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Shriners Hospitals for Children - Boston

In research, Shriners Hospitals for Children - Boston stands highest in Medicine (#7,978 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,683 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,057
of 28,054 · #19,620 all time
Rank in United States
#2,123
of 4,192
Research works
337
▲ 66% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.3k
24.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is Shriners Hospitals for Children - Boston 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
MedicineField #7,978 of 17,978 15.2%222
Health SciencesDomain #10,683 of 20,462 15.2%239

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Shriners Hospitals for Children - Boston 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.97× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.86× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.97× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.85× its world share, 52 worksMedicineNursing: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.31× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Shriners Hospitals for Children - Boston?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Antibiotic Resistance, Rehabilitation, Resuscitation, Sepsis, Pathophysiology, Risk Factors and Inflammation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology19▲ 6.7×24 topics
  2. Antibiotic Resistance11▲ 42×5 topics
  3. Rehabilitation11▲ 40×5 topics
  4. Inflammation10▲ 7.2×23 topics
  5. Resuscitation10▲ 111×2 topics
  6. Pathophysiology10▲ 48×2 topics
  7. Sepsis10▲ 86×3 topics
  8. Risk Factors10▲ 13×3 topics
  9. Burn Injury10▲ 881×1 topic
  10. Burn Wound Infections10▲ 881×1 topic
  11. Wound Healing6▲ 32×4 topics
  12. Macrophages6▲ 47×3 topics
  13. Angiogenesis6▲ 24×3 topics
  14. Diabetes5▲ 15×6 topics
  15. Growth Factors5▲ 59×2 topics
  16. Regeneration5▲ 37×2 topics
  17. Chronic Wounds5▲ 128×1 topic
  18. Fibroblasts5▲ 128×1 topic
  19. Complications4▲ 11×7 topics
  20. Cancer3▲ 3.5×15 topics
  21. Transplantation3▲ 47×4 topics
  22. Regenerative Medicine3▲ 18×5 topics
  23. Ethical Considerations3▲ 11×4 topics
  24. Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury2▲ 55×2 topics
  25. Rejection2▲ 86×2 topics
  26. Immunity2▲ 8.6×5 topics
  27. Breast Reconstruction2▲ 53×2 topics
  28. Graft Survival2▲ 40×3 topics
  29. Apoptosis2▲ 9.9×4 topics
  30. Free Flap2▲ 76×1 topic
  31. Microsurgical Reconstruction2▲ 76×1 topic
  32. Extracellular Matrix2▲ 16×4 topics
  33. Neuropathology2▲ 20×2 topics
  34. Child Injury2▲ 92×1 topic
  35. Concussion2▲ 61×1 topic
  36. Encephalopathy2▲ 39×1 topic
  37. Socioeconomic Factors2▲ 21×2 topics
  38. Unintentional Injuries2▲ 92×1 topic
  39. Autophagy2▲ 47×1 topic
  40. Liver Transplantation2▲ 21×2 topics

Which research topics does Shriners Hospitals for Children - Boston publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Burn Injury Management and Outcomes, Wound Healing and Treatments, Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques and Injury Epidemiology and Prevention.

Burn Injury Management a…10Burn Injury Management and Outcomes: 10 fractional worksWound Healing and Treatments: 5 fractional worksReconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques: 2 fractional worksInjury Epidemiology and Prevention: 2 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury Research: 2 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksAutophagy in Disease and Therapy: 2 fractional worksOrgan and Tissue Transplantation Research: 2 fractional worksReconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques: 1 fractional works3D Printing in Biomedical Research: 1 fractional works
EpidemiologyRehabilitationSurgeryPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health2 others

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

  1. 1 Burn Injury Management and Outcomes Epidemiology 10 works
  2. 2 Wound Healing and Treatments Rehabilitation 5 works
  3. 3 Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Injury Epidemiology and Prevention Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  5. 5 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 2 works
  6. 6 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Autophagy in Disease and Therapy Epidemiology 2 works
  8. 8 Organ and Tissue Transplantation Research Transplantation 2 works
  9. 9 Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques Surgery 1 works
  10. 10 3D Printing in Biomedical Research Biomedical Engineering 1 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 available41.4%not open58.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.9%domestic only83.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Shriners Hospitals for Children - Boston's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 66% 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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