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Seattle Children's Hospital

In research, Seattle Children's Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#210 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#220 of 8,541 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#423 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Hematology (Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health is 7.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#663
of 22,385 · #497 all time
Rank in United States
#165
of 3,332
Research works
5.2k
▼ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
158k
30.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.10×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
37%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Seattle Children's Hospital

What is Seattle Children's Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #210 of 9,902 12.9%723 #158
MedicineField #220 of 8,541 13.2%627 #165
Life SciencesDomain #423 of 6,403 13.3%170 #318
Health ProfessionsField #257 of 1,895 11.5%84 #140
SurgerySubfield #216 of 1,532 13.9%92 #105
Social SciencesDomain #1,416 of 9,585 13.0%107 #982
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #452 of 2,964 12.3%111 #382
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #204 of 1,037 13.4%70 #133

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#158 #210
  2. Medicine#165 #220
  3. Life Sciences#318 #423
  4. Health Professions#140 #257
  5. Surgery#105 #216
  6. Social Sciences#982 #1,416
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#382 #452
  8. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#133 #204
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Seattle Children's Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 70% of research at Seattle Children's Hospital is in Health Sciences, 17% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (61%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (11%), Health Professions (8%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 779 fractional works · 70.1% of its workMedicine: 677 fractional works · 61.0% of its workSurgery: 100 fractional works · 9.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 73 fractional works · 6.6% of its workEpidemiology: 65 fractional works · 5.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 61 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 48 fractional works · 4.3% of its workOncology: 29 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 29 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPhysiology: 24 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHematology: 22 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 20 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNeurology: 18 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 17 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 17 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 16 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRheumatology: 13 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNephrology: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOphthalmology: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransplantation: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 88 fractional works · 7.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 45 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 15 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 14 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 184 fractional works · 16.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 119 fractional works · 10.7% of its workGenetics: 49 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 48 fractional works · 4.3% of its workCancer Research: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 32 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 15 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 29 fractional works · 2.6% of its workImmunology: 23 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 114 fractional works · 10.3% of its workPsychology: 61 fractional works · 5.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 32 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 14 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 35 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 35 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEngineering: 15 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 13 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKSeattleChildren's…1,111fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences70%Social Sciences10%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine67761.0%
    2. Health Professions887.9%
    3. Nursing90.8%
    4. Dentistry40.3%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11910.7%
    2. Neuroscience322.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology292.6%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences30.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
    1. Psychology615.5%
    2. Social Sciences353.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance90.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting50.5%
    5. Arts and Humanities20.2%
    6. Decision Sciences20.2%
    1. Engineering151.4%
    2. Environmental Science100.9%
    3. Computer Science50.4%
    4. Mathematics30.3%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.1%
    6. Materials Science10.1%
    7. Chemistry10.0%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    9. Energy00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Seattle Children's Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health takes 7.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 61.3 works7.4×
  2. HematologySubfield · 21.9 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, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.01× its world share, 119 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.57× its world share, 29 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.79× its world share, 32 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.32× 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: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 15 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.18× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.72× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.01× its world share, 88 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.17× its world share, 677 worksMedicineNursing: 1.66× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.38× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.80× its world share, 61 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 35 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.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.17×677 works
  2. Health Professions3.01×88 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.57×29 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.01×119 works
  5. Psychology1.80×61 works
  6. Neuroscience1.79×32 works
  7. Nursing1.66×9 works
  8. Dentistry0.72×4 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.38×9 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.32×1 works
  11. Social Sciences0.25×35 works
  12. Mathematics0.23×3 works
  13. Environmental Science0.18×10 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.17×2 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.14×5 works
  16. Engineering0.09×15 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.07×2 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.05×3 works
  19. Computer Science0.05×4 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.04×1 works
  21. Veterinary0.04×0 works
  22. Chemistry0.03×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.02×1 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.01×0 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, Julie R. Park, Douglas S. Hawkins and Rebecca Alice Gardner lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Seattle Children's Hospital.

  1. 1 Julie R. Park United States · #15,988 worldwide 15k citations · 390 works
  2. 2 Douglas S. Hawkins United States · #34,145 worldwide 22k citations · 491 works
  3. 3 Rebecca Alice Gardner United States · #38,492 worldwide 11k citations · 158 works
  4. 4 Carol A. Wallace United States · #59,194 worldwide 15k citations · 157 works
  5. 5 Nicholas Alexander Vitanza United States · #64,297 worldwide 4.6k citations · 212 works
  6. 6 Erin R. Rudzinski United States · #64,610 worldwide 9.3k citations · 243 works
  7. 7 Sarah E. S. Leary United States · #89,580 worldwide 9.1k citations · 282 works
  8. 8 Gail H. Deutsch United States · #92,318 worldwide 11k citations · 252 works
  9. 9 Navin R. Pinto United States · #97,851 worldwide 4.3k citations · 156 works
  10. 10 Karen F. Murray United States · #116,614 worldwide 10k citations · 180 works
All ranked researchers at Seattle Children's Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Seattle Children's Hospital?

The most cited paper from Seattle Children's Hospital is "Global, regional, and national sepsis incidence and mortality, 1990–2017: analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study" (Kristina E. Rudd et al., 2020), with 8,189 citations. Next come "Clinical Practice Guideline for Screening and Management of High Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents" (3,700) and "ASTCT Consensus Grading for Cytokine Release Syndrome and Neurologic Toxicity Associated with Immune Effector Cells" (3,663).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global, regional, and national sepsis incidence and mortality, 1990–2017: analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study Kristina E. Rudd et al. · The Lancet Open access 2020 8,189
2 Clinical Practice Guideline for Screening and Management of High Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents Joseph T. Flynn, David C. Kaelber, Carissa M. Baker‐Smith et al. · PEDIATRICS 22 Aug 2017 3,700
3 ASTCT Consensus Grading for Cytokine Release Syndrome and Neurologic Toxicity Associated with Immune Effector Cells Daniel W. Lee et al. · Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Open access 25 Dec 2018 3,663
4 The complete sequence of a human genome Sergey Nurk et al. · Science Open access100 authors 31 Mar 2022 3,475
5 Antiretroviral Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention in Heterosexual Men and Women Jared M. Baeten et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 11 Jul 2012 3,341
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Seattle Children's Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Adolescents, Genetics, Neurodevelopmental Outcomes, Genetic Mutations, Inflammation, Immunotherapy 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-now 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. Epidemiology149▲ 3.4×115 topics
  2. Inflammation49▲ 2.1×66 topics
  3. Genetics42▲ 5.3×19 topics
  4. Treatment38▲ 2.8×40 topics
  5. Mental Health36▲ 2.3×34 topics
  6. Adolescents36▲ 8.8×7 topics
  7. Public Health36▲ 2.2×33 topics
  8. Immunotherapy33▲ 4.1×17 topics
  9. Genetic Mutations32▲ 6.5×23 topics
  10. Risk Factors31▲ 2.5×30 topics
  11. Quality of Life31▲ 1.91×47 topics
  12. Management30▲ 3.4×28 topics
  13. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes29▲ 14×6 topics
  14. Diagnosis26▲ 2.5×36 topics
  15. Prognostic Factors23▲ 4.8×14 topics
  16. Primary Care23▲ 5.6×11 topics
  17. Health-related Quality of Life22▲ 8.6×5 topics
  18. Mortality21▲ 3.4×11 topics
  19. Congenital Heart Disease21▲ 23×3 topics
  20. Mortality Risk20▲ 7.6×5 topics
  21. Preterm Infants20▲ 15×4 topics
  22. Prenatal Diagnosis19▲ 12×7 topics
  23. Pulmonary Hypertension19▲ 13×3 topics
  24. Critical Care19▲ 6.9×8 topics
  25. Cardiac Surgery19▲ 23×2 topics
  26. Psychosocial Outcomes18▲ 26×2 topics
  27. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation18▲ 21×2 topics
  28. Childhood Cancer Survivor Study18▲ 37×1 topic
  29. Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory18▲ 37×1 topic
  30. Health Disparities18▲ 6.1×8 topics
  31. Adult Congenital Heart Disease17▲ 28×1 topic
  32. Pulmonary Valve Replacement17▲ 28×1 topic
  33. Cancer Immunotherapy16▲ 9.4×3 topics
  34. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia15▲ 21×2 topics
  35. Pregnancy15▲ 6.6×9 topics
  36. Respiratory Distress Syndrome15▲ 17×2 topics
  37. Lymphoma15▲ 8.3×3 topics
  38. Lung Stem Cells14▲ 23×1 topic
  39. Surfactant Proteins14▲ 23×1 topic
  40. Tumor Regression14▲ 11×2 topics

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

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

Childhood Cancer Survivo…18Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 18 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease…17Congenital Heart Disease Studies: 17 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: 12 fractional worksCongenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies: 11 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Hea…11Child and Adolescent Health: 11 fractional worksAdolescent and Pediatric Healthcare: 10 fractional worksCleft Lip and Palate Research: 9 fractional worksLGBTQ Health, Identity, …8LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 8 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthEpidemiologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOncology5 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 18 works
  2. 2 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 17 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 12 works
  6. 6 Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies Surgery 11 works
  7. 7 Child and Adolescent Health General Health Professions 11 works
  8. 8 Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare Speech and Hearing 10 works
  9. 9 Cleft Lip and Palate Research Genetics 9 works
  10. 10 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 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: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.6%domestic only86.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Seattle Children's Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0046% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Seattle Children's Hospital0.0032% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Seattle Children's Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Seattle Children's Hospital11.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.9% in 1993.

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