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Research in Footscray

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Footscray, Australia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Orygen Youth Health and Footscray Hospital.

Research institutions
3
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.5k
▼ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
60k
40.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
31.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1952-2026
75 years on the record
Footscray

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 Footscray?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Orygen Youth HealthHospital / health system 821 #12,489
2Footscray HospitalHospital / health system 632 #12,874
3City West WaterInstitution 10 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.

Which fields of science does Footscray work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research in Footscray is in Health Sciences, 36% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (40%), Psychology (21%), Social Sciences (11%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 136 fractional works · 50.1% of its workMedicine: 109 fractional works · 40.2% of its workSurgery: 16 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 15 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 9 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEpidemiology: 9 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhysiology: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 22 fractional works · 8.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 15 fractional works · 5.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 97 fractional works · 35.8% of its workPsychology: 57 fractional works · 21.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 31 fractional works · 11.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 10 fractional works · 3.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 30 fractional works · 11.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 12 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 21 fractional works · 7.8% of its workNeuroscience: 12 fractional works · 4.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 17 fractional works · 6.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKFootscray271fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences50%Social Sciences36%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine10940.2%
    2. Health Professions228.2%
    3. Nursing30.9%
    4. Dentistry20.6%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Psychology5721.0%
    2. Social Sciences3011.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities41.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.9%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting20.8%
    6. Decision Sciences10.4%
    1. Neuroscience124.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology62.1%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.4%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.3%
    1. Environmental Science62.3%
    2. Computer Science51.8%
    3. Engineering41.6%
    4. Mathematics10.3%
    5. Energy00.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    7. Chemistry00.1%
    8. Materials Science00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Footscray strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Footscray is most concentrated in Clinical Psychology and Psychology (11.1× the world share in Clinical Psychology).

  1. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 27.0 works11×
  2. PsychologyField · 49.4 works6.9×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.41× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.67× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.25× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.46× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.22× its world share, 20 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.09× its world share, 94 worksMedicineNursing: 1.80× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 6.94× its world share, 49 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.88× its world share, 26 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 6.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology6.94×49 works
  2. Health Professions3.22×20 works
  3. Neuroscience2.67×10 works
  4. Medicine2.09×94 works
  5. Nursing1.80×2 works
  6. Social Sciences0.88×26 works
  7. Dentistry0.80×1 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.77×1 works
  9. Veterinary0.54×0 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.49×3 works
  11. Environmental Science0.46×5 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.42×1 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.41×5 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.40×2 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.38×1 works
  16. Mathematics0.30×1 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.30×2 works
  18. Computer Science0.25×5 works
  19. Energy0.16×0 works
  20. Engineering0.11×4 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.06×1 works
  22. Chemistry0.04×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.03×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Footscray?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Depression, Epidemiology, Mental Health, Prevalence, Adolescents, Anxiety, Psychological Distress and Cognitive Therapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology32▲ 3.0×76 topics
  2. Depression26▲ 11×18 topics
  3. Mental Health20▲ 5.0×28 topics
  4. Prevalence14▲ 13×12 topics
  5. Adolescents13▲ 13×7 topics
  6. Risk Factors12▲ 4.1×24 topics
  7. Anxiety11▲ 8.8×10 topics
  8. Psychological Distress11▲ 16×5 topics
  9. Metabolic Syndrome11▲ 4.8×14 topics
  10. Public Health11▲ 2.7×29 topics
  11. Cognitive Therapy10▲ 33×3 topics
  12. Social Cognition10▲ 19×8 topics
  13. Mental Disorders9▲ 28×3 topics
  14. Psychopathology9▲ 18×3 topics
  15. Antipsychotic Drugs8▲ 77×1 topic
  16. Neurocognitive Deficits8▲ 77×1 topic
  17. Global Burden8▲ 5.4×9 topics
  18. Genetics8▲ 4.1×11 topics
  19. Emotion Regulation8▲ 8.9×9 topics
  20. Stigma7▲ 18×4 topics
  21. Mortality6▲ 4.2×12 topics
  22. Neurobiology6▲ 9.2×9 topics
  23. Health Services6▲ 26×2 topics
  24. Well-being6▲ 6.0×9 topics
  25. Help-Seeking Behavior6▲ 49×1 topic
  26. Psychiatric Disorders6▲ 17×4 topics
  27. Public Attitudes6▲ 49×1 topic
  28. Mobile Health6▲ 14×3 topics
  29. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy6▲ 15×3 topics
  30. Adherence5▲ 16×2 topics
  31. Neurobiological Correlates5▲ 20×3 topics
  32. Neuroimaging5▲ 7.3×7 topics
  33. Children5▲ 8.4×5 topics
  34. Prevention Strategies5▲ 19×4 topics
  35. Anxiety Disorders5▲ 17×2 topics
  36. Global Burden of Disease5▲ 7.5×4 topics
  37. Behavioral Activation5▲ 27×1 topic
  38. Internet-based Interventions5▲ 27×1 topic
  39. Mental Health Services5▲ 34×2 topics
  40. Treatment Guidelines5▲ 8.2×6 topics

What research is done in Footscray?

Schizophrenia research and treatment: 7 fractional worksMental Health Treatment and Access: 5 fractional worksDigital Mental Health In…4Digital Mental Health Interventions: 4 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psy…4Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 4 fractional worksSuicide and Self-Harm Studies: 4 fractional worksMental Health and Patient Involvement: 3 fractional worksBipolar Disorder and Tre…3Bipolar Disorder and Treatment: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 3 fractional worksMental Health Research Topics: 2 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 2 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthSocial PsychologyApplied PsychologyClinical Psychology3 others

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

  1. 1 Schizophrenia research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 7 works
  2. 2 Mental Health Treatment and Access Social Psychology 5 works
  3. 3 Digital Mental Health Interventions Applied Psychology 4 works
  4. 4 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 4 works
  5. 5 Suicide and Self-Harm Studies Clinical Psychology 4 works
  6. 6 Mental Health and Patient Involvement General Health Professions 3 works
  7. 7 Bipolar Disorder and Treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 3 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 3 works
  9. 9 Mental Health Research Topics Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 2 works
  10. 10 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 2 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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%60%Footscray28.0% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 53.5% in 2012.

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