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Austin Health

In research, Austin Health stands highest in Medicine (#1,047 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,348 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,048 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Psychiatry and Mental health — Psychiatry and Mental health is 6.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,790
of 28,054 · #3,961 all time
Rank in Australia
#66
of 391
Research works
3.9k
▲ 40% vs 2013–17
Citations
110k
28.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

What is Austin Health known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #1,047 of 10,443 17.6%680 #1032
Health SciencesDomain #1,348 of 11,982 17.7%729 #1155
Life SciencesDomain #2,048 of 7,800 23.7%107 #2206
SurgerySubfield #1,020 of 1,816 12.2%96 #1339
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #679 of 1,144 17.3%78 #953

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Austin 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#1,032 #1,047
  2. Health Sciences#1,155 #1,348
  3. Life Sciences#2,206 #2,048
  4. Surgery#1,339 #1,020
  5. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#953 #679
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Austin Health specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Psychiatry and Mental health takes 6.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield · 31.8 works6.9×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.13× its world share, 56 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.43× its world share, 13 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.89× its world share, 28 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.99× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.54× its world share, 38 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.82× its world share, 680 worksMedicineNursing: 2.07× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.25× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.29× its world share, 37 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Austin Health?

Ranked on the composite score, Christopher C. Rowe, Christine F. McDonald and Ruth Lim lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Austin Health.

  1. 1 Christopher C. Rowe Australia · #3,815 worldwide 1.5k citations · 145 works
  2. 2 Christine F. McDonald Australia · #108,618 worldwide 181 citations · 61 works
  3. 3 Ruth Lim Australia · #110,718 worldwide 208 citations · 44 works
  4. 4 Uwe Ackermann Australia · #116,031 worldwide 241 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Paul D. R. Johnson Australia · #116,903 worldwide 172 citations · 44 works
  6. 6 Henri Tochon‐Danguy Australia · #198,331 worldwide 144 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Lawrence Cher Australia · #199,906 worldwide 214 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Victor L. Villemagne Australia · #205,762 worldwide 584 citations · 175 works
  9. 9 Elif I. Ekinci Australia · #210,898 worldwide 116 citations · 46 works
  10. 10 Richard Macdonell Australia · #211,694 worldwide 120 citations · 38 works
All ranked researchers at Austin Health

Which keywords describe research at Austin Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Inflammation, Management, Guidelines, Surgery and Mortality.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology108▲ 2.9×115 topics
  2. Inflammation53▲ 2.7×69 topics
  3. Treatment48▲ 4.3×46 topics
  4. Diagnosis48▲ 5.6×39 topics
  5. Management38▲ 5.2×30 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease34▲ 3.3×32 topics
  7. Quality of Life31▲ 2.3×42 topics
  8. Guidelines29▲ 6.8×13 topics
  9. Mortality29▲ 5.3×12 topics
  10. Metabolic Syndrome28▲ 3.8×22 topics
  11. Biomarkers28▲ 4.4×17 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress26▲ 1.73×43 topics
  13. Chemotherapy26▲ 4.0×24 topics
  14. Surgery26▲ 8.0×11 topics
  15. Risk Factors26▲ 2.5×31 topics
  16. Immunotherapy26▲ 3.9×18 topics
  17. Complications24▲ 5.2×16 topics
  18. Genetics24▲ 3.7×19 topics
  19. Clinical Trials24▲ 3.8×17 topics
  20. Neurological Disorders21▲ 3.9×18 topics
  21. Aging20▲ 4.0×15 topics
  22. Genetic Mutations20▲ 4.9×20 topics
  23. Critical Care19▲ 9.1×8 topics
  24. Heart Failure19▲ 4.8×11 topics
  25. Clinical Practice Guidelines19▲ 3.8×14 topics
  26. Classification17▲ 4.0×7 topics
  27. Diabetes17▲ 3.7×16 topics
  28. Clinical Guidelines15▲ 5.7×9 topics
  29. Antiepileptic Drugs15▲ 21×2 topics
  30. Prognosis14▲ 4.8×9 topics
  31. Neuroprotection14▲ 4.3×12 topics
  32. Neuroimaging14▲ 5.5×11 topics
  33. Drug Resistance14▲ 5.2×6 topics
  34. Neurobiology14▲ 5.8×8 topics
  35. Epilepsy13▲ 13×4 topics
  36. Coagulopathy13▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Neoadjuvant Therapy12▲ 5.8×5 topics
  38. Liver Transplantation12▲ 11×4 topics
  39. Prostate Cancer11▲ 9.4×4 topics
  40. Postoperative Complications11▲ 9.1×4 topics

Which research topics does Austin Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Liver Disease and Transplantation, Epilepsy research and treatment, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes and Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research.

Liver Disease and Transp…11Liver Disease and Transplantation: 11 fractional worksEpilepsy research and tr…10Epilepsy research and treatment: 10 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 10 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 9 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 7 fractional worksDrug-Induced Adverse Reactions: 7 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 7 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …7Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 7 fractional worksSepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 6 fractional worksLGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 6 fractional works
HepatologyPsychiatry and Mental healthCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePharmacology3 others

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

  1. 1 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 11 works
  2. 2 Epilepsy research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 10 works
  3. 3 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 10 works
  4. 4 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 9 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 7 works
  6. 6 Drug-Induced Adverse Reactions Pharmacology 7 works
  7. 7 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 7 works
  8. 8 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 7 works
  9. 9 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 6 works
  10. 10 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 6 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: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.7%domestic only76.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Austin Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 40% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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