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Seattle Children's Hospital

In research, Seattle Children's Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#1,291 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,612 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,076 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Hematology — Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health is 7.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,067
of 28,054 · #3,047 all time
Rank in United States
#573
of 4,192
Research works
5.2k
▲ 36% vs 2013–17
Citations
158k
30.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is Seattle 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 #1,291 of 10,443 17.4%627 #957
Health SciencesDomain #1,612 of 11,982 17.5%723 #1056
Life SciencesDomain #2,076 of 7,800 18.2%170 #1591
SurgerySubfield #1,065 of 1,816 13.3%92 #921
Social SciencesDomain #6,383 of 10,521 24.7%107 #4227
Health ProfessionsField #1,272 of 1,928 19.0%84 #854
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #769 of 1,144 14.7%70 #703
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,598 of 3,579 16.9%111 #1932

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Seattle 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#957 #1,291
  2. Health Sciences#1,056 #1,612
  3. Life Sciences#1,591 #2,076
  4. Surgery#921 #1,065
  5. Social Sciences#4,227 #6,383
  6. Health Professions#854 #1,272
  7. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#703 #769
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,932 #2,598
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 Seattle Children's Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health takes 7.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 56.5 works7.3×
  2. HematologySubfield · 20.2 works6.5×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.02× its world share, 111 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.59× its world share, 27 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.74× its world share, 29 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.18× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.75× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.09× its world share, 84 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.16× its world share, 627 worksMedicineNursing: 1.66× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.36× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.81× its world share, 57 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 33 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 Seattle Children's Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Margaret Rosenfeld, Julie R. Park and Douglas S. Hawkins lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Seattle Children's Hospital.

  1. 1 Margaret Rosenfeld United States · #15,886 worldwide 448 citations · 64 works
  2. 2 Julie R. Park United States · #86,200 worldwide 266 citations · 37 works
  3. 3 Douglas S. Hawkins United States · #95,586 worldwide 156 citations · 50 works
  4. 4 Gail Deutsch United States · #117,729 worldwide 119 citations · 35 works
  5. 5 Eugene Kolker United States · #132,699 worldwide 529 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Marguerite T. Parisi United States · #153,884 worldwide 209 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Thomas K. Jones United States · #157,081 worldwide 137 citations · 37 works
  8. 8 Robert Sidbury United States · #187,896 worldwide 125 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Jane L. Burns United States · #207,671 worldwide 82 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 James T. Bennett United States · #230,611 worldwide 130 citations · 35 works
All ranked researchers at Seattle Children's Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Seattle Children's Hospital?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology139▲ 3.4×115 topics
  2. Inflammation45▲ 2.1×63 topics
  3. Genetics39▲ 5.4×17 topics
  4. Treatment36▲ 2.9×40 topics
  5. Mental Health34▲ 2.3×32 topics
  6. Adolescents33▲ 8.7×7 topics
  7. Public Health33▲ 2.2×33 topics
  8. Immunotherapy32▲ 4.4×17 topics
  9. Risk Factors29▲ 2.6×30 topics
  10. Genetic Mutations29▲ 6.4×23 topics
  11. Management28▲ 3.5×28 topics
  12. Quality of Life28▲ 1.85×46 topics
  13. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes27▲ 14×6 topics
  14. Diagnosis25▲ 2.6×36 topics
  15. Prognostic Factors23▲ 5.1×14 topics
  16. Primary Care22▲ 5.7×11 topics
  17. Health-related Quality of Life21▲ 8.6×5 topics
  18. Mortality20▲ 3.4×11 topics
  19. Congenital Heart Disease20▲ 23×3 topics
  20. Preterm Infants19▲ 15×4 topics
  21. Pulmonary Hypertension19▲ 13×3 topics
  22. Mortality Risk19▲ 7.6×5 topics
  23. Critical Care18▲ 7.5×8 topics
  24. Prenatal Diagnosis18▲ 12×7 topics
  25. Cardiac Surgery17▲ 23×2 topics
  26. Psychosocial Outcomes17▲ 26×2 topics
  27. Health Disparities17▲ 6.2×8 topics
  28. Childhood Cancer Survivor Study16▲ 36×1 topic
  29. Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory16▲ 36×1 topic
  30. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation16▲ 20×2 topics
  31. Adult Congenital Heart Disease16▲ 29×1 topic
  32. Cancer Immunotherapy16▲ 10.0×3 topics
  33. Pulmonary Valve Replacement16▲ 29×1 topic
  34. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia15▲ 22×2 topics
  35. Respiratory Distress Syndrome15▲ 17×2 topics
  36. Lymphoma14▲ 8.7×3 topics
  37. Pregnancy14▲ 6.7×9 topics
  38. Lung Stem Cells14▲ 23×1 topic
  39. Surfactant Proteins14▲ 23×1 topic
  40. Tumor Regression14▲ 12×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life, Congenital Heart Disease Studies, Neonatal Respiratory Health Research and CAR-T cell therapy research.

Childhood Cancer Survivo…16Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 16 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease…16Congenital Heart Disease Studies: 16 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Hea…14Neonatal Respiratory Health Research: 14 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy resea…13CAR-T cell therapy research: 13 fractional worksCystic Fibrosis Research Advances: 11 fractional worksCongenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies: 10 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Hea…10Child and Adolescent Health: 10 fractional worksAdolescent and Pediatric Healthcare: 10 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 8 fractional worksCleft Lip and Palate Res…8Cleft Lip and Palate Research: 8 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthEpidemiologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOncology4 others

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

  1. 1 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 16 works
  2. 2 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 16 works
  3. 3 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 14 works
  4. 4 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 13 works
  5. 5 Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 11 works
  6. 6 Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies Surgery 10 works
  7. 7 Child and Adolescent Health General Health Professions 10 works
  8. 8 Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare Speech and Hearing 10 works
  9. 9 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 8 works
  10. 10 Cleft Lip and Palate Research Genetics 8 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-authors13.6%domestic only86.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 36% 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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