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Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network

In research, Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,622 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,648 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,962
of 22,385 · #9,046 all time
Rank in Australia
#121
of 270
Research works
470
▲ 23% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.6k
16.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.08×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
60%
world 40%
International
27%
world 18%
Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network

What is Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #2,622 of 9,902 14.7%107 #3060
MedicineField #2,648 of 8,541 14.9%89 #2990

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network work in?

In 2022-now, 63% of research at Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network is in Health Sciences, 18% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (52%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (12%), Health Professions (10%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 127 fractional works · 63.5% of its workMedicine: 104 fractional works · 52.3% of its workEpidemiology: 14 fractional works · 7.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 14 fractional works · 6.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 9 fractional works · 4.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 7 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSurgery: 7 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 7 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 21 fractional works · 10.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 13 fractional works · 6.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 36 fractional works · 18.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 24 fractional works · 12.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 5.3% of its workGenetics: 10 fractional works · 5.2% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 3.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 29 fractional works · 14.4% of its workPsychology: 14 fractional works · 6.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 9 fractional works · 4.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 5.3% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 8 fractional works · 4.0% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSydney Children’sHospitals Network199fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences18%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences63%Social Sciences14%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine10452.3%
    2. Health Professions2110.4%
    3. Nursing10.6%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2412.2%
    2. Neuroscience73.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology31.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.7%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.4%
    1. Psychology146.8%
    2. Social Sciences115.3%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.1%
    4. Arts and Humanities10.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.3%
    6. Decision Sciences10.3%
    1. Computer Science42.1%
    2. Engineering10.7%
    3. Environmental Science10.6%
    4. Physics and Astronomy10.3%
    5. Mathematics00.2%
    6. Chemistry00.1%
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: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.28× its world share, 24 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.42× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.11× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.91× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.94× its world share, 21 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.72× its world share, 104 worksMedicineNursing: 1.28× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.24× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 11 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.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions3.94×21 works
  2. Medicine2.72×104 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.28×24 works
  4. Psychology2.24×14 works
  5. Neuroscience2.11×7 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.91×1 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.42×3 works
  8. Nursing1.28×1 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.53×2 works
  10. Social Sciences0.42×11 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.29×1 works
  12. Computer Science0.27×4 works
  13. Dentistry0.26×0 works
  14. Veterinary0.25×0 works
  15. Mathematics0.19×0 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.16×1 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.13×1 works
  18. Environmental Science0.12×1 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.11×1 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.09×1 works
  21. Engineering0.05×1 works
  22. Chemistry0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network?

Ranked on the quality score, Cheryl McCullagh, Christie Breen and Anne Preisz lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network.

  1. 1 Cheryl McCullagh Australia · #743,795 worldwide 638 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Christie Breen Australia · #1,837,688 worldwide 267 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Anne Preisz Australia · #2,223,624 worldwide 326 citations · 38 works
  4. 4 Tammy Meyers-Morris Australia · #2,290,578 worldwide 605 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network

What are the most cited papers from Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network?

The most cited paper from Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network is "Vascular Anomalies Classification: Recommendations From the International Society for the Study of Vascular Anomalies" (Michel Wassef, Francine Blei, Denise M. Adams et al., 2015), with 1,425 citations. Next come "The Human Phenotype Ontology in 2017" (819) and "Gene therapy clinical trials worldwide to 2017: An update" (783).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Vascular Anomalies Classification: Recommendations From the International Society for the Study of Vascular Anomalies Michel Wassef, Francine Blei, Denise M. Adams et al. · PEDIATRICS 10 Jun 2015 1,425
2 The Human Phenotype Ontology in 2017 Sebastian Köhler et al. · Nucleic Acids Research Open access 28 Nov 2016 819
3 Gene therapy clinical trials worldwide to 2017: An update Samantha L. Ginn, Anais K. Amaya, Ian E. Alexander et al. · The Journal of Gene Medicine 25 Mar 2018 783
4 Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of eating disorders Phillipa Hay, David J Chinn, David Forbes et al. · Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 28 Oct 2014 681
5 Long-term adenoma recurrence following wide-field endoscopic mucosal resection (WF-EMR) for advanced colonic mucosal neoplasia is infrequent: results and risk factors in 1000 cases from the Australian Colonic EMR (ACE) study Alan Moss, Stephen John Williams, Luke F. Hourigan et al. · Gut Open access Jul 2014 508
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

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

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Neurodevelopmental Outcomes, Genetic Mutations, Primary Care, Adolescents, Public Health, Cerebral Palsy 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-now 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. Epidemiology28▲ 3.6×79 topics
  2. Public Health8▲ 2.8×28 topics
  3. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes7▲ 20×6 topics
  4. Inflammation7▲ 1.70×32 topics
  5. Quality of Life7▲ 2.4×31 topics
  6. Genetic Mutations7▲ 7.8×20 topics
  7. Mental Health7▲ 2.4×22 topics
  8. Primary Care6▲ 8.5×10 topics
  9. Adolescents6▲ 7.8×7 topics
  10. Genetics6▲ 4.0×15 topics
  11. Cerebral Palsy5▲ 33×2 topics
  12. Health Equity5▲ 8.2×4 topics
  13. Genetic Variants5▲ 13×4 topics
  14. Neurodevelopmental Disorders4▲ 17×5 topics
  15. Rehabilitation4▲ 5.3×10 topics
  16. Pathogenesis4▲ 4.2×12 topics
  17. Executive Functioning4▲ 16×2 topics
  18. Cognitive Impairment4▲ 7.4×8 topics
  19. Congenital Heart Disease4▲ 22×3 topics
  20. Mortality Risk4▲ 7.7×5 topics
  21. Clinical Genomics4▲ 47×1 topic
  22. Clinical Management4▲ 11×6 topics
  23. Sequence Interpretation4▲ 47×1 topic
  24. Brain Development4▲ 10×5 topics
  25. Chronic Disease Management4▲ 8.9×5 topics
  26. Gene Therapy4▲ 9.0×4 topics
  27. Interventions3▲ 13×3 topics
  28. Social Determinants3▲ 7.9×3 topics
  29. Vaccine Development3▲ 6.2×3 topics
  30. Behavior Change3▲ 11×4 topics
  31. Community Health3▲ 9.1×3 topics
  32. Advocacy3▲ 54×1 topic
  33. Cardiac Surgery3▲ 19×2 topics
  34. Gross Motor Function3▲ 35×1 topic
  35. ICF Model3▲ 35×1 topic
  36. Pediatrics3▲ 54×1 topic
  37. Adult Congenital Heart Disease3▲ 26×1 topic
  38. Patient Engagement3▲ 10×4 topics
  39. Preterm Infants3▲ 11×4 topics
  40. Pulmonary Valve Replacement3▲ 26×1 topic

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

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

Genomics and Rare Diseases4Genomics and Rare Diseases: 4 fractional worksCerebral Palsy and Movem…3Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders: 3 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Health: 3 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease…3Congenital Heart Disease Studies: 3 fractional worksInfant Development and P…2Infant Development and Preterm Care: 2 fractional worksNeurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research: 2 fractional worksRespiratory viral infections research: 2 fractional worksPrenatal Substance Expos…2Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects: 2 fractional worksChildhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 2 fractional worksAdolescent and Pediatric Healthcare: 2 fractional works
GeneticsPsychiatry and Mental healthGeneral Health ProfessionsEpidemiology2 others

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

  1. 1 Genomics and Rare Diseases Genetics 4 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 3 works
  5. 5 Infant Development and Preterm Care Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  6. 6 Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research Genetics 2 works
  7. 7 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 2 works
  8. 8 Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  9. 9 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  10. 10 Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare Speech and Hearing 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 23% 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 Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00091% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network0.00080% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network 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.

still counting10%20%30%Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network11.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.6% in 2023.

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