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Lurie Children's Hospital

In research, Lurie Children's Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#910 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,065 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#3,228 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Emergency Medicine, Genetics and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health — Emergency Medicine is 8.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,499
of 28,054 · #4,308 all time
Rank in United States
#625
of 4,192
Research works
5.8k
▲ 70% vs 2013–17
Citations
124k
21.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is Lurie 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 #910 of 10,443 14.8%780 #863
Health SciencesDomain #1,065 of 11,982 14.9%893 #1015
Life SciencesDomain #3,228 of 7,800 12.4%162 #3001
SurgerySubfield #799 of 1,816 13.7%113 #707
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield #233 of 441 22.3%61 #338
Health ProfessionsField #1,083 of 1,928 16.1%96 #1387
Social SciencesDomain #6,499 of 10,521 17.7%145 #6837
EpidemiologySubfield #721 of 976 14.3%74 #1010
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,688 of 3,579 12.7%109 #2859
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield #650 of 828 16.8%67 #868

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Lurie 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).

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#863 #910
  2. Health Sciences#1,015 #1,065
  3. Life Sciences#3,001 #3,228
  4. Surgery#707 #799
  5. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health#338 #233
  6. Health Professions#1,387 #1,083
  7. Social Sciences#6,837 #6,499
  8. Epidemiology#1,010 #721
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,859 #2,688
  10. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health#868 #650
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 Lurie Children's Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Emergency Medicine takes 8.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 23.9 works8.0×
  2. GeneticsSubfield · 25.1 works7.5×
  3. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 61.0 works6.7×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.67× its world share, 109 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.70× its world share, 21 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.24× its world share, 25 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 15 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.98× its world share, 96 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.31× its world share, 780 worksMedicineNursing: 2.43× its world share, 15 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.40× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.92× its world share, 72 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 53 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Lurie Children's Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Nancy L. Kuntz, Milton H. Paul and Stewart Goldman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lurie Children's Hospital.

  1. 1 Nancy L. Kuntz United States · #24,614 worldwide 642 citations · 38 works
  2. 2 Milton H. Paul United States · #32,708 worldwide 363 citations · 48 works
  3. 3 Stewart Goldman United States · #58,825 worldwide 298 citations · 44 works
  4. 4 David G. McLone United States · #74,335 worldwide 226 citations · 55 works
  5. 5 Riccardo Superina United States · #76,242 worldwide 176 citations · 36 works
  6. 6 Katherine Kaufer Christoffel United States · #82,576 worldwide 285 citations · 40 works
  7. 7 Carl L. Backer United States · #85,698 worldwide 203 citations · 51 works
  8. 8 Earl Y. Cheng United States · #96,951 worldwide 174 citations · 53 works
  9. 9 John T. Walkup United States · #97,059 worldwide 436 citations · 68 works
  10. 10 William J. Muller United States · #98,227 worldwide 139 citations · 33 works
All ranked researchers at Lurie Children's Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Lurie Children's Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Neurodevelopmental Outcomes, Adolescents, Management, Mental Health, Children, Congenital Heart Disease and Primary Care.

▲ 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. Epidemiology160▲ 3.3×113 topics
  2. Mental Health52▲ 2.9×30 topics
  3. Inflammation47▲ 1.86×64 topics
  4. Treatment43▲ 2.9×41 topics
  5. Management43▲ 4.5×28 topics
  6. Public Health41▲ 2.3×33 topics
  7. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes41▲ 18×6 topics
  8. Adolescents38▲ 8.3×7 topics
  9. Quality of Life35▲ 2.0×43 topics
  10. Risk Factors34▲ 2.5×33 topics
  11. Genetics34▲ 4.0×19 topics
  12. Diagnosis32▲ 2.8×35 topics
  13. Primary Care31▲ 6.7×11 topics
  14. Children30▲ 10×7 topics
  15. Cardiovascular Disease30▲ 2.2×32 topics
  16. Congenital Heart Disease29▲ 28×3 topics
  17. Genetic Mutations28▲ 5.4×23 topics
  18. Mortality Risk26▲ 9.0×6 topics
  19. Critical Care26▲ 9.3×8 topics
  20. Prevalence26▲ 5.2×12 topics
  21. Complications26▲ 4.2×17 topics
  22. Heart Failure26▲ 4.8×12 topics
  23. Pulmonary Hypertension25▲ 15×3 topics
  24. Cardiac Surgery24▲ 26×2 topics
  25. Preterm Infants23▲ 15×4 topics
  26. Adult Congenital Heart Disease23▲ 35×1 topic
  27. Pulmonary Valve Replacement23▲ 35×1 topic
  28. Prenatal Diagnosis22▲ 12×7 topics
  29. Echocardiography21▲ 6.3×8 topics
  30. Health Disparities19▲ 5.9×8 topics
  31. Emotion Regulation19▲ 4.9×7 topics
  32. Medical Education18▲ 5.7×11 topics
  33. Social Determinants18▲ 6.8×4 topics
  34. Health Equity18▲ 5.2×5 topics
  35. Mechanical Ventilation17▲ 12×2 topics
  36. Community Health15▲ 7.7×3 topics
  37. Respiratory Distress Syndrome15▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Transplantation14▲ 12×4 topics
  39. Gender Identity14▲ 11×3 topics
  40. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia14▲ 18×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Congenital Heart Disease Studies, Child and Adolescent Health, Neonatal Respiratory Health Research and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development.

Congenital Heart Disease…23Congenital Heart Disease Studies: 23 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Hea…13Child and Adolescent Health: 13 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Health Research: 13 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 12 fractional worksLGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 11 fractional worksChildhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 11 fractional worksRespiratory Support and …11Respiratory Support and Mechanisms: 11 fractional worksTransplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 10 fractional worksMetabolism and Genetic Disorders: 9 fractional worksDiversity and Career in …9Diversity and Career in Medicine: 9 fractional works
EpidemiologyGeneral Health ProfessionsPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineClinical Psychology5 others

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

  1. 1 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 23 works
  2. 2 Child and Adolescent Health General Health Professions 13 works
  3. 3 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 13 works
  4. 4 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 12 works
  5. 5 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 11 works
  6. 6 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 11 works
  7. 7 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 11 works
  8. 8 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 10 works
  9. 9 Metabolism and Genetic Disorders Clinical Biochemistry 9 works
  10. 10 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 9 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 available32.6%not open67.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.1%domestic only89.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Lurie Children's Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 70% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.