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Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children

In research, Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children stands highest in Health Sciences (#11,002 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#25,667
of 28,054 · #19,785 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#991
of 1,094
Research works
672
▲ 75% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
15.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children 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
Health SciencesDomain #11,002 of 11,982 6.8%68 #9197

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick 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 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: 1.03× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.26× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringHealth Professions: 5.21× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.76× its world share, 56 worksMedicineNursing: 3.16× its world share, 1 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× 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, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children?

Ranked on the composite score, Helen Mulholland, G. W. BLACK and C. Mansell Moullin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children.

  1. 1 Helen Mulholland United Kingdom · #342,167 worldwide 49 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 G. W. BLACK United Kingdom · #1,117,055 worldwide 19 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 C. Mansell Moullin United Kingdom · #1,168,700 worldwide 1 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Thomas Bourke United Kingdom · #1,206,228 worldwide 5 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Robert K. Johnston United Kingdom · #1,253,562 worldwide 10 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children

Which keywords describe research at Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mortality, Primary Care, Prevention, Critical Care, Health Equity, Complications and Surgery.

▲ 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. Epidemiology8▲ 2.8×30 topics
  2. Mortality4▲ 10.0×8 topics
  3. Primary Care4▲ 13×5 topics
  4. Prevention3▲ 10×5 topics
  5. Public Health3▲ 3.0×4 topics
  6. Treatment3▲ 3.4×10 topics
  7. Complications3▲ 7.1×9 topics
  8. Diagnosis3▲ 3.7×9 topics
  9. Critical Care3▲ 15×7 topics
  10. Health Equity3▲ 12×2 topics
  11. Community Health2▲ 20×1 topic
  12. Pediatrics2▲ 112×1 topic
  13. Surgery2▲ 9.4×5 topics
  14. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 9.7×4 topics
  15. Guidelines2▲ 6.4×7 topics
  16. Antibiotic Prophylaxis2▲ 35×3 topics
  17. Global Burden2▲ 5.3×5 topics
  18. Stroke2▲ 15×3 topics
  19. Clinical Trials2▲ 3.8×6 topics
  20. Cardiovascular Risk2▲ 8.1×3 topics
  21. Clinical Outcomes2▲ 11×2 topics
  22. Health-related Quality of Life2▲ 11×2 topics
  23. Healthcare Quality2▲ 24×3 topics
  24. Childhood Cancer Survivor Study2▲ 51×1 topic
  25. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 8.2×4 topics
  26. Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory2▲ 51×1 topic
  27. Resuscitation2▲ 17×4 topics
  28. Adolescents2▲ 5.7×2 topics
  29. Emergency Department Visits2▲ 38×1 topic
  30. Health Policy2▲ 13×2 topics
  31. Oncology2▲ 38×1 topic
  32. Biomechanics2▲ 6.4×2 topics
  33. Child Care2▲ 66×1 topic
  34. Chronic Disease Management2▲ 10×5 topics
  35. Emergency Department Crowding2▲ 65×1 topic
  36. Health Care Utilization2▲ 17×1 topic
  37. Infection Control Measures2▲ 66×1 topic
  38. Medical Education2▲ 7.6×7 topics
  39. Mental Health Services2▲ 36×2 topics
  40. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes1▲ 10.0×3 topics

Which research topics does Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Child and Adolescent Health, Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life, COVID-19 and healthcare impacts and Emergency and Acute Care Studies.

Child and Adolescent Hea…2Child and Adolescent Health: 2 fractional worksChildhood Cancer Survivo…2Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare …2COVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 2 fractional worksEmergency and Acute Care…2Emergency and Acute Care Studies: 2 fractional worksPediatric health and respiratory diseases: 2 fractional worksAdolescent and Pediatric Healthcare: 1 fractional worksRespiratory viral infect…1Respiratory viral infections research: 1 fractional worksClinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology: 1 fractional worksBone fractures and treatments: 1 fractional worksThyroid Disorders and Tr…1Thyroid Disorders and Treatments: 1 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthOncologyEmergency Medicine5 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 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 2 works
  4. 4 Emergency and Acute Care Studies Emergency Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Pediatric health and respiratory diseases Emergency Medical Services 2 works
  6. 6 Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare Speech and Hearing 1 works
  7. 7 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 1 works
  8. 8 Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology Nutrition and Dietetics 1 works
  9. 9 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 1 works
  10. 10 Thyroid Disorders and Treatments Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 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 available37.2%not open62.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.1%domestic only88.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 75% 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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