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Royal Children's Hospital

In research, Royal Children's Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#861 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#994 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,499 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Psychiatry and Mental health — Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health is 9.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,540
of 28,054 · #1,951 all time
Rank in Australia
#60
of 391
Research works
10k
▼ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
363k
34.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is Royal Children's Hospital 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 #861 of 10,443 18.7%541 #507
Health SciencesDomain #994 of 11,982 19.1%618 #526
Life SciencesDomain #2,499 of 7,800 23.8%133 #884
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield #143 of 441 28.9%62 #98
Social SciencesDomain #5,837 of 10,521 26.5%107 #3973
Health ProfessionsField #1,321 of 1,928 23.6%62 #486
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,526 of 3,579 24.8%84 #793
SurgerySubfield #1,335 of 1,816 12.3%61 #618

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

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#507 #861
  2. Health Sciences#526 #994
  3. Life Sciences#884 #2,499
  4. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health#98 #143
  5. Social Sciences#3,973 #5,837
  6. Health Professions#486 #1,321
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#793 #2,526
  8. Surgery#618 #1,335
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 Royal Children's Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health takes 9.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 61.9 works9.4×
  2. Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield · 31.4 works7.2×
← 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: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.80× its world share, 84 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.07× its world share, 18 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.60× its world share, 23 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.94× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.02× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.69× its world share, 62 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.20× its world share, 541 worksMedicineNursing: 2.32× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.95× its world share, 52 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 41 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Mark T. Mackay, Susan M. Sawyer and Robert Williamson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Children's Hospital.

  1. 1 Mark T. Mackay Australia · #12,309 worldwide 4.1k citations · 44 works
  2. 2 Susan M. Sawyer Australia · #14,698 worldwide 556 citations · 70 works
  3. 3 Robert Williamson Australia · #18,716 worldwide 671 citations · 43 works
  4. 4 Andrew M. Davis Australia · #24,959 worldwide 346 citations · 48 works
  5. 5 H. Kerr Graham Australia · #26,012 worldwide 366 citations · 62 works
  6. 6 David M. Danks Australia · #45,375 worldwide 312 citations · 48 works
  7. 7 P D Phelan Australia · #60,305 worldwide 241 citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Nigel Curtis Australia · #62,176 worldwide 264 citations · 50 works
  9. 9 Robert J. Fowler Australia · #64,592 worldwide 234 citations · 39 works
  10. 10 Katrina Williams Australia · #72,559 worldwide 187 citations · 41 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Children's Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Royal Children's Hospital?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology140▲ 4.0×116 topics
  2. Inflammation37▲ 2.0×66 topics
  3. Treatment36▲ 3.4×41 topics
  4. Genetics33▲ 5.4×19 topics
  5. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes32▲ 20×6 topics
  6. Diagnosis31▲ 3.8×32 topics
  7. Mental Health31▲ 2.4×31 topics
  8. Public Health27▲ 2.1×37 topics
  9. Adolescents26▲ 8.0×7 topics
  10. Quality of Life26▲ 2.1×44 topics
  11. Management24▲ 3.5×24 topics
  12. Genetic Mutations24▲ 6.2×21 topics
  13. Prevalence20▲ 5.6×13 topics
  14. Children19▲ 9.1×7 topics
  15. Preterm Infants18▲ 17×4 topics
  16. Rehabilitation18▲ 5.2×10 topics
  17. Mortality Risk17▲ 8.0×6 topics
  18. Congenital Heart Disease16▲ 21×3 topics
  19. Vaccine15▲ 4.3×11 topics
  20. Cerebral Palsy15▲ 24×2 topics
  21. Executive Functioning15▲ 13×3 topics
  22. Health-related Quality of Life15▲ 7.2×5 topics
  23. Cardiac Surgery14▲ 22×2 topics
  24. Pulmonary Hypertension14▲ 12×3 topics
  25. Cognitive Function14▲ 9.0×7 topics
  26. Respiratory Distress Syndrome14▲ 20×2 topics
  27. Adult Congenital Heart Disease14▲ 29×1 topic
  28. Pulmonary Valve Replacement14▲ 29×1 topic
  29. Critical Care14▲ 6.7×8 topics
  30. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia13▲ 22×2 topics
  31. Preterm Birth13▲ 22×2 topics
  32. Lung Stem Cells13▲ 25×1 topic
  33. Pain Management13▲ 6.3×8 topics
  34. Surfactant Proteins13▲ 25×1 topic
  35. Genetic Variants12▲ 8.2×7 topics
  36. Interventions12▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Psychosocial Outcomes12▲ 21×2 topics
  38. Family-Centered Care12▲ 29×1 topic
  39. Infant Mortality12▲ 29×1 topic
  40. Gross Motor Function11▲ 31×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Congenital Heart Disease Studies, Neonatal Respiratory Health Research, Infant Development and Preterm Care and Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders.

Congenital Heart Disease…14Congenital Heart Disease Studies: 14 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Hea…13Neonatal Respiratory Health Research: 13 fractional worksInfant Development and P…12Infant Development and Preterm Care: 12 fractional worksCerebral Palsy and Movem…11Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders: 11 fractional worksChildhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 11 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 8 fractional worksCystic Fibrosis Research…7Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances: 7 fractional worksEthics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare: 7 fractional worksRespiratory viral infections research: 7 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hes…6Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 6 fractional works
EpidemiologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthPsychiatry and Mental health2 others

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

  1. 1 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 14 works
  2. 2 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 13 works
  3. 3 Infant Development and Preterm Care Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 12 works
  4. 4 Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders Psychiatry and Mental health 11 works
  5. 5 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 11 works
  6. 6 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 8 works
  7. 7 Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 7 works
  8. 8 Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 7 works
  9. 9 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 7 works
  10. 10 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 6 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 available31.9%not open68.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.9%domestic only80.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% 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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