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Alcohol and Drug Foundation

In research, Alcohol and Drug Foundation stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,003 of 16,688 worldwide), Medicine (#7,777 of 14,558 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#12,040 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,462
of 22,385 · #14,560 all time
Rank in Australia
#239
of 270
Research works
571
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
15k
27.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.03×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
31%
world 40%
International
29%
world 18%
Alcohol and Drug Foundation

What is Alcohol and Drug Foundation known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #6,003 of 16,688 10.1%327
MedicineField #7,777 of 14,558 9.7%259
Social SciencesDomain #12,040 of 14,833 8.8%192

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Alcohol and Drug Foundation 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 Alcohol and Drug Foundation work in?

In 2022-now, 46% of research at Alcohol and Drug Foundation is in Health Sciences, 45% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (37%), Social Sciences (25%), Psychology (18%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 37 fractional works · 45.6% of its workMedicine: 31 fractional works · 37.3% of its workEpidemiology: 13 fractional works · 15.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 6.2% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 8.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 6.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 37 fractional works · 45.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 20 fractional works · 24.7% of its workEducation: 8 fractional works · 9.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 7.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 15 fractional works · 17.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 9 fractional works · 10.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 5.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workToxicology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAlcohol and DrugFoundation82fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences46%Social Sciences45%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3137.3%
    2. Health Professions78.0%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Social Sciences2024.7%
    2. Psychology1517.8%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting11.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.9%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.6%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics22.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.9%
    3. Neuroscience10.8%
    4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.3%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    1. Environmental Science11.8%
    2. Engineering11.2%
    3. Computer Science11.2%
    4. Chemistry00.1%
    5. Mathematics00.1%
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: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 7.05× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.05× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.94× its world share, 31 worksMedicineNursing: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 5.85× its world share, 15 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.96× its world share, 20 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 7.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics7.05×2 works
  2. Psychology5.85×15 works
  3. Health Professions3.05×7 works
  4. Social Sciences1.96×20 works
  5. Medicine1.94×31 works
  6. Neuroscience0.50×1 works
  7. Nursing0.49×0 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.42×1 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.38×1 works
  10. Environmental Science0.36×2 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.21×0 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.20×0 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.19×1 works
  14. Computer Science0.15×1 works
  15. Dentistry0.09×0 works
  16. Engineering0.08×1 works
  17. Mathematics0.07×0 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.07×0 works
  19. Chemistry0.06×0 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Alcohol and Drug Foundation?

Ranked on the quality score, Nicole Lee, Victoria Cock and Marie C. Longo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Alcohol and Drug Foundation.

  1. 1 Nicole Lee Australia · #691,705 worldwide 2.3k citations · 87 works
  2. 2 Victoria Cock Australia · #1,044,251 worldwide 428 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Marie C. Longo Australia · #1,255,460 worldwide 1.3k citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Suzie Hudson Australia · #2,472,670 worldwide 150 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Glenda Koutroulis Australia · #3,152,588 worldwide 288 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Peter Muhleisen Australia · #3,612,558 worldwide 482 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Jennifer Johnston Australia · #3,651,733 worldwide 1.2k citations · 65 works
  8. 8 P. Heale Australia · #4,153,593 worldwide 471 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Robert Stirling Australia · #4,405,412 worldwide 79 citations · 41 works
  10. 10 Chris B Holmwood Australia · #4,553,281 worldwide 226 citations · 50 works
All ranked researchers at Alcohol and Drug Foundation

What are the most cited papers from Alcohol and Drug Foundation?

The most cited paper from Alcohol and Drug Foundation is "A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010" (Stephen S Lim et al., 2012), with 12,027 citations. Next come "The Global Burden of Mental, Neurological and Substance Use Disorders: An Analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010" (1,197) and "The Health Consequences of Smoking—50 Years of Progress: A Report of the Surgeon General, 2014Us Department of Health and Human ServicesAtlanta, GA: Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 20141081 pp. Online (grey literature): http://www.surgeongeneral.go" (1,173).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 Stephen S Lim et al. · The Lancet Open access209 authors Dec 2012 12,027
2 The Global Burden of Mental, Neurological and Substance Use Disorders: An Analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 Harvey Whiteford, Alize J Ferrari, Louisa J Degenhardt et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 6 Feb 2015 1,197
3 The Health Consequences of Smoking—50 Years of Progress: A Report of the Surgeon General, 2014Us Department of Health and Human ServicesAtlanta, GA: Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 20141081 pp. Online (grey literature): http://www.surgeongeneral.go Ryan J. Courtney · Drug and Alcohol Review 23 Oct 2015 1,173
4 Cannabis use and mental health in young people: cohort study George Patton, Carolyn Coffey, John B. Carlin et al. · BMJ Open access 21 Nov 2002 1,008
5 A synthesis of oral morphine equivalents (OME) for opioid utilisation studies Suzanne Nielsen, Louisa J Degenhardt, Bianca Hoban et al. · Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety Open access 22 Dec 2015 612
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Alcohol and Drug Foundation?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Substance Use Disorders, Qualitative Research, Embodiment, Social Science, Ethical Guidelines, Psychiatric Disorders, Interactional Expertise and Tacit Knowledge.

▲ 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. Substance Use Disorders11▲ 172×2 topics
  2. Qualitative Research9▲ 12×8 topics
  3. Embodiment8▲ 55×2 topics
  4. Ethical Guidelines8▲ 193×2 topics
  5. Psychiatric Disorders8▲ 75×4 topics
  6. Social Science8▲ 280×2 topics
  7. Interactional Expertise8▲ 932×1 topic
  8. Tacit Knowledge8▲ 216×1 topic
  9. Epidemiology8▲ 2.5×18 topics
  10. Education8▲ 5.5×6 topics
  11. Impulsivity7▲ 166×2 topics
  12. Alcohol Dependence7▲ 203×1 topic
  13. Motivational Interviewing7▲ 203×1 topic
  14. Pedagogy7▲ 16×2 topics
  15. Public Health7▲ 5.5×9 topics
  16. Social Sciences7▲ 56×2 topics
  17. Substance Abuse5▲ 96×2 topics
  18. Discourse Analysis5▲ 23×2 topics
  19. HIV4▲ 65×1 topic
  20. Learning4▲ 18×2 topics
  21. Mortality Risk4▲ 23×3 topics
  22. drug use4▲ 187×1 topic
  23. Methodology4▲ 108×1 topic
  24. Special Education4▲ 88×1 topic
  25. Chronic Pain Management4▲ 133×1 topic
  26. Depression4▲ 5.2×10 topics
  27. Opioid Prescribing4▲ 133×1 topic
  28. Mental Health4▲ 3.0×15 topics
  29. Ethics3▲ 8.2×5 topics
  30. Treatment3▲ 3.2×7 topics
  31. Healthcare3▲ 3.2×5 topics
  32. Phenomenology3▲ 30×3 topics
  33. Communication2▲ 9.6×2 topics
  34. Anxiety2▲ 6.0×5 topics
  35. Neurobiology2▲ 11×4 topics
  36. Family Dynamics2▲ 23×1 topic
  37. Work Environment2▲ 162×1 topic
  38. Law Enforcement2▲ 38×3 topics
  39. Serotonin2▲ 54×2 topics
  40. Violence2▲ 15×2 topics

Which research topics does Alcohol and Drug Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research, Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes, HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk and Social and Educational Sciences.

Education, Healthcare an…8Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research: 8 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 7 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 4 fractional worksSocial and Educational Sciences: 4 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Treatment: 4 fractional worksResearch in Social Scien…2Research in Social Sciences: 2 fractional worksForensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis: 2 fractional worksPsychedelics and Drug Studies: 2 fractional worksCannabis and Cannabinoid Research: 1 fractional worksEuropean and International Law Studies: 1 fractional works
Social PsychologyEpidemiologyEducationPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health4 others

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

  1. 1 Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research Social Psychology 8 works
  2. 2 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 7 works
  3. 3 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 4 works
  4. 4 Social and Educational Sciences Education 4 works
  5. 5 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  6. 6 Research in Social Sciences Education 2 works
  7. 7 Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis Toxicology 2 works
  8. 8 Psychedelics and Drug Studies Clinical Psychology 2 works
  9. 9 Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research Pharmacology 1 works
  10. 10 European and International Law Studies Political Science and International Relations 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 available31.3%not open68.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.7%domestic only71.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Alcohol and Drug Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Alcohol and Drug Foundation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00026% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Alcohol and Drug Foundation0.00027% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Alcohol and Drug Foundation 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.

10%20%Alcohol and Drug Foundation10.7% in 2023all institutions10.0% in 202320102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.9% in 2009.

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