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Tufts Children's Hospital

In research, Tufts Children's Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#4,473 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,350 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#15,628
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#3,411
of 8,685
Research works
745
▼ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
25k
33.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
20%
world 28%

What is Tufts Children's Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #4,473 of 17,978 25.1%516
Health SciencesDomain #5,350 of 20,462 25.1%576

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

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: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.81× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.96× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.54× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 3.13× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.18× its world share, 16 worksMedicineNursing: 5.84× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.90× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.03× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.90× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 5.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, N. Paul Rosman, Daniel A. Rauch and Christiane E.L. Dammann lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tufts Children's Hospital.

  1. 1 N. Paul Rosman United States · #252,891 worldwide 138 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Daniel A. Rauch United States · #728,627 worldwide 18 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Christiane E.L. Dammann United States · #1,497,279 worldwide 13 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Tufts Children's Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Tufts Children's Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Preterm Infants, Epidemiology, Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia, Lung Stem Cells, Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Adherence, Mobile Health and Anxiety.

▲ 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 14 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 14 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology3▲ 2.7×18 topics
  2. Preterm Infants2▲ 72×4 topics
  3. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia2▲ 96×2 topics
  4. Lung Stem Cells2▲ 100×1 topic
  5. Respiratory Distress Syndrome2▲ 71×1 topic
  6. Adherence1▲ 40×2 topics
  7. Depression1▲ 5.3×5 topics
  8. Mobile Health1▲ 34×2 topics
  9. Anxiety1▲ 8.8×2 topics
  10. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy1▲ 31×1 topic
  11. Internet-based Interventions1▲ 67×1 topic
  12. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes1▲ 21×6 topics
  13. Primary Care1▲ 10×5 topics
  14. Public Health1▲ 2.7×8 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Neonatal Respiratory Health Research, Digital Mental Health Interventions, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research and Neuroscience of respiration and sleep.

Neonatal Respiratory Hea…2Neonatal Respiratory Health Research: 2 fractional worksDigital Mental Health Interventions: 1 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 1 fractional worksNeuroscience of respiration and sleep: 1 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Management: 1 fractional worksRespiratory Support and Mechanisms: 0 fractional worksCoastal Management and D…0Coastal Management and Development: 0 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 0 fractional worksInfant Development and Preterm Care: 0 fractional worksInfant Nutrition and Hea…0Infant Nutrition and Health: 0 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineApplied PsychologyInfectious DiseasesEndocrine and Autonomic Systems5 others

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

  1. 1 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  2. 2 Digital Mental Health Interventions Applied Psychology 1 works
  3. 3 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 1 works
  4. 4 Neuroscience of respiration and sleep Endocrine and Autonomic Systems 1 works
  5. 5 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  6. 6 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  7. 7 Coastal Management and Development Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 0 works
  8. 8 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 0 works
  9. 9 Infant Development and Preterm Care Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 works
  10. 10 Infant Nutrition and Health Nutrition and Dietetics 0 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 available20.0%not open80.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.6%domestic only91.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% lower 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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