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SickKids Foundation

In research, SickKids Foundation stands highest in Health Sciences (#270 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#270 of 8,541 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#520 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Genetics (Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health is 8.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#879
of 22,385 · #735 all time
Rank in Canada
#28
of 305
Research works
6.3k
▼ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
272k
43.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.26×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
38%
world 40%
International
38%
world 18%
SickKids Foundation

What is SickKids Foundation 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 #270 of 9,902 15.1%611 #228
MedicineField #270 of 8,541 15.3%535 #231
Life SciencesDomain #520 of 6,403 10.4%206 #461
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #399 of 2,964 9.7%132 #419
SurgerySubfield #242 of 1,532 19.4%61 #187
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield #82 of 493 16.5%62 #65
Molecular BiologySubfield #428 of 1,880 10.6%61 #447
Social SciencesDomain #3,043 of 9,585 12.4%76 #1996

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where SickKids Foundation 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#228 #270
  2. Medicine#231 #270
  3. Life Sciences#461 #520
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#419 #399
  5. Surgery#187 #242
  6. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health#65 #82
  7. Molecular Biology#447 #428
  8. Social Sciences#1,996 #3,043
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 SickKids Foundation work in?

In 2022-now, 65% of research at SickKids Foundation is in Health Sciences, 22% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (57%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (14%), Health Professions (6%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 679 fractional works · 65.2% of its workMedicine: 596 fractional works · 57.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 69 fractional works · 6.6% of its workSurgery: 67 fractional works · 6.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 59 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEpidemiology: 48 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 36 fractional works · 3.4% of its workNeurology: 25 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 25 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 25 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhysiology: 23 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 19 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 19 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOncology: 19 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHematology: 17 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRheumatology: 15 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 14 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDermatology: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrology: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 59 fractional works · 5.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 28 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 21 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 19 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 230 fractional works · 22.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 147 fractional works · 14.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 68 fractional works · 6.6% of its workGenetics: 51 fractional works · 4.9% of its workCell Biology: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 51 fractional works · 4.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 23 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSensory Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 24 fractional works · 2.3% of its workImmunology: 20 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 87 fractional works · 8.4% of its workPsychology: 41 fractional works · 4.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 28 fractional works · 2.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 28 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 14 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 45 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEngineering: 17 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 13 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSickKidsFoundation1,041fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences22%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences65%Social Sciences8%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine59657.2%
    2. Health Professions595.6%
    3. Nursing212.0%
    4. Dentistry40.3%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology14714.1%
    2. Neuroscience514.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology242.3%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences60.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.2%
    1. Psychology414.0%
    2. Social Sciences282.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance90.9%
    4. Decision Sciences40.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting30.3%
    6. Arts and Humanities20.2%
    1. Engineering171.6%
    2. Environmental Science70.7%
    3. Computer Science70.7%
    4. Mathematics60.6%
    5. Physics and Astronomy30.3%
    6. Chemistry20.2%
    7. Materials Science10.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does SickKids Foundation specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health takes 8.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 68.8 works8.8×
  2. GeneticsSubfield · 50.8 works5.9×
← 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: 0.11× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.65× its world share, 147 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.30× its world share, 24 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.05× its world share, 51 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 17 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.51× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.70× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.13× its world share, 58 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.98× its world share, 596 worksMedicineNursing: 4.03× its world share, 21 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.42× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.30× its world share, 41 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 28 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing4.03×21 works
  2. Neuroscience3.05×51 works
  3. Medicine2.98×596 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.65×147 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology2.30×24 works
  6. Health Professions2.13×58 works
  7. Psychology1.30×41 works
  8. Dentistry0.70×4 works
  9. Mathematics0.51×6 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.49×2 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.42×9 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.36×4 works
  13. Veterinary0.32×0 works
  14. Social Sciences0.21×28 works
  15. Chemistry0.14×2 works
  16. Environmental Science0.14×7 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.14×3 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.11×6 works
  19. Engineering0.11×17 works
  20. Computer Science0.08×7 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.08×2 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.08×3 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.05×1 works
  24. Materials Science0.04×2 works

Who are the top researchers at SickKids Foundation?

Ranked on the quality score, Tyler Vaivada, Sherri L. Adams and Ellen Go lead among researchers whose main affiliation is SickKids Foundation.

  1. 1 Tyler Vaivada Canada · #419,816 worldwide 1.5k citations · 34 works
  2. 2 Sherri L. Adams Canada · #1,396,211 worldwide 680 citations · 47 works
  3. 3 Ellen Go Canada · #1,478,240 worldwide 424 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Karen M O’Callaghan Canada · #1,573,094 worldwide 383 citations · 34 works
  5. 5 Nicholas Carman Canada · #1,803,305 worldwide 938 citations · 69 works
  6. 6 Erin Culbert Canada · #3,132,511 worldwide 129 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Leah Bartlett Canada · #3,236,965 worldwide 140 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at SickKids Foundation

What are the most cited papers from SickKids Foundation?

The most cited paper from SickKids Foundation is "The 2021 WHO Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System: a summary" (David N. Louis, Arie Perry, Pieter Wesseling et al., 2021), with 12,579 citations. Next come "Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines" (11,535) and "Identification of human brain tumour initiating cells" (7,487).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The 2021 WHO Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System: a summary David N. Louis, Arie Perry, Pieter Wesseling et al. · Neuro-Oncology Open access 3 May 2021 12,579
2 Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines Clotilde Théry et al. · Journal of Extracellular Vesicles Open access382 authors 23 Nov 2018 11,535
3 Identification of human brain tumour initiating cells Sheila Kumari Singh, Cynthia E Hawkins, Ian D. Clarke et al. · Nature Nov 2004 7,487
4 Human acute myeloid leukemia is organized as a hierarchy that originates from a primitive hematopoietic cell Dominique A. Bonnet, John Edgar Dick · Nature Medicine Jul 1997 7,031
5 The REporting of studies Conducted using Observational Routinely-collected health Data (RECORD) Statement Eric I. Benchimol, Liam L Smeeth, Astrid Guttmann et al. · PLoS Medicine Open access 6 Oct 2015 5,721
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at SickKids Foundation?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Genetics, Adolescents, Genetic Mutations, Neurodevelopmental Outcomes, Preterm Infants and Children.

▲ 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. Epidemiology112▲ 2.7×113 topics
  2. Inflammation60▲ 2.7×71 topics
  3. Genetics41▲ 5.6×18 topics
  4. Genetic Mutations34▲ 7.5×23 topics
  5. Adolescents34▲ 8.9×7 topics
  6. Treatment34▲ 2.7×47 topics
  7. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes33▲ 17×6 topics
  8. Cancer28▲ 2.0×42 topics
  9. Quality of Life28▲ 1.83×44 topics
  10. Management27▲ 3.2×27 topics
  11. Diagnosis27▲ 2.8×35 topics
  12. Immunotherapy26▲ 3.5×17 topics
  13. Neurological Disorders26▲ 4.4×20 topics
  14. Preterm Infants26▲ 20×4 topics
  15. Depression22▲ 2.4×17 topics
  16. Children20▲ 8.6×7 topics
  17. Prevalence19▲ 4.4×14 topics
  18. Health-related Quality of Life16▲ 6.7×5 topics
  19. Pulmonary Hypertension16▲ 11×3 topics
  20. Prenatal Diagnosis16▲ 10×7 topics
  21. Executive Functioning15▲ 12×3 topics
  22. Critical Care15▲ 5.9×8 topics
  23. Congenital Heart Disease14▲ 16×3 topics
  24. Genetic Variants14▲ 7.5×7 topics
  25. Mortality Risk14▲ 5.6×6 topics
  26. Autism Spectrum Disorders14▲ 13×2 topics
  27. Neurodevelopmental Disorders14▲ 9.8×6 topics
  28. Cerebral Palsy13▲ 18×2 topics
  29. Respiratory Distress Syndrome13▲ 15×2 topics
  30. Psychosocial Outcomes13▲ 19×2 topics
  31. Cardiac Surgery13▲ 17×2 topics
  32. Cognitive Function13▲ 6.6×7 topics
  33. Molecular Classification13▲ 8.0×4 topics
  34. Epilepsy13▲ 11×4 topics
  35. Childhood Cancer Survivor Study12▲ 28×1 topic
  36. Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory12▲ 28×1 topic
  37. Adult Congenital Heart Disease12▲ 21×1 topic
  38. Glioblastoma12▲ 17×1 topic
  39. Pulmonary Valve Replacement12▲ 21×1 topic
  40. Temozolomide12▲ 17×1 topic

Which research topics does SickKids Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life, Congenital Heart Disease Studies, Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment and Neonatal Respiratory Health Research.

Childhood Cancer Survivo…12Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 12 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease…12Congenital Heart Disease Studies: 12 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 12 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Hea…11Neonatal Respiratory Health Research: 11 fractional worksGenomics and Rare Diseases: 10 fractional worksNeonatal and fetal brain pathology: 10 fractional worksAdolescent and Pediatric Healthcare: 9 fractional worksCystic Fibrosis Research…9Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances: 9 fractional worksInfant Development and Preterm Care: 8 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 8 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthEpidemiologyGeneticsPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine2 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 12 works
  2. 2 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 12 works
  3. 3 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 12 works
  4. 4 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 11 works
  5. 5 Genomics and Rare Diseases Genetics 10 works
  6. 6 Neonatal and fetal brain pathology Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 10 works
  7. 7 Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare Speech and Hearing 9 works
  8. 8 Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 9 works
  9. 9 Infant Development and Preterm Care Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 8 works
  10. 10 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical 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 available38.3%not open61.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors37.9%domestic only62.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has SickKids Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is SickKids Foundation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0041% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%SickKids Foundation0.0039% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of SickKids Foundation 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%SickKids Foundation13.4% 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 21.9% in 1992.

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