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Southampton Children's Hospital

In research, Southampton Children's Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#8,803 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,427 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,245
of 28,054 · #32,046 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#824
of 1,094
Research works
299
▲ 93% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.9k
13.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is Southampton 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
MedicineField #8,803 of 10,443 10.5%75 #12335
Health SciencesDomain #10,427 of 11,982 10.3%87 #14506

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

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: 1.30× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.79× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.62× its world share, 5 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEnergy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 3.38× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.60× its world share, 75 worksMedicineNursing: 4.87× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Rodney D. Gilbert, R Mark Beattie and Michael Stanton lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Southampton Children's Hospital.

  1. 1 Rodney D. Gilbert United Kingdom · #175,813 worldwide 101 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 R Mark Beattie United Kingdom · #431,897 worldwide 118 citations · 58 works
  3. 3 Michael Stanton United Kingdom · #1,014,664 worldwide 50 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Southampton Children's Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Southampton Children's Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Genetics, Mortality, Adolescents, Critical Care, Management and Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

▲ 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. Epidemiology16▲ 3.7×52 topics
  2. Complications6▲ 10×11 topics
  3. Genetics5▲ 7.1×12 topics
  4. Inflammation5▲ 2.4×24 topics
  5. Diagnosis5▲ 4.8×15 topics
  6. Mortality5▲ 7.8×10 topics
  7. Adolescents5▲ 12×7 topics
  8. Management5▲ 5.5×15 topics
  9. Public Health5▲ 3.0×12 topics
  10. Treatment5▲ 3.5×18 topics
  11. Critical Care4▲ 17×6 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 3.4×9 topics
  13. Inflammatory Bowel Disease4▲ 32×4 topics
  14. Primary Care4▲ 9.4×8 topics
  15. Pathogenesis4▲ 6.8×6 topics
  16. Self-Management4▲ 58×2 topics
  17. Chronic Conditions4▲ 49×2 topics
  18. Glycemic Control4▲ 22×3 topics
  19. Children3▲ 13×7 topics
  20. Mental Health Services3▲ 59×2 topics
  21. Clinical Trials3▲ 4.6×6 topics
  22. Medical Home3▲ 118×1 topic
  23. Transition3▲ 33×1 topic
  24. Insulin Therapy3▲ 25×2 topics
  25. Meta-Analysis3▲ 4.7×7 topics
  26. Preterm Infants3▲ 22×3 topics
  27. Microbiota3▲ 12×2 topics
  28. Surgery3▲ 7.6×6 topics
  29. Immunology3▲ 24×2 topics
  30. Off-Label Drug Use3▲ 90×1 topic
  31. Pediatric Pharmacokinetics3▲ 90×1 topic
  32. Congenital Anomalies2▲ 40×3 topics
  33. Pulmonary Infections2▲ 41×2 topics
  34. Crohn's Disease2▲ 29×1 topic
  35. Intensive Care Unit2▲ 18×3 topics
  36. Mutation Analysis2▲ 30×2 topics
  37. Ulcerative Colitis2▲ 50×1 topic
  38. Bronchiectasis2▲ 74×1 topic
  39. Cystic Fibrosis2▲ 31×2 topics
  40. Immunomodulation2▲ 17×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare, Pharmaceutical studies and practices, Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances.

Adolescent and Pediatric…3Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare: 3 fractional worksPharmaceutical studies a…3Pharmaceutical studies and practices: 3 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease: 2 fractional worksCystic Fibrosis Research Advances: 2 fractional worksTravel-related health issues: 2 fractional worksVagus Nerve Stimulation Research: 2 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Feeding Issues: 2 fractional worksDiabetes Management and …2Diabetes Management and Research: 2 fractional worksHyperglycemia and glycemic control in critically ill and hospitalized patients: 2 fractional worksHip disorders and treatments: 2 fractional works
Speech and HearingPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthGeneticsPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine5 others

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

  1. 1 Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare Speech and Hearing 3 works
  2. 2 Pharmaceutical studies and practices Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 works
  3. 3 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 2 works
  4. 4 Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Travel-related health issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  6. 6 Vagus Nerve Stimulation Research Neurology 2 works
  7. 7 Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  8. 8 Diabetes Management and Research Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 2 works
  9. 9 Hyperglycemia and glycemic control in critically ill and hospitalized patients Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 2 works
  10. 10 Hip disorders and treatments Surgery 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 available49.5%not open50.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.2%domestic only86.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 93% 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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