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Australian Defence College

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Research works
60
▲ 140% vs 2013–17
Citations
711
11.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
34.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Australian Defence College is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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.

Immunology and Microbiology: 1.20× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Computer Science: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.28× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 2.57× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.91× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 2.09× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.56× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 1.39× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.51× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Australian Defence College?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: International Law, Global Governance, Colonialism, Globalization, Counterinsurgency, Ethics, Diplomacy and British Army.

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

Size is fractional works in all years 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. International Law7▲ 41×5 topics
  2. Globalization6▲ 5.8×10 topics
  3. Global Governance6▲ 45×4 topics
  4. Colonialism6▲ 20×7 topics
  5. Counterinsurgency5▲ 546×2 topics
  6. Ethics5▲ 17×8 topics
  7. Diplomacy4▲ 70×3 topics
  8. British Army4▲ 720×1 topic
  9. Malayan Emergency4▲ 720×1 topic
  10. Power4▲ 81×2 topics
  11. Social Capital4▲ 15×3 topics
  12. Community4▲ 53×3 topics
  13. International Institutions4▲ 271×1 topic
  14. Norms4▲ 120×1 topic
  15. Nationalism3▲ 9.7×4 topics
  16. Resilience3▲ 14×3 topics
  17. Security3▲ 13×4 topics
  18. Vulnerability3▲ 33×2 topics
  19. Disaster3▲ 150×1 topic
  20. Risk3▲ 93×1 topic
  21. International Relations3▲ 23×4 topics
  22. History3▲ 5.6×5 topics
  23. Australian history3▲ 213×1 topic
  24. British imperialism3▲ 213×1 topic
  25. Federalism2▲ 39×3 topics
  26. National Security2▲ 84×2 topics
  27. Public Opinion2▲ 20×2 topics
  28. Religion2▲ 6.2×5 topics
  29. American founding2▲ 46×1 topic
  30. Constitutional government2▲ 46×1 topic
  31. Human Rights2▲ 3.9×7 topics
  32. Analysis2▲ 29×1 topic
  33. Gender2▲ 5.6×5 topics
  34. Intelligence2▲ 60×1 topic
  35. Conflict2▲ 20×4 topics
  36. Leadership2▲ 8.9×5 topics
  37. Private Security Companies2▲ 422×1 topic
  38. Privatized Military Industry2▲ 422×1 topic
  39. Humanitarian Intervention2▲ 61×2 topics
  40. Security Council2▲ 40×2 topics

Which research topics does Australian Defence College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Peace and Security Dynamics, Social Media and Politics, Gender, Feminism, and Media and Military History and Strategy.

Global Peace and Securit…0Global Peace and Security Dynamics: 0 fractional worksSocial Media and Politics0Social Media and Politics: 0 fractional worksGender, Feminism, and Media: 0 fractional worksMilitary History and Str…0Military History and Strategy: 0 fractional worksPolitics and Conflicts i…0Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East: 0 fractional worksMilitary Strategy and Te…0Military Strategy and Technology: 0 fractional worksIntelligence, Security, …0Intelligence, Security, War Strategy: 0 fractional worksOral History, Memory, Na…0Oral History, Memory, Narrative Analysis: 0 fractional worksSexuality, Behavior, and…0Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology: 0 fractional worksRace, History, and Ameri…0Race, History, and American Society: 0 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsCommunicationGender StudiesControl and Systems Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Global Peace and Security Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  2. 2 Social Media and Politics Communication 0 works
  3. 3 Gender, Feminism, and Media Gender Studies 0 works
  4. 4 Military History and Strategy Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  5. 5 Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  6. 6 Military Strategy and Technology Control and Systems Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Intelligence, Security, War Strategy Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  8. 8 Oral History, Memory, Narrative Analysis History 0 works
  9. 9 Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology Clinical Psychology 0 works
  10. 10 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 0 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 available31.4%not open68.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.8%domestic only89.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Australian Defence College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 140% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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