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Lucile Packard Children's Hospital

In research, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#2,835 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#3,685 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,281
of 28,054 · #8,014 all time
Rank in United States
#1,387
of 4,192
Research works
1.9k
▲ 23% vs 2013–17
Citations
47k
24.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

What is Lucile Packard Children's Hospital 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 #2,835 of 10,443 15.9%234 #2220
Health SciencesDomain #3,685 of 11,982 15.8%257 #2388

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Lucile Packard 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: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.41× its world share, 25 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.63× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.70× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.28× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.26× its world share, 20 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.62× its world share, 234 worksMedicineNursing: 1.74× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.36× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.84× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Theresa A. Tacy, Jessica Rose and Beth D. Kaufman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lucile Packard Children's Hospital.

  1. 1 Theresa A. Tacy United States · #480,952 worldwide 33 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Jessica Rose United States · #491,341 worldwide 118 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Beth D. Kaufman United States · #656,709 worldwide 59 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Beverley Newman United States · #795,266 worldwide 22 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Rajesh Punn United States · #1,061,169 worldwide 14 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Sowmya Balasubramanian United States · #1,143,163 worldwide 2 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Neurodevelopmental Outcomes, Congenital Heart Disease, Mortality Risk, Cardiac Surgery, Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Pulmonary Valve Replacement, Epidemiology and Heart Failure.

▲ 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. Epidemiology30▲ 2.2×76 topics
  2. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes25▲ 40×6 topics
  3. Congenital Heart Disease20▲ 72×3 topics
  4. Mortality Risk17▲ 22×4 topics
  5. Adult Congenital Heart Disease17▲ 94×1 topic
  6. Cardiac Surgery17▲ 70×2 topics
  7. Pulmonary Valve Replacement17▲ 94×1 topic
  8. Heart Failure15▲ 10×11 topics
  9. Inflammation15▲ 2.1×44 topics
  10. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation12▲ 46×2 topics
  11. Treatment11▲ 2.6×32 topics
  12. Echocardiography10▲ 11×8 topics
  13. Genetic Mutations10▲ 7.0×20 topics
  14. Management10▲ 3.7×20 topics
  15. Preterm Infants10▲ 23×4 topics
  16. Thrombosis9▲ 9.8×5 topics
  17. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention9▲ 19×2 topics
  18. Cardiogenic Shock9▲ 54×1 topic
  19. Left Ventricular Assist Device9▲ 54×1 topic
  20. Pulmonary Hypertension8▲ 18×3 topics
  21. Critical Care8▲ 11×8 topics
  22. Genetics8▲ 3.3×13 topics
  23. Immunosuppressive Therapy8▲ 12×6 topics
  24. Transplantation8▲ 22×4 topics
  25. Resuscitation7▲ 17×4 topics
  26. Prenatal Diagnosis7▲ 15×7 topics
  27. Rejection7▲ 51×2 topics
  28. Heart Transplant7▲ 64×1 topic
  29. Lung Transplant7▲ 64×1 topic
  30. Prognosis7▲ 6.2×8 topics
  31. Adolescents6▲ 5.2×6 topics
  32. Pain Management6▲ 8.3×6 topics
  33. Primary Care6▲ 5.0×10 topics
  34. Respiratory Distress Syndrome6▲ 22×2 topics
  35. Surgical Management6▲ 4.5×16 topics
  36. Chronic Kidney Disease5▲ 6.6×8 topics
  37. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia5▲ 24×2 topics
  38. Cerebral Palsy5▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Dilated Cardiomyopathy5▲ 21×2 topics
  40. Lung Stem Cells5▲ 24×1 topic

Which research topics does Lucile Packard Children's Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Congenital Heart Disease Studies, Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices, Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes and Neonatal Respiratory Health Research.

Congenital Heart Disease…17Congenital Heart Disease Studies: 17 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory S…9Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 9 fractional worksTransplantation: Methods…7Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 7 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Health Research: 5 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 5 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 4 fractional worksNeonatal and fetal brain pathology: 4 fractional worksCongenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies: 3 fractional worksInfant Development and Preterm Care: 3 fractional worksPulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments: 3 fractional works
EpidemiologyBiomedical EngineeringSurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 17 works
  2. 2 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 9 works
  3. 3 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 7 works
  4. 4 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 5 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 4 works
  7. 7 Neonatal and fetal brain pathology Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 4 works
  8. 8 Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies Surgery 3 works
  9. 9 Infant Development and Preterm Care Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 works
  10. 10 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 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 available27.8%not open72.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.0%domestic only89.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Lucile Packard Children's Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% higher than in 2013–2017.

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