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Research in Gold Coast

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Gold Coast, Australia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Bond University.

Research institutions
3
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
6.9k
▲ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
126k
18.3 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
25.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Gold Coast

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Which research institutions are in Gold Coast?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Bond UniversityUniversity 6,582 #1,648
2Gold Coast City CouncilGovernment institution 148 #27,002 all time
3C-M Concrete Products (Australia)Company 89 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 Gold Coast work in?

In 2022-now, 40% of research in Gold Coast is in Social Sciences, 38% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (28%), Social Sciences (16%), Health Professions (9%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Social Sciences: 631 fractional works · 40.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 253 fractional works · 16.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 78 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEducation: 38 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 33 fractional works · 2.1% of its workLaw: 26 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGender Studies: 17 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCommunication: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 139 fractional works · 8.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 53 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 42 fractional works · 2.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 19 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 94 fractional works · 5.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 28 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAccounting: 21 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMarketing: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 66 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 42 fractional works · 2.6% of its workFinance: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 45 fractional works · 2.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 21 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 33 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhilosophy: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Sciences: 608 fractional works · 38.5% of its workMedicine: 447 fractional works · 28.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 70 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSurgery: 52 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPhysiology: 35 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEpidemiology: 29 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 24 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 24 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 22 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrology: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 149 fractional works · 9.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 72 fractional works · 4.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 24 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacy: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 228 fractional works · 14.4% of its workEngineering: 81 fractional works · 5.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 25 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 17 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 62 fractional works · 3.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 49 fractional works · 3.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 17 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 112 fractional works · 7.1% of its workNeuroscience: 43 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 30 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 36 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGenetics: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKGold Coast1,578fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences14%Health Sciences38%Social Sciences40%

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 Sciences25316.1%
    2. Psychology1398.8%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting945.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance664.2%
    5. Decision Sciences452.8%
    6. Arts and Humanities332.1%
    1. Medicine44728.4%
    2. Health Professions1499.5%
    3. Nursing70.5%
    4. Veterinary20.1%
    5. Dentistry10.1%
    1. Engineering815.2%
    2. Environmental Science623.9%
    3. Computer Science493.1%
    4. Mathematics120.7%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences80.5%
    6. Physics and Astronomy70.4%
    7. Energy50.3%
    8. Materials Science40.2%
    9. Chemistry10.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Neuroscience432.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology362.3%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences181.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology120.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Gold Coast strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Gold Coast is most concentrated in Occupational Therapy and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (8.8× the world share in Occupational Therapy).

  1. Occupational TherapySubfield · 20.3 works8.8×
  2. Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield · 21.8 works6.2×
← 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: 0.23× its world share, 15 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.37× its world share, 27 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.75× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.63× its world share, 36 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.61× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.39× its world share, 41 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.33× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.34× its world share, 70 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.81× its world share, 56 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.70× its world share, 11 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.62× its world share, 131 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.47× its world share, 388 worksMedicineNursing: 0.96× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.92× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.75× its world share, 30 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.80× its world share, 80 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.95× its world share, 39 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.05× its world share, 60 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.87× its world share, 120 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.30× its world share, 226 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions3.62×131 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.95×39 works
  3. Psychology2.87×120 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.05×60 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.80×80 works
  6. Neuroscience1.63×36 works
  7. Medicine1.47×388 works
  8. Social Sciences1.30×226 works
  9. Nursing0.96×6 works
  10. Veterinary0.92×2 works
  11. Environmental Science0.81×56 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.75×10 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.75×30 works
  14. Mathematics0.70×11 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.61×3 works
  16. Computer Science0.39×41 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.37×27 works
  18. Engineering0.34×70 works
  19. Energy0.33×4 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.32×7 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.23×15 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.19×6 works
  23. Dentistry0.18×1 works
  24. Chemistry0.05×1 works
  25. Materials Science0.05×2 works
  26. Chemical Engineering0.03×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Gold Coast?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Risk Management, Mental Health, Primary Care, Physical Fitness, Depression and Quality of Life.

▲ 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. Epidemiology122▲ 1.94×101 topics
  2. Public Health62▲ 2.7×46 topics
  3. Mental Health46▲ 2.1×33 topics
  4. Sustainability45▲ 1.18×65 topics
  5. Quality of Life44▲ 1.94×46 topics
  6. Depression37▲ 2.7×21 topics
  7. Risk Factors36▲ 2.1×31 topics
  8. Risk Management32▲ 4.3×14 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease32▲ 1.77×31 topics
  10. Primary Care29▲ 4.9×14 topics
  11. Obesity28▲ 2.3×19 topics
  12. Anxiety28▲ 3.7×11 topics
  13. Meta-Analysis26▲ 2.8×17 topics
  14. Prevalence26▲ 4.0×14 topics
  15. Physical Activity26▲ 3.3×11 topics
  16. Emotion Regulation25▲ 4.9×9 topics
  17. Well-being24▲ 3.9×14 topics
  18. Adolescents23▲ 4.0×7 topics
  19. Cancer Risk22▲ 6.3×8 topics
  20. Physical Fitness22▲ 9.8×3 topics
  21. Infectious Diseases21▲ 4.0×6 topics
  22. Ethical Considerations20▲ 3.7×16 topics
  23. Organizational Culture20▲ 3.2×9 topics
  24. Medical Education19▲ 4.4×11 topics
  25. Injuries18▲ 38×2 topics
  26. Patient Satisfaction18▲ 3.8×9 topics
  27. Risk Perception18▲ 4.3×6 topics
  28. Occupational Exposure18▲ 20×2 topics
  29. Emergency Responders18▲ 62×1 topic
  30. Firefighters18▲ 62×1 topic
  31. Reflective Practice17▲ 5.6×6 topics
  32. Injury Prevention16▲ 8.2×5 topics
  33. Professionalism16▲ 6.0×4 topics
  34. Resistance Training14▲ 10×2 topics
  35. Construction Projects14▲ 21×2 topics
  36. Urinary Incontinence14▲ 11×2 topics
  37. High-Intensity Interval Training14▲ 8.2×2 topics
  38. Social Identity14▲ 9.5×6 topics
  39. Occupational Safety13▲ 8.7×2 topics
  40. Stakeholder Analysis13▲ 13×2 topics

What research is done in Gold Coast?

Occupational Health and …15Occupational Health and Performance: 15 fractional worksConstruction Project Man…11Construction Project Management and Performance: 11 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 11 fractional worksSports Performance and T…10Sports Performance and Training: 10 fractional worksOccupational Health and …10Occupational Health and Safety Research: 10 fractional worksBIM and Construction Integration: 8 fractional worksSports injuries and prevention: 8 fractional worksUrinary Bladder and Pros…8Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research: 8 fractional worksEating Disorders and Behaviors: 7 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, Economic Growth: 6 fractional works
Occupational TherapyManagement Science and Operations ResearchPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthOrthopedics and Sports Medicine5 others

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

  1. 1 Occupational Health and Performance Occupational Therapy 15 works
  2. 2 Construction Project Management and Performance Management Science and Operations Research 11 works
  3. 3 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 11 works
  4. 4 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 10 works
  5. 5 Occupational Health and Safety Research Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 10 works
  6. 6 BIM and Construction Integration Building and Construction 8 works
  7. 7 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 8 works
  8. 8 Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research Urology 8 works
  9. 9 Eating Disorders and Behaviors Clinical Psychology 7 works
  10. 10 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 6 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 counting10%20%30%Gold Coast23.9% 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 27.2% in 2013.

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