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National Institute of Child Health

In research, National Institute of Child Health stands highest in Medicine (#9,612 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#11,187 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,950
of 28,054 · #3,537 all time
Rank in Pakistan
#215
of 241
Research works
1.4k
▲ 33% vs 2013–17
Citations
82k
59.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is National Institute of Child Health 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 #9,612 of 10,443 2.3%150 #4500
Health SciencesDomain #11,187 of 11,982 2.3%167 #5578

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Institute of Child Health 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: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.40× its world share, 29 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.37× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.17× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.69× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.43× its world share, 150 worksMedicineNursing: 5.09× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.79× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 5.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Institute of Child Health?

Ranked on the composite score, Jamshed Akhtar lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Institute of Child Health.

  1. 1 Jamshed Akhtar Pakistan · #1,215,957 worldwide 2 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at National Institute of Child Health

Which keywords describe research at National Institute of Child Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Metabolic Syndrome, Genetic Variants, Pulmonary Hypertension, Treatment, Newborn Screening and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes.

▲ 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. Epidemiology35▲ 3.9×68 topics
  2. Inflammation17▲ 3.6×38 topics
  3. Metabolic Syndrome12▲ 6.5×17 topics
  4. Treatment10▲ 3.6×26 topics
  5. Genetic Variants10▲ 25×4 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress8▲ 2.2×23 topics
  7. Pulmonary Hypertension8▲ 24×3 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 2.9×18 topics
  9. Public Health7▲ 2.2×16 topics
  10. Diagnosis7▲ 3.3×21 topics
  11. Genetics6▲ 4.0×7 topics
  12. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes6▲ 15×6 topics
  13. Newborn Screening6▲ 53×2 topics
  14. Management6▲ 3.5×15 topics
  15. Preterm Infants6▲ 22×3 topics
  16. Pathogenesis6▲ 5.2×12 topics
  17. Child Development5▲ 5.7×5 topics
  18. Complications5▲ 4.7×7 topics
  19. Global Burden5▲ 4.5×9 topics
  20. Critical Care5▲ 9.7×6 topics
  21. Neurological Disorders5▲ 3.9×9 topics
  22. Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia5▲ 126×1 topic
  23. Steroid 21-Hydroxylase Deficiency5▲ 126×1 topic
  24. Chronic Disease5▲ 12×3 topics
  25. Genetic Mutations5▲ 4.7×13 topics
  26. Antibiotic Prophylaxis4▲ 25×3 topics
  27. Genetic Regulation4▲ 12×2 topics
  28. Type 1 Diabetes4▲ 23×2 topics
  29. Neurotoxicity4▲ 16×3 topics
  30. Prenatal Diagnosis4▲ 13×6 topics
  31. Sickle-cell Disease4▲ 44×1 topic
  32. Thalassemia4▲ 44×1 topic
  33. Early-Life Conditions4▲ 33×1 topic
  34. Fetal Programming4▲ 33×1 topic
  35. Septic Shock4▲ 23×2 topics
  36. Endothelial Dysfunction4▲ 7.4×5 topics
  37. Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency4▲ 94×1 topic
  38. Neonatal Jaundice4▲ 94×1 topic
  39. Sepsis4▲ 10×6 topics
  40. Hepatocellular Carcinoma4▲ 7.9×3 topics

Which research topics does National Institute of Child Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sexual Differentiation and Disorders, Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders, Birth, Development, and Health and Neonatal Health and Biochemistry.

Sexual Differentiation a…5Sexual Differentiation and Disorders: 5 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and R…4Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 4 fractional worksBirth, Development, and Health: 4 fractional worksNeonatal Health and Bioc…4Neonatal Health and Biochemistry: 4 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…4Child Nutrition and Water Access: 4 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Health Research: 3 fractional worksDiabetes and associated disorders: 3 fractional worksCongenital Diaphragmatic…3Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies: 3 fractional worksMetabolism and Genetic Disorders: 2 fractional worksNeonatal and Maternal Infections: 2 fractional works
Molecular BiologyGeneticsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthNutrition and Dietetics4 others

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

  1. 1 Sexual Differentiation and Disorders Molecular Biology 5 works
  2. 2 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 4 works
  3. 3 Birth, Development, and Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 4 works
  4. 4 Neonatal Health and Biochemistry Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 4 works
  5. 5 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 4 works
  6. 6 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Diabetes and associated disorders Genetics 3 works
  8. 8 Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies Surgery 3 works
  9. 9 Metabolism and Genetic Disorders Clinical Biochemistry 2 works
  10. 10 Neonatal and Maternal Infections Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available42.0%not open58.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors63.6%domestic only36.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Institute of Child Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 33% 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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