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Pediatric Nephrology of Alabama

In research, Pediatric Nephrology of Alabama stands highest in Medicine (#5,962 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,605 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,486
of 28,054 · #6,925 all time
Rank in United States
#2,681
of 4,192
Research works
1.2k
▼ 32% vs 2013–17
Citations
42k
34.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is Pediatric Nephrology of Alabama 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 #5,962 of 10,443 12.6%61 #1359
Health SciencesDomain #7,605 of 11,982 13.5%67 #1753

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Pediatric Nephrology of Alabama 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: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.17× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.18× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.08× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.94× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.11× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.59× its world share, 61 worksMedicineNursing: 5.59× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.38× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Pediatric Nephrology of Alabama?

Ranked on the composite score, L Piera lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Pediatric Nephrology of Alabama.

  1. 1 L Piera United States · #421,289 worldwide 61 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Pediatric Nephrology of Alabama

Which keywords describe research at Pediatric Nephrology of Alabama?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Cardiovascular Disease, Chronic Kidney Disease, Epidemiology, Metabolic Syndrome, Oxidative Stress, Hemodialysis and Hypertension.

▲ 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. Inflammation13▲ 6.9×49 topics
  2. Cardiovascular Disease9▲ 9.2×23 topics
  3. Epidemiology9▲ 2.5×47 topics
  4. Chronic Kidney Disease8▲ 36×8 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress6▲ 4.3×27 topics
  6. Metabolic Syndrome5▲ 7.1×16 topics
  7. Hemodialysis4▲ 63×2 topics
  8. Treatment4▲ 3.9×22 topics
  9. Quality of Life4▲ 3.0×11 topics
  10. Hypertension4▲ 14×12 topics
  11. Sepsis4▲ 25×4 topics
  12. Biomarkers3▲ 5.5×6 topics
  13. Critical Care3▲ 16×6 topics
  14. Acute Kidney Injury3▲ 72×3 topics
  15. Diabetes3▲ 7.0×11 topics
  16. Cancer3▲ 2.5×24 topics
  17. Management3▲ 4.3×9 topics
  18. Nutrition3▲ 7.5×3 topics
  19. Prognosis3▲ 10×7 topics
  20. Nephrotoxicity3▲ 77×2 topics
  21. Mortality3▲ 5.5×6 topics
  22. Heart Failure3▲ 6.8×9 topics
  23. Renal Failure3▲ 67×2 topics
  24. Fibrosis2▲ 15×6 topics
  25. Metabolism2▲ 5.4×12 topics
  26. Obesity2▲ 3.7×13 topics
  27. Graft Survival2▲ 33×3 topics
  28. Immunosuppressive Drugs2▲ 45×2 topics
  29. Kidney Transplantation2▲ 45×2 topics
  30. Dialysis2▲ 52×1 topic
  31. Peritoneal Dialysis2▲ 52×1 topic
  32. Global Burden2▲ 4.6×6 topics
  33. Mitochondrial Dysfunction2▲ 8.3×5 topics
  34. TGF-ß2▲ 16×4 topics
  35. Contrast-Induced Nephropathy2▲ 79×1 topic
  36. Atherosclerosis2▲ 7.9×7 topics
  37. Endothelial Dysfunction2▲ 9.9×7 topics
  38. Pathophysiology2▲ 7.2×5 topics
  39. Antibody-Mediated Rejection2▲ 51×1 topic
  40. Renal Allograft2▲ 51×1 topic

Which research topics does Pediatric Nephrology of Alabama publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Dialysis and Renal Disease Management, Acute Kidney Injury Research, Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments and Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes.

Dialysis and Renal Disease Management: 2 fractional worksAcute Kidney Injury Research: 2 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Ou…2Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 2 fractional worksChronic Kidney Disease a…1Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes: 1 fractional worksRenal Diseases and Glomerulopathies: 1 fractional worksKidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments: 1 fractional worksSepsis Diagnosis and Tre…1Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksBiomedical Research and Pathophysiology: 1 fractional worksChemotherapy-induced organ toxicity mitigation: 1 fractional worksOrgan Donation and Transplantation: 1 fractional works
NephrologyTransplantationPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEpidemiology2 others

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

  1. 1 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 2 works
  2. 2 Acute Kidney Injury Research Nephrology 2 works
  3. 3 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 2 works
  4. 4 Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes Nephrology 1 works
  5. 5 Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies Nephrology 1 works
  6. 6 Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 1 works
  8. 8 Biomedical Research and Pathophysiology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Chemotherapy-induced organ toxicity mitigation Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Organ Donation and Transplantation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational 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 available35.5%not open64.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors46.9%domestic only53.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Pediatric Nephrology of Alabama's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 32% lower 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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