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Alfred Health

In research, Alfred Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#430 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#417 of 8,541 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,039 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Microbiology and Emergency Medicine (Microbiology is 17.8× its share of world research).

alfred.org.auROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#1,197
of 22,385 · #1,377 all time
Rank in Australia
#41
of 270
Research works
3.3k
▲ 36% vs 2018-21
Citations
81k
24.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.24×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
51%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
Alfred Health

What is Alfred 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 #430 of 9,902 14.4%736 #595
MedicineField #417 of 8,541 14.4%654 #573
Life SciencesDomain #1,039 of 6,403 16.3%110 #1273
SurgerySubfield #436 of 1,532 14.1%73 #590
Social SciencesDomain #2,903 of 9,585 16.9%116 #2173
Health ProfessionsField #607 of 1,895 13.7%72 #597
EpidemiologySubfield #337 of 927 14.7%63 #406
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #429 of 1,037 12.9%64 #555

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Alfred 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#595 #430
  2. Medicine#573 #417
  3. Life Sciences#1,273 #1,039
  4. Surgery#590 #436
  5. Social Sciences#2,173 #2,903
  6. Health Professions#597 #607
  7. Epidemiology#406 #337
  8. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#555 #429
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Alfred Health work in?

In 2022-now, 71% of research at Alfred Health is in Health Sciences, 11% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (63%), Health Professions (7%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 831 fractional works · 71.5% of its workMedicine: 739 fractional works · 63.5% of its workSurgery: 83 fractional works · 7.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 72 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEpidemiology: 71 fractional works · 6.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 52 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 43 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPhysiology: 36 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 36 fractional works · 3.1% of its workOncology: 36 fractional works · 3.1% of its workNeurology: 27 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 26 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 25 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 24 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 20 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 18 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHematology: 16 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 15 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 14 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRheumatology: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGastroenterology: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHepatology: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransplantation: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 81 fractional works · 6.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 42 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 131 fractional works · 11.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 46 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 20 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 44 fractional works · 3.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 26 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 15 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 13 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 129 fractional works · 11.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 53 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 25 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 15 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCancer Research: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 43 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMicrobiology: 22 fractional works · 1.9% of its workImmunology: 13 fractional works · 1.1% of its workVirology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 25 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 71 fractional works · 6.1% of its workEngineering: 36 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 18 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 13 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKAlfred Health1,163fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences71%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 institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine73963.5%
    2. Health Professions816.9%
    3. Nursing100.9%
    4. Dentistry20.2%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Social Sciences464.0%
    2. Psychology443.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance151.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting100.9%
    5. Arts and Humanities90.8%
    6. Decision Sciences70.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology534.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology433.7%
    3. Neuroscience252.1%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences50.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.3%
    1. Engineering363.1%
    2. Computer Science131.1%
    3. Environmental Science90.8%
    4. Physics and Astronomy30.2%
    5. Mathematics20.2%
    6. Materials Science20.2%
    7. Energy20.2%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.2%
    9. Chemistry20.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Alfred Health specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Microbiology takes 17.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MicrobiologySubfield · 21.6 works18×
  2. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 24.8 works8.7×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.10× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.85× its world share, 53 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.65× its world share, 43 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.32× its world share, 25 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.85× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 36 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.63× its world share, 81 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.30× its world share, 738 worksMedicineNursing: 1.74× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.27× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.27× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.60× its world share, 15 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.25× its world share, 44 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 46 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology3.65×43 works
  2. Medicine3.30×738 works
  3. Health Professions2.63×81 works
  4. Nursing1.74×10 works
  5. Neuroscience1.32×25 works
  6. Psychology1.25×44 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.85×53 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.85×4 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.62×7 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.60×15 works
  11. Dentistry0.32×2 works
  12. Social Sciences0.31×46 works
  13. Veterinary0.27×0 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.27×9 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.27×10 works
  16. Engineering0.21×36 works
  17. Energy0.18×2 works
  18. Mathematics0.17×2 works
  19. Environmental Science0.15×9 works
  20. Computer Science0.14×13 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.11×2 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.11×3 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.10×5 works
  24. Chemistry0.10×2 works
  25. Materials Science0.06×2 works
  26. Chemical Engineering0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Alfred Health?

Ranked on the quality score, Anne Elizabeth Holland, Hannah Dobson and Angela T. Burge lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Alfred Health.

  1. 1 Anne Elizabeth Holland Australia · #76,703 worldwide 32k citations · 682 works
  2. 2 Hannah Dobson Australia · #229,396 worldwide 2.2k citations · 35 works
  3. 3 Angela T. Burge Australia · #316,649 worldwide 3.2k citations · 109 works
  4. 4 Jarrel C. Y. Seah Australia · #362,955 worldwide 1.4k citations · 52 works
  5. 5 Steve McGloughlin Australia · #572,915 worldwide 1.7k citations · 36 works
  6. 6 Catherine Mary Jones Australia · #594,691 worldwide 1.1k citations · 32 works
  7. 7 Harry Gibbs Australia · #622,510 worldwide 2.4k citations · 92 works
  8. 8 Kelly A. Cairns Australia · #633,360 worldwide 2.1k citations · 49 works
  9. 9 Janet Bondarenko Australia · #659,093 worldwide 873 citations · 64 works
  10. 10 Sashendra Senthi Australia · #716,005 worldwide 5.6k citations · 89 works
All ranked researchers at Alfred Health

What are the most cited papers from Alfred Health?

The most cited paper from Alfred Health is "Global Prevalence of Diabetes" (Sarah H. Wild, Gojka Roglić, Anders Green et al., 2004), with 15,370 citations. Next come "Definition, diagnosis and classification of diabetes mellitus and its complications. Part 1: diagnosis and classification of diabetes mellitus. Provisional report of a WHO Consultation" (15,336) and "Global and societal implications of the diabetes epidemic" (5,915).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global Prevalence of Diabetes Sarah H. Wild, Gojka Roglić, Anders Green et al. · Diabetes Care May 2004 15,370
2 Definition, diagnosis and classification of diabetes mellitus and its complications. Part 1: diagnosis and classification of diabetes mellitus. Provisional report of a WHO Consultation K. G. M. M. Alberti, Paul Zimmet, WHO Consultation · Diabetic Medicine Jul 1998 15,336
3 Global and societal implications of the diabetes epidemic Paul Zimmet, K. G. M. M. Alberti, Jonathan Edward Shaw · Nature Open access Dec 2001 5,915
4 Surviving sepsis campaign: international guidelines for management of sepsis and septic shock 2021 Laura Evans et al. · Intensive Care Medicine Open access 2 Oct 2021 5,314
5 The revised International Association for the Study of Pain definition of pain: concepts, challenges, and compromises Srinivasa Naga Raja, Daniel B. Carr, Milton L Cohen et al. · Pain Open access 16 Jul 2020 5,173
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Alfred Health?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, HIV Transmission, Diagnosis, Treatment, Inflammation, Heart Failure, Guidelines and Antiretroviral Therapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology144▲ 3.1×115 topics
  2. Inflammation58▲ 2.3×70 topics
  3. Treatment48▲ 3.4×42 topics
  4. Diagnosis44▲ 4.1×34 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease40▲ 3.0×33 topics
  6. Risk Factors39▲ 3.0×34 topics
  7. Management37▲ 4.0×29 topics
  8. Quality of Life37▲ 2.2×46 topics
  9. HIV Transmission36▲ 40×2 topics
  10. Guidelines32▲ 5.9×13 topics
  11. Heart Failure32▲ 6.1×13 topics
  12. Mortality31▲ 4.7×13 topics
  13. Antiretroviral Therapy27▲ 14×6 topics
  14. Immunotherapy27▲ 3.2×19 topics
  15. Global Burden25▲ 4.0×12 topics
  16. Genetics24▲ 3.0×15 topics
  17. Critical Care24▲ 8.3×8 topics
  18. Neurological Disorders23▲ 3.5×18 topics
  19. Clinical Trials22▲ 2.8×18 topics
  20. Sexually Transmitted Infections21▲ 36×2 topics
  21. Clinical Practice Guidelines20▲ 3.2×14 topics
  22. Prognosis20▲ 5.2×9 topics
  23. Complications20▲ 3.5×16 topics
  24. Surgery20▲ 4.9×11 topics
  25. Mortality Rates19▲ 17×2 topics
  26. Bacterial Vaginosis19▲ 59×1 topic
  27. Myocardial Infarction19▲ 6.8×7 topics
  28. Vaginal Microbiome19▲ 59×1 topic
  29. Resuscitation18▲ 12×4 topics
  30. Rehabilitation18▲ 4.0×12 topics
  31. Antibiotic Resistance18▲ 4.0×10 topics
  32. Viral Load17▲ 19×2 topics
  33. Preexposure Prophylaxis17▲ 30×1 topic
  34. Stigma and Discrimination17▲ 30×1 topic
  35. Thrombosis16▲ 5.1×7 topics
  36. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention16▲ 10×4 topics
  37. Immunosuppressive Therapy15▲ 6.7×8 topics
  38. Elderly Patients14▲ 7.3×4 topics
  39. Intensive Care Unit14▲ 9.5×4 topics
  40. Sepsis14▲ 6.6×6 topics

Which research topics does Alfred Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Reproductive tract infections research, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices and Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes.

Reproductive tract infections research: 19 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 17 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 11 fractional worksTransplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 10 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 9 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 8 fractional worksSyphilis Diagnosis and T…8Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment: 8 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 8 fractional worksEpilepsy research and treatment: 8 fractional worksSepsis Diagnosis and Tre…8Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 8 fractional works
MicrobiologyInfectious DiseasesBiomedical EngineeringSurgery6 others

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

  1. 1 Reproductive tract infections research Microbiology 19 works
  2. 2 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 17 works
  3. 3 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 11 works
  4. 4 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 10 works
  5. 5 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 9 works
  6. 6 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 8 works
  7. 7 Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment Physiology 8 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 8 works
  9. 9 Epilepsy research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 8 works
  10. 10 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 8 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 available51.3%not open48.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.0%domestic only74.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Alfred Health's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 36% higher 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 Alfred Health as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0042% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Alfred Health0.0051% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Alfred 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%Alfred Health16.1% 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 16.1% in 2025.

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