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Sheffield Children's Hospital

In research, Sheffield Children's Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,007 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,602 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 6.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,511
of 28,054 · #7,797 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#317
of 1,094
Research works
2.3k
▼ 25% vs 2013–17
Citations
47k
20.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is Sheffield 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
Health SciencesDomain #2,007 of 11,982 9.5%123 #2598
MedicineField #2,602 of 10,443 9.4%104 #2366

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

What does Sheffield Children's Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 6.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 23.5 works6.3×
← 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, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.39× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.88× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.15× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.34× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.21× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.41× its world share, 104 worksMedicineNursing: 2.09× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.65× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.89× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, J. L. Emery, R.B. Zachary and Jackie Cook lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sheffield Children's Hospital.

  1. 1 J. L. Emery United Kingdom · #97,515 worldwide 210 citations · 32 works
  2. 2 R.B. Zachary United Kingdom · #113,770 worldwide 103 citations · 37 works
  3. 3 Jackie Cook United Kingdom · #116,606 worldwide 172 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Mark L. Everard United Kingdom · #135,440 worldwide 108 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Rachel Tattersall United Kingdom · #185,362 worldwide 1.1k citations · 17 works
  6. 6 J S Lilleyman United Kingdom · #194,729 worldwide 112 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 W. J. W. Sharrard United Kingdom · #225,286 worldwide 83 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Heather Elphick United Kingdom · #244,253 worldwide 79 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Alan Sprigg United Kingdom · #344,379 worldwide 50 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 James Lister United Kingdom · #385,419 worldwide 86 citations · 46 works
All ranked researchers at Sheffield Children's Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Sheffield Children's Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Primary Care, Complications, Diagnosis, Mortality, Prevention, Management and Rehabilitation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology29▲ 4.6×71 topics
  2. Diagnosis8▲ 5.3×19 topics
  3. Primary Care7▲ 12×11 topics
  4. Complications7▲ 8.5×12 topics
  5. Inflammation6▲ 1.93×25 topics
  6. Mortality6▲ 6.9×8 topics
  7. Treatment6▲ 3.3×25 topics
  8. Quality of Life6▲ 2.7×22 topics
  9. Management6▲ 4.9×12 topics
  10. Public Health6▲ 2.6×18 topics
  11. Prevention6▲ 8.2×9 topics
  12. Rehabilitation5▲ 7.5×8 topics
  13. Biomechanics4▲ 9.4×4 topics
  14. Microbiota4▲ 13×2 topics
  15. Genetics4▲ 3.9×12 topics
  16. Immune Dysregulation4▲ 35×2 topics
  17. Genetic Mutations4▲ 6.1×17 topics
  18. Children4▲ 10×7 topics
  19. Prevalence4▲ 5.9×7 topics
  20. Guidelines4▲ 5.0×6 topics
  21. Cystic Fibrosis4▲ 32×2 topics
  22. Intestinal Permeability4▲ 47×2 topics
  23. Prenatal Diagnosis4▲ 15×6 topics
  24. Surgical Management4▲ 5.4×10 topics
  25. Genetic Variants3▲ 12×5 topics
  26. Mutation Analysis3▲ 28×2 topics
  27. Pulmonary Infections3▲ 36×2 topics
  28. Autoantibodies3▲ 8.8×6 topics
  29. Bronchiectasis3▲ 71×1 topic
  30. CFTR3▲ 71×1 topic
  31. Health Equity3▲ 7.3×3 topics
  32. Preterm Infants3▲ 16×3 topics
  33. Training3▲ 8.7×2 topics
  34. Community Health3▲ 11×1 topic
  35. Filaggrin3▲ 35×1 topic
  36. Pediatrics3▲ 59×1 topic
  37. Skin Microbiome3▲ 35×1 topic
  38. Health-related Quality of Life3▲ 7.1×3 topics
  39. Bone Healing2▲ 36×1 topic
  40. Inflammatory Bowel Disease2▲ 14×4 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances, Dermatology and Skin Diseases, Child and Adolescent Health and Bone fractures and treatments.

Cystic Fibrosis Research…3Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances: 3 fractional worksDermatology and Skin Dis…3Dermatology and Skin Diseases: 3 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Health: 3 fractional worksBone fractures and treatments: 2 fractional worksCeliac Disease Research and Management: 2 fractional worksKnee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 2 fractional worksPediatric health and respiratory diseases: 2 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathol…2Esophageal and GI Pathology: 2 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Health Research: 2 fractional worksObstructive Sleep Apnea Research: 2 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineDermatologyGeneral Health ProfessionsEpidemiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  2. 2 Dermatology and Skin Diseases Dermatology 3 works
  3. 3 Child and Adolescent Health General Health Professions 3 works
  4. 4 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 2 works
  5. 5 Celiac Disease Research and Management Gastroenterology 2 works
  6. 6 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Pediatric health and respiratory diseases Emergency Medical Services 2 works
  8. 8 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research Physiology 2 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 available31.8%not open68.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.7%domestic only89.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% 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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