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Research in Newcastle

Science Explorer records 8 research institutions in Newcastle, Australia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Newcastle Australia, Hunter Medical Research Institute and Hunter Water.

Research institutions
8
4 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
41k
▼ 14% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.2M
28.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
25.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Newcastle

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 Newcastle?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of Newcastle AustraliaUniversity 37,186 #542
2Hunter Medical Research InstituteResearch facility 2,134 #3,331
3Hunter New England Local Health DistrictHospital / health system 984 #10,855
4Hunter WaterInstitution 911 #8,488
5CRC CAREResearch facility 58 not ranked
6Trans Tasman Radiation Oncology GroupInstitution 46 not ranked
7Breast Cancer TrialsNonprofit 39 not ranked
8Hunter Cancer Research AllianceInstitution 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.

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.

University of Newcastle Australia: 89.9%Hunter Medical Research Institute: 5.2%Hunter New England Local Health District: 2.4%Hunter Water: 2.2%4 others listed: 0.4%90%largest
University of Newcastle Australia37k · 89.9%Hunter Medical Research Institute2,134 · 5.2%Hunter New England Local Health District984 · 2.4%Hunter Water911 · 2.2%4 others listed153 · 0.4%

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

Which fields of science does Newcastle work in?

In 2022-now, 36% of research in Newcastle is in Health Sciences, 29% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (29%), Social Sciences (12%), Engineering (11%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 2,425 fractional works · 36.1% of its workMedicine: 1,935 fractional works · 28.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 247 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSurgery: 181 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPhysiology: 164 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEpidemiology: 158 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 147 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 110 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 88 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOncology: 80 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 74 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 53 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 45 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 45 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 44 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 42 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 37 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 35 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 34 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 96 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 418 fractional works · 6.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 263 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 34 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacy: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 49 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 38 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1,960 fractional works · 29.2% of its workEngineering: 720 fractional works · 10.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 112 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 106 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 102 fractional works · 1.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 93 fractional works · 1.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 56 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 43 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 42 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 39 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 455 fractional works · 6.8% of its workEcology: 67 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 59 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 58 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 55 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 53 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 43 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 296 fractional works · 4.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 95 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems: 51 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 50 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 35 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 170 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 94 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomaterials: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 98 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 47 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 59 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 51 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 47 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 41 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 44 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,671 fractional works · 24.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 795 fractional works · 11.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 263 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEducation: 168 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHealth: 61 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 59 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 47 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 48 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 376 fractional works · 5.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 147 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 90 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 52 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 47 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 170 fractional works · 2.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 47 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 134 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHistory: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhilosophy: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 42 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 130 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 87 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFinance: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 67 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 664 fractional works · 9.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 296 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 151 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGenetics: 71 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCancer Research: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 34 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 147 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPlant Science: 47 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 135 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 66 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 73 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 48 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKNewcastle6,720fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences29%Health Sciences36%Social Sciences25%

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. Health Sciences2,42536.1%
    1. Medicine1,93528.8%
    2. Health Professions4186.2%
    3. Nursing490.7%
    4. Dentistry160.2%
    5. Veterinary60.1%
    1. Engineering72010.7%
    2. Environmental Science4556.8%
    3. Computer Science2964.4%
    4. Materials Science1702.5%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences981.5%
    6. Physics and Astronomy590.9%
    7. Mathematics510.8%
    8. Energy470.7%
    9. Chemistry440.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering200.3%
  3. Social Sciences1,67124.9%
    1. Social Sciences79511.8%
    2. Psychology3765.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting1702.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities1342.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1301.9%
    6. Decision Sciences671.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2964.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1472.2%
    3. Neuroscience1352.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology731.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics130.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Newcastle strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Newcastle is most concentrated in Applied Psychology, Health and General Health Professions (3.4× the world share in Applied Psychology).

  1. Applied PsychologySubfield · 29.0 works3.4×
  2. HealthSubfield · 52.6 works2.9×
  3. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 237.9 works2.9×
← 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: 0.44× its world share, 127 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.82× its world share, 264 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.07× its world share, 65 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.24× its world share, 122 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.55× its world share, 12 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.78× its world share, 16 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.42× its world share, 40 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.58× its world share, 272 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.94× its world share, 89 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.77× its world share, 43 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.73× its world share, 656 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.35× its world share, 405 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.74× its world share, 157 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.60× its world share, 42 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.39× its world share, 52 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.48× its world share, 14 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.36× its world share, 375 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.49× its world share, 1,727 worksMedicineNursing: 1.51× its world share, 45 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.71× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.69× its world share, 120 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.79× its world share, 153 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.95× its world share, 56 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.95× its world share, 123 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.82× its world share, 335 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.94× its world share, 714 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 2.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions2.36×375 works
  2. Psychology1.82×335 works
  3. Nursing1.51×45 works
  4. Medicine1.49×1,727 works
  5. Environmental Science1.35×405 works
  6. Neuroscience1.24×122 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.07×65 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.95×56 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.95×123 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.94×89 works
  11. Social Sciences0.94×714 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.82×264 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.79×153 works
  14. Chemical Engineering0.78×16 works
  15. Energy0.77×43 works
  16. Materials Science0.74×157 works
  17. Engineering0.73×656 works
  18. Veterinary0.71×6 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.69×120 works
  20. Mathematics0.60×42 works
  21. Computer Science0.58×272 works
  22. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.55×12 works
  23. Dentistry0.48×14 works
  24. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.44×127 works
  25. Chemistry0.42×40 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.39×52 works

Which keywords describe research in Newcastle?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Public Health, Mental Health, Physical Activity, Cardiovascular Disease, Prevalence and Climate Change.

▲ 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. Epidemiology434▲ 1.62×129 topics
  2. Inflammation242▲ 1.69×80 topics
  3. Public Health199▲ 2.0×55 topics
  4. Climate Change199◆ 1.09×95 topics
  5. Mental Health177▲ 1.84×41 topics
  6. Machine Learning160▼ 0.71×76 topics
  7. Quality of Life154▲ 1.59×55 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease144▲ 1.88×37 topics
  9. Treatment139▲ 1.70×51 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress133▲ 1.20×58 topics
  11. Risk Factors132▲ 1.78×36 topics
  12. Environmental Impact119◆ 1.04×50 topics
  13. Metabolic Syndrome119▲ 2.2×22 topics
  14. Depression118▲ 1.99×24 topics
  15. Physical Activity108▲ 3.3×11 topics
  16. Obesity103▲ 1.98×25 topics
  17. Genetics100▲ 2.1×25 topics
  18. Health Effects99▲ 2.4×22 topics
  19. Global Burden99▲ 2.7×12 topics
  20. Prevalence98▲ 3.6×15 topics
  21. Management85▲ 1.58×35 topics
  22. Adolescents82▲ 3.3×9 topics
  23. Anxiety76▲ 2.4×12 topics
  24. Primary Care75▲ 3.0×15 topics
  25. Resilience74▲ 2.2×16 topics
  26. Behavior Change70▲ 7.0×4 topics
  27. Chronic Disease Management68▲ 5.2×6 topics
  28. Ethical Considerations64▲ 2.8×18 topics
  29. Chronic Diseases60▲ 3.5×9 topics
  30. Evidence-Based Practice55▲ 6.2×7 topics
  31. Patient Engagement50▲ 5.6×4 topics
  32. Psychiatric Disorders50▲ 5.5×4 topics
  33. Immunology49▲ 6.7×2 topics
  34. Adherence47▲ 5.7×2 topics
  35. Mobile Health47▲ 4.9×2 topics
  36. Asthma47▲ 7.2×3 topics
  37. Allergic Diseases45▲ 11×1 topic
  38. Eosinophils45▲ 11×1 topic
  39. Childhood40▲ 8.7×1 topic
  40. Overweight40▲ 9.2×1 topic

What research is done in Newcastle?

Asthma and respiratory diseases: 41 fractional worksObesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 38 fractional worksMinerals Flotation and Separation Techniques: 28 fractional worksNutritional Studies and Diet: 26 fractional worksHealth Policy Implementation Science: 25 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 24 fractional worksPhysical Activity and Health: 23 fractional worksLandslides and related h…23Landslides and related hazards: 23 fractional worksDisaster Management and Resilience: 22 fractional worksIndigenous Health, Education, and Rights: 21 fractional works
PhysiologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthWater Science and TechnologyGeneral Health Professions4 others

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

  1. 1 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 41 works
  2. 2 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 38 works
  3. 3 Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques Water Science and Technology 28 works
  4. 4 Nutritional Studies and Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 26 works
  5. 5 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 25 works
  6. 6 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 24 works
  7. 7 Physical Activity and Health Physiology 23 works
  8. 8 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 23 works
  9. 9 Disaster Management and Resilience Sociology and Political Science 22 works
  10. 10 Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights Health 21 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%Newcastle22.2% 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 34.1% in 2016.

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