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Driscoll Children's Hospital

In research, Driscoll Children's Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#14,880 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#17,427 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#34,458
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#7,330
of 8,685
Research works
279
▲ 49% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.1k
14.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

What is Driscoll Children's Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #14,880 of 17,978 10.6%195
Health SciencesDomain #17,427 of 20,462 10.4%215

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Driscoll 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: 2.17× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.09× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.86× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 3.20× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.29× its world share, 28 worksMedicineNursing: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksNursingDecision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, John Brownlee and P. Stephen Almond lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Driscoll Children's Hospital.

  1. 1 John Brownlee United States · #944,542 worldwide 16 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 P. Stephen Almond United States · #1,316,433 worldwide 9 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Driscoll Children's Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Driscoll Children's Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Management, Patient Satisfaction, Clinical Outcomes, Quality of Care, Health Care Utilization, Genetics and Immunotherapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology7▲ 3.9×24 topics
  2. Management3▲ 7.4×7 topics
  3. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 16×5 topics
  4. Clinical Outcomes2▲ 21×3 topics
  5. Treatment2▲ 3.7×10 topics
  6. Genetics2▲ 5.8×7 topics
  7. Immunotherapy2▲ 5.7×4 topics
  8. Health Care Utilization2▲ 33×2 topics
  9. Quality of Care2▲ 44×2 topics
  10. Diagnosis2▲ 3.9×6 topics
  11. Biological Control1▲ 21×5 topics
  12. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes1▲ 17×4 topics
  13. Prognosis1▲ 9.9×3 topics
  14. Antibiotic Resistance1▲ 7.5×2 topics
  15. Critical Care1▲ 12×4 topics
  16. Diagnostic Imaging1▲ 26×4 topics
  17. Emergency Department Crowding1▲ 99×1 topic
  18. Neuroprotection1▲ 8.5×3 topics
  19. Surgery1▲ 8.1×3 topics
  20. Surgical Management1▲ 7.0×5 topics
  21. Triage Systems1▲ 99×1 topic
  22. Healthcare Communication1▲ 31×2 topics
  23. Autoimmunity1▲ 17×1 topic
  24. COVID-19 Vaccine1▲ 34×1 topic
  25. HLA Genes1▲ 63×1 topic
  26. Pathophysiology1▲ 7.9×2 topics
  27. Patient Safety1▲ 17×3 topics
  28. Pregnancy Outcomes1▲ 47×2 topics
  29. Resuscitation1▲ 19×3 topics
  30. Sepsis1▲ 14×3 topics
  31. Type 1 Diabetes1▲ 30×2 topics
  32. Vaccine Hesitancy1▲ 37×1 topic
  33. Immunopathogenesis1▲ 36×2 topics
  34. Infection1▲ 9.6×2 topics
  35. Language Barriers1▲ 118×1 topic
  36. Medical Interpreters1▲ 118×1 topic
  37. Neurosyphilis1▲ 141×1 topic
  38. Prenatal Diagnosis1▲ 16×4 topics
  39. Septic Shock1▲ 30×2 topics
  40. Syphilis1▲ 141×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Emergency and Acute Care Studies, Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy, Diabetes and associated disorders and Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment.

Emergency and Acute Care…1Emergency and Acute Care Studies: 1 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hes…1Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 1 fractional worksDiabetes and associated disorders: 1 fractional worksSyphilis Diagnosis and T…1Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksInterpreting and Communi…1Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare: 1 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances: 1 fractional worksSepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resus…1Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 1 fractional worksInsect-Plant Interactions and Control: 1 fractional worksHospital Admissions and Outcomes: 1 fractional works
Emergency MedicineHealthGeneticsPhysiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Emergency and Acute Care Studies Emergency Medicine 1 works
  2. 2 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 1 works
  3. 3 Diabetes and associated disorders Genetics 1 works
  4. 4 Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment Physiology 1 works
  5. 5 Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare General Health Professions 1 works
  6. 6 Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances Neurology 1 works
  7. 7 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 1 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 1 works
  10. 10 Hospital Admissions and Outcomes Emergency Medicine 1 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 available31.3%not open68.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.5%domestic only90.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 49% 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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