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St Göran's Children's Hospital

In research, St Göran's Children's Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,715 of 16,688 worldwide), Medicine (#4,288 of 14,558 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#6,255 of 11,023 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#13,429
of 34,923
Rank in Sweden
#112
of 259
Research works
891
▲ 113% vs 2018-21
Citations
31k
35.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.06×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
11%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
St Göran's Children's Hospital

What is St Göran's 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
Health SciencesDomain #4,715 of 16,688 11.4%630
MedicineField #4,288 of 14,558 11.1%571
Life SciencesDomain #6,255 of 11,023 15.1%193

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where St Göran's 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does St Göran's Children's Hospital work in?

In all years, 71% of research at St Göran's Children's Hospital is in Health Sciences, 22% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (64%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (13%), Neuroscience (6%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 630 fractional works · 70.7% of its workMedicine: 571 fractional works · 64.1% of its workSurgery: 86 fractional works · 9.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 70 fractional works · 7.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 67 fractional works · 7.5% of its workPhysiology: 44 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 41 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEpidemiology: 36 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 26 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 19 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNephrology: 17 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 15 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 14 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 12 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 12 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRheumatology: 12 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmacology: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workUrology: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGastroenterology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 29 fractional works · 3.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 29 fractional works · 3.2% of its workHealth Professions: 26 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 14 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacy: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 193 fractional works · 21.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 114 fractional works · 12.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 56 fractional works · 6.3% of its workGenetics: 20 fractional works · 2.2% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 13 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCell Biology: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiochemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 55 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 22 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 18 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 12 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 44 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPsychology: 28 fractional works · 3.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 17 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 24 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSt Göran'sChildren's…891fractional works, all years
Life Sciences22%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences71%Social Sciences5%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine57164.1%
    2. Nursing293.2%
    3. Health Professions263.0%
    4. Dentistry20.2%
    5. Veterinary20.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11412.8%
    2. Neuroscience556.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology121.3%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences80.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics40.5%
    1. Psychology283.2%
    2. Social Sciences121.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities30.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.1%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.0%
    6. Decision Sciences00.0%
    1. Engineering80.9%
    2. Environmental Science60.7%
    3. Chemistry50.5%
    4. Mathematics20.2%
    5. Computer Science10.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.1%
    7. Materials Science00.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    10. Energy00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.36× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.32× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringHealth Professions: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.71× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 11 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.71×14 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.36×3 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.32×0 works
  4. Neuroscience0.60×0 works
  5. Nursing0.60×0 works
  6. Social Sciences0.43×1 works
  7. Health Professions0.36×0 works
  8. Psychology0.23×0 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.06×0 works
  10. Engineering0.06×0 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.03×0 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, C.-E. Leijonmarck, Sven Löfgren and Ulla Petterson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St Göran's Children's Hospital.

  1. 1 C.-E. Leijonmarck Sweden · #2,010,614 worldwide 1.4k citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Sven Löfgren Sweden · #2,225,240 worldwide 1.2k citations · 58 works
  3. 3 Ulla Petterson Sweden · #2,738,562 worldwide 808 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Ingrid Wikstad Sweden · #2,876,293 worldwide 1.5k citations · 41 works
  5. 5 J.‐G. Ljunggren Sweden · #3,315,164 worldwide 1.5k citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Lars Fohlin Sweden · #3,386,011 worldwide 460 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Gert Noack Sweden · #3,513,464 worldwide 819 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 S.-O. Ahlbäck Sweden · #3,567,909 worldwide 1.6k citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Emma Rylander Sweden · #3,648,194 worldwide 528 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Hilde Löfqvist Sweden · #3,724,719 worldwide 9 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at St Göran's Children's Hospital

What are the most cited papers from St Göran's Children's Hospital?

The most cited paper from St Göran's Children's Hospital is "Stress and depression among medical students: a cross‐sectional study" (Marie Dahlin, Nils Joneborg, Bo Runeson, 2005), with 1,233 citations. Next come "Artificial intelligence for diagnosis and grading of prostate cancer in biopsies: a population-based, diagnostic study" (637) and "DOES BREAST MILK PROTECT AGAINST SEPTICÆMIA IN THE NEWBORN ?" (514).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Stress and depression among medical students: a cross‐sectional study Marie Dahlin, Nils Joneborg, Bo Runeson · Medical Education 17 May 2005 1,233
2 Artificial intelligence for diagnosis and grading of prostate cancer in biopsies: a population-based, diagnostic study Peter C. Strøm et al. · The Lancet Oncology Open access 8 Jan 2020 637
3 DOES BREAST MILK PROTECT AGAINST SEPTICÆMIA IN THE NEWBORN ? Jan Winberg, G. Wessner · The Lancet May 1971 514
4 Hypercytokinemia in familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis Jan‐Inge Henter, Göran Elinder, Olle Söder et al. · Blood Open access Dec 1991 506
5 A validated decision model for treating the anaemia of myelodysplastic syndromes with erythropoietin + granulocyte colony‐stimulating factor: significant effects on quality of life Eva Hellström‐Lindberg et al. · British Journal of Haematology Open access Mar 2003 456
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Which keywords describe research at St Göran's Children's Hospital?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Metabolic Syndrome, Epidemiology, Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, Treatment, Preterm Infants, Metabolism and Diagnosis.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Epidemiology100▲ 2.8×101 topics
  2. Inflammation77▲ 3.7×57 topics
  3. Metabolic Syndrome62▲ 8.1×17 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress58▲ 3.5×39 topics
  5. Treatment48▲ 4.2×35 topics
  6. Diagnosis41▲ 4.5×28 topics
  7. Metabolism37▲ 6.4×14 topics
  8. Preterm Infants34▲ 25×4 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease33▲ 3.3×31 topics
  10. Depression31▲ 4.7×15 topics
  11. Genetics29▲ 4.2×17 topics
  12. Neurological Disorders25▲ 4.1×14 topics
  13. Pathophysiology25▲ 10×8 topics
  14. Pulmonary Hypertension24▲ 16×3 topics
  15. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia24▲ 31×2 topics
  16. Respiratory Distress Syndrome23▲ 27×2 topics
  17. Lung Stem Cells23▲ 33×1 topic
  18. Surfactant Proteins23▲ 33×1 topic
  19. Chronic Disease21▲ 14×3 topics
  20. Complications21▲ 4.5×15 topics
  21. Physiology21▲ 43×2 topics
  22. Regulation20▲ 3.8×3 topics
  23. Heart Failure20▲ 5.1×9 topics
  24. Aquaporins20▲ 82×1 topic
  25. Water Channels20▲ 82×1 topic
  26. Newborn Screening20▲ 20×2 topics
  27. Antibiotic Prophylaxis19▲ 23×3 topics
  28. Cognitive Function19▲ 11×5 topics
  29. Early-Life Conditions18▲ 32×1 topic
  30. Fetal Programming18▲ 32×1 topic
  31. Critical Care18▲ 9.0×8 topics
  32. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes18▲ 9.8×5 topics
  33. Neurobiology18▲ 5.9×9 topics
  34. Mitochondrial Function18▲ 13×4 topics
  35. Metabolic Disorders17▲ 10×4 topics
  36. Cardiovascular Risk17▲ 5.4×7 topics
  37. Chronic Kidney Disease16▲ 7.5×8 topics
  38. Mortality Risk16▲ 8.8×5 topics
  39. Vasopressin16▲ 23×2 topics
  40. Weight Loss15▲ 11×4 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Menopause: Health Impacts and Treatments, Estrogen and related hormone effects, Hormonal and reproductive studies and Social Media in Health Education.

Menopause: Health Impact…3Menopause: Health Impacts and Treatments: 3 fractional worksEstrogen and related hormone effects: 2 fractional worksHormonal and reproductiv…1Hormonal and reproductive studies: 1 fractional worksSocial Media in Health E…1Social Media in Health Education: 1 fractional worksEndometriosis Research and Treatment: 1 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 0 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment Studies: 0 fractional worksSex and Gender in Healthcare: 0 fractional worksHypothalamic control of reproductive hormones: 0 fractional worksSexual function and dysfunction studies: 0 fractional works
Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismGeneticsHealthReproductive Medicine4 others

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

  1. 1 Menopause: Health Impacts and Treatments Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 3 works
  2. 2 Estrogen and related hormone effects Genetics 2 works
  3. 3 Hormonal and reproductive studies Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 works
  4. 4 Social Media in Health Education Health 1 works
  5. 5 Endometriosis Research and Treatment Reproductive Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  7. 7 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 0 works
  8. 8 Sex and Gender in Healthcare Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  9. 9 Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones Reproductive Medicine 0 works
  10. 10 Sexual function and dysfunction studies Psychiatry and Mental health 0 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 available11.2%not open88.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 113% higher 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 St Göran's Children's Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000056% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%St Göran's Children's Hospital0.000050% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of St Göran's Children's Hospital 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.

10%20%St Göran's Children's Hospital18.2% in 1998all institutions10.0% in 1998

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.2% in 1998.

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