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Hospital for Sick Children

In research, Hospital for Sick Children stands highest in Medicine (#384 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#493 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#670 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Genetics, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Hematology — Genetics is 8.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,386
of 28,054 · #749 all time
Rank in Canada
#30
of 403
Research works
22k
▲ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
893k
39.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Hospital for Sick Children 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 #384 of 10,443 17.9%1,433 #224
Health SciencesDomain #493 of 11,982 18.1%1,589 #255
Life SciencesDomain #670 of 7,800 21.0%519 #246
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield #38 of 441 28.6%148 #37
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #647 of 3,579 20.9%339 #223
SurgerySubfield #462 of 1,816 15.6%177 #166
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #303 of 1,144 15.9%155 #72
NeuroscienceField #328 of 1,168 21.7%120 #205
Molecular BiologySubfield #671 of 2,175 22.8%172 #221
Physical SciencesDomain #4,881 of 12,888 22.3%101 #3747

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hospital for Sick Children 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#224 #384
  2. Health Sciences#255 #493
  3. Life Sciences#246 #670
  4. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health#37 #38
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#223 #647
  6. Surgery#166 #462
  7. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#72 #303
  8. Neuroscience#205 #328
  9. Molecular Biology#221 #671
  10. Physical Sciences#3,747 #4,881
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 Hospital for Sick Children specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Genetics takes 8.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. GeneticsSubfield · 55.1 works8.6×
  2. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 148.0 works8.4×
  3. HematologySubfield · 41.3 works5.8×
  4. Speech and HearingSubfield · 22.3 works5.1×
  5. GeneticsSubfield · 95.3 works4.9×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.70× its world share, 339 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.89× its world share, 45 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.15× its world share, 120 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.54× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.17× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 16 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 42 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 15 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.30× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.50× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.77× its world share, 110 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.16× its world share, 1,433 worksMedicineNursing: 3.39× its world share, 39 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.42× its world share, 21 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.92× its world share, 66 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 46 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hospital for Sick Children?

Ranked on the composite score, William G. Williams, Henry Levison and Martin Post lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital for Sick Children.

  1. 1 William G. Williams Canada · #2,037 worldwide 933 citations · 92 works
  2. 2 Henry Levison Canada · #7,530 worldwide 534 citations · 69 works
  3. 3 Martin Post Canada · #10,116 worldwide 592 citations · 62 works
  4. 4 Gabrielle deVeber Canada · #15,142 worldwide 1.5k citations · 42 works
  5. 5 Richard D. Rowe Canada · #15,574 worldwide 564 citations · 58 works
  6. 6 Robert M. Freedom Canada · #16,099 worldwide 450 citations · 59 works
  7. 7 Brenda L. Gallie Canada · #17,085 worldwide 574 citations · 62 works
  8. 8 Jerrold Lerman Canada · #18,452 worldwide 571 citations · 96 works
  9. 9 Peter M. Olley Canada · #20,183 worldwide 548 citations · 50 works
  10. 10 Harold J. Hoffman Canada · #21,981 worldwide 220 citations · 55 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital for Sick Children

Which keywords describe research at Hospital for Sick Children?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Neurodevelopmental Outcomes, Genetic Mutations, Inflammation, Genetics, Preterm Infants, Immunotherapy and Adolescents.

▲ 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. Epidemiology249▲ 2.7×125 topics
  2. Inflammation129▲ 2.6×76 topics
  3. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes82▲ 19×6 topics
  4. Genetic Mutations78▲ 7.7×23 topics
  5. Genetics77▲ 4.7×21 topics
  6. Immunotherapy71▲ 4.2×19 topics
  7. Treatment70▲ 2.5×50 topics
  8. Cancer66▲ 2.1×45 topics
  9. Management62▲ 3.3×29 topics
  10. Diagnosis61▲ 2.8×40 topics
  11. Oxidative Stress61▲ 1.59×54 topics
  12. Preterm Infants57▲ 20×4 topics
  13. Adolescents55▲ 6.3×8 topics
  14. Neurological Disorders50▲ 3.7×19 topics
  15. Congenital Heart Disease48▲ 25×3 topics
  16. Pulmonary Hypertension48▲ 14×3 topics
  17. Mortality Risk45▲ 8.1×6 topics
  18. Cardiac Surgery43▲ 25×2 topics
  19. Health-related Quality of Life43▲ 7.8×5 topics
  20. Adult Congenital Heart Disease41▲ 32×1 topic
  21. Pulmonary Valve Replacement41▲ 32×1 topic
  22. Echocardiography40▲ 6.3×8 topics
  23. Radiotherapy39▲ 4.3×13 topics
  24. Prognostic Factors38▲ 3.7×14 topics
  25. Critical Care37▲ 6.8×8 topics
  26. Prenatal Diagnosis35▲ 10×7 topics
  27. Psychosocial Outcomes35▲ 23×2 topics
  28. Childhood Cancer Survivor Study34▲ 33×1 topic
  29. Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory34▲ 33×1 topic
  30. Medical Education33▲ 5.5×12 topics
  31. Molecular Classification33▲ 9.3×4 topics
  32. Glioblastoma32▲ 20×1 topic
  33. Temozolomide32▲ 20×1 topic
  34. Respiratory Distress Syndrome32▲ 16×2 topics
  35. Executive Functioning30▲ 10.0×3 topics
  36. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia29▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Lung Stem Cells28▲ 20×1 topic
  38. Surfactant Proteins28▲ 20×1 topic
  39. Neurodevelopmental Disorders27▲ 8.8×6 topics
  40. Cerebral Palsy26▲ 15×2 topics

Which research topics does Hospital for Sick Children publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Congenital Heart Disease Studies, Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life, Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment and Neonatal Respiratory Health Research.

Congenital Heart Disease Studies: 41 fractional worksChildhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 34 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Tre…32Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 32 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Hea…28Neonatal Respiratory Health Research: 28 fractional worksCystic Fibrosis Research Advances: 20 fractional worksNeonatal and fetal brain pathology: 17 fractional worksGenomics and Rare Diseases17Genomics and Rare Diseases: 17 fractional worksAdolescent and Pediatric Healthcare: 17 fractional worksInfant Development and Preterm Care: 16 fractional worksNeuroblastoma Research and Treatments: 15 fractional works
EpidemiologyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthGeneticsPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 41 works
  2. 2 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 34 works
  3. 3 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 32 works
  4. 4 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 28 works
  5. 5 Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 20 works
  6. 6 Neonatal and fetal brain pathology Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 17 works
  7. 7 Genomics and Rare Diseases Genetics 17 works
  8. 8 Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare Speech and Hearing 17 works
  9. 9 Infant Development and Preterm Care Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 16 works
  10. 10 Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments Neurology 15 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 available33.9%not open66.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.5%domestic only72.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hospital for Sick Children's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% 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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