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Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital

In research, Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#15,592 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#14,318 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#33,362
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,791
of 2,253
Research works
252
▼ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.5k
13.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is Royal Alexandra 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
Health SciencesDomain #15,592 of 20,462 9.7%210
MedicineField #14,318 of 17,978 10.2%172

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Royal Alexandra 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: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.00× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 1.34× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 5.81× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.38× its world share, 23 worksMedicineNursing: 5.53× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.22× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 5.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Paul Seddon lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital.

  1. 1 Paul Seddon United Kingdom · #90,511 worldwide 196 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital

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

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Primary Care, Treatment, Complications, Social Determinants, Diagnosis, Children and Health Equity.

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

All 35 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology6▲ 3.9×26 topics
  2. Primary Care3▲ 25×7 topics
  3. Treatment3▲ 6.8×8 topics
  4. Complications2▲ 13×7 topics
  5. Diagnosis2▲ 6.6×8 topics
  6. Public Health2▲ 4.2×6 topics
  7. Social Determinants2▲ 29×2 topics
  8. Children2▲ 22×4 topics
  9. Community Health2▲ 31×1 topic
  10. Health Equity2▲ 19×2 topics
  11. Pediatrics2▲ 169×1 topic
  12. Training2▲ 23×2 topics
  13. Genetics2▲ 6.4×6 topics
  14. Preterm Infants2▲ 36×2 topics
  15. Inflammation2▲ 1.97×6 topics
  16. Surgical Management2▲ 10×6 topics
  17. Mental Health1▲ 2.7×6 topics
  18. Intussusception1▲ 106×1 topic
  19. Meckel's Diverticulum1▲ 106×1 topic
  20. Autism Spectrum Disorders1▲ 33×1 topic
  21. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia1▲ 49×1 topic
  22. Communication1▲ 11×2 topics
  23. Feeding Problems1▲ 90×1 topic
  24. Lung Stem Cells1▲ 55×1 topic
  25. Microbiota1▲ 15×2 topics
  26. Allergic Diseases1▲ 51×1 topic
  27. Asthma1▲ 31×1 topic
  28. Bronchiectasis1▲ 102×1 topic
  29. CFTR1▲ 102×1 topic
  30. Cystic Fibrosis1▲ 45×2 topics
  31. Healthcare Quality1▲ 30×2 topics
  32. Pulmonary Infections1▲ 52×2 topics
  33. Resilience1▲ 6.6×3 topics
  34. Guidelines1▲ 6.1×4 topics
  35. Patient Satisfaction1▲ 9.2×3 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Child and Adolescent Health, Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments, Neonatal Respiratory Health Research and Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues.

Child and Adolescent Hea…2Child and Adolescent Health: 2 fractional worksGastrointestinal disorde…1Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 1 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Hea…1Neonatal Respiratory Health Research: 1 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Feed…1Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues: 1 fractional worksCystic Fibrosis Research Advances: 1 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory diseases: 1 fractional worksChild Abuse and Trauma1Child Abuse and Trauma: 1 fractional worksUrologic and reproductive health conditions: 1 fractional worksGenital Health and Disease: 1 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Technology: 1 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsSurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePsychiatry and Mental health4 others

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

  1. 1 Child and Adolescent Health General Health Professions 2 works
  2. 2 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 1 works
  3. 3 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues Psychiatry and Mental health 1 works
  5. 5 Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 1 works
  7. 7 Child Abuse and Trauma Clinical Psychology 1 works
  8. 8 Urologic and reproductive health conditions Rheumatology 1 works
  9. 9 Genital Health and Disease Surgery 1 works
  10. 10 Healthcare Systems and Technology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 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 available42.5%not open57.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.6%domestic only78.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% 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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