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Children's National

In research, Children's National stands highest in Health Sciences (#670 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#638 of 8,541 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,287 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Genetics, Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (Genetics is 9.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#1,915
of 22,385 · #1,390 all time
Rank in United States
#373
of 3,332
Research works
9.1k
▼ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
240k
26.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
32%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Children's National

What is Children's National known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #670 of 9,902 9.9%1,017 #539
MedicineField #638 of 8,541 10.1%925 #518
Life SciencesDomain #1,287 of 6,403 8.9%236 #1127
SurgerySubfield #543 of 1,532 9.6%129 #417
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield #178 of 493 15.1%86 #147
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,082 of 2,964 9.6%150 #1055
EpidemiologySubfield #400 of 927 11.5%88 #367
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #513 of 1,037 9.0%74 #448
Health ProfessionsField #971 of 1,895 9.0%79 #677
Molecular BiologySubfield #976 of 1,880 10.2%66 #1042

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Children's National 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#539 #670
  2. Medicine#518 #638
  3. Life Sciences#1,127 #1,287
  4. Surgery#417 #543
  5. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health#147 #178
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,055 #1,082
  7. Epidemiology#367 #400
  8. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#448 #513
  9. Health Professions#677 #971
  10. Molecular Biology#1,042 #976
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Children's National work in?

In 2022-now, 72% of research at Children's National is in Health Sciences, 17% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (66%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%), Health Professions (5%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 1,162 fractional works · 72.0% of its workMedicine: 1,058 fractional works · 65.5% of its workSurgery: 146 fractional works · 9.1% of its workEpidemiology: 103 fractional works · 6.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 96 fractional works · 6.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 85 fractional works · 5.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 65 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 63 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPhysiology: 46 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGenetics: 44 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 40 fractional works · 2.5% of its workNeurology: 38 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 37 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOncology: 35 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 33 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 25 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 21 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRheumatology: 20 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHematology: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 16 fractional works · 1.0% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHepatology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 89 fractional works · 5.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 40 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacy: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 268 fractional works · 16.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 169 fractional works · 10.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 74 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGenetics: 60 fractional works · 3.7% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 63 fractional works · 3.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 30 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 28 fractional works · 1.8% of its workImmunology: 20 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMicrobiology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 111 fractional works · 6.9% of its workPsychology: 56 fractional works · 3.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 30 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 38 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 73 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEngineering: 34 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 29 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 16 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKChildren'sNational1,615fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences72%Social Sciences7%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Sciences1,16272.0%
    1. Medicine1,05865.5%
    2. Health Professions895.5%
    3. Nursing130.8%
    4. Dentistry30.2%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology16910.5%
    2. Neuroscience633.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology281.8%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences50.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.2%
    1. Psychology563.5%
    2. Social Sciences382.3%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance60.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting60.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities30.2%
    6. Decision Sciences20.1%
    1. Engineering342.1%
    2. Computer Science161.0%
    3. Environmental Science100.6%
    4. Chemistry40.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy40.2%
    6. Materials Science30.2%
    7. Mathematics20.1%
    8. Energy00.0%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Children's National specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Genetics takes 9.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. GeneticsSubfield · 43.5 works9.9×
  2. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 36.9 works9.4×
  3. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 96.2 works8.0×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.97× its world share, 169 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.75× its world share, 28 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.39× its world share, 63 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.51× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 16 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 34 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.08× its world share, 89 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.41× its world share, 1,058 worksMedicineNursing: 1.62× its world share, 13 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.14× its world share, 56 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 38 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.41×1,058 works
  2. Neuroscience2.39×63 works
  3. Health Professions2.08×89 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.97×169 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.75×28 works
  6. Nursing1.62×13 works
  7. Psychology1.14×56 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.51×3 works
  9. Dentistry0.35×3 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.18×6 works
  11. Social Sciences0.18×38 works
  12. Chemistry0.15×4 works
  13. Engineering0.14×34 works
  14. Environmental Science0.13×10 works
  15. Computer Science0.12×16 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.11×6 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.11×2 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.10×4 works
  19. Mathematics0.09×2 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.07×3 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.06×5 works
  22. Materials Science0.06×3 works
  23. Veterinary0.03×0 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.01×0 works
  25. Energy0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Children's National?

Ranked on the quality score, Roger J. Packer, Dana Ashley Hill and Gretchen M. Williams lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Children's National.

  1. 1 Roger J. Packer United States · #19,901 worldwide 52k citations · 838 works
  2. 2 Dana Ashley Hill United States · #38,179 worldwide 11k citations · 192 works
  3. 3 Gretchen M. Williams United States · #41,657 worldwide 6.5k citations · 65 works
  4. 4 Gérard A. Gioia United States · #47,381 worldwide 18k citations · 185 works
  5. 5 Catherine Limperopoulos United States · #52,852 worldwide 14k citations · 307 works
  6. 6 Lauren E. Kenworthy United States · #58,307 worldwide 14k citations · 189 works
  7. 7 DAVID L. WESSEL United States · #62,673 worldwide 24k citations · 437 works
  8. 8 Terence A. Partridge United States · #70,003 worldwide 19k citations · 173 works
  9. 9 John F. Strang United States · #77,360 worldwide 6.6k citations · 94 works
  10. 10 AeRang Kim United States · #86,707 worldwide 5.3k citations · 146 works
All ranked researchers at Children's National

What are the most cited papers from Children's National?

The most cited paper from Children's National is "Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019" (Gregory A. Roth et al., 2020), with 11,687 citations. Next come "Discovery, research, and development of new antibiotics: the WHO priority list of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and tuberculosis" (6,293) and "National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Project on Criteria for Clinical Trials in Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease: I. The 2014 Diagnosis and Staging Working Group Report" (5,493).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019 Gregory A. Roth et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology Open access679 authors Dec 2020 11,687
2 Discovery, research, and development of new antibiotics: the WHO priority list of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and tuberculosis Evelina Tacconelli et al. · The Lancet Infectious Diseases Open access 21 Dec 2017 6,293
3 National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Project on Criteria for Clinical Trials in Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease: I. The 2014 Diagnosis and Staging Working Group Report Madan Jagasia et al. · Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Open access 19 Dec 2014 5,493
4 The NimStim set of facial expressions: Judgments from untrained research participants Nim Tottenham, James W. Tanaka, Andrew C. Leon et al. · Psychiatry Research Open access 29 Jun 2009 3,547
5 The Diagnosis of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome during Adolescence Selma Feldman Witchel, Sharon E. Oberfield, Robert L. Rosenfield et al. · Hormone Research in Paediatrics Open access 2015 3,108
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Children's National?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Neurodevelopmental Outcomes, Inflammation, Genetics, Immunotherapy, Congenital Heart Disease, Mortality Risk and Cardiac Surgery.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology190▲ 3.0×117 topics
  2. Inflammation92▲ 2.7×71 topics
  3. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes80▲ 26×6 topics
  4. Genetics63▲ 5.5×22 topics
  5. Immunotherapy61▲ 5.3×15 topics
  6. Treatment55▲ 2.8×44 topics
  7. Congenital Heart Disease51▲ 38×3 topics
  8. Mortality Risk47▲ 12×5 topics
  9. Cardiac Surgery46▲ 39×2 topics
  10. Management45▲ 3.5×29 topics
  11. Adult Congenital Heart Disease43▲ 50×1 topic
  12. Pulmonary Valve Replacement43▲ 50×1 topic
  13. Genetic Mutations43▲ 6.1×22 topics
  14. Neurological Disorders41▲ 4.5×18 topics
  15. Preterm Infants37▲ 18×4 topics
  16. Diagnosis36▲ 2.4×37 topics
  17. Heart Failure33▲ 4.6×13 topics
  18. Critical Care32▲ 8.0×8 topics
  19. Adolescents30▲ 5.1×7 topics
  20. Complications30▲ 3.8×17 topics
  21. Mortality29▲ 3.2×12 topics
  22. Radiotherapy29▲ 4.6×11 topics
  23. Surgery29▲ 5.2×11 topics
  24. Pulmonary Hypertension28▲ 13×3 topics
  25. Molecular Classification27▲ 11×3 topics
  26. Echocardiography26▲ 5.9×8 topics
  27. Resuscitation26▲ 12×4 topics
  28. Rehabilitation26▲ 4.0×12 topics
  29. Glioblastoma26▲ 23×1 topic
  30. Temozolomide26▲ 23×1 topic
  31. Medical Education25▲ 5.8×11 topics
  32. Prenatal Diagnosis25▲ 11×7 topics
  33. Cerebral Palsy24▲ 20×2 topics
  34. Neurobiology23▲ 5.5×7 topics
  35. Cancer Immunotherapy21▲ 8.4×3 topics
  36. Mechanical Ventilation19▲ 11×2 topics
  37. Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy19▲ 37×1 topic
  38. Neonatal Encephalopathy19▲ 37×1 topic
  39. Executive Functioning19▲ 9.2×2 topics
  40. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation19▲ 15×2 topics

Which research topics does Children's National publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Congenital Heart Disease Studies, Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment, Neonatal and fetal brain pathology and CAR-T cell therapy research.

Congenital Heart Disease…43Congenital Heart Disease Studies: 43 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 26 fractional worksNeonatal and fetal brain pathology: 19 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 15 fractional worksChildhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 15 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Health Research: 14 fractional worksTracheal and airway diso…14Tracheal and airway disorders: 14 fractional worksEpilepsy research and treatment: 13 fractional worksInfant Development and Preterm Care: 13 fractional worksMetabolism and Genetic D…13Metabolism and Genetic Disorders: 13 fractional works
EpidemiologyGeneticsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthOncology3 others

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

  1. 1 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 43 works
  2. 2 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 26 works
  3. 3 Neonatal and fetal brain pathology Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 19 works
  4. 4 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 15 works
  5. 5 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 15 works
  6. 6 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 14 works
  7. 7 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 14 works
  8. 8 Epilepsy research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 13 works
  9. 9 Infant Development and Preterm Care Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 13 works
  10. 10 Metabolism and Genetic Disorders Clinical Biochemistry 13 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 available32.3%not open67.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.2%domestic only86.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Children's National's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Children's National as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0064% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Children's National0.0065% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Children's National over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Children's National8.4% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.0% in 1994.

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