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Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital

In research, Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#6,114 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,729 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#20,878
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,134
of 2,253
Research works
432
▼ 33% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
25.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital 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
MedicineField #6,114 of 17,978 14.4%310
Health SciencesDomain #7,729 of 20,462 14.3%347

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Royal Aberdeen 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.63× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.29× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.34× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 1.51× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.44× its world share, 17 worksMedicineNursing: 8.64× its world share, 1 worksNursingEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.20× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 8.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, George Russell, Thomas Engelhardt and George Youngson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital.

  1. 1 George Russell United Kingdom · #97,235 worldwide 146 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Thomas Engelhardt United Kingdom · #125,140 worldwide 208 citations · 38 works
  3. 3 George Youngson United Kingdom · #1,092,066 worldwide 29 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Genetics, Inflammation, Pain Management, Neurological Disorders, Immunology and Complications.

▲ 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 21 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology6▲ 5.5×24 topics
  2. Treatment3▲ 8.2×10 topics
  3. Inflammation2▲ 4.7×15 topics
  4. Genetics2▲ 13×6 topics
  5. Neurological Disorders2▲ 12×4 topics
  6. Pain Management2▲ 31×3 topics
  7. Immunology2▲ 62×2 topics
  8. Complications2▲ 11×6 topics
  9. Inflammatory Bowel Disease1▲ 49×3 topics
  10. Pathogenesis1▲ 11×6 topics
  11. Congenital Anomalies1▲ 91×2 topics
  12. Diagnosis1▲ 4.9×10 topics
  13. Crohn's Disease1▲ 53×1 topic
  14. Mortality1▲ 7.4×4 topics
  15. Prenatal Diagnosis1▲ 30×3 topics
  16. Preterm Infants1▲ 33×3 topics
  17. Ulcerative Colitis1▲ 93×1 topic
  18. Botulinum Toxin1▲ 63×1 topic
  19. Gastroschisis1▲ 208×1 topic
  20. Neurotoxins1▲ 101×1 topic
  21. Omphalocele1▲ 208×1 topic

Which research topics does Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery, Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders and Neonatal Respiratory Health Research.

Inflammatory Bowel Disease1Inflammatory Bowel Disease: 1 fractional worksCongenital Anomalies and…1Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery: 1 fractional worksBotulinum Toxin and Rela…1Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders: 1 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Hea…1Neonatal Respiratory Health Research: 1 fractional worksMusic Therapy and Health: 1 fractional worksPelvic and Acetabular Injuries: 1 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory d…1Asthma and respiratory diseases: 1 fractional worksPediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies: 0 fractional worksUrological Disorders and Treatments: 0 fractional worksTrace Elements in Health0Trace Elements in Health: 0 fractional works
GeneticsSurgeryNeurologyPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine5 others

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

  1. 1 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 1 works
  2. 2 Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery Surgery 1 works
  3. 3 Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders Neurology 1 works
  4. 4 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Music Therapy and Health Social Psychology 1 works
  6. 6 Pelvic and Acetabular Injuries Surgery 1 works
  7. 7 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 1 works
  8. 8 Pediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 works
  9. 9 Urological Disorders and Treatments Urology 0 works
  10. 10 Trace Elements in Health Nutrition and Dietetics 0 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 available32.6%not open67.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.4%domestic only86.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 33% 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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