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Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego

In research, Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego stands highest in Medicine (#1,310 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,571 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,521 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health — Surgery is 7.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,400
of 28,054 · #4,090 all time
Rank in United States
#618
of 4,192
Research works
3.2k
▲ 25% vs 2013–17
Citations
120k
37.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego 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 #1,310 of 10,443 15.0%386 #1053
Health SciencesDomain #1,571 of 11,982 15.3%416 #1204
Life SciencesDomain #2,521 of 7,800 25.9%84 #2072
SurgerySubfield #946 of 1,816 12.7%93 #718

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego 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#1,053 #1,310
  2. Health Sciences#1,204 #1,571
  3. Life Sciences#2,072 #2,521
  4. Surgery#718 #946
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 Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 7.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 93.3 works7.2×
  2. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 22.8 works5.5×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.87× its world share, 55 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.95× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.56× its world share, 14 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.00× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.61× its world share, 24 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.62× its world share, 386 worksMedicineNursing: 1.81× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.26× its world share, 21 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego?

Ranked on the composite score, John S. Bradley, Scott J. Mubarak and Dennis R. Wenger lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego.

  1. 1 John S. Bradley United States · #16,860 worldwide 677 citations · 103 works
  2. 2 Scott J. Mubarak United States · #29,028 worldwide 342 citations · 46 works
  3. 3 Dennis R. Wenger United States · #58,004 worldwide 452 citations · 100 works
  4. 4 George W. Kaplan United States · #61,852 worldwide 188 citations · 39 works
  5. 5 Henry G. Chambers United States · #70,416 worldwide 198 citations · 43 works
  6. 6 John W. Moore United States · #85,454 worldwide 247 citations · 74 works
  7. 7 Marilyn C. Jones United States · #156,963 worldwide 134 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Peter O. Newton United States · #172,955 worldwide 131 citations · 46 works
  9. 9 James C. Perry United States · #185,889 worldwide 197 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 David H. Sutherland United States · #226,287 worldwide 144 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego

Which keywords describe research at Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Treatment, Genetic Mutations, Genetics, Diagnosis, Management and Spinal Fusion.

▲ 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. Epidemiology88▲ 4.0×103 topics
  2. Inflammation35▲ 3.0×58 topics
  3. Treatment29▲ 4.3×41 topics
  4. Diagnosis20▲ 4.0×35 topics
  5. Management19▲ 4.4×25 topics
  6. Genetics19▲ 4.8×18 topics
  7. Genetic Mutations17▲ 7.3×22 topics
  8. Complications16▲ 5.7×17 topics
  9. Risk Factors15▲ 2.5×25 topics
  10. Quality of Life15▲ 1.89×33 topics
  11. Spinal Fusion15▲ 27×2 topics
  12. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes14▲ 14×5 topics
  13. Biomechanics14▲ 8.3×7 topics
  14. Congenital Heart Disease13▲ 29×3 topics
  15. Surgical Management12▲ 5.5×18 topics
  16. Immunotherapy12▲ 3.1×16 topics
  17. SARS-CoV-212▲ 6.7×6 topics
  18. Rehabilitation12▲ 5.4×9 topics
  19. Mortality Risk12▲ 8.7×4 topics
  20. Adolescents11▲ 5.3×7 topics
  21. Neurological Disorders11▲ 3.4×15 topics
  22. Cardiac Surgery10▲ 26×2 topics
  23. Children10▲ 8.0×7 topics
  24. Adult Congenital Heart Disease10▲ 35×1 topic
  25. Pulmonary Valve Replacement10▲ 35×1 topic
  26. Scoliosis9▲ 55×1 topic
  27. Spinal Deformity9▲ 55×1 topic
  28. Treatment Guidelines9▲ 7.4×6 topics
  29. Surgery9▲ 4.5×11 topics
  30. Asthma8▲ 15×2 topics
  31. Preterm Infants8▲ 12×4 topics
  32. Clinical Outcomes8▲ 6.8×5 topics
  33. Prenatal Diagnosis8▲ 9.6×7 topics
  34. Surgical Treatment8▲ 7.0×4 topics
  35. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation8▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Low Back Pain7▲ 7.7×3 topics
  37. Cardiac Manifestations7▲ 36×2 topics
  38. Degenerative Disc Disease7▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Mechanical Ventilation7▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Immunology7▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Congenital Heart Disease Studies, Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment, Asthma and respiratory diseases and Hip disorders and treatments.

Congenital Heart Disease Studies: 10 fractional worksScoliosis diagnosis and treatment: 9 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory diseases: 6 fractional worksHip disorders and treatments: 6 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 6 fractional worksDermatology and Skin Diseases: 5 fractional worksTracheal and airway diso…5Tracheal and airway disorders: 5 fractional worksSpinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques: 5 fractional worksKawasaki Disease and Coronary Complications: 5 fractional worksChildhood Cancer Survivo…4Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 4 fractional works
EpidemiologySurgeryPhysiologyPathology and Forensic Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 10 works
  2. 2 Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment Surgery 9 works
  3. 3 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 6 works
  4. 4 Hip disorders and treatments Surgery 6 works
  5. 5 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 6 works
  6. 6 Dermatology and Skin Diseases Dermatology 5 works
  7. 7 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  8. 8 Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques Surgery 5 works
  9. 9 Kawasaki Disease and Coronary Complications Surgery 5 works
  10. 10 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 4 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 available33.1%not open66.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.1%domestic only87.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% 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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