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Sydney Children's Hospital

In research, Sydney Children's Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#3,770 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,953 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health — Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health is 11.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,695
of 28,054 · #9,048 all time
Rank in Australia
#178
of 391
Research works
2k
▲ 30% vs 2013–17
Citations
52k
25.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is Sydney 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 #3,770 of 10,443 22.3%178 #2933
Health SciencesDomain #4,953 of 11,982 23.0%194 #3548

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

What does Sydney Children's Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health takes 11.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 23.2 works11×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.51× its world share, 37 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.24× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.63× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.95× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.35× its world share, 178 worksMedicineNursing: 1.32× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.44× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Robert Jones, Les White and Richard J. Cohn lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sydney Children's Hospital.

  1. 1 Robert Jones Australia · #338,393 worldwide 81 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Les White Australia · #389,618 worldwide 63 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Richard J. Cohn Australia · #398,046 worldwide 80 citations · 36 works
  4. 4 Charles F. Verge Australia · #419,812 worldwide 94 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 David Mowat Australia · #435,789 worldwide 73 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Edwin P. Kirk Australia · #492,373 worldwide 72 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Joanna E. Fardell Australia · #585,761 worldwide 55 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Gary Williams Australia · #643,881 worldwide 34 citations · 29 works
  9. 9 David S. Ziegler Australia · #644,562 worldwide 76 citations · 55 works
  10. 10 John B. Ziegler Australia · #673,782 worldwide 56 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Sydney Children's Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Sydney Children's Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Health-related Quality of Life, Immunotherapy, Genetic Mutations, Psychosocial Outcomes, Adolescents, 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. Epidemiology40▲ 3.7×97 topics
  2. Immunotherapy13▲ 6.8×16 topics
  3. Health-related Quality of Life13▲ 19×3 topics
  4. Inflammation12▲ 2.0×42 topics
  5. Genetic Mutations11▲ 9.6×21 topics
  6. Cancer10▲ 2.8×32 topics
  7. Quality of Life10▲ 2.5×30 topics
  8. Psychosocial Outcomes10▲ 55×2 topics
  9. Adolescents10▲ 9.4×7 topics
  10. Childhood Cancer Survivor Study10▲ 78×1 topic
  11. Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory10▲ 78×1 topic
  12. Microbiota10▲ 16×3 topics
  13. Cystic Fibrosis9▲ 46×3 topics
  14. Mutation Analysis9▲ 43×2 topics
  15. Diagnosis9▲ 3.4×31 topics
  16. Pulmonary Infections9▲ 55×2 topics
  17. Bronchiectasis8▲ 106×1 topic
  18. CFTR8▲ 106×1 topic
  19. Treatment8▲ 2.4×33 topics
  20. Genetics7▲ 3.6×14 topics
  21. Mortality6▲ 4.0×10 topics
  22. Prognostic Factors6▲ 5.3×13 topics
  23. Radiotherapy6▲ 6.0×7 topics
  24. Children6▲ 9.4×7 topics
  25. Molecular Classification6▲ 14×4 topics
  26. Anxiety6▲ 4.4×9 topics
  27. Preterm Infants6▲ 17×4 topics
  28. Prognosis5▲ 5.9×9 topics
  29. Glioblastoma5▲ 28×1 topic
  30. Temozolomide5▲ 28×1 topic
  31. Therapy5▲ 9.5×5 topics
  32. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes5▲ 9.5×6 topics
  33. Pain Management5▲ 7.4×8 topics
  34. Pulmonary Hypertension4▲ 11×3 topics
  35. Chronic Pain4▲ 7.0×5 topics
  36. Clinical Management4▲ 8.7×8 topics
  37. Cognitive Function4▲ 8.2×6 topics
  38. Genetic Variants4▲ 8.4×5 topics
  39. Respiratory Distress Syndrome4▲ 18×2 topics
  40. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia4▲ 22×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life, Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances, Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment and Neonatal Respiratory Health Research.

Childhood Cancer Survivo…10Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 10 fractional worksCystic Fibrosis Research Advances: 8 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 5 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Health Research: 4 fractional worksNeuroblastoma Research and Treatments: 4 fractional worksFamily Support in Illness: 3 fractional worksGenomics and Rare Diseases: 3 fractional worksObstructive Sleep Apnea Research: 3 fractional worksCancer survivorship and care: 3 fractional worksNeurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research: 3 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineGeneticsNeurology3 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 10 works
  2. 2 Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 8 works
  3. 3 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 5 works
  4. 4 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  5. 5 Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments Neurology 4 works
  6. 6 Family Support in Illness Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  7. 7 Genomics and Rare Diseases Genetics 3 works
  8. 8 Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research Physiology 3 works
  9. 9 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 3 works
  10. 10 Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research Genetics 3 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 available34.6%not open65.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.6%domestic only76.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 30% 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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