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St Anna Children's Hospital

In research, St Anna Children's Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#3,688 of 17,978 worldwide), Health Sciences (#4,984 of 20,462 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#4,216 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,579
of 28,054 · #9,435 all time
Rank in Austria
#79
of 168
Research works
1.2k
▼ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
45k
37.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
29%
world 28%

What is St Anna Children's Hospital 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 #3,688 of 17,978 23.4%758
Health SciencesDomain #4,984 of 20,462 23.2%790
Life SciencesDomain #4,216 of 14,347 22.3%314
HematologySubfield #387 of 654 23.5%126
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #4,756 of 7,814 23.3%208

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where St Anna 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: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.09× its world share, 20 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.04× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.92× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.98× its world share, 52 worksMedicineNursing: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.61× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 7.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at St Anna Children's Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Helmut Gadner, Christina Peters and Heinrich Kovar lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St Anna Children's Hospital.

  1. 1 Helmut Gadner Austria · #33,899 worldwide 492 citations · 87 works
  2. 2 Christina Peters Austria · #84,261 worldwide 168 citations · 46 works
  3. 3 Heinrich Kovar Austria · #107,523 worldwide 200 citations · 39 works
  4. 4 Milen Minkov Austria · #168,140 worldwide 154 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Inge M. Ambros Austria · #172,047 worldwide 224 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Michael Dworzak Austria · #173,128 worldwide 141 citations · 50 works
  7. 7 Georg Mann Austria · #198,503 worldwide 97 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Oskar A. Haas Austria · #211,848 worldwide 141 citations · 41 works
  9. 9 Leo Kager Austria · #241,186 worldwide 97 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Wolfgang Holter Austria · #244,964 worldwide 81 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at St Anna Children's Hospital

Which keywords describe research at St Anna Children's Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Prognostic Factors, Immunotherapy, Genetic Mutations, Genetic Alterations, Minimal Residual Disease, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Childhood Cancer and Hematopoietic Stem Cells.

▲ 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. Prognostic Factors12▲ 30×13 topics
  2. Epidemiology8▲ 2.1×49 topics
  3. Immunotherapy7▲ 11×14 topics
  4. Genetic Mutations6▲ 15×16 topics
  5. Genetic Alterations6▲ 82×2 topics
  6. Minimal Residual Disease6▲ 88×2 topics
  7. Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia5▲ 178×1 topic
  8. Childhood Cancer5▲ 178×1 topic
  9. Hematopoietic Stem Cells4▲ 53×3 topics
  10. Cancer4▲ 3.3×28 topics
  11. Chemotherapy4▲ 6.3×16 topics
  12. Lymphoma4▲ 25×2 topics
  13. Inflammation4▲ 1.84×24 topics
  14. Health-related Quality of Life3▲ 16×3 topics
  15. Prognosis3▲ 11×8 topics
  16. Therapy3▲ 18×5 topics
  17. Childhood Cancer Survivor Study3▲ 76×1 topic
  18. Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory3▲ 76×1 topic
  19. Rituximab3▲ 23×4 topics
  20. Staging System3▲ 52×2 topics
  21. ALK3▲ 117×1 topic
  22. Cancer Immunotherapy3▲ 19×3 topics
  23. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 5.6×4 topics
  24. Neuroblastoma3▲ 117×1 topic
  25. Tumor Regression2▲ 25×2 topics
  26. Mutation2▲ 13×5 topics
  27. CAR T Cells2▲ 31×1 topic
  28. Chimeric Antigen Receptor2▲ 31×1 topic
  29. AML2▲ 45×1 topic
  30. Acute Myeloid Leukemia2▲ 45×1 topic
  31. Genomic Characterization2▲ 17×2 topics
  32. Mesenchymal Stem Cells2▲ 18×2 topics
  33. Osteosarcoma2▲ 42×1 topic
  34. Resistance2▲ 19×2 topics
  35. Soft Tissue Sarcoma2▲ 37×1 topic
  36. Therapeutic Targets2▲ 13×4 topics
  37. BCR-ABL2▲ 70×1 topic
  38. Bone Marrow Niche2▲ 79×1 topic
  39. Graft-versus-Host Disease2▲ 79×1 topic
  40. Imatinib2▲ 70×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research, Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life, Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments and CAR-T cell therapy research.

Acute Lymphoblastic Leuk…5Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research: 5 fractional worksChildhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 3 fractional worksNeuroblastoma Research and Treatments: 3 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 2 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 2 fractional worksSarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksChronic Myeloid Leukemia…2Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatments: 2 fractional worksHematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: 2 fractional worksChronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research: 2 fractional worksImmunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders: 2 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthNeurologyOncology4 others

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

  1. 1 Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  2. 2 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 works
  3. 3 Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments Neurology 3 works
  4. 4 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 2 works
  5. 5 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 2 works
  6. 6 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatments Hematology 2 works
  8. 8 Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Hematology 2 works
  9. 9 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research Genetics 2 works
  10. 10 Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders Immunology 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 available28.7%not open71.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors37.8%domestic only62.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has St Anna Children's Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% lower 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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