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Women's and Children's Hospital

In research, Women's and Children's Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#3,730 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,504 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,392
of 28,054 · #4,231 all time
Rank in Australia
#188
of 391
Research works
3.8k
▼ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
131k
34.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

What is Women's and 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 #3,730 of 10,443 16.7%153 #1764
Health SciencesDomain #4,504 of 11,982 17.1%170 #2110

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Women's and 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: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.54× its world share, 31 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.08× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.04× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.51× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.63× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.48× its world share, 153 worksMedicineNursing: 2.55× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.52× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Women's and Children's Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Eric Haan, Robert I. Richards and David F. Callen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Women's and Children's Hospital.

  1. 1 Eric Haan Australia · #37,820 worldwide 337 citations · 56 works
  2. 2 Robert I. Richards Australia · #37,832 worldwide 439 citations · 34 works
  3. 3 David F. Callen Australia · #89,472 worldwide 208 citations · 44 works
  4. 4 John C. Mulley Australia · #91,437 worldwide 301 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 Peter J. Anderson Australia · #99,851 worldwide 215 citations · 38 works
  6. 6 John J. Hopwood Australia · #100,231 worldwide 336 citations · 55 works
  7. 7 Elizabeth M. Thompson Australia · #110,077 worldwide 127 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Allan M Cyna Australia · #140,076 worldwide 178 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Philippa Middleton Australia · #146,633 worldwide 344 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 P Müller Australia · #160,240 worldwide 66 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Women's and Children's Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Women's and Children's Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Genetic Mutations, Maternal Mortality, Preterm Infants, Management, Neurodevelopmental Outcomes, Diagnosis and Inflammation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology31▲ 3.4×82 topics
  2. Inflammation12▲ 2.6×44 topics
  3. Quality of Life10▲ 3.0×31 topics
  4. Management10▲ 5.4×19 topics
  5. Diagnosis10▲ 4.5×25 topics
  6. Genetic Mutations9▲ 9.2×16 topics
  7. Maternal Mortality9▲ 17×5 topics
  8. Preterm Infants9▲ 30×4 topics
  9. Genetics8▲ 5.1×12 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress8▲ 2.1×19 topics
  11. Metabolic Syndrome8▲ 4.1×14 topics
  12. Treatment8▲ 2.8×26 topics
  13. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes7▲ 17×6 topics
  14. Prenatal Diagnosis7▲ 20×7 topics
  15. Fetal Development6▲ 30×3 topics
  16. Risk Factors6▲ 2.6×21 topics
  17. Complications6▲ 5.2×14 topics
  18. Pulmonary Hypertension6▲ 18×3 topics
  19. Endothelial Dysfunction6▲ 11×3 topics
  20. Pregnancy5▲ 11×8 topics
  21. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia5▲ 34×2 topics
  22. Respiratory Distress Syndrome5▲ 28×2 topics
  23. Preeclampsia5▲ 29×2 topics
  24. Pregnancy Complications5▲ 28×2 topics
  25. Hypertensive Disorders5▲ 34×1 topic
  26. Lung Stem Cells5▲ 37×1 topic
  27. Placental Development5▲ 34×1 topic
  28. Surfactant Proteins5▲ 37×1 topic
  29. Surgical Management5▲ 5.1×16 topics
  30. Neural Crest4▲ 51×2 topics
  31. Treatment Outcomes4▲ 30×2 topics
  32. Congenital Heart Disease4▲ 21×3 topics
  33. Pathophysiology4▲ 5.9×9 topics
  34. Craniosynostosis4▲ 96×1 topic
  35. FGF Signaling4▲ 96×1 topic
  36. Children4▲ 6.9×6 topics
  37. Cleft Lip4▲ 58×1 topic
  38. Cleft Palate4▲ 58×1 topic
  39. Pulmonary Infections3▲ 26×2 topics
  40. Infertility3▲ 10×4 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Neonatal Respiratory Health Research, Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies, Craniofacial Disorders and Treatments and Cleft Lip and Palate Research.

Neonatal Respiratory Hea…5Neonatal Respiratory Health Research: 5 fractional worksPregnancy and preeclamps…5Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 5 fractional worksCraniofacial Disorders a…4Craniofacial Disorders and Treatments: 4 fractional worksCleft Lip and Palate Res…4Cleft Lip and Palate Research: 4 fractional worksCystic Fibrosis Research Advances: 3 fractional worksGestational Diabetes Research and Management: 3 fractional worksLysosomal Storage Disord…3Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research: 3 fractional worksPrenatal Screening and D…2Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksNeonatal and fetal brain…2Neonatal and fetal brain pathology: 2 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease…2Congenital Heart Disease Studies: 2 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineObstetrics and GynecologyGeneticsPhysiology2 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 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 5 works
  3. 3 Craniofacial Disorders and Treatments Genetics 4 works
  4. 4 Cleft Lip and Palate Research Genetics 4 works
  5. 5 Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  6. 6 Gestational Diabetes Research and Management Obstetrics and Gynecology 3 works
  7. 7 Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research Physiology 3 works
  8. 8 Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  9. 9 Neonatal and fetal brain pathology Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  10. 10 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 2 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 available26.8%not open73.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.7%domestic only80.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Women's and Children's Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% 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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