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Royal Hospital for Sick Children

In research, Royal Hospital for Sick Children stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,142 of 20,462 worldwide), Medicine (#5,646 of 17,978 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#7,481 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#14,071
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#765
of 2,253
Research works
1.1k
▼ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
25k
22.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is Royal Hospital for Sick Children 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 #6,142 of 20,462 15.4%869
MedicineField #5,646 of 17,978 15.4%759
Life SciencesDomain #7,481 of 14,347 14.5%168
SurgerySubfield #2,635 of 4,227 17.3%138

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

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.93× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.74× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.40× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.23× its world share, 22 worksMedicineNursing: 5.38× its world share, 1 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× 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, 5.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, A Oakhill, James Carmichael and M.G. Mott lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Hospital for Sick Children.

  1. 1 A Oakhill United Kingdom · #175,877 worldwide 137 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 James Carmichael United Kingdom · #190,550 worldwide 133 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 M.G. Mott United Kingdom · #585,067 worldwide 56 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 D C Savage United Kingdom · #805,398 worldwide 30 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 James Burnet United Kingdom · #1,412,060 worldwide 1 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Hospital for Sick Children

Which keywords describe research at Royal Hospital for Sick Children?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Genetics, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Pathogenesis, Immunology, Crohn's Disease, Ulcerative Colitis and Management.

▲ 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. Epidemiology8▲ 5.8×36 topics
  2. Genetics4▲ 17×7 topics
  3. Inflammatory Bowel Disease4▲ 91×4 topics
  4. Pathogenesis3▲ 18×6 topics
  5. Immunology3▲ 72×2 topics
  6. Crohn's Disease2▲ 93×1 topic
  7. Ulcerative Colitis2▲ 163×1 topic
  8. Inflammation2▲ 3.1×17 topics
  9. Diagnosis2▲ 5.4×8 topics
  10. Management2▲ 6.2×7 topics
  11. Adolescents1▲ 10×3 topics
  12. Genetic Mutations1▲ 8.9×7 topics
  13. Oxidative Stress1▲ 2.1×7 topics
  14. Primary Care1▲ 9.1×4 topics
  15. Treatment1▲ 2.8×12 topics
  16. Clinical Outcomes1▲ 15×3 topics
  17. Cognitive Function1▲ 18×3 topics
  18. Microbiota1▲ 14×2 topics
  19. Mutation Analysis1▲ 43×2 topics
  20. Chronic Conditions1▲ 42×1 topic
  21. Transition1▲ 31×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare, Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances and Respiratory viral infections research.

Inflammatory Bowel Disease2Inflammatory Bowel Disease: 2 fractional worksAdolescent and Pediatric…1Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare: 1 fractional worksCystic Fibrosis Research…1Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances: 1 fractional worksRespiratory viral infections research: 1 fractional worksInfant Development and Preterm Care: 1 fractional worksMicroscopic Colitis: 1 fractional worksEpilepsy research and treatment: 1 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Health: 1 fractional worksCeliac Disease Research and Management: 1 fractional worksCraniofacial Disorders and Treatments: 0 fractional works
GeneticsSpeech and HearingPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEpidemiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 2 works
  2. 2 Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare Speech and Hearing 1 works
  3. 3 Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 1 works
  5. 5 Infant Development and Preterm Care Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  6. 6 Microscopic Colitis Epidemiology 1 works
  7. 7 Epilepsy research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 1 works
  8. 8 Child and Adolescent Health General Health Professions 1 works
  9. 9 Celiac Disease Research and Management Gastroenterology 1 works
  10. 10 Craniofacial Disorders and Treatments Genetics 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 available34.9%not open65.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.4%domestic only87.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% 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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