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Infant Foundation

In research, Infant Foundation stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,242 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,328 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#12,803
of 34,923
Rank in Argentina
#73
of 178
Research works
224
▼ 25% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.2k
18.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
55%
world 40%
International
42%
world 18%
Infant Foundation

What is Infant Foundation 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
Health SciencesDomain #3,242 of 16,688 8.4%151
MedicineField #3,328 of 14,558 8.7%123

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Infant Foundation 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Infant Foundation work in?

In 2022-now, 57% of research at Infant Foundation is in Health Sciences, 18% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (47%), Social Sciences (14%), Health Professions (9%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 27 fractional works · 57.3% of its workMedicine: 22 fractional works · 47.1% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 9.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 9.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 18.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 14.0% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 7.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 12.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 6.0% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 12.2% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNumerical Analysis: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workALL ITS WORKInfant Foundation47fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences57%Social Sciences18%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2247.1%
    2. Health Professions49.0%
    3. Dentistry00.7%
    4. Nursing00.5%
    1. Social Sciences714.0%
    2. Psychology13.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.4%
    5. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology36.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences13.1%
    3. Neuroscience12.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology11.5%
    1. Computer Science24.1%
    2. Engineering12.8%
    3. Physics and Astronomy12.1%
    4. Environmental Science11.7%
    5. Mathematics00.8%
    6. Chemical Engineering00.7%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.13× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.50× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.22× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 2.02× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.95× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.46× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.41× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.45× its world share, 22 worksMedicineNursing: 1.07× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.98× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.11× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions3.41×4 works
  2. Medicine2.45×22 works
  3. Chemical Engineering2.02×0 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.50×1 works
  5. Dentistry1.46×0 works
  6. Neuroscience1.22×1 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.13×3 works
  8. Social Sciences1.11×7 works
  9. Nursing1.07×0 works
  10. Psychology0.98×1 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.95×1 works
  12. Mathematics0.67×0 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.64×1 works
  14. Computer Science0.52×2 works
  15. Environmental Science0.34×1 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.22×0 works
  17. Engineering0.19×1 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.18×0 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.11×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Infant Foundation?

Ranked on the quality score, Fernando P. Polack, Romina Libster and Mauricio T. Caballero lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Infant Foundation.

  1. 1 Fernando P. Polack Argentina · #108,941 worldwide 34k citations · 206 works
  2. 2 Romina Libster Argentina · #166,661 worldwide 7.4k citations · 62 works
  3. 3 Mauricio T. Caballero Argentina · #173,073 worldwide 6.1k citations · 68 works
  4. 4 Gonzalo Pérez Marc Argentina · #230,141 worldwide 20k citations · 34 works
  5. 5 Silvina Coviello Argentina · #732,555 worldwide 2.7k citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Gastón Ofman Argentina · #941,861 worldwide 1.4k citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Andrea Pérez Rodríguez Argentina · #963,403 worldwide 1.2k citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Alejandra M Bianchi Argentina · #983,699 worldwide 1.5k citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Julia Dvorkin Argentina · #1,137,202 worldwide 139 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Ignacio Esteban Argentina · #1,167,421 worldwide 1.5k citations · 48 works
All ranked researchers at Infant Foundation

What are the most cited papers from Infant Foundation?

The most cited paper from Infant Foundation is "Global, regional, and national disease burden estimates of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in young children in 2015: a systematic review and modelling study" (Ting Shi et al., 2017), with 2,491 citations. Next come "Global, regional, and national disease burden estimates of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in children younger than 5 years in 2019: a systematic analysis" (2,013) and "Early High-Titer Plasma Therapy to Prevent Severe Covid-19 in Older Adults" (947).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global, regional, and national disease burden estimates of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in young children in 2015: a systematic review and modelling study Ting Shi et al. · The Lancet ReviewOpen access122 authors 7 Jul 2017 2,491
2 Global, regional, and national disease burden estimates of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in children younger than 5 years in 2019: a systematic analysis You Li et al. · The Lancet Open access121 authors May 2022 2,013
3 Early High-Titer Plasma Therapy to Prevent Severe Covid-19 in Older Adults Romina Libster et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 6 Jan 2021 947
4 Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults Honor Bixby et al. · Nature Open access1,155 authors 8 May 2019 758
5 Efficacy and Safety of a Bivalent RSV Prefusion F Vaccine in Older Adults Edward E. Walsh et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 5 Apr 2023 683
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Infant Foundation?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Neurodevelopmental Outcomes, Vaccine Development, Disease Burden, Viral Infections, Human Metapneumovirus and Respiratory Syncytial Virus.

▲ 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-now 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▲ 3.6×35 topics
  2. Public Health3▲ 4.0×13 topics
  3. Education2▲ 2.5×9 topics
  4. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes2▲ 20×5 topics
  5. Quality of Life2▲ 2.6×9 topics
  6. Mental Health2▲ 2.5×10 topics
  7. Vaccine Development2▲ 14×4 topics
  8. Disease Burden2▲ 44×2 topics
  9. Human Metapneumovirus2▲ 67×1 topic
  10. Respiratory Syncytial Virus2▲ 67×1 topic
  11. Viral Infections2▲ 55×2 topics
  12. Nutrition1▲ 6.9×5 topics
  13. Preterm Infants1▲ 23×4 topics
  14. Genetic Mutations1▲ 6.2×6 topics
  15. Health Promotion1▲ 8.7×6 topics
  16. SARS-CoV-21▲ 9.2×4 topics
  17. Teacher Training1▲ 4.4×5 topics
  18. Authentication1▲ 18×2 topics
  19. Cardiovascular Disease1▲ 2.1×10 topics
  20. Cognitive Function1▲ 13×2 topics
  21. E-Learning1▲ 2.6×4 topics
  22. Health Education1▲ 5.7×2 topics
  23. Myopia1▲ 36×2 topics
  24. Pathophysiology1▲ 8.6×2 topics
  25. Pulmonary Hypertension1▲ 18×2 topics
  26. Security1▲ 3.9×2 topics
  27. Treatment1▲ 2.0×9 topics
  28. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia1▲ 36×2 topics
  29. Executive Functioning1▲ 18×2 topics
  30. Family-Centered Care1▲ 50×1 topic
  31. Healthcare Access1▲ 8.9×4 topics
  32. Immune Response1▲ 4.1×4 topics
  33. Infant Mortality1▲ 50×1 topic
  34. Preterm Birth1▲ 35×2 topics
  35. Primary Care1▲ 6.4×4 topics
  36. Risk Factors1▲ 2.2×7 topics
  37. ACE2 Receptor1▲ 9.7×3 topics
  38. Health1▲ 5.4×4 topics
  39. Lung Stem Cells1▲ 38×1 topic
  40. Respiratory Distress Syndrome1▲ 26×1 topic

Which research topics does Infant Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Respiratory viral infections research, Infant Development and Preterm Care, Neonatal Respiratory Health Research and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies.

Respiratory viral infect…2Respiratory viral infections research: 2 fractional worksInfant Development and P…1Infant Development and Preterm Care: 1 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Hea…1Neonatal Respiratory Health Research: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…1COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 1 fractional worksBiometric Identification and Security: 1 fractional worksScience and Education Research: 1 fractional worksOphthalmology and Visual…1Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies: 1 fractional worksPublic Health and Environmental Issues: 1 fractional worksMaternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum: 0 fractional worksPediatric health and respiratory diseases: 0 fractional works
EpidemiologyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineInfectious Diseases5 others

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

  1. 1 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 2 works
  2. 2 Infant Development and Preterm Care Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  3. 3 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 1 works
  5. 5 Biometric Identification and Security Signal Processing 1 works
  6. 6 Science and Education Research Education 1 works
  7. 7 Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies Epidemiology 1 works
  8. 8 Public Health and Environmental Issues Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  9. 9 Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  10. 10 Pediatric health and respiratory diseases Emergency Medical Services 0 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 available54.6%not open45.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors41.5%domestic only58.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Infant Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 25% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Infant Foundation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00011% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Infant Foundation0.00011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Infant Foundation over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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