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Research in Parkville

Science Explorer records 4 research institutions in Parkville, Australia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Orygen and Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute.

Research institutions
4
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2k
▼ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
56k
27.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
30.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Parkville

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 Parkville?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Zoos VictoriaArchive 657 #23,246 all time
2Australian Mathematical Sciences InstituteInstitution 612 #19,057
3OrygenInstitution 461 #8,687
4Paediatric Integrated Cancer ServiceHospital / health system 73 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.

Zoos Victoria: 36.4%Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute: 33.9%Orygen: 25.6%Paediatric Integrated Cancer Service: 4.0%36%largest
Zoos Victoria657 · 36.4%Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute612 · 33.9%Orygen461 · 25.6%Paediatric Integrated Cancer Service73 · 4.0%

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

Which fields of science does Parkville work in?

In 2022-now, 37% of research in Parkville is in Physical Sciences, 30% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Psychology (21%), Medicine (15%), Mathematics (13%).

Physical Sciences: 145 fractional works · 37.3% of its workMathematics: 50 fractional works · 12.9% of its workMathematical Physics: 15 fractional works · 4.0% of its workApplied Mathematics: 9 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNumerical Analysis: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workModeling and Simulation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 35 fractional works · 9.0% of its workEcology: 14 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 21 fractional works · 5.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 9 fractional works · 2.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 16 fractional works · 4.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 15 fractional works · 3.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPaleontology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 115 fractional works · 29.5% of its workPsychology: 80 fractional works · 20.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 45 fractional works · 11.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 15 fractional works · 3.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 22 fractional works · 5.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGender Studies: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 79 fractional works · 20.4% of its workMedicine: 59 fractional works · 15.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 19 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 16 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 12 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmall Animals: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 49 fractional works · 12.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 21 fractional works · 5.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGenetics: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 13 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workParasitology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVirology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKParkville389fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences37%Health Sciences20%Social Sciences30%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Mathematics5012.9%
    2. Environmental Science359.0%
    3. Computer Science215.5%
    4. Physics and Astronomy164.2%
    5. Engineering153.8%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences41.1%
    7. Chemistry20.5%
    8. Materials Science10.3%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Psychology8020.6%
    2. Social Sciences225.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities51.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance41.0%
    5. Decision Sciences20.6%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting10.3%
    1. Medicine5915.1%
    2. Health Professions164.1%
    3. Veterinary41.0%
    4. Nursing10.2%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology215.4%
    2. Neuroscience133.3%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences92.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology61.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Parkville strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Parkville is most concentrated in Clinical Psychology and Mathematics (11.8× the world share in Clinical Psychology).

  1. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 42.3 works12×
  2. MathematicsField · 44.0 works11×
← 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: 0.43× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.94× its world share, 17 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.53× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.97× its world share, 11 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.73× its world share, 19 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.24× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.60× its world share, 27 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 10.88× its world share, 44 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.80× its world share, 14 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.68× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.80× its world share, 53 worksMedicineNursing: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 7.50× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.52× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.49× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 7.07× its world share, 74 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 21 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 10.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics10.88×44 works
  2. Veterinary7.50×4 works
  3. Psychology7.07×74 works
  4. Neuroscience1.97×11 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy1.80×14 works
  6. Health Professions1.68×15 works
  7. Environmental Science1.60×27 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology1.53×5 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.94×17 works
  10. Medicine0.80×53 works
  11. Computer Science0.73×19 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.68×2 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.65×4 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.52×5 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.49×4 works
  16. Social Sciences0.48×21 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.43×7 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.43×0 works
  19. Chemistry0.33×2 works
  20. Nursing0.28×0 works
  21. Engineering0.24×12 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.14×0 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.10×1 works
  24. Materials Science0.08×1 works
  25. Dentistry0.08×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Parkville?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology33▲ 2.1×63 topics
  2. Depression30▲ 8.9×16 topics
  3. Mental Health29▲ 5.2×24 topics
  4. Adolescents21▲ 15×7 topics
  5. Climate Change21▲ 2.0×39 topics
  6. Prevalence16▲ 10×10 topics
  7. Risk Factors16▲ 3.6×16 topics
  8. Psychopathology15▲ 22×3 topics
  9. Anxiety15▲ 8.0×10 topics
  10. Population Dynamics15▲ 15×10 topics
  11. Social Cognition14▲ 20×7 topics
  12. Cognitive Therapy14▲ 32×4 topics
  13. Emotion Regulation12▲ 10×8 topics
  14. Metabolic Syndrome12▲ 3.9×10 topics
  15. Psychological Distress12▲ 12×5 topics
  16. Mental Disorders12▲ 26×3 topics
  17. Antipsychotic Drugs11▲ 72×1 topic
  18. Neurocognitive Deficits11▲ 72×1 topic
  19. Genetics10▲ 3.5×16 topics
  20. Prevention Strategies9▲ 23×2 topics
  21. Adherence9▲ 18×2 topics
  22. Conservation Biology9▲ 21×4 topics
  23. Mobile Health9▲ 15×2 topics
  24. Suicidal Behavior9▲ 57×1 topic
  25. Suicide9▲ 45×1 topic
  26. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy8▲ 15×3 topics
  27. Anxiety Disorders8▲ 19×2 topics
  28. Neurobiological Correlates8▲ 20×3 topics
  29. Behavioral Activation8▲ 30×1 topic
  30. Internet-based Interventions8▲ 30×1 topic
  31. Habitat Selection8▲ 27×2 topics
  32. Neurobiology8▲ 7.3×10 topics
  33. Psychiatric Disorders7▲ 14×4 topics
  34. Children7▲ 8.1×3 topics
  35. Developmental Trajectories7▲ 15×2 topics
  36. Behavioral Problems7▲ 22×1 topic
  37. Parenting7▲ 14×1 topic
  38. Stigma7▲ 12×3 topics
  39. Animal Movement6▲ 31×1 topic
  40. Trophic Cascades6▲ 17×2 topics

What research is done in Parkville?

Schizophrenia research and treatment: 10 fractional worksSuicide and Self-Harm Studies: 8 fractional worksDigital Mental Health In…7Digital Mental Health Interventions: 7 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psy…6Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 6 fractional worksMental Health Treatment and Access: 6 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 5 fractional worksMental Health Research T…5Mental Health Research Topics: 5 fractional worksGender Roles and Identity Studies: 4 fractional worksNumerical methods in inverse problems: 4 fractional worksMental Health and Patient Involvement: 4 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthClinical PsychologyApplied PsychologySocial Psychology5 others

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

  1. 1 Schizophrenia research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 10 works
  2. 2 Suicide and Self-Harm Studies Clinical Psychology 8 works
  3. 3 Digital Mental Health Interventions Applied Psychology 7 works
  4. 4 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 6 works
  5. 5 Mental Health Treatment and Access Social Psychology 6 works
  6. 6 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 5 works
  7. 7 Mental Health Research Topics Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 5 works
  8. 8 Gender Roles and Identity Studies Gender Studies 4 works
  9. 9 Numerical methods in inverse problems Mathematical Physics 4 works
  10. 10 Mental Health and Patient Involvement General Health Professions 4 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%60%Parkville25.8% 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 43.3% in 2012.

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