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Comer Children's Hospital

In research, Comer Children's Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#7,010 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,589 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,589
of 28,054 · #13,649 all time
Rank in United States
#2,698
of 4,192
Research works
1.3k
▲ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
35k
28.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
23%
world 28%

What is Comer Children's 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
MedicineField #7,010 of 10,443 17.0%92 #3987
Health SciencesDomain #8,589 of 11,982 16.3%102 #4847

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

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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.06× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.44× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.42× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.96× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.12× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.83× its world share, 92 worksMedicineNursing: 3.31× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.82× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Barbara S. Kirschner, Willis J. Potts and Grace Z. Mak lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Comer Children's Hospital.

  1. 1 Barbara S. Kirschner · #11,147 worldwide 739 citations · 52 works
  2. 2 Willis J. Potts · #183,847 worldwide 159 citations · 34 works
  3. 3 Grace Z. Mak · #624,089 worldwide 53 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Qi‐Ling Cao · #1,279,342 worldwide 21 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Comer Children's Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Comer Children's Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Management, Inflammation, Neurodevelopmental Outcomes, Diagnosis, Surgery, Robotic Surgery and Pediatric.

▲ 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. Epidemiology17▲ 3.5×59 topics
  2. Inflammation9▲ 3.5×23 topics
  3. Management8▲ 7.9×19 topics
  4. Diagnosis6▲ 5.5×20 topics
  5. Public Health6▲ 3.4×17 topics
  6. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes6▲ 25×6 topics
  7. Surgery5▲ 11×6 topics
  8. Robotic Surgery5▲ 25×3 topics
  9. Pediatric4▲ 61×2 topics
  10. Pulmonary Hypertension4▲ 25×2 topics
  11. Treatment4▲ 2.8×23 topics
  12. Preterm Infants4▲ 26×4 topics
  13. Anemia4▲ 32×4 topics
  14. Prevention4▲ 7.3×8 topics
  15. Health-related Quality of Life4▲ 13×4 topics
  16. Antibiotic Resistance4▲ 7.5×7 topics
  17. Genetics4▲ 4.2×10 topics
  18. Childhood Cancer Survivor Study3▲ 61×1 topic
  19. Guidelines3▲ 5.8×9 topics
  20. Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory3▲ 61×1 topic
  21. Antibiotic Prophylaxis3▲ 33×2 topics
  22. Executive Functioning3▲ 19×3 topics
  23. Complications3▲ 4.6×9 topics
  24. Urinary Tract Infection3▲ 59×1 topic
  25. Vesicoureteral Reflux3▲ 92×1 topic
  26. Preterm Birth3▲ 33×2 topics
  27. Immunopathogenesis3▲ 32×2 topics
  28. Iron Deficiency2▲ 39×2 topics
  29. Cognitive Function2▲ 11×2 topics
  30. Family-Centered Care2▲ 42×1 topic
  31. Genitourinary Development2▲ 58×1 topic
  32. Infant Mortality2▲ 42×1 topic
  33. Neurosyphilis2▲ 119×1 topic
  34. Point-of-Care Testing2▲ 69×2 topics
  35. Pregnancy Outcomes2▲ 37×2 topics
  36. Syphilis2▲ 119×1 topic
  37. Urotrauma2▲ 58×1 topic
  38. Critical Care2▲ 8.1×6 topics
  39. Respiratory Distress Syndrome2▲ 22×2 topics
  40. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia2▲ 27×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life, Pediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies, Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment and Urological Disorders and Treatments.

Childhood Cancer Survivo…3Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 3 fractional worksPediatric Urology and Ne…3Pediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies: 3 fractional worksSyphilis Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksUrological Disorders and Treatments: 2 fractional worksInfant Development and Preterm Care: 2 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 2 fractional worksIron Metabolism and Disorders: 2 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Hea…2Neonatal Respiratory Health Research: 2 fractional worksUreteral procedures and complications: 2 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease Studies: 2 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthPhysiologyUrologyGenetics4 others

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

  1. 1 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of LifePediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 works
  2. 2 Pediatric Urology and Nephrology StudiesPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 works
  3. 3 Syphilis Diagnosis and TreatmentPhysiology 2 works
  4. 4 Urological Disorders and TreatmentsUrology 2 works
  5. 5 Infant Development and Preterm CarePediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  6. 6 Hemoglobinopathies and Related DisordersGenetics 2 works
  7. 7 Iron Metabolism and DisordersHematology 2 works
  8. 8 Neonatal Respiratory Health ResearchPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Ureteral procedures and complicationsObstetrics and Gynecology 2 works
  10. 10 Congenital Heart Disease StudiesEpidemiology 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 available22.6%not open77.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.2%domestic only91.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Comer Children's Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% 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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