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Research in East Melbourne

Science Explorer records 14 research institutions in East Melbourne, Australia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Centre for Eye Research Australia, The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital and Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.

Research institutions
14
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
3.9k
▲ 6% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
24.1%
record average 16.5%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite 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 East Melbourne?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Centre for Eye Research AustraliaResearch facility 1,199 #10,797
2The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear HospitalHospital / health system 1,032 #14,253
3Royal Australian College of General PractitionersUniversity 428 #24,706
4Bionics InstituteResearch facility 399 #16,649 all time
5Parenting Research CentreInstitution 276 #31,518 all time
6Natural Hazards Research AustraliaNonprofit 253 #21,115 all time
7Sinclair DermatologyHospital / health system 150 #32,222 all time
8Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and GynaecologistsUniversity 65 not ranked
9Orica (Australia)Company 58 not ranked
10Australasian Leukaemia and Lymphoma GroupHospital / health system 41 not ranked
11Movember FoundationNonprofit 22 not ranked
12Caroline Chisholm Centre for Health EthicsHospital / health system 15 not ranked
13Menzies FoundationNonprofit 6 not ranked
14Smart Water FundInstitution 0 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.

Centre for Eye Research Australia: 30.4%The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital: 26.2%Royal Australian College of General Practitioners: 10.9%Bionics Institute: 10.1%9 others listed: 22.5%30%largest
Centre for Eye Research Australia1,199 · 30.4%The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital1,032 · 26.2%Royal Australian College of General Practitioners428 · 10.9%Bionics Institute399 · 10.1%9 others listed886 · 22.5%

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

What is East Melbourne strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in East Melbourne is most concentrated in Ophthalmology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging (52.5× the world share in Ophthalmology).

  1. OphthalmologySubfield · 81.0 works52×
  2. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield · 49.4 works9.5×
← less than its size predictsmore →

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.

Which keywords describe research in East Melbourne?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Macular Degeneration, Glaucoma, Diabetic Retinopathy, Epidemiology, Optic Nerve, Intraocular Pressure, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Intravitreal Injection.

▲ 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 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. Epidemiology64▲ 2.8×83 topics
  2. Macular Degeneration48▲ 69×3 topics
  3. Glaucoma40▲ 47×4 topics
  4. Inflammation40▲ 3.3×53 topics
  5. Diabetic Retinopathy39▲ 68×2 topics
  6. Optic Nerve34▲ 61×2 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress34▲ 3.6×31 topics
  8. Intraocular Pressure33▲ 68×2 topics
  9. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor31▲ 64×4 topics
  10. Intravitreal Injection29▲ 74×2 topics
  11. Optical Coherence Tomography29▲ 48×3 topics
  12. Myopia27▲ 81×2 topics
  13. Risk Factors26▲ 4.2×23 topics
  14. Choroidal Thickness26▲ 84×1 topic
  15. Retinal Pigment Epithelium26▲ 84×1 topic
  16. Neurodegeneration25▲ 14×9 topics
  17. Retinal Ganglion Cells21▲ 34×3 topics
  18. Ocular Hypertension21▲ 70×1 topic
  19. Visual Field Progression21▲ 70×1 topic
  20. Global Prevalence21▲ 40×2 topics
  21. Visual Impairment20▲ 75×2 topics
  22. Childhood Myopia20▲ 92×1 topic
  23. Refractive Error20▲ 92×1 topic
  24. Hearing Loss17▲ 26×4 topics
  25. Cardiovascular Risk14▲ 7.7×5 topics
  26. Ophthalmology14▲ 48×2 topics
  27. Retinal Disease14▲ 48×2 topics
  28. Image Analysis14▲ 24×1 topic
  29. Vessel Segmentation14▲ 50×1 topic
  30. Primary Care13▲ 5.9×12 topics
  31. Corneal Biomechanics13▲ 66×1 topic
  32. Keratoconus13▲ 66×1 topic
  33. Regeneration12▲ 11×3 topics
  34. Stem Cells12▲ 8.3×9 topics
  35. Wnt Signaling11▲ 19×4 topics
  36. Wound Healing11▲ 7.3×7 topics
  37. Gene Therapy11▲ 9.8×5 topics
  38. Epidermal Niche11▲ 102×1 topic
  39. Hair Follicle11▲ 102×1 topic
  40. Immunosuppressive Therapy10▲ 9.8×5 topics

What research is done in East Melbourne?

  1. 1 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 26 works
  2. 2 Glaucoma and retinal disorders Ophthalmology 21 works
  3. 3 Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies Epidemiology 20 works
  4. 4 Retinal Imaging and Analysis Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 14 works
  5. 5 Corneal surgery and disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 13 works
  6. 6 Hair Growth and Disorders Urology 11 works
  7. 7 Retinal Development and Disorders Molecular Biology 9 works
  8. 8 Retinal and Macular Surgery Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 7 works
  9. 9 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 7 works
  10. 10 Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome Ophthalmology 7 works

Research output over time

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