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SickKids Foundation

In research, SickKids Foundation stands highest in Medicine (#956 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,174 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,805 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. 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, 2022–2025
#3,087
of 28,054 · #2,132 all time
Rank in Canada
#61
of 403
Research works
6.3k
▲ 25% vs 2013–17
Citations
272k
43.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is SickKids Foundation 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
MedicineField #956 of 10,443 22.9%535 #660
Health SciencesDomain #1,174 of 11,982 22.8%611 #772
Life SciencesDomain #1,805 of 7,800 21.4%206 #902
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield #129 of 441 35.8%62 #154
SurgerySubfield #824 of 1,816 22.4%61 #646
Social SciencesDomain #5,253 of 10,521 22.6%76 #4744
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,810 of 3,579 21.7%132 #919
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,663 of 2,175 24.5%61 #878

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#660 #956
  2. Health Sciences#772 #1,174
  3. Life Sciences#902 #1,805
  4. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health#154 #129
  5. Surgery#646 #824
  6. Social Sciences#4,744 #5,253
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#919 #1,810
  8. Molecular Biology#878 #1,663
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

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 · 61.7 works8.8×
  2. GeneticsSubfield · 45.7 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: 0.12× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.65× its world share, 132 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.26× its world share, 21 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.03× its world share, 46 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 15 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.52× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.74× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.20× its world share, 54 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.98× its world share, 535 worksMedicineNursing: 4.00× its world share, 18 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.43× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.27× its world share, 36 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 25 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.

Which keywords describe research at SickKids Foundation?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Genetics, Genetic Mutations, Adolescents, 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology99▲ 2.7×112 topics
  2. Inflammation54▲ 2.8×70 topics
  3. Genetics37▲ 5.7×18 topics
  4. Genetic Mutations32▲ 7.8×23 topics
  5. Adolescents31▲ 9.0×7 topics
  6. Treatment30▲ 2.6×46 topics
  7. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes29▲ 17×6 topics
  8. Cancer26▲ 2.1×42 topics
  9. Diagnosis25▲ 2.8×34 topics
  10. Management24▲ 3.3×26 topics
  11. Quality of Life24▲ 1.80×43 topics
  12. Immunotherapy24▲ 3.6×17 topics
  13. Preterm Infants23▲ 20×4 topics
  14. Neurological Disorders23▲ 4.4×17 topics
  15. Depression20▲ 2.4×17 topics
  16. Children19▲ 8.6×7 topics
  17. Prevalence16▲ 4.2×13 topics
  18. Health-related Quality of Life15▲ 6.8×5 topics
  19. Prenatal Diagnosis15▲ 11×7 topics
  20. Pulmonary Hypertension15▲ 11×3 topics
  21. Executive Functioning15▲ 12×3 topics
  22. Critical Care14▲ 6.3×8 topics
  23. Autism Spectrum Disorders13▲ 14×2 topics
  24. Pain Management12▲ 5.9×8 topics
  25. Congenital Heart Disease12▲ 16×3 topics
  26. Neurodevelopmental Disorders12▲ 10×6 topics
  27. Respiratory Distress Syndrome12▲ 16×2 topics
  28. Genetic Variants12▲ 7.4×7 topics
  29. Molecular Classification12▲ 8.5×4 topics
  30. Cerebral Palsy12▲ 17×2 topics
  31. Cardiac Surgery11▲ 17×2 topics
  32. Cognitive Function11▲ 6.8×7 topics
  33. Epilepsy11▲ 11×4 topics
  34. Psychosocial Outcomes11▲ 19×2 topics
  35. Childhood Cancer Survivor Study11▲ 27×1 topic
  36. Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory11▲ 27×1 topic
  37. Glioblastoma11▲ 18×1 topic
  38. Temozolomide11▲ 18×1 topic
  39. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia11▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Adult Congenital Heart Disease11▲ 21×1 topic

Which research topics does SickKids Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life, Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment, Congenital Heart Disease Studies and Neonatal Respiratory Health Research.

Childhood Cancer Survivo…11Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 11 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Tre…11Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 11 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease Studies: 11 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Hea…10Neonatal Respiratory Health Research: 10 fractional worksAdolescent and Pediatric…8Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare: 8 fractional worksGenomics and Rare Diseases: 8 fractional worksCystic Fibrosis Research Advances: 8 fractional worksNeonatal and fetal brain…8Neonatal and fetal brain pathology: 8 fractional worksInfant Development and Preterm Care: 7 fractional worksAutism Spectrum Disorder Research: 7 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthGeneticsEpidemiologyPulmonary 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 11 works
  2. 2 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 11 works
  3. 3 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 11 works
  4. 4 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 10 works
  5. 5 Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare Speech and Hearing 8 works
  6. 6 Genomics and Rare Diseases Genetics 8 works
  7. 7 Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 8 works
  8. 8 Neonatal and fetal brain pathology Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 8 works
  9. 9 Infant Development and Preterm Care Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 7 works
  10. 10 Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Cognitive Neuroscience 7 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has SickKids Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% 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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