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Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust

In research, Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,410 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,230 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,988
of 22,385 · #13,085 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#475
of 862
Research works
607
▼ 14% vs 2018-21
Citations
11k
17.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
42%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust

What is Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust 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 #3,410 of 9,902 11.7%93 #4227
MedicineField #3,230 of 8,541 12.6%75 #4062

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust 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 fields of science does Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust work in?

In 2022-now, 69% of research at Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust is in Health Sciences, 17% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (57%), Health Professions (12%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (11%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 107 fractional works · 69.1% of its workMedicine: 88 fractional works · 56.6% of its workSurgery: 13 fractional works · 8.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 9 fractional works · 5.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 8 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 18 fractional works · 11.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 10 fractional works · 6.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 27 fractional works · 17.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 17 fractional works · 11.1% of its workGenetics: 10 fractional works · 6.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 4.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 10.8% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 6.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKSheffieldChildren's NHS…155fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences69%Social Sciences11%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine8856.6%
    2. Health Professions1811.6%
    3. Nursing10.6%
    4. Dentistry00.3%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1711.1%
    2. Neuroscience74.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.8%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    1. Psychology96.0%
    2. Social Sciences53.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting10.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.3%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.3%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Engineering21.6%
    2. Environmental Science10.7%
    3. Computer Science00.3%
    4. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    5. Energy00.0%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    7. Chemistry00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.08× its world share, 17 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.86× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.91× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.41× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.94× its world share, 88 worksMedicineNursing: 1.13× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.96× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.25× 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, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions4.41×18 works
  2. Medicine2.94×88 works
  3. Neuroscience2.86×7 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.08×17 works
  5. Psychology1.96×9 works
  6. Nursing1.13×1 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.91×0 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology0.82×1 works
  9. Dentistry0.63×0 works
  10. Veterinary0.49×0 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.28×1 works
  12. Social Sciences0.25×5 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.16×0 works
  14. Environmental Science0.15×1 works
  15. Engineering0.11×2 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.11×0 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.10×0 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.10×0 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.08×1 works
  20. Computer Science0.03×0 works
  21. Energy0.03×0 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust?

Ranked on the quality score, Paul Dimitri, Diana S. Johnson and Kath Smith lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust.

  1. 1 Paul Dimitri United Kingdom · #134,854 worldwide 5.4k citations · 166 works
  2. 2 Diana S. Johnson United Kingdom · #303,134 worldwide 4k citations · 66 works
  3. 3 Kath Smith United Kingdom · #516,750 worldwide 3.7k citations · 43 works
  4. 4 Miranda Durkie United Kingdom · #584,780 worldwide 1.1k citations · 87 works
  5. 5 Meena Balasubramanian United Kingdom · #654,728 worldwide 4.8k citations · 189 works
  6. 6 Valerie Harpin United Kingdom · #842,631 worldwide 3.2k citations · 55 works
  7. 7 Nicola Jay United Kingdom · #915,301 worldwide 1.1k citations · 34 works
  8. 8 Ruth N. Kingshott United Kingdom · #970,657 worldwide 3k citations · 46 works
  9. 9 Ann Dalton United Kingdom · #1,043,676 worldwide 2.2k citations · 35 works
  10. 10 Paul Arundel United Kingdom · #1,443,739 worldwide 2.7k citations · 131 works
All ranked researchers at Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust

What are the most cited papers from Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust?

The most cited paper from Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust is "COVID-19: consider cytokine storm syndromes and immunosuppression" (Puja Mehta, Daniel Francis McAuley, Michael Brown et al., 2020), with 10,244 citations. Next come "The 2017 international classification of the Ehlers–Danlos syndromes" (1,940) and "The UK10K project identifies rare variants in health and disease" (1,195).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 COVID-19: consider cytokine storm syndromes and immunosuppression Puja Mehta, Daniel Francis McAuley, Michael Brown et al. · The Lancet Open access Mar 2020 10,244
2 The 2017 international classification of the Ehlers–Danlos syndromes Fransiska Malfait et al. · American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C Seminars in Medical Genetics Open access Mar 2017 1,940
3 The UK10K project identifies rare variants in health and disease Writing group et al. · Nature Open access349 authors 14 Sep 2015 1,195
4 Mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19 COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative et al. · Nature Open access3,896 authors 8 Jul 2021 1,130
5 Recurrent gain of chromosomes 17q and 12 in cultured human embryonic stem cells Jonathan S. Draper, Kath Smith, Paul J. Gokhale et al. · Nature Biotechnology 7 Dec 2003 1,035
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Primary Care, Adolescents, Public Health, Genetics, Health Equity, Training and Biomechanics.

▲ 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. Epidemiology21▲ 3.4×71 topics
  2. Public Health8▲ 3.6×18 topics
  3. Primary Care8▲ 14×11 topics
  4. Inflammation6▲ 1.95×32 topics
  5. Adolescents6▲ 11×6 topics
  6. Genetics6▲ 5.4×12 topics
  7. Treatment5▲ 2.8×22 topics
  8. Health Equity5▲ 11×3 topics
  9. Mortality4▲ 5.0×9 topics
  10. Biomechanics4▲ 9.0×4 topics
  11. Training4▲ 13×3 topics
  12. Mental Health Services4▲ 50×2 topics
  13. Social Determinants4▲ 12×2 topics
  14. Chronic Conditions4▲ 36×2 topics
  15. Community Health4▲ 15×1 topic
  16. Health Care4▲ 26×2 topics
  17. Pediatrics4▲ 89×1 topic
  18. Circadian Rhythms4▲ 22×2 topics
  19. Medical Home4▲ 96×1 topic
  20. Transition4▲ 26×1 topic
  21. Meta-Analysis3▲ 3.8×8 topics
  22. Health-related Quality of Life3▲ 8.6×3 topics
  23. Aortic Aneurysm3▲ 30×2 topics
  24. Bone Healing3▲ 43×1 topic
  25. Fracture Epidemiology3▲ 43×1 topic
  26. Internal Fixation3▲ 29×2 topics
  27. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy3▲ 13×2 topics
  28. Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome3▲ 85×1 topic
  29. Marfan Syndrome3▲ 85×1 topic
  30. Chronic Disease Management3▲ 9.1×5 topics
  31. Genetic Variants3▲ 10×5 topics
  32. Insomnia3▲ 24×1 topic
  33. Sleep Duration3▲ 25×1 topic
  34. Childhood Cancer Survivor Study3▲ 38×1 topic
  35. Executive Functioning3▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes3▲ 8.6×6 topics
  37. Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory3▲ 38×1 topic
  38. Quality Improvement3▲ 8.6×4 topics
  39. Autism Spectrum Disorders2▲ 16×2 topics
  40. Clinical Genomics2▲ 39×1 topic

Which research topics does Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Child and Adolescent Health, Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare, Bone fractures and treatments and Connective tissue disorders research.

Child and Adolescent Hea…4Child and Adolescent Health: 4 fractional worksAdolescent and Pediatric…4Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare: 4 fractional worksBone fractures and treat…3Bone fractures and treatments: 3 fractional worksConnective tissue disord…3Connective tissue disorders research: 3 fractional worksSleep and related disorders: 3 fractional worksChildhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 3 fractional worksGenomics and Rare Diseases2Genomics and Rare Diseases: 2 fractional worksObstructive Sleep Apnea Research: 2 fractional worksChild Abuse and Related Trauma: 2 fractional worksInhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery: 2 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsSpeech and HearingEpidemiologyGenetics4 others

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

  1. 1 Child and Adolescent Health General Health Professions 4 works
  2. 2 Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare Speech and Hearing 4 works
  3. 3 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 3 works
  4. 4 Connective tissue disorders research Genetics 3 works
  5. 5 Sleep and related disorders Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 3 works
  6. 6 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 works
  7. 7 Genomics and Rare Diseases Genetics 2 works
  8. 8 Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research Physiology 2 works
  9. 9 Child Abuse and Related Trauma Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  10. 10 Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 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 available41.6%not open58.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.3%domestic only83.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00066% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust0.00068% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust9.5% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.6% in 2020.

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