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Research in Darwin

Science Explorer records 16 research institutions in Darwin, Australia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Charles Darwin University and Menzies School of Health Research.

Research institutions
16
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
11k
▼ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
251k
22.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
25.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Darwin

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Darwin?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Charles Darwin UniversityUniversity 5,926 #1,027
2Menzies School of Health ResearchFunder 2,288 #4,382
3Government of the Northern TerritoryFunder 659 #9,911 all time
4Department of Land Resource ManagementGovernment institution 582 #14,832 all time
5Northern Territory Health ServicesGovernment institution 329 #18,164 all time
6Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary EducationUniversity 215 #24,416 all time
7Department of Primary Industry and ResourcesGovernment institution 162 #30,515 all time
8Department of Arts and MuseumsGovernment institution 118 not ranked
9Department of Sport and RecreationGovernment institution 76 not ranked
10National Critical Care and Trauma Response CentreGovernment institution 67 not ranked
11Northern Territory Environment Protection AuthorityGovernment institution 8 not ranked
12Amateur Fishermen's Association of the Northern TerritoryInstitution 2 not ranked
13Department of Housing and Community DevelopmentGovernment institution 2 not ranked
14C-AID ConsultantsInstitution 1 not ranked
15Cancer Council Northern TerritoryNonprofit 1 not ranked
16Northern Territory Seafood CouncilInstitution 0 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. 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.

Charles Darwin University: 56.8%Menzies School of Health Research: 21.9%Government of the Northern Territory: 6.3%Department of Land Resource Management: 5.6%11 others listed: 9.4%57%largest
Charles Darwin University5,926 · 56.8%Menzies School of Health Research2,288 · 21.9%Government of the Northern Territory659 · 6.3%Department of Land Resource Management582 · 5.6%11 others listed981 · 9.4%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Darwin work in?

In 2022-now, 32% of research in Darwin is in Social Sciences, 31% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (24%), Social Sciences (19%), Environmental Science (11%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Social Sciences: 798 fractional works · 31.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 474 fractional works · 18.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 134 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEducation: 108 fractional works · 4.3% of its workHealth: 69 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 36 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAnthropology: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 121 fractional works · 4.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 51 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 33 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 71 fractional works · 2.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 19 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 61 fractional works · 2.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 47 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 38 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFinance: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 25 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 789 fractional works · 31.3% of its workMedicine: 598 fractional works · 23.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 100 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEpidemiology: 83 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 44 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 42 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 34 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSurgery: 34 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 28 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 23 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 45 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 162 fractional works · 6.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 106 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 24 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 671 fractional works · 26.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 283 fractional works · 11.2% of its workEcology: 71 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 61 fractional works · 2.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 38 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 29 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcological Modeling: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 171 fractional works · 6.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 41 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 26 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 117 fractional works · 4.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 39 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 30 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 38 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPaleontology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOceanography: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 19 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 260 fractional works · 10.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 122 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPlant Science: 39 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 26 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 72 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGenetics: 26 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 25 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 40 fractional works · 1.6% of its workParasitology: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVirology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 22 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKDarwin2,519fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences31%Social Sciences32%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences47418.8%
    2. Psychology1214.8%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting712.8%
    4. Arts and Humanities612.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance471.9%
    6. Decision Sciences251.0%
    1. Medicine59823.7%
    2. Health Professions1626.4%
    3. Nursing160.6%
    4. Dentistry70.3%
    5. Veterinary70.3%
    1. Environmental Science28311.2%
    2. Engineering1716.8%
    3. Computer Science1174.6%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences381.5%
    5. Materials Science190.8%
    6. Energy120.5%
    7. Mathematics110.5%
    8. Chemistry90.4%
    9. Physics and Astronomy90.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering20.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1224.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology722.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology401.6%
    4. Neuroscience220.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics50.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Darwin strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Darwin is most concentrated in Health, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Emergency Medical Services (8.9× the world share in Health).

  1. HealthSubfield · 59.2 works8.9×
  2. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 32.4 works6.1×
  3. Emergency Medical ServicesSubfield · 22.2 works5.5×
  4. EcologySubfield · 62.3 works3.5×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 106 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.51× its world share, 61 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.44× its world share, 32 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.53× its world share, 19 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.53× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.25× its world share, 9 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.60× its world share, 105 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.89× its world share, 31 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.52× its world share, 11 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.46× its world share, 154 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.21× its world share, 245 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.23× its world share, 18 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.35× its world share, 9 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.57× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.52× its world share, 149 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.23× its world share, 530 worksMedicineNursing: 1.26× its world share, 14 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.77× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.86× its world share, 55 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.86× its world share, 62 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.04× its world share, 22 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.92× its world share, 44 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.60× its world share, 109 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.50× its world share, 426 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions2.52×149 works
  2. Environmental Science2.21×245 works
  3. Veterinary1.77×5 works
  4. Psychology1.60×109 works
  5. Social Sciences1.50×426 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.44×32 works
  7. Nursing1.26×14 works
  8. Medicine1.23×530 works
  9. Decision Sciences1.04×22 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.99×106 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.92×44 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.89×31 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.86×55 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.86×62 works
  15. Computer Science0.60×105 works
  16. Dentistry0.57×6 works
  17. Neuroscience0.53×19 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.53×4 works
  19. Energy0.52×11 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.51×61 works
  21. Engineering0.46×154 works
  22. Mathematics0.35×9 works
  23. Chemistry0.25×9 works
  24. Materials Science0.23×18 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.22×2 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.17×8 works

Which keywords describe research in Darwin?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Climate Change, Health Equity, Public Health, Decolonization, Biodiversity, Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Indigenous Knowledge Systems.

▲ 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-now 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
  1. Epidemiology234▲ 2.3×121 topics
  2. Climate Change187▲ 2.7×85 topics
  3. Public Health99▲ 2.7×53 topics
  4. Sustainability85▲ 1.37×74 topics
  5. Biodiversity77▲ 4.0×30 topics
  6. Machine Learning72▼ 0.86×69 topics
  7. Globalization72▲ 1.45×62 topics
  8. Health Equity69▲ 9.3×6 topics
  9. Mental Health60▲ 1.65×39 topics
  10. Treatment59▲ 1.93×45 topics
  11. Decolonization58▲ 28×6 topics
  12. Pathogenesis58▲ 4.5×22 topics
  13. Social Justice55▲ 3.7×29 topics
  14. Traditional Ecological Knowledge54▲ 49×2 topics
  15. Indigenous Knowledge Systems54▲ 64×3 topics
  16. Vaccine Development53▲ 8.2×11 topics
  17. Settler Colonialism53▲ 50×2 topics
  18. Historical Trauma53▲ 141×1 topic
  19. Indigenous Health53▲ 141×1 topic
  20. Conservation51▲ 4.7×22 topics
  21. Population Dynamics48▲ 7.4×11 topics
  22. Vulnerability48▲ 8.2×7 topics
  23. Invasive Species47▲ 4.4×20 topics
  24. Diagnosis44▲ 1.88×36 topics
  25. Global Burden42▲ 3.0×12 topics
  26. Resilience41▲ 3.3×16 topics
  27. Infectious Diseases33▲ 4.0×8 topics
  28. Habitat Fragmentation33▲ 6.0×4 topics
  29. Ethical Considerations32▲ 3.7×17 topics
  30. Antibiotic Resistance32▲ 3.2×14 topics
  31. Community Engagement30▲ 3.6×13 topics
  32. Conservation Biology28▲ 10×4 topics
  33. Traditional Knowledge28▲ 26×4 topics
  34. Habitat Selection24▲ 13×2 topics
  35. Virulence Factors24▲ 6.4×7 topics
  36. Trophic Cascades23▲ 10×2 topics
  37. Ecological Knowledge23▲ 21×2 topics
  38. Model Evaluation22▲ 6.9×2 topics
  39. Insecticide Resistance22▲ 11×4 topics
  40. Nutrition Transition22▲ 26×2 topics

What research is done in Darwin?

Indigenous Health, Educa…45Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights: 45 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 19 fractional worksIndigenous Studies and Ecology: 15 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 15 fractional worksBurkholderia infections and melioidosis: 14 fractional worksEducation Systems and Policy: 14 fractional worksStreptococcal Infections…12Streptococcal Infections and Treatments: 12 fractional worksMalaria Research and Control: 11 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 10 fractional worksIndigenous and Place-Based Education: 10 fractional works
HealthEcologyGeneral Health ProfessionsEcological Modeling4 others

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

  1. 1 Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights Health 45 works
  2. 2 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 19 works
  3. 3 Indigenous Studies and Ecology General Health Professions 15 works
  4. 4 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 15 works
  5. 5 Burkholderia infections and melioidosis Epidemiology 14 works
  6. 6 Education Systems and Policy Education 14 works
  7. 7 Streptococcal Infections and Treatments Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 12 works
  8. 8 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 11 works
  9. 9 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 10 works
  10. 10 Indigenous and Place-Based Education Education 10 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting20%40%Darwin21.7% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 32.9% in 2010.

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