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UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital

In research, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#3,460 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,573 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health — Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health is 9.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,239
of 28,054 · #9,043 all time
Rank in United States
#1,526
of 4,192
Research works
1.3k
▲ 25% vs 2013–17
Citations
31k
23.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is UCSF Benioff 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 #3,460 of 10,443 21.8%193 #2987
Health SciencesDomain #4,573 of 11,982 21.6%216 #3644

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

What does UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health takes 9.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 20.7 works9.8×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.62× its world share, 24 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.88× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.83× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.64× its world share, 20 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.55× its world share, 193 worksMedicineNursing: 1.67× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.30× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 9 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 UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Elliott Vichinsky, Paul Harmatz and Michael D. Lagios lead among researchers whose main affiliation is UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital.

  1. 1 Elliott Vichinsky United States · #11,167 worldwide 488 citations · 69 works
  2. 2 Paul Harmatz United States · #96,482 worldwide 297 citations · 86 works
  3. 3 Michael D. Lagios United States · #203,255 worldwide 147 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Mark C. Walters United States · #521,776 worldwide 72 citations · 32 works
  5. 5 H.E. Thelander United States · #625,956 worldwide 32 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Hirsch Handmaker United States · #696,706 worldwide 56 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Christopher Newton United States · #868,490 worldwide 34 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Ashutosh Lal United States · #977,293 worldwide 43 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Marsha Treadwell United States · #1,048,647 worldwide 27 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Anurag K. Agrawal United States · #1,171,931 worldwide 27 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital

Which keywords describe research at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Pulmonary Hypertension, Neurodevelopmental Outcomes, Sickle-cell Disease, Thalassemia, Prognostic Factors, Inflammation and Anemia.

▲ 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. Epidemiology38▲ 3.4×91 topics
  2. Inflammation15▲ 2.6×49 topics
  3. Pulmonary Hypertension15▲ 37×3 topics
  4. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes11▲ 20×5 topics
  5. Sickle-cell Disease10▲ 86×1 topic
  6. Thalassemia10▲ 86×1 topic
  7. Prognostic Factors10▲ 8.2×10 topics
  8. Treatment9▲ 2.7×34 topics
  9. Mental Health9▲ 2.1×23 topics
  10. Diagnosis8▲ 3.0×28 topics
  11. Anemia8▲ 29×4 topics
  12. Adolescents7▲ 6.9×7 topics
  13. Genetic Mutations7▲ 5.6×20 topics
  14. Preterm Infants7▲ 20×4 topics
  15. Health-related Quality of Life6▲ 9.7×3 topics
  16. Critical Care6▲ 9.7×8 topics
  17. Immunotherapy6▲ 3.1×13 topics
  18. Mortality6▲ 3.9×11 topics
  19. Cardiac Surgery6▲ 30×2 topics
  20. Psychosocial Outcomes6▲ 34×2 topics
  21. Complications6▲ 4.3×14 topics
  22. Childhood Cancer Survivor Study6▲ 46×1 topic
  23. Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory6▲ 46×1 topic
  24. Pediatric Oncology5▲ 34×2 topics
  25. Mortality Risk5▲ 7.8×4 topics
  26. Congenital Heart Disease5▲ 22×3 topics
  27. Erythropoiesis5▲ 30×2 topics
  28. Minimal Residual Disease5▲ 26×2 topics
  29. Echocardiography5▲ 6.5×7 topics
  30. Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia5▲ 52×1 topic
  31. Childhood Cancer5▲ 52×1 topic
  32. Hematopoietic Stem Cells5▲ 20×3 topics
  33. Primary Care5▲ 4.6×9 topics
  34. Adult Congenital Heart Disease5▲ 32×1 topic
  35. Pulmonary Valve Replacement5▲ 32×1 topic
  36. Medical Education4▲ 6.2×10 topics
  37. Prenatal Diagnosis4▲ 11×6 topics
  38. Cerebral Palsy4▲ 21×2 topics
  39. Respiratory Distress Syndrome4▲ 18×2 topics
  40. Genetic Variants4▲ 8.1×6 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders, Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research and Congenital Heart Disease Studies.

Hemoglobinopathies and R…10Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 10 fractional worksChildhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 6 fractional worksAcute Lymphoblastic Leuk…5Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research: 5 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease…5Congenital Heart Disease Studies: 5 fractional worksIron Metabolism and Disorders: 3 fractional worksNeonatal and fetal brain pathology: 3 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia R…3Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 3 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Health Research: 3 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 3 fractional worksBlood groups and transfusion: 3 fractional works
GeneticsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthEpidemiology3 others

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

  1. 1 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 10 works
  2. 2 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 6 works
  3. 3 Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  4. 4 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 5 works
  5. 5 Iron Metabolism and Disorders Hematology 3 works
  6. 6 Neonatal and fetal brain pathology Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 works
  7. 7 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 3 works
  8. 8 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  9. 9 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 3 works
  10. 10 Blood groups and transfusion Hematology 3 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 available43.1%not open56.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.0%domestic only84.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% 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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