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Research in Geelong

Science Explorer records 6 research institutions in Geelong, Australia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Barwon Health.

Research institutions
6
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
3.3k
▲ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
91k
27.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
19.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Geelong

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 Geelong?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Barwon HealthHospital / health system 1,063 #8,160
2Reformed Theological CollegeUniversity 60 not ranked
3St John of God Geelong HospitalHospital / health system 55 not ranked
4Transport Accident CommissionInstitution 46 not ranked
5Myers Street Family Medical PracticeHospital / health system 6 not ranked
6Rett Syndrome Association of AustraliaNonprofit 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.

Barwon Health: 86.4%Reformed Theological College: 4.9%St John of God Geelong Hospital: 4.5%Transport Accident Commission: 3.7%1 other listed: 0.5%86%largest
Barwon Health1,063 · 86.4%Reformed Theological College60 · 4.9%St John of God Geelong Hospital55 · 4.5%Transport Accident Commission46 · 3.7%1 other listed6 · 0.5%

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

Which fields of science does Geelong work in?

In 2022-now, 67% of research in Geelong is in Health Sciences, 16% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (60%), Health Professions (6%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 387 fractional works · 67.5% of its workMedicine: 342 fractional works · 59.6% of its workSurgery: 52 fractional works · 9.0% of its workEpidemiology: 33 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 33 fractional works · 5.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 26 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 25 fractional works · 4.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 18 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPhysiology: 14 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 13 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOncology: 12 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNeurology: 12 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 11 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRheumatology: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 34 fractional works · 6.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 20 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmall Animals: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 91 fractional works · 15.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 30 fractional works · 5.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 14 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGenetics: 10 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 20 fractional works · 3.6% of its workImmunology: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workParasitology: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMicrobiology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVirology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 19 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 19 fractional works · 3.3% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 61 fractional works · 10.6% of its workPsychology: 26 fractional works · 4.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 15 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHistory: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 34 fractional works · 6.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 14 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKGeelong574fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences67%Social Sciences11%

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. Medicine34259.6%
    2. Health Professions346.0%
    3. Veterinary50.9%
    4. Nursing40.7%
    5. Dentistry10.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology305.3%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology203.6%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences193.4%
    4. Neuroscience193.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.4%
    1. Psychology264.5%
    2. Social Sciences183.2%
    3. Arts and Humanities91.6%
    4. Decision Sciences30.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance30.5%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting20.4%
    1. Environmental Science142.4%
    2. Engineering101.7%
    3. Computer Science50.9%
    4. Physics and Astronomy20.3%
    5. Mathematics20.3%
    6. Materials Science10.1%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.1%
    8. Chemistry00.1%
    9. Energy00.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Geelong?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Public Health, Depression, Complications, Diagnosis, Treatment and Inflammation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology103▲ 4.5×112 topics
  2. Public Health29▲ 3.4×43 topics
  3. Inflammation26▲ 2.1×59 topics
  4. Pathogenesis25▲ 8.6×20 topics
  5. Treatment25▲ 3.6×40 topics
  6. Depression24▲ 4.8×19 topics
  7. Diagnosis23▲ 4.4×32 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease20▲ 3.1×35 topics
  9. Complications19▲ 6.7×17 topics
  10. Quality of Life18▲ 2.2×38 topics
  11. Risk Factors18▲ 2.8×30 topics
  12. Mortality16▲ 4.8×13 topics
  13. Metabolic Syndrome15▲ 3.3×20 topics
  14. Vaccine14▲ 6.1×10 topics
  15. Immune Response13▲ 4.0×16 topics
  16. Surgical Management13▲ 5.6×19 topics
  17. Guidelines12▲ 4.5×13 topics
  18. Rehabilitation12▲ 5.2×11 topics
  19. Surgery12▲ 5.8×9 topics
  20. Immunotherapy11▲ 2.8×18 topics
  21. Neurological Disorders11▲ 3.5×19 topics
  22. Genetics11▲ 2.8×16 topics
  23. Heart Failure11▲ 4.3×13 topics
  24. Prevalence11▲ 4.7×13 topics
  25. Clinical Guidelines11▲ 6.5×9 topics
  26. Global Burden11▲ 3.4×10 topics
  27. Genetic Mutations9▲ 3.7×13 topics
  28. Antibiotic Resistance9▲ 4.1×11 topics
  29. Primary Care9▲ 4.3×13 topics
  30. Neuroimaging9▲ 5.6×10 topics
  31. Vaccine Development9▲ 5.8×9 topics
  32. Ethical Considerations8▲ 4.2×11 topics
  33. Patient Satisfaction8▲ 4.7×9 topics
  34. Genetic Characterization8▲ 30×2 topics
  35. Cognitive Impairment8▲ 5.3×7 topics
  36. Quality Improvement8▲ 6.8×8 topics
  37. Neurobiology8▲ 5.0×9 topics
  38. Shoulder Function7▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Host-Pathogen Interactions6▲ 13×4 topics
  40. Viral Pathogenesis6▲ 17×2 topics

What research is done in Geelong?

Viral Infections and Vec…6Viral Infections and Vectors: 6 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Trea…6Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 6 fractional worksTryptophan and brain disorders: 4 fractional worksVector-Borne Animal Diseases: 4 fractional worksVector-borne infectious diseases: 4 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 4 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 4 fractional worksShoulder and Clavicle In…3Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries: 3 fractional worksAnimal Disease Management and Epidemiology: 3 fractional worksBipolar Disorder and Treatment: 3 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesSurgeryBiological PsychiatryEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics6 others

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

  1. 1 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 6 works
  2. 2 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 6 works
  3. 3 Tryptophan and brain disorders Biological Psychiatry 4 works
  4. 4 Vector-Borne Animal Diseases Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 4 works
  5. 5 Vector-borne infectious diseases Parasitology 4 works
  6. 6 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  7. 7 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  8. 8 Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries Epidemiology 3 works
  9. 9 Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology Agronomy and Crop Science 3 works
  10. 10 Bipolar Disorder and Treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 3 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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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%Geelong16.7% 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 31.5% in 2012.

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