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John Hunter Children's Hospital

In research, John Hunter Children's Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#10,483 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#13,330 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#29,450
of 42,892
Rank in Australia
#526
of 656
Research works
226
▲ 31% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.8k
25.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is John Hunter Children's Hospital 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 #10,483 of 17,978 21.9%164
Health SciencesDomain #13,330 of 20,462 20.8%183

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where John Hunter Children's Hospital 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: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.58× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.51× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.31× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Environmental Science: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 3.94× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.51× its world share, 28 worksMedicineNursing: 5.63× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.93× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at John Hunter Children's Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Carmel E. Smart, Bruce R. King and Patricia Crock lead among researchers whose main affiliation is John Hunter Children's Hospital.

  1. 1 Carmel E. Smart Australia · #239,030 worldwide 93 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Bruce R. King Australia · #449,390 worldwide 50 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Patricia Crock Australia · #541,622 worldwide 70 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 S. L. Nightingale Australia · #640,796 worldwide 11 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Frank Alvaro Australia · #1,570,043 worldwide 15 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at John Hunter Children's Hospital

Which keywords describe research at John Hunter Children's Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Type 1 Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease, Preterm Infants, Glycemic Control, Neurodevelopmental Outcomes, Diabetes and Complications.

▲ 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. Epidemiology7▲ 4.1×31 topics
  2. Type 1 Diabetes4▲ 108×2 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 7.7×9 topics
  4. Preterm Infants3▲ 59×4 topics
  5. Glycemic Control3▲ 47×4 topics
  6. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes3▲ 36×5 topics
  7. Complications3▲ 13×4 topics
  8. Diabetes3▲ 13×4 topics
  9. Genetics3▲ 9.1×8 topics
  10. Insulin Therapy3▲ 53×3 topics
  11. Pulmonary Hypertension2▲ 44×2 topics
  12. Respiratory Distress Syndrome2▲ 73×2 topics
  13. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia2▲ 89×2 topics
  14. Lung Stem Cells2▲ 98×1 topic
  15. Surfactant Proteins2▲ 98×1 topic
  16. Continuous Glucose Monitoring2▲ 116×1 topic
  17. Hypoglycemia2▲ 116×1 topic
  18. Inflammation2▲ 2.5×19 topics
  19. Immunotherapy2▲ 7.0×8 topics
  20. Obesity2▲ 6.4×9 topics
  21. Public Health2▲ 3.4×9 topics
  22. Critical Care2▲ 20×7 topics
  23. Autoimmunity2▲ 28×4 topics
  24. Executive Functioning2▲ 32×2 topics
  25. Preterm Birth2▲ 59×2 topics
  26. Cognitive Function2▲ 20×2 topics
  27. Family-Centered Care2▲ 79×1 topic
  28. HLA Genes2▲ 97×1 topic
  29. Infant Mortality2▲ 79×1 topic
  30. Insulin Production2▲ 97×1 topic
  31. Adolescents1▲ 9.0×4 topics
  32. Genetic Mutations1▲ 7.7×7 topics
  33. Primary Care1▲ 9.1×3 topics
  34. Echocardiography1▲ 11×3 topics
  35. Health Education1▲ 7.2×2 topics
  36. Heart Failure1▲ 7.3×2 topics
  37. Cardiovascular Risk1▲ 9.2×2 topics
  38. Chamber Quantification1▲ 35×1 topic
  39. Diabetes Mellitus1▲ 14×3 topics
  40. Health Equity1▲ 10×2 topics

Which research topics does John Hunter Children's Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Neonatal Respiratory Health Research, Diabetes Management and Research, Diabetes and associated disorders and Infant Development and Preterm Care.

Neonatal Respiratory Health Research: 2 fractional worksDiabetes Management and Research: 2 fractional worksDiabetes and associated …2Diabetes and associated disorders: 2 fractional worksInfant Development and P…2Infant Development and Preterm Care: 2 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 1 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Health: 1 fractional worksSchool Health and Nursin…1School Health and Nursing Education: 1 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease Studies: 1 fractional worksSepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksPancreatic function and diabetes: 1 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismGeneticsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health5 others

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

  1. 1 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  2. 2 Diabetes Management and Research Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 2 works
  3. 3 Diabetes and associated disorders Genetics 2 works
  4. 4 Infant Development and Preterm Care Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  5. 5 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Child and Adolescent Health General Health Professions 1 works
  7. 7 School Health and Nursing Education Speech and Hearing 1 works
  8. 8 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 1 works
  9. 9 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 1 works
  10. 10 Pancreatic function and diabetes Surgery 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 available43.2%not open56.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.8%domestic only73.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has John Hunter Children's Hospital'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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