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Orthopaedic Institute for Children

In research, Orthopaedic Institute for Children stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,556 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,232 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#15,007
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#3,092
of 7,310
Research works
277
▼ 43% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.5k
16.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.09×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
47%
world 40%
International
17%
world 18%
Orthopaedic Institute for Children

What is Orthopaedic Institute for Children known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #5,556 of 16,688 10.1%147
MedicineField #6,232 of 14,558 10.0%131

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Orthopaedic Institute 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Orthopaedic Institute for Children work in?

In 2022-now, 73% of research at Orthopaedic Institute for Children is in Health Sciences, 14% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (68%), Social Sciences (9%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 35 fractional works · 73.4% of its workMedicine: 32 fractional works · 67.7% of its workSurgery: 14 fractional works · 28.7% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 6.1% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 13.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 9.0% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 5.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 8.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 6.8% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKOrthopaedicInstitute for…47fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences73%Social Sciences14%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3267.7%
    2. Health Professions24.4%
    3. Dentistry00.8%
    4. Nursing00.5%
    1. Social Sciences49.0%
    2. Psychology12.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities00.7%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.7%
    5. Decision Sciences00.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology36.8%
    2. Neuroscience00.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.7%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    1. Engineering24.1%
    2. Materials Science00.4%
    3. Environmental Science00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.28× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceEngineering: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 1.57× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.68× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.52× its world share, 32 worksMedicineNursing: 1.01× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.52×32 works
  2. Health Professions1.68×2 works
  3. Dentistry1.57×0 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.28×3 works
  5. Nursing1.01×0 works
  6. Psychology0.82×1 works
  7. Social Sciences0.71×4 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology0.68×0 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.63×0 works
  10. Neuroscience0.50×0 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.33×0 works
  12. Engineering0.27×2 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.24×0 works
  14. Materials Science0.10×0 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.04×0 works
  16. Environmental Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Orthopaedic Institute for Children?

Ranked on the quality score, Doris V. K. Quon, Edward Ebramzadeh and Lewis E. Zionts lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Orthopaedic Institute for Children.

  1. 1 Doris V. K. Quon United States · #409,467 worldwide 3.5k citations · 170 works
  2. 2 Edward Ebramzadeh United States · #1,035,311 worldwide 7.4k citations · 223 works
  3. 3 Lewis E. Zionts United States · #1,157,545 worldwide 3k citations · 77 works
  4. 4 Sophia N. Sangiorgio United States · #2,144,860 worldwide 2k citations · 93 works
  5. 5 Sang‐Hyun Park United States · #2,613,213 worldwide 1.3k citations · 52 works
  6. 6 Robert S. Hastings United States · #3,499,635 worldwide 206 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Ashleen R. Knutsen United States · #3,607,728 worldwide 329 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Jennifer J. Beck United States · #4,298,339 worldwide 1.3k citations · 117 works
  9. 9 Ernest R. Tinkham United States · #5,069,841 worldwide 154 citations · 59 works
All ranked researchers at Orthopaedic Institute for Children

What are the most cited papers from Orthopaedic Institute for Children?

The most cited paper from Orthopaedic Institute for Children is "Vitamin D and the Immune System: New Perspectives on an Old Theme" (Martin Hewison, 2010), with 527 citations. Next come "The origin of submicron polyethylene wear debris in total hip arthroplasty." (378) and "Gene Therapy with Etranacogene Dezaparvovec for Hemophilia B" (366).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Vitamin D and the Immune System: New Perspectives on an Old Theme Martin Hewison · Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America Open access Jun 2010 527
2 The origin of submicron polyethylene wear debris in total hip arthroplasty. Harry A. McKellop, P. Campbell, Sang‐Hyun Park et al. · PubMed Feb 1995 378
3 Gene Therapy with Etranacogene Dezaparvovec for Hemophilia B Steven W. Pipe et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 22 Feb 2023 366
4 TGFβ signaling in cartilage development and maintenance Weiguang Wang, Diana Rigueur, Karen M. Lyons · Birth Defects Research Part C Embryo Today Reviews Open access Mar 2014 318
5 The Repair of Major Osteochondral Defects in Joint Surfaces by Neochondrogenesis with Autogenous Osteoperiosteal Grafts Stimulated by Continuous Passive Motion Shawn W. O’Driscoll, Robert B. Salter · Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research Jul 1986 216
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Which keywords describe research at Orthopaedic Institute for Children?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Biomechanics, Complications, Rehabilitation, Revision Surgery, Total Hip Replacement, Infection Prevention and Internal Fixation.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology8▲ 4.1×25 topics
  2. Biomechanics5▲ 33×6 topics
  3. Complications4▲ 17×7 topics
  4. Rehabilitation4▲ 21×8 topics
  5. Revision Surgery4▲ 59×2 topics
  6. Total Hip Replacement4▲ 59×2 topics
  7. Infection Prevention3▲ 63×2 topics
  8. Bone Healing3▲ 122×1 topic
  9. Fracture Epidemiology3▲ 122×1 topic
  10. Internal Fixation3▲ 83×2 topics
  11. Arthroplasty2▲ 52×2 topics
  12. Degenerative Disc Disease2▲ 51×2 topics
  13. Anterior Cruciate Ligament2▲ 90×1 topic
  14. Genetics2▲ 5.2×4 topics
  15. Health-related Quality of Life2▲ 16×2 topics
  16. Hip Arthroplasty2▲ 65×1 topic
  17. Injury Risk2▲ 90×1 topic
  18. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 12×1 topic
  19. Total Knee Replacement2▲ 55×1 topic
  20. Wear Particles2▲ 65×1 topic
  21. Spinal Fusion2▲ 37×2 topics
  22. Prophylaxis2▲ 26×2 topics
  23. Gene Therapy2▲ 16×2 topics
  24. Safety2▲ 119×2 topics
  25. Teacher Education2▲ 25×2 topics
  26. Cleft Lip1▲ 112×1 topic
  27. Cleft Palate1▲ 112×1 topic
  28. Factor VIII1▲ 201×1 topic
  29. Hemophilia1▲ 201×1 topic
  30. Mortality1▲ 5.2×5 topics
  31. Surgical Treatment1▲ 15×3 topics
  32. Distal Radius Fractures1▲ 56×1 topic
  33. Flexor Tendon Repair1▲ 56×1 topic
  34. Intervertebral Disc1▲ 41×1 topic
  35. Lumbar Disc Degeneration1▲ 41×1 topic
  36. Critical Race Theory1▲ 167×1 topic
  37. Gait Analysis1▲ 26×2 topics
  38. Intersectionality1▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Reflective Practice1▲ 13×4 topics
  40. Surgery1▲ 7.3×5 topics

Which research topics does Orthopaedic Institute for Children publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Bone fractures and treatments, Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty, Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques and Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes.

Bone fractures and treat…3Bone fractures and treatments: 3 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and…2Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 2 fractional worksKnee injuries and recons…2Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 2 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty …2Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 2 fractional worksHemophilia Treatment and Research: 1 fractional worksCleft Lip and Palate Research: 1 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral…1Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 1 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional worksCritical Race Theory in Education: 1 fractional worksCerebral Palsy and Movem…1Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders: 1 fractional works
EpidemiologySurgeryHematologyGenetics3 others

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

  1. 1 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 3 works
  2. 2 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 2 works
  3. 3 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Hemophilia Treatment and Research Hematology 1 works
  6. 6 Cleft Lip and Palate Research Genetics 1 works
  7. 7 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 Critical Race Theory in Education Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  10. 10 Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders Psychiatry and Mental health 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 available46.6%not open53.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.9%domestic only83.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Orthopaedic Institute for Children's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 43% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Orthopaedic Institute for Children as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00010% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Orthopaedic Institute for Children0.00019% in 202519801990200020102020

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