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Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust

In research, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust stands highest in Medicine (#2,288 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,856 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#3,835 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health — Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health is 8.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,575
of 28,054 · #7,595 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#258
of 1,094
Research works
1.8k
▲ 31% vs 2013–17
Citations
29k
16.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

What is Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust 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 #2,288 of 10,443 13.9%309 #2199
Health SciencesDomain #2,856 of 11,982 12.5%391 #2685
Life SciencesDomain #3,835 of 7,800 17.9%100 #4138
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,719 of 3,579 18.1%75 #3507
Health ProfessionsField #1,715 of 1,928 7.1%67 #2757

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#2,199 #2,288
  2. Health Sciences#2,685 #2,856
  3. Life Sciences#4,138 #3,835
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#3,507 #2,719
  5. Health Professions#2,757 #1,715
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health takes 8.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 35.5 works8.6×
← 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, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.51× its world share, 74 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.36× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.76× its world share, 16 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.89× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.58× its world share, 67 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.89× its world share, 309 worksMedicineNursing: 4.62× its world share, 13 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.33× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.42× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.22× its world share, 21 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust?

Ranked on the composite score, Anna E. Martinez, Stephen D. Marks and Kate Oulton lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust.

  1. 1 Anna E. Martinez United Kingdom · #190,706 worldwide 41 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Stephen D. Marks United Kingdom · #810,043 worldwide 50 citations · 41 works
  3. 3 Kate Oulton United Kingdom · #1,031,823 worldwide 19 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust

Which keywords describe research at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Primary Care, Epidemiology, Genetic Mutations, Critical Care, Adolescents, Neurodevelopmental Outcomes, Prenatal Diagnosis and Chronic Conditions.

▲ 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. Epidemiology48▲ 2.2×93 topics
  2. Primary Care30▲ 14×11 topics
  3. Inflammation18▲ 1.57×51 topics
  4. Genetic Mutations18▲ 7.4×21 topics
  5. Quality of Life18▲ 2.2×37 topics
  6. Public Health16▲ 2.0×28 topics
  7. Adolescents16▲ 7.5×6 topics
  8. Critical Care15▲ 12×8 topics
  9. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes13▲ 12×6 topics
  10. Genetics12▲ 3.0×17 topics
  11. Mortality12▲ 3.6×10 topics
  12. Ethical Considerations12▲ 6.1×12 topics
  13. Chronic Conditions11▲ 30×2 topics
  14. Health Equity11▲ 7.5×3 topics
  15. Prenatal Diagnosis11▲ 14×6 topics
  16. Mental Health Services11▲ 37×2 topics
  17. Quality Improvement10▲ 9.6×7 topics
  18. Collaborative Practice10▲ 44×2 topics
  19. Health Workforce10▲ 42×2 topics
  20. Health Care10▲ 18×2 topics
  21. Training10▲ 8.0×4 topics
  22. Genetic Variants9▲ 9.7×7 topics
  23. Patient Satisfaction9▲ 5.4×8 topics
  24. Congenital Anomalies9▲ 29×3 topics
  25. Health-related Quality of Life9▲ 7.0×4 topics
  26. Medical Home9▲ 65×1 topic
  27. Transition9▲ 18×1 topic
  28. Social Determinants9▲ 7.7×3 topics
  29. Advocacy9▲ 54×1 topic
  30. Community Health9▲ 9.8×2 topics
  31. Pediatrics9▲ 54×1 topic
  32. Psychosocial Outcomes9▲ 24×2 topics
  33. Pediatric8▲ 27×4 topics
  34. Childhood Cancer Survivor Study8▲ 33×1 topic
  35. Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory8▲ 33×1 topic
  36. Congenital Heart Disease7▲ 16×3 topics
  37. Autism Spectrum Disorders7▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Enteral Nutrition7▲ 51×1 topic
  39. Metabolic Rate7▲ 21×2 topics
  40. Nutrition Support Therapy7▲ 51×1 topic

Which research topics does Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare, Child and Adolescent Health, Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life and Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology.

Adolescent and Pediatric…9Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare: 9 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Hea…9Child and Adolescent Health: 9 fractional worksChildhood Cancer Survivo…8Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 8 fractional worksClinical Nutrition and G…7Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology: 7 fractional worksNursing Roles and Practices: 7 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease Studies: 5 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Feed…5Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues: 5 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 5 fractional worksFamily and Disability Support Research: 5 fractional worksPediatric Urology and Ne…5Pediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies: 5 fractional works
Speech and HearingGeneral Health ProfessionsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthNutrition and Dietetics4 others

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

  1. 1 Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare Speech and Hearing 9 works
  2. 2 Child and Adolescent Health General Health Professions 9 works
  3. 3 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 8 works
  4. 4 Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology Nutrition and Dietetics 7 works
  5. 5 Nursing Roles and Practices General Health Professions 7 works
  6. 6 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 5 works
  7. 7 Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues Psychiatry and Mental health 5 works
  8. 8 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  9. 9 Family and Disability Support Research Clinical Psychology 5 works
  10. 10 Pediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 5 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 available55.9%not open44.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.6%domestic only73.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust'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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