetics and Risk Factors.

▲ 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. Epidemiology114▲ 3.6×108 topics
  2. Inflammation37▲ 2.2×64 topics
  3. Public Health34▲ 3.0×36 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease31▲ 3.5×32 topics
  5. Quality of Life31▲ 2.7×37 topics
  6. Treatment30▲ 3.1×37 topics
  7. Risk Factors28▲ 3.3×30 topics
  8. Mental Health26▲ 2.3×27 topics
  9. Adolescents26▲ 8.6×7 topics
  10. Diagnosis25▲ 3.4×31 topics
  11. Management25▲ 4.0×27 topics
  12. Genetics25▲ 4.4×16 topics
  13. Complications20▲ 5.0×15 topics
  14. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes18▲ 12×6 topics
  15. Obesity18▲ 3.0×20 topics
  16. Primary Care18▲ 6.0×13 topics
  17. Prevalence18▲ 5.5×12 topics
  18. Prognostic Factors17▲ 5.0×14 topics
  19. Mortality16▲ 3.5×13 topics
  20. Clinical Trials16▲ 3.0×17 topics
  21. Genetic Mutations15▲ 4.4×22 topics
  22. Preterm Infants15▲ 15×4 topics
  23. Heart Failure15▲ 4.3×13 topics
  24. Diabetes14▲ 3.6×14 topics
  25. Physical Activity14▲ 3.5×9 topics
  26. Congenital Heart Disease14▲ 21×3 topics
  27. Critical Care13▲ 7.0×8 topics
  28. Children13▲ 6.7×7 topics
  29. Mortality Risk12▲ 6.2×6 topics
  30. Prenatal Diagnosis12▲ 9.9×7 topics
  31. Chronic Kidney Disease11▲ 5.8×8 topics
  32. Pulmonary Hypertension11▲ 9.7×3 topics
  33. Health-related Quality of Life11▲ 5.8×5 topics
  34. Self-Management11▲ 23×2 topics
  35. Cardiac Surgery10▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Health Care10▲ 14×2 topics
  37. Glycemic Control10▲ 8.3×4 topics
  38. Adult Congenital Heart Disease10▲ 23×1 topic
  39. Pulmonary Valve Replacement10▲ 23×1 topic
  40. Respiratory Distress Syndrome10▲ 14×2 topics

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

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

Congenital Heart Disease…10Congenital Heart Disease Studies: 10 fractional worksChildhood Cancer Survivo…9Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 9 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Health Research: 9 fractional worksAdolescent and Pediatric…8Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare: 8 fractional worksAcute Lymphoblastic Leuk…8Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research: 8 fractional worksRespiratory viral infections research: 8 fractional worksPharmaceutical studies and practices: 7 fractional worksObesity, Physical Activi…6Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 6 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 5 fractional worksDiabetes Management and Research: 5 fractional works
EpidemiologyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSpeech and Hearing3 others

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

  1. 1 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 10 works
  2. 2 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 9 works
  3. 3 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 9 works
  4. 4 Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare Speech and Hearing 8 works
  5. 5 Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 8 works
  6. 6 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 8 works
  7. 7 Pharmaceutical studies and practices Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 7 works
  8. 8 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  9. 9 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 5 works
  10. 10 Diabetes Management and Research Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 5 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 available30.8%not open69.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.9%domestic only92.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Children's Mercy Hospital'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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