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Research in Southport

Science Explorer records 4 research institutions in Southport, Australia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Gold Coast Health.

Research institutions
4
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2.6k
▲ 17% vs 2018-21
Citations
38k
14.5 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
16.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Southport

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 Southport?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Gold Coast HealthHospital / health system 731 #8,807
2TAFE Queensland Gold CoastInstitution 130 #31,708 all time
3Sea WorldArchive 16 not ranked
4National Climate Change Adaptation Research FacilityResearch facility 2 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.

Gold Coast Health: 83.2%TAFE Queensland Gold Coast: 14.8%Sea World: 1.8%National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility: 0.2%83%largest
Gold Coast Health731 · 83.2%TAFE Queensland Gold Coast130 · 14.8%Sea World16 · 1.8%National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility2 · 0.2%

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

Which fields of science does Southport work in?

In 2022-now, 77% of research in Southport is in Health Sciences, 11% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (66%), Health Professions (9%), Psychology (4%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 710 fractional works · 77.1% of its workMedicine: 607 fractional works · 66.0% of its workSurgery: 118 fractional works · 12.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 56 fractional works · 6.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 50 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEpidemiology: 50 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 36 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 29 fractional works · 3.1% of its workOncology: 28 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPhysiology: 27 fractional works · 3.0% of its workNeurology: 17 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 17 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRheumatology: 13 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 13 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 13 fractional works · 1.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 13 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 12 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRehabilitation: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNephrology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFamily Practice: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 85 fractional works · 9.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 42 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 16 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacy: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workResearch and Theory: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOral Surgery: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 98 fractional works · 10.6% of its workPsychology: 41 fractional works · 4.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 25 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 33 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 12 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 64 fractional works · 7.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 29 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGenetics: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCancer Research: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 15 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMicrobiology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 49 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEngineering: 18 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 12 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSouthport920fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences77%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. Medicine60766.0%
    2. Health Professions859.2%
    3. Nursing111.2%
    4. Dentistry50.6%
    5. Veterinary20.2%
    1. Psychology414.5%
    2. Social Sciences333.6%
    3. Arts and Humanities70.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting60.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance60.6%
    6. Decision Sciences40.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology293.2%
    2. Neuroscience151.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology101.1%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences70.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.3%
    1. Engineering181.9%
    2. Environmental Science121.3%
    3. Computer Science70.7%
    4. Physics and Astronomy30.3%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.3%
    6. Materials Science20.2%
    7. Mathematics20.2%
    8. Energy10.1%
    9. Chemistry10.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Southport strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Southport is most concentrated in Emergency Medicine and Surgery (12.8× the world share in Emergency Medicine).

  1. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 25.2 works13×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 103.4 works5.5×
← 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: 0.15× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.57× its world share, 24 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.05× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.07× its world share, 14 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.81× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.26× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.19× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.42× its world share, 72 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.47× its world share, 536 worksMedicineNursing: 2.30× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.40× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.27× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.19× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.32× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.46× its world share, 36 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 29 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.47×536 works
  2. Health Professions3.42×72 works
  3. Nursing2.30×9 works
  4. Psychology1.46×36 works
  5. Veterinary1.40×2 works
  6. Dentistry1.19×5 works
  7. Neuroscience1.07×14 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology1.05×8 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.81×2 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.57×24 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.44×3 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.32×6 works
  13. Social Sciences0.29×29 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.27×6 works
  15. Environmental Science0.26×10 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.19×2 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.19×5 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.15×6 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.15×3 works
  20. Mathematics0.14×1 works
  21. Engineering0.12×14 works
  22. Computer Science0.09×6 works
  23. Chemistry0.08×1 works
  24. Energy0.06×0 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.05×0 works
  26. Materials Science0.04×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Southport?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Guidelines, Treatment, Diagnosis, Mortality, Quality of Life and Patient Satisfaction.

▲ 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. Epidemiology117▲ 3.2×117 topics
  2. Quality of Life42▲ 3.1×48 topics
  3. Treatment41▲ 3.7×45 topics
  4. Diagnosis38▲ 4.4×36 topics
  5. Inflammation35▲ 1.80×55 topics
  6. Complications35▲ 7.6×17 topics
  7. Guidelines32▲ 7.4×12 topics
  8. Risk Factors31▲ 3.1×34 topics
  9. Mortality31▲ 5.9×13 topics
  10. Patient Satisfaction26▲ 9.0×9 topics
  11. Management26▲ 3.5×28 topics
  12. Public Health24▲ 1.77×40 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease22▲ 2.1×33 topics
  14. Surgery21▲ 6.7×12 topics
  15. Surgical Management20▲ 5.4×20 topics
  16. Chemotherapy20▲ 3.0×21 topics
  17. Rehabilitation18▲ 4.9×12 topics
  18. Depression18▲ 2.2×18 topics
  19. Medical Education17▲ 7.0×10 topics
  20. Clinical Practice Guidelines17▲ 3.4×14 topics
  21. Ethical Considerations17▲ 5.3×10 topics
  22. Immunotherapy17▲ 2.5×17 topics
  23. Critical Care17▲ 7.5×8 topics
  24. Prognosis16▲ 5.2×9 topics
  25. Quality Improvement16▲ 8.8×8 topics
  26. Clinical Outcomes16▲ 7.8×6 topics
  27. Echocardiography15▲ 6.0×8 topics
  28. Prevention15▲ 4.0×14 topics
  29. Pathogenesis15▲ 3.3×23 topics
  30. Primary Care15▲ 4.3×13 topics
  31. Heart Failure14▲ 3.4×12 topics
  32. Patient Safety13▲ 8.9×6 topics
  33. Clinical Guidelines12▲ 4.5×9 topics
  34. Health Policy11▲ 7.5×3 topics
  35. Revision Surgery10▲ 8.9×2 topics
  36. Total Hip Replacement10▲ 8.9×2 topics
  37. Inflammatory Bowel Disease10▲ 9.4×5 topics
  38. Evidence-Based Practice10▲ 8.3×7 topics
  39. Prophylaxis10▲ 8.6×4 topics
  40. Health Care Utilization10▲ 9.9×3 topics

What research is done in Southport?

Orthopedic Surgery and R…7Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 7 fractional worksEmergency and Acute Care…7Emergency and Acute Care Studies: 7 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 6 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 6 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 6 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 6 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 5 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …5Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 5 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 5 fractional worksCardiac tumors and thrombi: 4 fractional works
SurgeryEmergency MedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineEpidemiology1 others

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

  1. 1 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 7 works
  2. 2 Emergency and Acute Care Studies Emergency Medicine 7 works
  3. 3 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  4. 4 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 6 works
  5. 5 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 6 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  7. 7 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 5 works
  8. 8 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  9. 9 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 5 works
  10. 10 Cardiac tumors and thrombi Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 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%Southport15.4% 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 30.1% in 2003.

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