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Act Health

In research, Act Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,644 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,756 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,911
of 22,385 · #16,160 all time
Rank in Australia
#145
of 270
Research works
423
▲ 60% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.9k
14.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
54%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
Act Health

What is Act Health known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #3,644 of 9,902 10.3%95 #6681
MedicineField #3,756 of 8,541 10.0%75 #6804

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Act Health sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Act Health work in?

In 2022-now, 67% of research at Act Health is in Health Sciences, 20% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (53%), Health Professions (12%), Psychology (10%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 104 fractional works · 67.1% of its workMedicine: 82 fractional works · 52.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 15 fractional works · 9.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 8 fractional works · 5.0% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 19 fractional works · 12.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 9 fractional works · 6.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacy: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 32 fractional works · 20.3% of its workPsychology: 15 fractional works · 9.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 7.2% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 11 fractional works · 7.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 8 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAct Health156fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences67%Social Sciences20%

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 institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine8252.9%
    2. Health Professions1912.2%
    3. Nursing31.7%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Psychology159.8%
    2. Social Sciences117.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting21.1%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.6%
    6. Decision Sciences10.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology52.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology21.5%
    4. Neuroscience21.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    1. Environmental Science42.3%
    2. Engineering21.2%
    3. Computer Science10.5%
    4. Mathematics10.5%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    6. Materials Science00.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    8. Chemistry00.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    10. Energy00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.54× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.47× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.47× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.64× its world share, 19 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.75× its world share, 82 worksMedicineNursing: 3.54× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.22× its world share, 15 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions4.64×19 works
  2. Nursing3.54×3 works
  3. Psychology3.22×15 works
  4. Medicine2.75×82 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.47×2 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.73×0 works
  7. Neuroscience0.64×2 works
  8. Veterinary0.60×0 works
  9. Social Sciences0.57×11 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.54×4 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.52×2 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.51×1 works
  13. Environmental Science0.47×4 works
  14. Mathematics0.45×1 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.33×2 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.32×2 works
  17. Dentistry0.29×0 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.20×1 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.16×0 works
  20. Chemical Engineering0.15×0 works
  21. Engineering0.08×2 works
  22. Computer Science0.07×1 works
  23. Chemistry0.06×0 works
  24. Energy0.06×0 works
  25. Materials Science0.06×0 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Act Health?

Ranked on the quality score, Alexandra Raulli, Timothy Sloan-Gardner and Ranil Appuhamy lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Act Health.

  1. 1 Alexandra Raulli Australia · #2,693,274 worldwide 274 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Timothy Sloan-Gardner Australia · #3,149,761 worldwide 269 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Ranil Appuhamy Australia · #4,299,743 worldwide 223 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Act Health

What are the most cited papers from Act Health?

The most cited paper from Act Health is "Redefining Radiology: A Review of Artificial Intelligence Integration in Medical Imaging" (Reabal Najjar, 2023), with 788 citations. Next come "Past exposure to sun, skin phenotype, and risk of multiple sclerosis: case-control study" (556) and "Health literacy revisited: what do we mean and why does it matter?" (490).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Redefining Radiology: A Review of Artificial Intelligence Integration in Medical Imaging Reabal Najjar · Diagnostics Open access 25 Aug 2023 788
2 Past exposure to sun, skin phenotype, and risk of multiple sclerosis: case-control study Ingrid A.F. van der Mei, A-L Ponsonby, Terence Dwyer et al. · BMJ Open access 7 Aug 2003 556
3 Health literacy revisited: what do we mean and why does it matter? Anita Peerson, Margo Saunders · Health Promotion International Open access 16 Apr 2009 490
4 Epidemiology and management of gestational diabetes Arianne Sweeting, Wesley Hannah, Helena Bäckman et al. · The Lancet Open access 20 Jun 2024 418
5 Accelerated Maturation and Abnormal Morphology in the Preterm Neonatal Kidney Megan R. Sutherland, Lina Gubhaju, Lynette Moore et al. · Journal of the American Society of Nephrology Open access 3 Jun 2011 339
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Act Health?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Heart Failure, Public Health, Primary Care, Quality Improvement, Cardiovascular Disease, Echocardiography and Healthcare.

▲ 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 institution'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. Epidemiology16▲ 2.6×68 topics
  2. Public Health8▲ 3.5×32 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 3.7×16 topics
  4. Heart Failure6▲ 9.3×6 topics
  5. Treatment6▲ 3.1×23 topics
  6. Healthcare6▲ 3.2×13 topics
  7. Quality of Life6▲ 2.6×23 topics
  8. Mental Health5▲ 2.4×19 topics
  9. Primary Care5▲ 8.9×13 topics
  10. Depression5▲ 3.7×12 topics
  11. Quality Improvement5▲ 16×8 topics
  12. Inflammation5▲ 1.47×29 topics
  13. Echocardiography5▲ 11×5 topics
  14. Anxiety4▲ 5.7×8 topics
  15. Diagnosis4▲ 2.8×19 topics
  16. Qualitative Research4▲ 3.1×7 topics
  17. Metabolic Syndrome4▲ 3.2×13 topics
  18. Risk Factors4▲ 2.3×20 topics
  19. Guidelines4▲ 5.2×9 topics
  20. Physical Activity4▲ 5.0×7 topics
  21. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy3▲ 53×1 topic
  22. Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator3▲ 53×1 topic
  23. Chronic Disease Management3▲ 10×5 topics
  24. Patient Satisfaction3▲ 6.6×7 topics
  25. Ethical Considerations3▲ 5.4×10 topics
  26. Continuity of Care3▲ 38×2 topics
  27. Psychological Impact3▲ 5.2×6 topics
  28. Myocardial Infarction2▲ 6.7×5 topics
  29. Neuroscience2▲ 5.1×6 topics
  30. Health Policy2▲ 9.7×2 topics
  31. Patient Engagement2▲ 11×4 topics
  32. Catheter Ablation2▲ 11×2 topics
  33. Sport Psychology2▲ 14×2 topics
  34. Gender Dynamics2▲ 13×3 topics
  35. Global Trends2▲ 17×2 topics
  36. Health System Reform2▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Arrhythmias2▲ 14×1 topic
  38. Healthcare Quality2▲ 13×4 topics
  39. Radiofrequency Ablation2▲ 12×2 topics
  40. Ventricular Tachycardia2▲ 26×1 topic

Which research topics does Act Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies, Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments, Primary Care and Health Outcomes and Creativity in Education and Neuroscience.

Cardiac pacing and defib…3Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 3 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and …2Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 2 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health …2Primary Care and Health Outcomes: 2 fractional worksCreativity in Education …2Creativity in Education and Neuroscience: 2 fractional worksSport Psychology and Performance: 2 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment and Management: 2 fractional worksMaternal and Perinatal H…2Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions: 2 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 1 fractional worksGlobal Health Workforce Issues: 1 fractional worksMental Health and Patien…1Mental Health and Patient Involvement: 1 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineGeneral Health ProfessionsExperimental and Cognitive PsychologyDevelopmental and Educational Psychology3 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 2 works
  4. 4 Creativity in Education and Neuroscience Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 2 works
  5. 5 Sport Psychology and Performance Developmental and Educational Psychology 2 works
  6. 6 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Obstetrics and Gynecology 2 works
  8. 8 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 1 works
  9. 9 Global Health Workforce Issues Emergency Medical Services 1 works
  10. 10 Mental Health and Patient Involvement General Health Professions 1 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available53.8%not open46.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.1%domestic only77.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Act Health's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 60% higher than in 2018-2021.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Act Health as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00073% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Act Health0.00076% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Act Health over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Act Health5.7% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.4% in 2022.

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