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Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network

In research, Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,407 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,457 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,982
of 28,054 · #21,244 all time
Rank in Australia
#221
of 391
Research works
470
▲ 75% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.6k
16.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
world 28%

What is Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network 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
Health SciencesDomain #7,407 of 11,982 23.2%107 #9968
MedicineField #6,457 of 10,443 22.7%89 #8793

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network 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: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.37× its world share, 22 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.24× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.32× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.08× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.30× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.85× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.66× its world share, 89 worksMedicineNursing: 1.09× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.33× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Neurodevelopmental Outcomes, Genetic Mutations, Primary Care, Cerebral Palsy, Public Health, Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Health Equity.

▲ 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. Epidemiology24▲ 3.6×73 topics
  2. Public Health7▲ 2.9×26 topics
  3. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes7▲ 20×6 topics
  4. Inflammation6▲ 1.67×30 topics
  5. Quality of Life6▲ 2.4×29 topics
  6. Mental Health6▲ 2.3×22 topics
  7. Genetic Mutations6▲ 7.6×19 topics
  8. Primary Care5▲ 8.3×10 topics
  9. Genetics5▲ 4.0×13 topics
  10. Adolescents4▲ 6.9×7 topics
  11. Cerebral Palsy4▲ 36×2 topics
  12. Neurodevelopmental Disorders4▲ 19×5 topics
  13. Health Equity4▲ 8.9×4 topics
  14. Genetic Variants4▲ 13×4 topics
  15. Rehabilitation4▲ 5.9×10 topics
  16. Executive Functioning4▲ 17×2 topics
  17. Pathogenesis4▲ 4.0×10 topics
  18. Brain Development3▲ 11×5 topics
  19. Clinical Management3▲ 11×6 topics
  20. Gene Therapy3▲ 10×4 topics
  21. Cognitive Impairment3▲ 7.3×7 topics
  22. Congenital Heart Disease3▲ 22×3 topics
  23. Clinical Genomics3▲ 52×1 topic
  24. Mortality Risk3▲ 7.5×5 topics
  25. Sequence Interpretation3▲ 52×1 topic
  26. Chronic Disease Management3▲ 9.1×4 topics
  27. Interventions3▲ 14×2 topics
  28. Behavior Change3▲ 12×4 topics
  29. Social Determinants3▲ 7.8×3 topics
  30. Gross Motor Function3▲ 38×1 topic
  31. ICF Model3▲ 38×1 topic
  32. Preterm Infants3▲ 13×4 topics
  33. Advocacy3▲ 51×1 topic
  34. Community Health3▲ 9.4×3 topics
  35. Pediatrics3▲ 51×1 topic
  36. Training3▲ 6.9×2 topics
  37. Adherence2▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Autism Spectrum Disorders2▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Cognitive Function2▲ 7.7×4 topics
  40. Mobile Health2▲ 10×2 topics

Which research topics does Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Genomics and Rare Diseases, Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders, Child and Adolescent Health and Congenital Heart Disease Studies.

Genomics and Rare Diseases3Genomics and Rare Diseases: 3 fractional worksCerebral Palsy and Movem…3Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders: 3 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Health: 3 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease Studies: 2 fractional worksInfant Development and Preterm Care: 2 fractional worksPrenatal Substance Exposure Effects: 2 fractional worksNeurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research: 2 fractional worksChildhood Cancer Survivo…2Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 2 fractional worksNeonatal and fetal brain pathology: 2 fractional worksVirus-based gene therapy research: 2 fractional works
GeneticsPsychiatry and Mental healthGeneral Health ProfessionsEpidemiology1 others

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

  1. 1 Genomics and Rare Diseases Genetics 3 works
  2. 2 Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders Psychiatry and Mental health 3 works
  3. 3 Child and Adolescent Health General Health Professions 3 works
  4. 4 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 2 works
  5. 5 Infant Development and Preterm Care Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  6. 6 Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  7. 7 Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research Genetics 2 works
  8. 8 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  9. 9 Neonatal and fetal brain pathology Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  10. 10 Virus-based gene therapy research Genetics 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 available59.5%not open40.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.6%domestic only73.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 75% 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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