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UC Davis Children's Hospital

In research, UC Davis Children's Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#13,750 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#12,460 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,723
of 28,054 · #27,796 all time
Rank in United States
#3,211
of 4,192
Research works
341
▲ 41% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.4k
24.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is UC Davis 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
Health SciencesDomain #13,750 of 20,462 17.5%252
MedicineField #12,460 of 17,978 16.6%224

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where UC Davis 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: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.29× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.74× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.10× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.92× its world share, 50 worksMedicineNursing: 2.77× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.32× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at UC Davis Children's Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Satyan Lakshminrusimha lead among researchers whose main affiliation is UC Davis Children's Hospital.

  1. 1 Satyan Lakshminrusimha United States · #438,795 worldwide 149 citations · 73 works
All ranked researchers at UC Davis Children's Hospital

Which keywords describe research at UC Davis Children's Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Preterm Infants, Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Pulmonary Hypertension, Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia, Lung Stem Cells, Surfactant Proteins, Neurodevelopmental Outcomes and Congenital Heart Disease.

▲ 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. Preterm Infants7▲ 81×4 topics
  2. Respiratory Distress Syndrome6▲ 119×2 topics
  3. Epidemiology6▲ 2.4×41 topics
  4. Pulmonary Hypertension6▲ 62×2 topics
  5. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia6▲ 127×2 topics
  6. Lung Stem Cells5▲ 126×1 topic
  7. Surfactant Proteins5▲ 126×1 topic
  8. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes4▲ 33×5 topics
  9. Inflammation4▲ 2.8×23 topics
  10. Congenital Heart Disease4▲ 67×3 topics
  11. Echocardiography4▲ 20×7 topics
  12. Medical Education3▲ 19×9 topics
  13. Mental Health3▲ 3.0×12 topics
  14. Treatment3▲ 3.5×18 topics
  15. Critical Care3▲ 18×6 topics
  16. Complications3▲ 8.0×11 topics
  17. Mortality Risk3▲ 17×4 topics
  18. Cardiac Surgery2▲ 53×2 topics
  19. Resuscitation2▲ 29×4 topics
  20. Adult Congenital Heart Disease2▲ 69×1 topic
  21. Pulmonary Valve Replacement2▲ 69×1 topic
  22. Diagnosis2▲ 3.5×13 topics
  23. Risk Factors2▲ 3.1×12 topics
  24. Mortality2▲ 5.4×9 topics
  25. Management2▲ 3.8×10 topics
  26. Endothelial Dysfunction2▲ 12×4 topics
  27. Cardiac Arrest2▲ 48×1 topic
  28. Hypothermia2▲ 37×1 topic
  29. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation2▲ 33×2 topics
  30. Mechanical Ventilation2▲ 23×2 topics
  31. Primary Care2▲ 6.6×9 topics
  32. Pulmonary Edema2▲ 53×2 topics
  33. Children2▲ 11×6 topics
  34. Lung Ultrasound2▲ 102×1 topic
  35. Point-of-Care Ultrasonography2▲ 102×1 topic
  36. Prenatal Diagnosis2▲ 17×5 topics
  37. Surgery2▲ 6.6×6 topics
  38. Acute Lung Injury1▲ 38×1 topic
  39. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome1▲ 38×1 topic
  40. Maternal Mortality1▲ 9.8×4 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Neonatal Respiratory Health Research, Congenital Heart Disease Studies, Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation and Ultrasound in Clinical Applications.

Neonatal Respiratory Hea…5Neonatal Respiratory Health Research: 5 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease…2Congenital Heart Disease Studies: 2 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resus…2Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 2 fractional worksUltrasound in Clinical Applications: 2 fractional worksRespiratory Support and Mechanisms: 1 fractional worksCongenital Diaphragmatic…1Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies: 1 fractional worksAdvances in Oncology and Radiotherapy: 1 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 1 fractional worksPulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments: 1 fractional worksNeonatal and fetal brain pathology: 1 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEpidemiologyEmergency MedicineCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  2. 2 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 2 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Ultrasound in Clinical Applications Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies Surgery 1 works
  7. 7 Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  8. 8 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Neonatal and fetal brain pathology Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 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 available30.3%not open69.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.2%domestic only90.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has UC Davis Children's Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 41% 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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