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Duke Children's Hospital & Health Center

In research, Duke Children's Hospital & Health Center stands highest in Medicine (#7,663 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,565 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#26,874
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#5,772
of 8,685
Research works
204
▲ 31% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.6k
22.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is Duke Children's Hospital & Health Center 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 #7,663 of 17,978 17.8%138
Health SciencesDomain #9,565 of 20,462 17.9%155

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Duke Children's Hospital & Health Center 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: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.14× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.56× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.41× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.58× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.13× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.55× its world share, 30 worksMedicineNursing: 1.38× its world share, 0 worksNursingDecision Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.92× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Duke Children's Hospital & Health Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Ira M. Cheifetz lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Duke Children's Hospital & Health Center.

  1. 1 Ira M. Cheifetz United States · #186,742 worldwide 124 citations · 40 works
All ranked researchers at Duke Children's Hospital & Health Center

Which keywords describe research at Duke Children's Hospital & Health Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Neurodevelopmental Outcomes, Mortality Risk, Congenital Heart Disease, Cardiac Surgery, Pulmonary Valve Replacement, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation, Heart Failure and Thrombosis.

▲ 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 38 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 38 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology4▲ 2.4×30 topics
  2. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes4▲ 42×3 topics
  3. Cardiac Surgery3▲ 98×1 topic
  4. Congenital Heart Disease3▲ 87×3 topics
  5. Mortality Risk3▲ 30×2 topics
  6. Pulmonary Valve Replacement3▲ 133×1 topic
  7. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation3▲ 78×2 topics
  8. Heart Failure3▲ 14×6 topics
  9. Thrombosis2▲ 20×3 topics
  10. Treatment2▲ 4.3×14 topics
  11. Diagnosis2▲ 5.4×13 topics
  12. Cardiogenic Shock2▲ 99×1 topic
  13. Left Ventricular Assist Device2▲ 99×1 topic
  14. Genetic Mutations2▲ 8.1×14 topics
  15. Public Health2▲ 2.4×6 topics
  16. Complications2▲ 6.9×10 topics
  17. Management2▲ 4.2×10 topics
  18. Mechanical Ventilation2▲ 30×2 topics
  19. Dilated Cardiomyopathy1▲ 46×2 topics
  20. Health Equity1▲ 11×2 topics
  21. Primary Care1▲ 7.8×3 topics
  22. Quality of Life1▲ 1.97×9 topics
  23. Transplantation1▲ 29×3 topics
  24. Community Health1▲ 17×1 topic
  25. Echocardiography1▲ 9.7×7 topics
  26. Genetics1▲ 3.8×7 topics
  27. Immunosuppressive Therapy1▲ 14×2 topics
  28. Pediatrics1▲ 91×1 topic
  29. Rejection1▲ 63×2 topics
  30. Social Determinants1▲ 13×2 topics
  31. Training1▲ 12×2 topics
  32. Myocardial Infarction1▲ 10×1 topic
  33. Resuscitation1▲ 19×3 topics
  34. Ventricular Reconstruction1▲ 59×1 topic
  35. Critical Care1▲ 9.9×6 topics
  36. Heart Transplant1▲ 74×1 topic
  37. Inflammation1◆ 1.12×10 topics
  38. Lung Transplant1▲ 74×1 topic

Which research topics does Duke Children's Hospital & Health Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Congenital Heart Disease Studies, Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices, Child and Adolescent Health and Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair.

Congenital Heart Disease…3Congenital Heart Disease Studies: 3 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 2 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Health: 1 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 1 fractional worksTransplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksTracheal and airway diso…1Tracheal and airway disorders: 1 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 1 fractional worksHealthcare professionals’ stress and burnout: 1 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 1 fractional worksCleft Lip and Palate Research: 1 fractional works
EpidemiologyBiomedical EngineeringGeneral Health ProfessionsSurgery4 others

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

  1. 1 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 3 works
  2. 2 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  3. 3 Child and Adolescent Health General Health Professions 1 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 1 works
  5. 5 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 1 works
  6. 6 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout General Health Professions 1 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Cleft Lip and Palate Research Genetics 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 available34.6%not open65.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.4%domestic only87.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Duke Children's Hospital & Health Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 31% 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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