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Duchess of Kent Children's Hospital

In research, Duchess of Kent Children's Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#7,615 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,417 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,295
of 28,054 · #33,467 all time
Rank in China
#2,560
of 3,058
Research works
258
▲ 553% vs 2013–17
Citations
4k
15.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

What is Duchess of Kent 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 #7,615 of 10,443 13.8%77 #14505
Health SciencesDomain #9,417 of 11,982 13.3%80 #16540

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Duchess of Kent 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: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.84× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.03× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.89× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.65× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.71× its world share, 77 worksMedicineNursing: 2.87× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Duchess of Kent Children's Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Genetic Mutations, Immunotherapy, Inflammation, Treatment, Genetic Variants, Management and Oxidative Stress.

▲ 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▲ 3.0×52 topics
  2. Inflammation6▲ 2.8×27 topics
  3. Genetic Mutations6▲ 13×18 topics
  4. Immunotherapy5▲ 6.0×11 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress5▲ 2.6×15 topics
  6. Treatment5▲ 3.5×19 topics
  7. Management4▲ 4.3×11 topics
  8. Diagnosis4▲ 3.5×15 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 2.7×15 topics
  10. Genetic Variants3▲ 15×4 topics
  11. Risk Factors3▲ 2.4×11 topics
  12. Genetics3▲ 3.5×11 topics
  13. Molecular Classification3▲ 16×2 topics
  14. Radiotherapy3▲ 6.2×3 topics
  15. Chronic Kidney Disease2▲ 9.6×6 topics
  16. Glioblastoma2▲ 33×1 topic
  17. Prenatal Diagnosis2▲ 15×5 topics
  18. Temozolomide2▲ 33×1 topic
  19. Critical Care2▲ 9.4×7 topics
  20. Pulmonary Hypertension2▲ 15×3 topics
  21. Clinical Management2▲ 12×6 topics
  22. Echocardiography2▲ 7.5×7 topics
  23. Prognostic Factors2▲ 4.7×9 topics
  24. Complications2▲ 3.9×7 topics
  25. Clinical Genomics2▲ 53×1 topic
  26. Guidelines2▲ 4.0×6 topics
  27. Newborn Screening2▲ 35×2 topics
  28. Sequence Interpretation2▲ 53×1 topic
  29. Surgery2▲ 5.2×5 topics
  30. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes2▲ 9.2×5 topics
  31. Neuroimaging2▲ 6.4×5 topics
  32. Metabolic Disorders2▲ 14×2 topics
  33. Stem Cells2▲ 6.3×5 topics
  34. Biochemical Genetics2▲ 43×1 topic
  35. Endothelial Dysfunction2▲ 6.6×6 topics
  36. Mitochondrial Function2▲ 16×1 topic
  37. Pediatric2▲ 25×4 topics
  38. Congenital Heart Disease2▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Hedgehog Signaling2▲ 47×2 topics
  40. Neuromuscular Junction2▲ 34×2 topics

Which research topics does Duchess of Kent Children's Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment, Genomics and Rare Diseases, Metabolism and Genetic Disorders and Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases.

Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksGenomics and Rare Diseases: 2 fractional worksMetabolism and Genetic Disorders: 2 fractional worksGenetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases: 1 fractional worksHematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: 1 fractional worksNeurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research: 1 fractional worksRenal Diseases and Glome…1Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies: 1 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease Studies: 1 fractional worksEosinophilic Disorders and Syndromes: 1 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-…1Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 1 fractional works
GeneticsClinical BiochemistryHematologyNephrology3 others

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

  1. 1 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 2 works
  2. 2 Genomics and Rare Diseases Genetics 2 works
  3. 3 Metabolism and Genetic Disorders Clinical Biochemistry 2 works
  4. 4 Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases Genetics 1 works
  5. 5 Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Hematology 1 works
  6. 6 Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research Genetics 1 works
  7. 7 Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies Nephrology 1 works
  8. 8 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 1 works
  9. 9 Eosinophilic Disorders and Syndromes Rheumatology 1 works
  10. 10 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available50.7%not open49.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors56.3%domestic only43.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Duchess of Kent Children's Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 553% 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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