Pediatrics

Top Research Topics at Pediatrics?

Pediatrics focuses on Pediatrics, Internal medicine, Family medicine, Surgery and MEDLINE. Pediatrics addresses concerns in Pediatrics which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Birth weight, Gestational age, Incidence (epidemiology), Confidence interval and Disease. Pediatrics connects research in Birth weight with the related topic of Low birth weight.

The study on Confidence interval presented in the journal intersects with subjects under the field of Odds ratio. Internal medicine research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Gastroenterology, Endocrinology and Cardiology. Pediatrics focuses on Family medicine as well as the interrelated topic of Health care.

• Pediatrics (28.10%)
• Internal medicine (12.19%)
• Family medicine (9.22%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards. (11869 citations)
• The fourth report on the diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of high blood pressure in children and adolescents (5167 citations)
• Expert Committee Recommendations Regarding the Prevention, Assessment, and Treatment of Child and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity: Summary Report (3499 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Pediatrics:

The published papers mainly deal with areas of study such as Pediatrics, Internal medicine, Surgery, Psychiatry and Birth weight. The most cited publications emphasize research on Pediatrics, which includes concerns such as El Niño. The journal papers facilitate discussions on Internal medicine that incorporate concepts from other fields like Gastroenterology, Endocrinology and Cardiology.

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Pediatrics (based on the number of publications) are:

• John D. Lantos (125 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 13 less than at the previous edition,
• Robert A. Wood (96 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Frederick P. Rivara (84 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Scott H. Sicherer (83 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Larry K. Pickering (83 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Pediatrics (based on the number of publications) are:

• Boston Children's Hospital (2877 papers) published 268 papers at the last edition, 26 more than at the previous edition,
• Harvard University (1205 papers) published 50 papers at the last edition, 9 less than at the previous edition,
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (860 papers) published 24 papers at the last edition, 11 more than at the previous edition,
• Johns Hopkins University (776 papers) published 31 papers at the last edition, 14 less than at the previous edition,
• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (720 papers) published 84 papers at the last edition, 15 more than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 6.58% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 37.30% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 11.32% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 19.43% of all publications and 31.96% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

• Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
• Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
• Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
• Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
• Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Career Prospects and Further Studies in Pediatrics

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