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Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital

In research, Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#3,766 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,875 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,662
of 28,054 · #17,058 all time
Rank in United States
#1,897
of 4,192
Research works
871
▲ 46% vs 2013–17
Citations
18k
20.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is Monroe Carell Jr. 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 #3,766 of 10,443 14.0%137 #5384
Health SciencesDomain #4,875 of 11,982 13.7%156 #6322

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Monroe Carell Jr. 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: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.87× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.25× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.18× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.12× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.76× its world share, 137 worksMedicineNursing: 2.48× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.84× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, John W. Brock, Mark C. Adams and John C. Pope lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital.

  1. 1 John W. Brock United States · #27,518 worldwide 276 citations · 51 works
  2. 2 Mark C. Adams United States · #28,994 worldwide 289 citations · 46 works
  3. 3 John C. Pope United States · #46,312 worldwide 191 citations · 41 works
  4. 4 John C. Thomas United States · #196,761 worldwide 161 citations · 52 works
  5. 5 Justin Godown United States · #402,719 worldwide 44 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Stacy T. Tanaka United States · #438,125 worldwide 52 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Neal Patel United States · #748,743 worldwide 42 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 J. Elks United States · #1,484,351 worldwide 11 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Management, Genetics, Neurodevelopmental Outcomes, Inflammation, Complications and Children.

▲ 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. Epidemiology34▲ 4.5×74 topics
  2. Inflammation11▲ 2.8×35 topics
  3. Treatment11▲ 4.6×22 topics
  4. Management9▲ 6.1×19 topics
  5. Genetics8▲ 6.1×12 topics
  6. Diagnosis8▲ 4.3×19 topics
  7. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes7▲ 19×6 topics
  8. Complications6▲ 6.7×13 topics
  9. Children6▲ 13×7 topics
  10. Mortality6▲ 5.2×12 topics
  11. Public Health6▲ 2.0×16 topics
  12. Critical Care6▲ 13×8 topics
  13. Rehabilitation6▲ 7.3×8 topics
  14. Heart Failure5▲ 6.6×8 topics
  15. Adolescents5▲ 7.1×7 topics
  16. Primary Care5▲ 6.8×10 topics
  17. Surgical Management5▲ 6.0×14 topics
  18. Congenital Heart Disease4▲ 29×3 topics
  19. Guidelines4▲ 5.1×9 topics
  20. Intensive Care Unit4▲ 19×4 topics
  21. Resuscitation4▲ 18×4 topics
  22. Genetic Mutations4▲ 5.3×16 topics
  23. Asthma4▲ 22×2 topics
  24. Prenatal Diagnosis4▲ 14×6 topics
  25. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation4▲ 26×2 topics
  26. Immunology4▲ 19×2 topics
  27. Allergic Diseases4▲ 33×1 topic
  28. Eosinophils4▲ 33×1 topic
  29. Surgery4▲ 5.6×9 topics
  30. Mortality Risk4▲ 8.0×4 topics
  31. Adult Congenital Heart Disease4▲ 34×1 topic
  32. Cardiac Surgery4▲ 26×2 topics
  33. Pulmonary Valve Replacement4▲ 34×1 topic
  34. Thrombosis3▲ 6.2×5 topics
  35. Elderly Patients3▲ 9.9×3 topics
  36. Community Health3▲ 9.5×2 topics
  37. Training3▲ 7.0×2 topics
  38. Mechanical Ventilation3▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Pulmonary Hypertension3▲ 10×3 topics
  40. Sedation3▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Asthma and respiratory diseases, Congenital Heart Disease Studies, Child and Adolescent Health and Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices.

Asthma and respiratory d…4Asthma and respiratory diseases: 4 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease…4Congenital Heart Disease Studies: 4 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Hea…3Child and Adolescent Health: 3 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory S…2Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 2 fractional worksFamily and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units: 2 fractional worksTracheal and airway disorders: 2 fractional worksIntensive Care Unit Cogn…2Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders: 2 fractional worksEosinophilic Esophagitis: 2 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 2 fractional worksAdolescent and Pediatric…2Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare: 2 fractional works
PhysiologyEpidemiologyGeneral Health ProfessionsBiomedical Engineering6 others

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

  1. 1 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 4 works
  2. 2 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 4 works
  3. 3 Child and Adolescent Health General Health Professions 3 works
  4. 4 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 2 works
  6. 6 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Eosinophilic Esophagitis Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare Speech and Hearing 2 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 available31.7%not open68.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.5%domestic only92.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 46% 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.