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Ambulance Victoria

In research, Ambulance Victoria stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,964 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Emergency Medicine (Emergency Medicine is 100.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,004
of 22,385 · #15,920 all time
Rank in Australia
#200
of 270
Research works
341
▲ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.3k
21.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.10×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
47%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Ambulance Victoria

What is Ambulance Victoria 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 #2,964 of 9,902 14.3%66 #3352

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ambulance Victoria 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 Ambulance Victoria work in?

In 2022-now, 80% of research at Ambulance Victoria is in Health Sciences, 10% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (68%), Health Professions (12%), Engineering (6%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 74 fractional works · 80.1% of its workMedicine: 63 fractional works · 68.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 23 fractional works · 24.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 8 fractional works · 8.5% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 7.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 11 fractional works · 12.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workOccupational Therapy: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 10.0% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 5.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 8 fractional works · 8.1% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 6.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAmbulanceVictoria93fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences80%Social Sciences10%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine6368.0%
    2. Health Professions1112.0%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    1. Psychology55.8%
    2. Social Sciences22.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting10.9%
    4. Decision Sciences10.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.4%
    1. Engineering66.2%
    2. Environmental Science11.4%
    3. Computer Science00.2%
    4. Mathematics00.1%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.0%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    4. Neuroscience00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Ambulance Victoria specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Emergency Medicine takes 100.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 22.8 works101×
← 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.67× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.41× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 4.57× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.54× its world share, 63 worksMedicineNursing: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.89× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 2 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 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions4.57×11 works
  2. Medicine3.54×63 works
  3. Psychology1.89×5 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.67×0 works
  5. Decision Sciences0.57×0 works
  6. Engineering0.41×6 works
  7. Environmental Science0.29×1 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.27×1 works
  9. Nursing0.23×0 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.21×0 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.19×1 works
  12. Social Sciences0.19×2 works
  13. Mathematics0.11×0 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.10×0 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.05×0 works
  16. Neuroscience0.03×0 works
  17. Computer Science0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Ambulance Victoria?

Ranked on the quality score, Stephen A. Bernard, Karen L. Smith and Ziad Nehme lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ambulance Victoria.

  1. 1 Stephen A. Bernard Australia · #151,070 worldwide 19k citations · 304 works
  2. 2 Karen L. Smith Australia · #198,512 worldwide 24k citations · 818 works
  3. 3 Ziad Nehme Australia · #240,300 worldwide 5.8k citations · 314 works
  4. 4 Michael Stephenson Australia · #330,127 worldwide 3.5k citations · 107 works
  5. 5 Emily Andrew Australia · #351,051 worldwide 2.7k citations · 112 works
  6. 6 David J. Anderson Australia · #359,141 worldwide 1.1k citations · 75 works
  7. 7 Daniel O. Okyere Australia · #499,421 worldwide 332 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Tony Walker Australia · #682,355 worldwide 2.9k citations · 70 works
  9. 9 Emily Nehme Australia · #864,979 worldwide 166 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 Ben Meadley Australia · #1,015,527 worldwide 638 citations · 61 works
All ranked researchers at Ambulance Victoria

What are the most cited papers from Ambulance Victoria?

The most cited paper from Ambulance Victoria is "Treatment of Comatose Survivors of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest with Induced Hypothermia" (Stephen A. Bernard, Timothy W. Gray, Michael Buist et al., 2002), with 5,437 citations. Next come "Refractory cardiac arrest treated with mechanical CPR, hypothermia, ECMO and early reperfusion (the CHEER trial)" (622) and "Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Adults. Interim Guideline Consensus Statement From the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization" (552).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Treatment of Comatose Survivors of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest with Induced Hypothermia Stephen A. Bernard, Timothy W. Gray, Michael Buist et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 21 Feb 2002 5,437
2 Refractory cardiac arrest treated with mechanical CPR, hypothermia, ECMO and early reperfusion (the CHEER trial) Dion A. Stub, Stephen A. Bernard, Vincent Alfred Pellegrino et al. · Resuscitation 3 Oct 2014 622
3 Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Adults. Interim Guideline Consensus Statement From the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Alexander C. Richardson, Joseph E. Tonna, Vinodh Bhagyalakshmi Nanjayya et al. · ASAIO Journal Open access Feb 2021 552
4 Air Versus Oxygen in ST-Segment–Elevation Myocardial Infarction Dion A. Stub, Karen L. Smith, Stephen Bernard et al. · Circulation Open access 22 May 2015 550
5 Prehospital Hypertonic Saline Resuscitation of Patients With Hypotension and Severe Traumatic Brain Injury David James Cooper, Paul Stewart Myles, Francis T. McDermott et al. · JAMA Open access 16 Mar 2004 469
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Ambulance Victoria?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Resuscitation, Hypothermia, Cardiac Arrest, Out-of-Hospital, Clinical Outcomes, Mortality, Patient Satisfaction and Critical Care.

▲ 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. Resuscitation15▲ 119×4 topics
  2. Hypothermia12▲ 179×2 topics
  3. Cardiac Arrest12▲ 231×1 topic
  4. Out-of-Hospital12▲ 231×1 topic
  5. Epidemiology10▲ 2.6×32 topics
  6. Clinical Outcomes7▲ 34×3 topics
  7. Mortality7▲ 13×8 topics
  8. Patient Satisfaction6▲ 22×5 topics
  9. Critical Care6▲ 27×7 topics
  10. Quality Improvement6▲ 31×4 topics
  11. Health Care Utilization5▲ 54×3 topics
  12. Health Policy5▲ 38×2 topics
  13. Injury Severity5▲ 70×2 topics
  14. Emergency Department Crowding5▲ 186×1 topic
  15. Triage Systems5▲ 186×1 topic
  16. Health Outcomes5▲ 20×3 topics
  17. Prehospital Care5▲ 130×1 topic
  18. Sepsis5▲ 30×4 topics
  19. Trauma Center5▲ 130×1 topic
  20. Guidelines5▲ 10×7 topics
  21. Myocardial Infarction4▲ 20×5 topics
  22. Heart Failure4▲ 11×6 topics
  23. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 4.1×8 topics
  24. Risk Factors4▲ 4.0×16 topics
  25. Management4▲ 5.4×8 topics
  26. Biomarkers3▲ 5.3×4 topics
  27. Prognostic Models3▲ 42×2 topics
  28. Medical Education3▲ 13×4 topics
  29. Patient Safety3▲ 22×4 topics
  30. Infection3▲ 13×1 topic
  31. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention3▲ 24×4 topics
  32. Septic Shock3▲ 39×1 topic
  33. Global Burden3▲ 5.8×7 topics
  34. Thrombosis3▲ 11×3 topics
  35. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation3▲ 37×1 topic
  36. Left Ventricular Assist Device3▲ 59×1 topic
  37. Cancer Risk2▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Trauma2▲ 13×6 topics
  39. Healthcare Workers2▲ 11×4 topics
  40. Injuries2▲ 84×2 topics

Which research topics does Ambulance Victoria publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation, Emergency and Acute Care Studies, Trauma and Emergency Care Studies and Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment.

Cardiac Arrest and Resus…12Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 12 fractional worksEmergency and Acute Care…5Emergency and Acute Care Studies: 5 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Car…5Trauma and Emergency Care Studies: 5 fractional worksSepsis Diagnosis and Tre…3Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory S…3Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 3 fractional worksOccupational Health and …2Occupational Health and Performance: 2 fractional worksAcute Myocardial Infarction Research: 2 fractional worksSimulation-Based Education in Healthcare: 2 fractional worksDisaster Response and Management: 2 fractional worksSleep and Work-Related Fatigue: 2 fractional works
Emergency MedicineEpidemiologyBiomedical EngineeringOccupational Therapy4 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 12 works
  2. 2 Emergency and Acute Care Studies Emergency Medicine 5 works
  3. 3 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 5 works
  4. 4 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 3 works
  5. 5 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 3 works
  6. 6 Occupational Health and Performance Occupational Therapy 2 works
  7. 7 Acute Myocardial Infarction Research Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare Physiology 2 works
  9. 9 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 2 works
  10. 10 Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 2 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 available46.8%not open53.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.6%domestic only82.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Ambulance Victoria's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% 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 Ambulance Victoria as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00038% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Ambulance Victoria0.00032% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Ambulance Victoria over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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