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University Children's Hospital Zurich

In research, University Children's Hospital Zurich stands highest in Medicine (#2,585 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,357 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,789 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health — Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health is 8.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,538
of 28,054 · #4,670 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#40
of 220
Research works
3.4k
▲ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
97k
28.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is University Children's Hospital Zurich 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 #2,585 of 10,443 17.5%331 #1780
Health SciencesDomain #3,357 of 11,982 17.2%355 #2162
Life SciencesDomain #2,789 of 7,800 20.4%116 #1970
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,071 of 3,579 18.7%75 #1301

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University Children's Hospital Zurich 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#1,780 #2,585
  2. Health Sciences#2,162 #3,357
  3. Life Sciences#1,970 #2,789
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,301 #2,071
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 University Children's Hospital Zurich specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health takes 8.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 34.4 works8.4×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.58× its world share, 75 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.46× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.76× its world share, 24 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.83× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 17 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.60× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.37× its world share, 20 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.15× its world share, 331 worksMedicineNursing: 1.44× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.20× its world share, 20 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 19 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University Children's Hospital Zurich?

Ranked on the composite score, András Jakab, Christian Braegger and Reto Huber lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University Children's Hospital Zurich.

  1. 1 András Jakab Switzerland · #1,312 worldwide 1.3k citations · 93 works
  2. 2 Christian Braegger Switzerland · #32,448 worldwide 427 citations · 54 works
  3. 3 Reto Huber Switzerland · #48,985 worldwide 425 citations · 39 works
  4. 4 Eugen Boltshauser Switzerland · #113,734 worldwide 258 citations · 84 works
  5. 5 Markus A. Landolt Switzerland · #115,832 worldwide 170 citations · 35 works
  6. 6 Hubertus J. A. van Hedel Switzerland · #133,122 worldwide 160 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Oskar G. Jenni Switzerland · #142,905 worldwide 272 citations · 63 works
  8. 8 Beat Bornhäuser Switzerland · #149,719 worldwide 285 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 R. H. Largo Switzerland · #158,516 worldwide 101 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Michael A. Grotzer Switzerland · #158,795 worldwide 206 citations · 64 works
All ranked researchers at University Children's Hospital Zurich

Which keywords describe research at University Children's Hospital Zurich?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology54▲ 2.5×97 topics
  2. Inflammation40▲ 3.5×63 topics
  3. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes32▲ 31×6 topics
  4. Immunotherapy20▲ 5.1×16 topics
  5. Congenital Heart Disease18▲ 40×3 topics
  6. Treatment18▲ 2.7×35 topics
  7. Mortality Risk17▲ 13×4 topics
  8. Cardiac Surgery17▲ 43×2 topics
  9. Adult Congenital Heart Disease17▲ 57×1 topic
  10. Pulmonary Valve Replacement17▲ 57×1 topic
  11. Cancer16▲ 2.2×36 topics
  12. Management16▲ 3.7×26 topics
  13. Genetic Mutations16▲ 6.7×22 topics
  14. Genetics16▲ 4.1×17 topics
  15. Cerebral Palsy15▲ 37×2 topics
  16. Diagnosis13▲ 2.6×32 topics
  17. Rehabilitation13▲ 6.0×11 topics
  18. Preterm Infants13▲ 19×4 topics
  19. Prognostic Factors11▲ 4.8×11 topics
  20. Prenatal Diagnosis11▲ 14×6 topics
  21. Metabolic Disorders11▲ 17×4 topics
  22. Radiotherapy10▲ 4.9×7 topics
  23. Executive Functioning10▲ 15×3 topics
  24. Newborn Screening10▲ 34×2 topics
  25. Mitochondrial Function10▲ 19×5 topics
  26. Glioblastoma10▲ 26×1 topic
  27. Molecular Classification10▲ 12×2 topics
  28. Temozolomide10▲ 26×1 topic
  29. Heart Failure10▲ 4.0×11 topics
  30. Surgery9▲ 4.8×11 topics
  31. Biochemical Genetics9▲ 47×1 topic
  32. Carnitine9▲ 47×1 topic
  33. Tandem Mass Spectrometry9▲ 32×2 topics
  34. Echocardiography9▲ 6.0×7 topics
  35. Cognitive Function9▲ 8.9×6 topics
  36. Interventions8▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Epilepsy8▲ 13×4 topics
  38. Gross Motor Function8▲ 34×1 topic
  39. ICF Model8▲ 34×1 topic
  40. Preterm Birth7▲ 20×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Congenital Heart Disease Studies, Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment, Metabolism and Genetic Disorders and Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders.

Congenital Heart Disease…17Congenital Heart Disease Studies: 17 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 10 fractional worksMetabolism and Genetic D…9Metabolism and Genetic Disorders: 9 fractional worksCerebral Palsy and Movem…8Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders: 8 fractional worksNeonatal and fetal brain pathology: 7 fractional worksInfant Development and Preterm Care: 7 fractional worksChildhood Cancer Survivo…6Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 6 fractional worksAcute Lymphoblastic Leuk…6Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research: 6 fractional worksEpilepsy research and tr…5Epilepsy research and treatment: 5 fractional worksSleep and Wakefulness Re…5Sleep and Wakefulness Research: 5 fractional works
EpidemiologyGeneticsClinical BiochemistryPsychiatry and Mental health3 others

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

  1. 1 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 17 works
  2. 2 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 10 works
  3. 3 Metabolism and Genetic Disorders Clinical Biochemistry 9 works
  4. 4 Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders Psychiatry and Mental health 8 works
  5. 5 Neonatal and fetal brain pathology Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 7 works
  6. 6 Infant Development and Preterm Care Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 7 works
  7. 7 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 6 works
  8. 8 Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  9. 9 Epilepsy research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 5 works
  10. 10 Sleep and Wakefulness Research Cognitive Neuroscience 5 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 available46.2%not open53.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors36.1%domestic only63.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University Children's Hospital Zurich's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% 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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