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Australian Catholic University

In research, Australian Catholic University stands highest in Social Sciences (#481 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#345 of 5,988 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#1,122 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Religious studies, History and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (Religious studies is 11.8× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#969
of 22,385 · #895 all time
Rank in Australia
#34
of 270
Research works
9.3k
▲ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
174k
18.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.49×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
35%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%

What is Australian Catholic University 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
Social SciencesDomain #481 of 9,585 16.5%1,415 #418
Social SciencesField #345 of 5,988 15.0%786 #332
Health SciencesDomain #1,122 of 9,902 19.4%464 #814
PsychologyField #268 of 2,121 24.2%284 #297
EducationSubfield #261 of 1,930 16.9%255 #106
MedicineField #1,331 of 8,541 19.2%309 #928
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #500 of 2,526 14.2%231 #415
Health ProfessionsField #405 of 1,895 19.8%140 #335
Life SciencesDomain #1,818 of 6,403 22.5%90 #1745
Physical SciencesDomain #3,440 of 10,670 21.4%167 #2281

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Australian Catholic University 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. Social Sciences#418 #481
  2. Social Sciences#332 #345
  3. Health Sciences#814 #1,122
  4. Psychology#297 #268
  5. Education#106 #261
  6. Medicine#928 #1,331
  7. Sociology and Political Science#415 #500
  8. Health Professions#335 #405
  9. Life Sciences#1,745 #1,818
  10. Physical Sciences#2,281 #3,440
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 Australian Catholic University work in?

In 2022-now, 65% of research at Australian Catholic University is in Social Sciences, 23% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (36%), Medicine (15%), Psychology (13%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,575 fractional works · 65.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 869 fractional works · 36.0% of its workEducation: 277 fractional works · 11.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 259 fractional works · 10.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 115 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGender Studies: 27 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 26 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 26 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnthropology: 25 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 25 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLaw: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Administration: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 315 fractional works · 13.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 122 fractional works · 5.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 68 fractional works · 2.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 62 fractional works · 2.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 46 fractional works · 1.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 275 fractional works · 11.4% of its workHistory: 57 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhilosophy: 49 fractional works · 2.1% of its workReligious studies: 48 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 35 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArcheology: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClassics: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMuseology: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMusic: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 60 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 21 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 34 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 24 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFinance: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 22 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 545 fractional works · 22.6% of its workMedicine: 366 fractional works · 15.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 48 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 43 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhysiology: 42 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 24 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurgery: 23 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEpidemiology: 23 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 19 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRehabilitation: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 160 fractional works · 6.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 88 fractional works · 3.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 19 fractional works · 0.8% of its workResearch and Theory: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 187 fractional works · 7.8% of its workComputer Science: 81 fractional works · 3.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 27 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 23 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 41 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 30 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMathematics: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 103 fractional works · 4.3% of its workNeuroscience: 44 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 35 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 35 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCell Biology: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 21 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKAustralianCatholic…2,411fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences23%Social Sciences65%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences1,57565.3%
    1. Social Sciences86936.0%
    2. Psychology31513.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities27511.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting602.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance341.4%
    6. Decision Sciences220.9%
    1. Medicine36615.2%
    2. Health Professions1606.6%
    3. Nursing190.8%
    4. Dentistry10.0%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Computer Science813.4%
    2. Engineering411.7%
    3. Environmental Science301.2%
    4. Mathematics150.6%
    5. Physics and Astronomy70.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences60.2%
    7. Chemistry30.1%
    8. Materials Science30.1%
    9. Energy20.1%
    1. Neuroscience441.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology351.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences210.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Australian Catholic University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Religious studies takes 11.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Religious studiesSubfield · 47.7 works12×
  2. HistorySubfield · 57.2 works7.4×
  3. Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield · 42.9 works7.0×
  4. Developmental and Educational PsychologySubfield · 61.6 works5.6×
← 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: 0.18× its world share, 21 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.28× its world share, 36 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.14× its world share, 44 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.43× its world share, 81 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 41 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.25× its world share, 30 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.51× its world share, 15 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.52× its world share, 160 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.79× its world share, 366 worksMedicineNursing: 1.57× its world share, 18 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.95× its world share, 275 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.78× its world share, 60 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.94× its world share, 22 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.66× its world share, 34 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.28× its world share, 315 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.85× its world share, 869 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology4.28×315 works
  2. Arts and Humanities3.95×275 works
  3. Social Sciences2.85×869 works
  4. Health Professions2.52×160 works
  5. Nursing1.57×18 works
  6. Neuroscience1.14×44 works
  7. Decision Sciences0.94×22 works
  8. Medicine0.79×366 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.78×60 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.66×34 works
  11. Mathematics0.51×15 works
  12. Computer Science0.43×81 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.28×36 works
  14. Environmental Science0.25×30 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.18×21 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.16×6 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.13×7 works
  18. Engineering0.11×41 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.09×1 works
  20. Chemistry0.09×3 works
  21. Energy0.09×2 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.08×2 works
  23. Dentistry0.08×1 works
  24. Materials Science0.03×3 works
  25. Veterinary0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Australian Catholic University?

Ranked on the quality score, Philip David Parker, Chris Lonsdale and Baljinder Kaur Sahdra lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Australian Catholic University.

  1. 1 Philip David Parker Australia · #5,617 worldwide 21k citations · 310 works
  2. 2 Chris Lonsdale Australia · #8,483 worldwide 27k citations · 247 works
  3. 3 Baljinder Kaur Sahdra Australia · #18,889 worldwide 6.4k citations · 151 works
  4. 4 Jiesi Guo Australia · #20,407 worldwide 7.1k citations · 152 works
  5. 5 Theresa Dicke Australia · #24,340 worldwide 5.7k citations · 131 works
  6. 6 Michael Noetel Australia · #25,516 worldwide 4.9k citations · 153 works
  7. 7 Taren Sanders Australia · #27,827 worldwide 9.4k citations · 90 works
  8. 8 Joseph Ciarrochi Australia · #39,823 worldwide 22k citations · 343 works
  9. 9 Benjamin Moffitt Australia · #47,775 worldwide 3.4k citations · 84 works
  10. 10 Fabienne Michelle Van der Kleij Australia · #60,711 worldwide 3.5k citations · 59 works
All ranked researchers at Australian Catholic University

What are the most cited papers from Australian Catholic University?

The most cited paper from Australian Catholic University is "Sarcopenia: revised European consensus on definition and diagnosis" (Alfonso José Cruz-Jentoft et al., 2018), with 14,151 citations. Next come "Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation from a self-determination theory perspective: Definitions, theory, practices, and future directions" (5,809) and "Enhancing transparency in reporting the synthesis of qualitative research: ENTREQ" (3,681).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Sarcopenia: revised European consensus on definition and diagnosis Alfonso José Cruz-Jentoft et al. · Age and Ageing Open access 24 Sep 2018 14,151
2 Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation from a self-determination theory perspective: Definitions, theory, practices, and future directions Richard M. Ryan, Edward L. Deci · Contemporary Educational Psychology Apr 2020 5,809
3 Enhancing transparency in reporting the synthesis of qualitative research: ENTREQ Allison Tong, Kate Flemming, Elizabeth McInnes et al. · BMC Medical Research Methodology Open access 27 Nov 2012 3,681
4 Self-Determination Theory in Work Organizations: The State of a Science Edward L. Deci, Anja H. Olafsen, Richard M. Ryan · Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior Review 26 Jan 2017 3,138
5 Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-Years for 29 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2017 Christina Fitzmaurice et al. · JAMA Oncology Open access628 authors 27 Sep 2019 2,699
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Which keywords describe research at Australian Catholic University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Mental Health, Colonialism, Identity, Religion, Well-being, Diversity and Social Justice.

▲ 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. Globalization152▲ 3.2×73 topics
  2. Mental Health129▲ 3.8×40 topics
  3. Epidemiology101◆ 1.05×77 topics
  4. Identity84▲ 4.8×48 topics
  5. Education82▲ 1.97×70 topics
  6. Colonialism80▲ 7.0×34 topics
  7. Religion65▲ 5.8×36 topics
  8. Social Justice62▲ 4.3×30 topics
  9. Well-being61▲ 6.5×13 topics
  10. Human Rights60▲ 2.4×41 topics
  11. Ethics53▲ 4.3×37 topics
  12. Resilience53▲ 4.5×14 topics
  13. Neoliberalism52▲ 6.0×19 topics
  14. History49▲ 2.9×36 topics
  15. Diversity49▲ 12×7 topics
  16. Gender48▲ 3.7×42 topics
  17. Nationalism48▲ 4.4×27 topics
  18. Meta-Analysis46▲ 3.3×16 topics
  19. Secularism45▲ 18×5 topics
  20. National Identity43▲ 15×6 topics
  21. Technology Integration43▲ 5.6×9 topics
  22. Child Development42▲ 4.3×8 topics
  23. Academic Achievement41▲ 10.0×10 topics
  24. Reflective Practice40▲ 8.7×7 topics
  25. Self-Regulation39▲ 9.1×6 topics
  26. Multiculturalism38▲ 8.5×7 topics
  27. Cultural Turn36▲ 70×2 topics
  28. Citizenship34▲ 12×6 topics
  29. Teacher Education34▲ 11×8 topics
  30. Resistance Training34▲ 15×2 topics
  31. Transnational History34▲ 102×2 topics
  32. Cosmopolitanism33▲ 13×7 topics
  33. Teacher Professional Development33▲ 8.4×5 topics
  34. Australian history32▲ 136×1 topic
  35. British imperialism32▲ 136×1 topic
  36. Inclusion32▲ 9.2×4 topics
  37. Religious Education32▲ 8.2×5 topics
  38. Theology30▲ 14×6 topics
  39. Cultural Competence30▲ 9.5×7 topics
  40. Cultural29▲ 25×4 topics

Which research topics does Australian Catholic University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Australian History and Society, Religious Education and Schools, Teacher Education and Leadership Studies and Sports Performance and Training.

  1. 1 Australian History and Society Sociology and Political Science 32 works
  2. 2 Religious Education and Schools Education 25 works
  3. 3 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 21 works
  4. 4 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 20 works
  5. 5 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 19 works
  6. 6 Global Education and Multiculturalism Education 18 works
  7. 7 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 18 works
  8. 8 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 17 works
  9. 9 Global Educational Policies and Reforms Political Science and International Relations 17 works
  10. 10 Education and Critical Thinking Development Education 17 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 available35.1%not open64.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.5%domestic only79.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Australian Catholic University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% 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 Australian Catholic University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0099% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Australian Catholic University0.0088% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Australian Catholic University 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%Australian Catholic University16.2% 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 19.7% in 2020.

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