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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

In research, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital stands highest in Life Sciences (#75 of 7,800 worldwide), Immunology and Microbiology (#29 of 682 worldwide) and Molecular Biology (#94 of 2,175 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Genetics, Hematology and Immunology — Genetics is 17.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#497
of 28,054 · #438 all time
Rank in United States
#99
of 4,192
Research works
15k
▲ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
854k
57.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is St. Jude Children's Research 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
Life SciencesDomain #75 of 7,800 26.7%782 #102
Immunology and MicrobiologyField #29 of 682 33.2%130 #42
Molecular BiologySubfield #94 of 2,175 25.4%391 #92
MedicineField #549 of 10,443 22.4%1,144 #234
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #201 of 3,579 24.7%573 #183
ImmunologySubfield #26 of 455 33.4%122 #36
Health SciencesDomain #770 of 11,982 22.3%1,199 #301
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield #42 of 441 31.7%132 #32
EpidemiologySubfield #219 of 976 29.4%96 #55
OncologySubfield #184 of 772 22.4%153 #45

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where St. Jude Children's Research 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).

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. Life Sciences#102 #75
  2. Immunology and Microbiology#42 #29
  3. Molecular Biology#92 #94
  4. Medicine#234 #549
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#183 #201
  6. Immunology#36 #26
  7. Health Sciences#301 #770
  8. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health#32 #42
  9. Epidemiology#55 #219
  10. Oncology#45 #184
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 St. Jude Children's Research Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Genetics takes 17.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. GeneticsSubfield · 106.8 works18×
  2. HematologySubfield · 104.9 works16×
  3. ImmunologySubfield · 122.4 works8.1×
  4. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 131.6 works8.1×
  5. OncologySubfield · 153.5 works6.2×
  6. Molecular BiologySubfield · 391.3 works5.9×
  7. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 129.6 works5.9×
  8. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 52.8 works5.6×
← 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: 0.18× its world share, 19 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.92× its world share, 573 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.90× its world share, 130 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.41× its world share, 50 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.36× its world share, 10 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.54× its world share, 19 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 24 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 30 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 13 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.57× its world share, 14 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.34× its world share, 16 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.75× its world share, 43 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.72× its world share, 1,144 worksMedicineNursing: 0.83× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.29× its world share, 19 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 34 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 5.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Douglas R. Green, Peter C. Doherty and Mary V. Relling lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

  1. 1 Douglas R. Green United States · #1,091 worldwide 2.8k citations · 121 works
  2. 2 Peter C. Doherty United States · #4,348 worldwide 1.3k citations · 109 works
  3. 3 Mary V. Relling United States · #5,491 worldwide 648 citations · 68 works
  4. 4 Thirumala‐Devi Kanneganti United States · #5,865 worldwide 1.4k citations · 59 works
  5. 5 Martine F. Roussel United States · #7,295 worldwide 981 citations · 79 works
  6. 6 Edwin M. Horwitz United States · #8,612 worldwide 1.9k citations · 51 works
  7. 7 Charles J. Sherr United States · #11,444 worldwide 1.4k citations · 47 works
  8. 8 Daniel M. Green United States · #11,705 worldwide 588 citations · 64 works
  9. 9 Walter T. Hughes United States · #13,179 worldwide 509 citations · 60 works
  10. 10 Meenakshi Devidas United States · #13,289 worldwide 588 citations · 70 works
All ranked researchers at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Which keywords describe research at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Immunotherapy, Prognostic Factors, Cancer, Health-related Quality of Life, Epidemiology, Cancer Immunotherapy, Childhood Cancer Survivor Study and Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory.

▲ 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. Epidemiology180▲ 2.1×102 topics
  2. Immunotherapy177▲ 11×18 topics
  3. Prognostic Factors153▲ 16×14 topics
  4. Cancer126▲ 4.3×46 topics
  5. Inflammation105▲ 2.3×72 topics
  6. Health-related Quality of Life96▲ 19×5 topics
  7. Cancer Immunotherapy92▲ 27×3 topics
  8. Childhood Cancer Survivor Study87▲ 89×1 topic
  9. Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory87▲ 89×1 topic
  10. Lymphoma80▲ 23×4 topics
  11. Tumor Regression72▲ 30×2 topics
  12. Leukemia69▲ 38×2 topics
  13. Genetic Mutations69▲ 7.3×23 topics
  14. Chemotherapy68▲ 4.4×24 topics
  15. Radiotherapy67▲ 8.0×12 topics
  16. Hematopoietic Stem Cells67▲ 35×3 topics
  17. CAR T Cells67▲ 42×1 topic
  18. Chimeric Antigen Receptor67▲ 42×1 topic
  19. Minimal Residual Disease67▲ 45×2 topics
  20. Genetic Alterations66▲ 39×2 topics
  21. Pediatric Oncology64▲ 54×3 topics
  22. Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia63▲ 87×1 topic
  23. Childhood Cancer63▲ 87×1 topic
  24. Cancer Therapy61▲ 4.9×18 topics
  25. Immunity58▲ 6.6×10 topics
  26. Gene Expression51▲ 3.9×18 topics
  27. Molecular Classification50▲ 15×4 topics
  28. Cell Death50▲ 9.9×6 topics
  29. Innate Immunity50▲ 7.2×9 topics
  30. Pathogenesis48▲ 4.3×22 topics
  31. Glioblastoma47▲ 32×1 topic
  32. Temozolomide47▲ 32×1 topic
  33. Apoptosis47▲ 7.1×17 topics
  34. AML44▲ 41×1 topic
  35. Acute Myeloid Leukemia44▲ 41×1 topic
  36. Transcriptional Regulation41▲ 12×9 topics
  37. Pulmonary Hypertension41▲ 13×3 topics
  38. Therapy37▲ 8.6×7 topics
  39. Genetic Regulation37▲ 10×3 topics
  40. Mitochondria36▲ 12×6 topics

Which research topics does St. Jude Children's Research Hospital publish most on?

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

Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 87 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 67 fractional worksAcute Lymphoblastic Leuk…63Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research: 63 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Tre…47Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 47 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 44 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 35 fractional worksNeuroblastoma Research a…31Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments: 31 fractional worksEpigenetics and DNA Methylation: 25 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and Interaction: 25 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 23 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthOncologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGenetics5 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 87 works
  2. 2 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 67 works
  3. 3 Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 63 works
  4. 4 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 47 works
  5. 5 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 44 works
  6. 6 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 35 works
  7. 7 Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments Neurology 31 works
  8. 8 Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Molecular Biology 25 works
  9. 9 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 25 works
  10. 10 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 23 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 available45.5%not open54.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.0%domestic only84.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has St. Jude Children's Research Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% 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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