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Australian Federal Police

afp.gov.auROR OpenAlex
World rank, all time
#19,250
of 42,892
Rank in Australia
#361
of 656
Research works
249
▲ 26% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.6k
22.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
31.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
25%
world 28%

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: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.31× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.34× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.96× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.38× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 2.42× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.53× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 1.23× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.31× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.49× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 2.60× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.16× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Australian Federal Police?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Ancient DNA, Genomic Analysis, Human Evolution, Forensic Genetics, Population History, Law Enforcement, Police Legitimacy and Procedural 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 2022–2025 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 34 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 34 words, with their numbers
  1. Ancient DNA4▲ 195×3 topics
  2. Genomic Analysis4▲ 41×2 topics
  3. Human Evolution4▲ 444×2 topics
  4. Forensic Genetics4▲ 671×1 topic
  5. Population History4▲ 671×1 topic
  6. Law Enforcement4▲ 155×3 topics
  7. Police Legitimacy2▲ 494×1 topic
  8. Procedural Justice2▲ 494×1 topic
  9. Deep Learning2▲ 1.48×7 topics
  10. Cybercrime2▲ 74×2 topics
  11. Epidemiology2◆ 1.11×10 topics
  12. Youth Violence2▲ 98×2 topics
  13. Crime2▲ 145×1 topic
  14. Security2▲ 6.0×3 topics
  15. Social Structure2▲ 102×1 topic
  16. Age Estimation1▲ 51×1 topic
  17. Digital Forensics1▲ 68×2 topics
  18. Drug Trafficking1▲ 61×2 topics
  19. Gene Expression1▲ 5.9×2 topics
  20. Professionalism1▲ 21×2 topics
  21. Sex Determination1▲ 87×1 topic
  22. Mass Spectrometry1▲ 21×3 topics
  23. Nanoparticles1▲ 2.6×2 topics
  24. Neural Networks1▲ 2.1×3 topics
  25. Population Genetics1▲ 21×3 topics
  26. Chemical Imaging1▲ 68×2 topics
  27. Cloud Computing1▲ 9.6×1 topic
  28. Internet of Things1▲ 3.1×1 topic
  29. Nanotechnology1▲ 15×2 topics
  30. Fingermark Residue1▲ 406×1 topic
  31. Fluorescent Materials1▲ 37×1 topic
  32. Legal Education1▲ 29×1 topic
  33. Mental Health1▲ 1.72×9 topics
  34. Welfare Rights Advice1▲ 151×1 topic

Which research topics does Australian Federal Police publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Forensic and Genetic Research, Policing Practices and Perceptions, Crime Patterns and Interventions and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies.

Forensic and Genetic Res…4Forensic and Genetic Research: 4 fractional worksPolicing Practices and Perceptions: 2 fractional worksCrime Patterns and Interventions: 2 fractional worksForensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies: 1 fractional worksDigital and Cyber Forensics: 1 fractional worksForensic Fingerprint Det…1Forensic Fingerprint Detection Methods: 1 fractional worksLegal Education and Practice Innovations: 1 fractional worksEnvironmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies: 1 fractional worksCrime, Illicit Activities, and Governance: 1 fractional worksData-Driven Disease Surveillance: 1 fractional works
GeneticsPolitical Science and International RelationsSociology and Political ScienceArcheology5 others

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

  1. 1 Forensic and Genetic Research Genetics 4 works
  2. 2 Policing Practices and Perceptions Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  3. 3 Crime Patterns and Interventions Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  4. 4 Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies Archeology 1 works
  5. 5 Digital and Cyber Forensics Information Systems 1 works
  6. 6 Forensic Fingerprint Detection Methods Safety Research 1 works
  7. 7 Legal Education and Practice Innovations Law 1 works
  8. 8 Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies Ecology 1 works
  9. 9 Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  10. 10 Data-Driven Disease Surveillance Epidemiology 1 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 available25.1%not open74.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.1%domestic only89.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Australian Federal Police's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 26% 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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