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Institute of Child Health

In research, Institute of Child Health stands highest in Medicine (#4,877 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#6,183 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#5,710 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 7.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,709
of 28,054 · #3,732 all time
Rank in India
#880
of 1,840
Research works
4k
▼ 9% vs 2013–17
Citations
136k
33.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is Institute of Child Health 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 #4,877 of 10,443 5.2%324 #1273
Health SciencesDomain #6,183 of 11,982 5.2%355 #1445
Life SciencesDomain #5,710 of 7,800 7.7%78 #1953

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute of Child Health 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#1,273 #4,877
  2. Health Sciences#1,445 #6,183
  3. Life Sciences#1,953 #5,710
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 Institute of Child Health specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health takes 7.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 27.1 works7.6×
← 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: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.10× its world share, 53 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.80× its world share, 13 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.95× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.57× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.45× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.54× its world share, 324 worksMedicineNursing: 3.60× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.20× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.66× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institute of Child Health?

Ranked on the composite score, Catherine Peckham, J F Soothill and Malcolm Turner lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute of Child Health.

  1. 1 Catherine Peckham India · #40,871 worldwide 209 citations · 36 works
  2. 2 J F Soothill India · #121,382 worldwide 173 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Malcolm Turner India · #176,278 worldwide 163 citations · 31 works
  4. 4 D. P. R. Muller India · #234,002 worldwide 94 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 J F Soothill India · #275,373 worldwide 123 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Michael A. Preece India · #290,559 worldwide 187 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 R.J. Brereton India · #485,613 worldwide 33 citations · 32 works
  8. 8 David Skuse India · #529,928 worldwide 77 citations · 46 works
  9. 9 Jawaharlal Nehru India · #554,895 worldwide 20 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 I Smith India · #581,387 worldwide 74 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Institute of Child Health

Which keywords describe research at Institute of Child Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Inflammation, Genetic Mutations, Treatment, Management, Preterm Infants and SARS-CoV-2.

▲ 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. Epidemiology83▲ 4.4×103 topics
  2. Inflammation31▲ 3.1×50 topics
  3. Diagnosis24▲ 5.5×34 topics
  4. Treatment23▲ 3.9×35 topics
  5. Management17▲ 4.5×24 topics
  6. Genetic Mutations16▲ 8.0×20 topics
  7. Public Health15▲ 2.2×34 topics
  8. Quality of Life13▲ 1.92×30 topics
  9. Genetics13▲ 3.9×17 topics
  10. Pathogenesis12▲ 4.8×17 topics
  11. Preterm Infants12▲ 20×4 topics
  12. Complications12▲ 4.8×16 topics
  13. SARS-CoV-211▲ 7.3×5 topics
  14. Immune Response11▲ 4.2×16 topics
  15. Vaccine11▲ 5.5×11 topics
  16. Surgical Management10▲ 5.4×18 topics
  17. Pulmonary Hypertension10▲ 15×3 topics
  18. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes10▲ 12×6 topics
  19. Prenatal Diagnosis9▲ 13×7 topics
  20. Critical Care9▲ 7.9×8 topics
  21. Thrombosis8▲ 6.3×7 topics
  22. Child Development8▲ 4.2×6 topics
  23. Infection8▲ 7.0×6 topics
  24. Treatment Guidelines8▲ 8.0×6 topics
  25. Intravenous Immunoglobulin8▲ 26×3 topics
  26. Prevalence8▲ 4.2×10 topics
  27. Prognostic Factors8▲ 3.9×14 topics
  28. Stem Cells8▲ 6.2×8 topics
  29. Children7▲ 6.6×7 topics
  30. Genetic Variants7▲ 8.0×6 topics
  31. Cardiac Manifestations6▲ 37×2 topics
  32. Anemia6▲ 14×4 topics
  33. Prophylaxis6▲ 10×4 topics
  34. Respiratory Distress Syndrome6▲ 16×2 topics
  35. Clinical Management6▲ 7.5×7 topics
  36. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia6▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Congenital Anomalies6▲ 21×3 topics
  38. Kawasaki Disease6▲ 90×1 topic
  39. Lung Stem Cells6▲ 21×1 topic
  40. Surfactant Proteins6▲ 21×1 topic

Which research topics does Institute of Child Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Kawasaki Disease and Coronary Complications, Neonatal Respiratory Health Research, Child Nutrition and Water Access and Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life.

Kawasaki Disease and Cor…6Kawasaki Disease and Coronary Complications: 6 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Hea…6Neonatal Respiratory Health Research: 6 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 5 fractional worksChildhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 4 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 4 fractional worksNeonatal and fetal brain pathology: 4 fractional worksSepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional worksAutoimmune and Inflammat…4Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research: 4 fractional worksHemophilia Treatment and Research: 4 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Health: 3 fractional works
SurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineNutrition and DieteticsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health4 others

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

  1. 1 Kawasaki Disease and Coronary Complications Surgery 6 works
  2. 2 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  3. 3 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 5 works
  4. 4 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 4 works
  5. 5 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 4 works
  6. 6 Neonatal and fetal brain pathology Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 4 works
  7. 7 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 4 works
  8. 8 Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research Hematology 4 works
  9. 9 Hemophilia Treatment and Research Hematology 4 works
  10. 10 Child and Adolescent Health General Health Professions 3 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 available47.9%not open52.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors40.0%domestic only60.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institute of Child Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% lower 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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