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Texas Children's Hospital

In research, Texas Children's Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#829 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,144 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,169 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Genetics, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Emergency Medicine — Genetics is 7.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,651
of 28,054 · #2,222 all time
Rank in United States
#388
of 4,192
Research works
8.3k
▲ 47% vs 2013–17
Citations
214k
25.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is Texas 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 #829 of 10,443 12.7%1,114 #719
Health SciencesDomain #1,144 of 11,982 12.8%1,213 #855
Life SciencesDomain #1,169 of 7,800 19.6%312 #798
SurgerySubfield #595 of 1,816 11.7%188 #520
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,226 of 3,579 20.2%196 #974
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield #219 of 441 19.0%80 #287
EpidemiologySubfield #612 of 976 11.4%114 #475
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,448 of 2,175 20.5%88 #1100
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #775 of 1,144 12.5%95 #759
Health ProfessionsField #1,323 of 1,928 14.3%74 #1342

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

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. Medicine#719 #829
  2. Health Sciences#855 #1,144
  3. Life Sciences#798 #1,169
  4. Surgery#520 #595
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#974 #1,226
  6. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health#287 #219
  7. Epidemiology#475 #612
  8. Molecular Biology#1,100 #1,448
  9. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#759 #775
  10. Health Professions#1,342 #1,323
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 Texas Children's Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Genetics takes 7.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. GeneticsSubfield · 32.7 works7.2×
  2. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 80.3 works6.4×
  3. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 22.6 works5.5×
← 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: 0.13× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.20× its world share, 196 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.60× its world share, 44 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.18× its world share, 59 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 39 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.45× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.69× its world share, 74 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.47× its world share, 1,114 worksMedicineNursing: 2.36× its world share, 19 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.84× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.20× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.78× its world share, 40 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 30 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Grady L. Hallman, Dan G. McNamara and Charles E. Mullins lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Texas Children's Hospital.

  1. 1 Grady L. Hallman United States · #26,530 worldwide 380 citations · 60 works
  2. 2 Dan G. McNamara United States · #49,070 worldwide 345 citations · 52 works
  3. 3 Charles E. Mullins United States · #53,446 worldwide 331 citations · 40 works
  4. 4 Jack F. Price United States · #97,579 worldwide 229 citations · 56 works
  5. 5 Lara Shekerdemian United States · #120,440 worldwide 146 citations · 38 works
  6. 6 Frank F. Ing United States · #140,094 worldwide 159 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Benjamin L. Shneider United States · #160,259 worldwide 221 citations · 65 works
  8. 8 Richard A. Friedman United States · #217,838 worldwide 93 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Dean B. Andropoulos United States · #228,491 worldwide 96 citations · 33 works
  10. 10 Edmond T. Gonzales United States · #249,635 worldwide 101 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Texas Children's Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Texas Children's Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Neurodevelopmental Outcomes, Congenital Heart Disease, Genetic Mutations, Prenatal Diagnosis, Cardiac Surgery, Inflammation and Mortality Risk.

▲ 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. Epidemiology217▲ 3.3×121 topics
  2. Inflammation80▲ 2.3×72 topics
  3. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes59▲ 19×6 topics
  4. Diagnosis59▲ 3.8×41 topics
  5. Treatment57▲ 2.8×43 topics
  6. Genetic Mutations53▲ 7.3×23 topics
  7. Management52▲ 4.0×28 topics
  8. Congenital Heart Disease52▲ 37×3 topics
  9. Genetics50▲ 4.3×21 topics
  10. Prenatal Diagnosis47▲ 19×7 topics
  11. Immunotherapy46▲ 3.9×19 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress44▲ 1.61×46 topics
  13. Cardiac Surgery44▲ 36×2 topics
  14. Heart Failure43▲ 5.9×13 topics
  15. Quality of Life42▲ 1.77×41 topics
  16. Mortality Risk42▲ 11×5 topics
  17. Surgical Management41▲ 6.0×20 topics
  18. Adult Congenital Heart Disease41▲ 46×1 topic
  19. Pulmonary Valve Replacement41▲ 46×1 topic
  20. Neurological Disorders38▲ 4.0×20 topics
  21. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation36▲ 28×2 topics
  22. Complications33▲ 4.0×17 topics
  23. Prognostic Factors32▲ 4.4×14 topics
  24. Echocardiography32▲ 7.1×8 topics
  25. Critical Care32▲ 8.2×8 topics
  26. Pulmonary Hypertension32▲ 14×3 topics
  27. Pathogenesis31▲ 3.7×21 topics
  28. Thrombosis31▲ 6.7×7 topics
  29. Preterm Infants29▲ 14×4 topics
  30. Fetal Surgery28▲ 31×3 topics
  31. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention23▲ 10×4 topics
  32. Health-related Quality of Life22▲ 5.6×5 topics
  33. Cardiogenic Shock21▲ 27×1 topic
  34. Left Ventricular Assist Device21▲ 27×1 topic
  35. Maternal Mortality21▲ 5.6×5 topics
  36. Respiratory Distress Syndrome20▲ 14×2 topics
  37. Resuscitation19▲ 8.9×4 topics
  38. Mechanical Ventilation18▲ 9.4×2 topics
  39. Psychosocial Outcomes18▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Childhood Cancer Survivor Study18▲ 24×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Congenital Heart Disease Studies, Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices, Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life and Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies.

Congenital Heart Disease…41Congenital Heart Disease Studies: 41 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 21 fractional worksChildhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 18 fractional worksCongenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies: 15 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Health Research: 14 fractional worksTransplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 13 fractional worksTracheal and airway diso…12Tracheal and airway disorders: 12 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 12 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 11 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 11 fractional works
EpidemiologyBiomedical EngineeringPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSurgery4 others

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

  1. 1 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 41 works
  2. 2 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 21 works
  3. 3 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 18 works
  4. 4 Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies Surgery 15 works
  5. 5 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 14 works
  6. 6 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 13 works
  7. 7 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 12 works
  8. 8 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 12 works
  9. 9 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 11 works
  10. 10 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 11 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 available35.0%not open65.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.3%domestic only88.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 47% 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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