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Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children

In research, Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children stands highest in Medicine (#10,332 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#11,883 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#27,121
of 28,054 · #39,243 all time
Rank in Sri Lanka
#35
of 37
Research works
419
▲ 45% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.8k
4.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
82%
world 28%

What is Lady Ridgeway Hospital for 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 #10,332 of 10,443 3.5%67 #17449
Health SciencesDomain #11,883 of 11,982 3.4%75 #19619

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Lady Ridgeway Hospital for 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).

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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.70× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.97× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 2.15× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.44× its world share, 67 worksMedicineNursing: 3.90× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.04× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children?

Ranked on the composite score, Navoda Atapattu and Gérard Lucas lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children.

  1. 1 Navoda Atapattu Sri Lanka · #306,192 worldwide 143 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Gérard Lucas Sri Lanka · #745,557 worldwide 12 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children

Which keywords describe research at Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Metabolic Syndrome, Genetics, Treatment, Diagnosis, Genetic Mutations and Health Equity.

▲ 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. Epidemiology14▲ 3.5×42 topics
  2. Inflammation8▲ 3.7×24 topics
  3. Treatment5▲ 4.4×16 topics
  4. Diagnosis5▲ 5.2×14 topics
  5. Metabolic Syndrome5▲ 5.9×11 topics
  6. Genetics5▲ 6.4×10 topics
  7. Public Health4▲ 3.0×9 topics
  8. Genetic Mutations4▲ 8.5×13 topics
  9. Immune Response3▲ 5.6×8 topics
  10. Health Equity3▲ 11×2 topics
  11. Drug Resistance3▲ 10×4 topics
  12. Primary Care3▲ 7.7×2 topics
  13. Community Health3▲ 17×1 topic
  14. Pediatrics3▲ 95×1 topic
  15. Management2▲ 3.2×11 topics
  16. Preterm Infants2▲ 20×3 topics
  17. Cerebral Palsy2▲ 32×2 topics
  18. Child Development2▲ 5.5×5 topics
  19. Genetic Variants2▲ 12×5 topics
  20. Newborn Screening2▲ 38×2 topics
  21. Pulmonary Hypertension2▲ 14×2 topics
  22. Rehabilitation2▲ 5.0×3 topics
  23. Surgery2▲ 5.7×6 topics
  24. Liver Transplantation2▲ 16×4 topics
  25. Metabolic Disorders2▲ 16×2 topics
  26. Mitochondrial Function2▲ 20×3 topics
  27. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes2▲ 9.6×4 topics
  28. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia2▲ 26×2 topics
  29. Cognitive Impairment2▲ 6.7×5 topics
  30. Pediatric2▲ 28×3 topics
  31. Epilepsy2▲ 15×2 topics
  32. Gross Motor Function2▲ 37×1 topic
  33. Hepatic Steatosis2▲ 10×2 topics
  34. ICF Model2▲ 37×1 topic
  35. Inflammatory Bowel Disease2▲ 14×4 topics
  36. Lung Stem Cells2▲ 26×1 topic
  37. Off-Label Drug Use2▲ 57×1 topic
  38. Pediatric Pharmacokinetics2▲ 57×1 topic
  39. Respiratory Distress Syndrome2▲ 19×2 topics
  40. Vitamin B122▲ 47×2 topics

Which research topics does Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Child and Adolescent Health, Pharmaceutical studies and practices, Neonatal Respiratory Health Research and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment.

Child and Adolescent Hea…3Child and Adolescent Health: 3 fractional worksPharmaceutical studies a…2Pharmaceutical studies and practices: 2 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Health Research: 2 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksCerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders: 2 fractional worksMetabolism and Genetic Disorders: 2 fractional worksClinical Laboratory Practices and Quality Control: 1 fractional worksTuberculosis Research an…1Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 1 fractional worksBirth, Development, and Health: 1 fractional worksRenal Diseases and Glomerulopathies: 1 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEpidemiology5 others

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

  1. 1 Child and Adolescent Health General Health Professions 3 works
  2. 2 Pharmaceutical studies and practices Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  3. 3 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 2 works
  5. 5 Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  6. 6 Metabolism and Genetic Disorders Clinical Biochemistry 2 works
  7. 7 Clinical Laboratory Practices and Quality Control Physiology 1 works
  8. 8 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 1 works
  9. 9 Birth, Development, and Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  10. 10 Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies Nephrology 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 available82.4%not open17.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.0%domestic only88.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 45% 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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