Research in Cairns
Science Explorer records 5 research institutions in Cairns, Australia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Cairns Hospital.
- Research institutions
- 5 1 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 1.2k ▲ 44% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 11.8% record average 16.5%
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Which research institutions are in Cairns?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cairns HospitalHospital / health system | 1,031 | #12,909 | |
| 2 | Tropical Population Health UnitHospital / health system | 188 | #29,171 all time | |
| 3 | Cairns Professional Game Fishing AssociationInstitution | 5 | not ranked | |
| 4 | Australian Society for ParasitologyInstitution | 3 | not ranked | |
| 5 | Dr Edward Koch FoundationNonprofit | 1 | not ranked |
By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.
How concentrated the city is
The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.
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Which keywords describe research in Cairns?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, Complications, Vaccine Development, Antibiotic Resistance and Virulence.
- Sudden Cardiac Death
- Indigenous Health
- Bacteremia
- Prophylaxis
- Hemodialysis
- Decolonization
- Health Equity
- Toxins
- Surgery
- Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Biogeography
- Risk Factors
- Immune Response
- Type III Secretion System
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Virulence
- Antibiotic Resistance
- Vaccine Development
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Epidemiology
- Pathogenesis
- Complications
- Climate Change
- Quality of Life
- Mortality
- Surgical Management
- Burkholderia pseudomallei
- Melioidosis
- Guidelines
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Virulence Factors
- Primary Care
- Critical Care
- Habitat Fragmentation
- Clinical Outcomes
- Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
- Traditional Ecological Knowledge
- Historical Trauma
- Hemostasis
Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city'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
- Epidemiology43▲ 4.7×91 topics
- Treatment19▲ 6.7×26 topics
- Pathogenesis16▲ 13×16 topics
- Diagnosis14▲ 6.6×24 topics
- Complications10▲ 8.6×15 topics
- Vaccine Development10▲ 17×10 topics
- Climate Change10▲ 1.50×23 topics
- Antibiotic Resistance9▲ 10×10 topics
- Quality of Life8▲ 2.5×25 topics
- Virulence8▲ 53×5 topics
- Mortality8▲ 5.6×11 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 2.6×16 topics
- Surgical Management6▲ 6.6×14 topics
- Type III Secretion System6▲ 50×4 topics
- Burkholderia pseudomallei6▲ 517×1 topic
- Immune Response6▲ 4.5×13 topics
- Melioidosis6▲ 517×1 topic
- Risk Factors6▲ 2.2×18 topics
- Guidelines6▲ 5.0×10 topics
- Biogeography6▲ 9.0×9 topics
- Chronic Kidney Disease5▲ 8.4×7 topics
- Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 3.6×12 topics
- Virulence Factors5▲ 13×6 topics
- Surgery4▲ 5.5×7 topics
- Primary Care4▲ 5.0×11 topics
- Toxins4▲ 19×3 topics
- Critical Care4▲ 7.6×7 topics
- Health Equity4▲ 5.7×4 topics
- Habitat Fragmentation4▲ 6.7×3 topics
- Decolonization3▲ 18×2 topics
- Clinical Outcomes3▲ 6.4×5 topics
- Hemodialysis3▲ 17×2 topics
- Percutaneous Coronary Intervention3▲ 10×4 topics
- Prophylaxis3▲ 10×3 topics
- Traditional Ecological Knowledge3▲ 31×2 topics
- Bacteremia3▲ 18×3 topics
- Historical Trauma3▲ 91×1 topic
- Indigenous Health3▲ 91×1 topic
- Hemostasis3▲ 13×3 topics
- Sudden Cardiac Death3▲ 15×2 topics
What research is done in Cairns?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Burkholderia infections and melioidosis Epidemiology 6 works
- 2 Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights Health 3 works
- 3 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 3 works
- 4 Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis Emergency Medical Services 2 works
- 5 Amoebic Infections and Treatments Infectious Diseases 2 works
- 6 Streptococcal Infections and Treatments Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
- 7 Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions Molecular Biology 2 works
- 8 Hernia repair and management Surgery 2 works
- 9 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 2 works
- 10 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
Research output over time
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