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Australian Government

In research, Australian Government stands highest in Physical Sciences (#9,850 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,190
of 28,054 · #11,664 all time
Rank in Australia
#224
of 391
Research works
1.2k
▲ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
24k
20.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
59%
world 28%

What is Australian Government 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
Physical SciencesDomain #9,850 of 12,888 14.5%68 #8680

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Australian Government 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).

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: 0.82× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.64× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.72× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.32× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.61× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.22× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.51× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.32× its world share, 30 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.67× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.76× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.66× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.96× its world share, 34 worksMedicineNursing: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.18× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.50× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.12× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.05× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.73× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.16× its world share, 27 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Australian Government?

Ranked on the composite score, Productivity Commission and Robert J. Wells lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Australian Government.

  1. 1 Productivity Commission Australia · #82,078 worldwide 138 citations · 32 works
  2. 2 Robert J. Wells Australia · #134,599 worldwide 121 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Australian Government

Which keywords describe research at Australian Government?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Epidemiology, Sustainability, Biodiversity, Water Resources, Environmental Impact, Public Health and Renewable Energy.

▲ 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. Climate Change16▲ 3.2×56 topics
  2. Epidemiology15▲ 2.1×55 topics
  3. Sustainability9▲ 2.1×26 topics
  4. Environmental Impact7▲ 2.2×24 topics
  5. Machine Learning6◆ 1.06×23 topics
  6. Public Health6▲ 2.4×25 topics
  7. Renewable Energy6▲ 2.4×16 topics
  8. Biodiversity6▲ 4.1×14 topics
  9. Globalization6▲ 1.52×15 topics
  10. Pandemic5▲ 2.7×6 topics
  11. COVID-195▲ 2.0×13 topics
  12. Immune Response4▲ 3.8×11 topics
  13. Vaccine4▲ 5.3×10 topics
  14. Invasive Species4▲ 4.8×13 topics
  15. Pathogenesis4▲ 4.0×13 topics
  16. Resilience4▲ 4.3×10 topics
  17. SARS-CoV-24▲ 6.4×6 topics
  18. Water Resources4▲ 8.5×4 topics
  19. Ecosystem Services3▲ 4.3×6 topics
  20. Model Evaluation3▲ 13×2 topics
  21. ACE2 Receptor3▲ 6.8×2 topics
  22. Population Dynamics3▲ 6.3×8 topics
  23. Land Use Change3▲ 5.0×5 topics
  24. Viral Infections3▲ 27×2 topics
  25. Renewable Resources2▲ 7.9×2 topics
  26. Risk Perception2▲ 5.1×6 topics
  27. Citizen Science2▲ 14×2 topics
  28. Electrolysis2▲ 20×1 topic
  29. Hydrogen2▲ 16×1 topic
  30. Influenza2▲ 32×2 topics
  31. Public Opinion2▲ 11×4 topics
  32. Vaccine Development2▲ 5.2×8 topics
  33. Chronic Disease Management2▲ 6.6×4 topics
  34. Global Health2▲ 8.2×3 topics
  35. Behavior Change2▲ 8.0×3 topics
  36. Clinical Characteristics2▲ 8.7×1 topic
  37. Cytokine Storm2▲ 10×1 topic
  38. Conservation Biology2▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Economic Reforms2▲ 40×3 topics
  40. Trophic Cascades2▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Australian Government publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Global Health Workforce Issues and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment.

Hybrid Renewable Energy …2Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…2COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 2 fractional worksGlobal Health Workforce Issues: 2 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksInfectious Encephalopathies and Encephalitis: 2 fractional worksCommonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism: 2 fractional worksOccupational and environmental lung diseases: 2 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and…2Species Distribution and Climate Change: 2 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 2 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 2 fractional works
Energy Engineering and Power TechnologyInfectious DiseasesEmergency Medical ServicesEpidemiology5 others

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

  1. 1 Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems Energy Engineering and Power Technology 2 works
  2. 2 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 2 works
  3. 3 Global Health Workforce Issues Emergency Medical Services 2 works
  4. 4 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 2 works
  5. 5 Infectious Encephalopathies and Encephalitis Infectious Diseases 2 works
  6. 6 Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  7. 7 Occupational and environmental lung diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 2 works
  9. 9 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 2 works
  10. 10 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 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 available59.2%not open40.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.0%domestic only82.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Australian Government's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% 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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