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Australian Human Rights Commission

In research, Australian Human Rights Commission stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,157 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Social Sciences (Social Sciences is 4.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#17,081
of 22,385 · #15,630 all time
Rank in Australia
#190
of 270
Research works
332
▲ 60% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.3k
7.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.07×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
44%
world 40%
International
25%
world 18%
Australian Human Rights Commission

What is Australian Human Rights Commission 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 #8,157 of 9,585 11.3%63 #7929

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Australian Human Rights Commission 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 fields of science does Australian Human Rights Commission work in?

In 2022-now, 74% of research at Australian Human Rights Commission is in Social Sciences, 15% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (57%), Medicine (11%), Psychology (5%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 69 fractional works · 73.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 54 fractional works · 57.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 17 fractional works · 17.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 14 fractional works · 15.1% of its workLaw: 9 fractional works · 9.4% of its workGender Studies: 5 fractional works · 5.5% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 5.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 4.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 14 fractional works · 15.1% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 10.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 4.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 6.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Energy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 4.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAustralian HumanRights Commission94fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences74%

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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences5457.1%
    2. Psychology55.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting44.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance43.7%
    5. Arts and Humanities33.6%
    1. Medicine1010.5%
    2. Health Professions44.3%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    1. Environmental Science22.3%
    2. Computer Science11.5%
    3. Engineering11.4%
    4. Chemistry10.6%
    5. Energy00.5%
    6. Materials Science00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.8%
    4. Neuroscience00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Australian Human Rights Commission specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Social Sciences takes 4.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Social SciencesField · 53.7 works4.5×
← 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: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 1.64× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.55× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.25× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.27× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.74× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.64× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.52× its world share, 54 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.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences4.52×54 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.74×4 works
  3. Health Professions1.64×4 works
  4. Psychology1.64×5 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.27×4 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.25×3 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology0.80×1 works
  8. Energy0.58×0 works
  9. Medicine0.55×10 works
  10. Environmental Science0.46×2 works
  11. Nursing0.43×0 works
  12. Chemistry0.41×1 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.40×2 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.37×2 works
  15. Computer Science0.19×1 works
  16. Engineering0.09×1 works
  17. Materials Science0.07×0 works
  18. Neuroscience0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Australian Human Rights Commission?

Ranked on the quality score, Peter Bailey, Bobby Siu and Lorraine Finlay lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Australian Human Rights Commission.

  1. 1 Peter Bailey Australia · #2,662,953 worldwide 141 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Bobby Siu Australia · #3,030,250 worldwide 75 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Lorraine Finlay Australia · #3,160,876 worldwide 73 citations · 48 works
  4. 4 Brian Burdekin Australia · #3,222,256 worldwide 75 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Basil Fernando Australia · #3,235,467 worldwide 7 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Edward Santow Australia · #3,632,669 worldwide 706 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Dea Delaney Thiele Australia · #4,491,689 worldwide 77 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Fredrick Fredrick Australia · #5,762,662 worldwide 9 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at Australian Human Rights Commission

What are the most cited papers from Australian Human Rights Commission?

The most cited paper from Australian Human Rights Commission is "Aging Populations and Management" (Carol T. Kulik, Susan Ryan, Sarah E. Harper et al., 2014), with 289 citations. Next come "A Typology of Indigenous Engagement in Australian Environmental Management: Implications for Knowledge Integration and Social-ecological System Sustainability" (262) and "The “Normalization” of Intersex Bodies and “Othering” of Intersex Identities in Australia" (146).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Aging Populations and Management Carol T. Kulik, Susan Ryan, Sarah E. Harper et al. · Academy of Management Journal Open access Aug 2014 289
2 A Typology of Indigenous Engagement in Australian Environmental Management: Implications for Knowledge Integration and Social-ecological System Sustainability Rosemary Hill, Chrissy Grant, Melissa George et al. · Ecology and Society Open access 2012 262
3 The “Normalization” of Intersex Bodies and “Othering” of Intersex Identities in Australia Morgan Carpenter · Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Open access 7 May 2018 146
4 The Concluding Observations of United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies Michael O’Flaherty · Human Rights Law Review 16 Feb 2006 125
5 The issue of state action/horizontal effect in comparative constitutional law Mark Tushnet · International Journal of Constitutional Law Open access 2003 118
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Australian Human Rights Commission?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, International Law, Global Governance, Security Council, Sovereignty, War Crimes, Globalization and Mental Health.

▲ 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. Human Rights21▲ 22×36 topics
  2. International Law10▲ 32×15 topics
  3. Global Governance8▲ 36×13 topics
  4. Globalization6▲ 3.3×18 topics
  5. Security Council6▲ 128×2 topics
  6. Mental Health5▲ 4.0×16 topics
  7. Artificial Intelligence5▲ 3.6×11 topics
  8. Sovereignty5▲ 56×4 topics
  9. Public Health4▲ 3.1×18 topics
  10. War Crimes4▲ 97×2 topics
  11. Social Inequality4▲ 15×3 topics
  12. Health Disparities4▲ 15×6 topics
  13. State Sovereignty4▲ 82×2 topics
  14. Genocide3▲ 69×2 topics
  15. Humanitarian Intervention3▲ 98×1 topic
  16. Responsibility to Protect3▲ 124×1 topic
  17. Social Networks3▲ 12×3 topics
  18. Democracy3▲ 9.2×7 topics
  19. Stigma3▲ 24×4 topics
  20. Intersectionality3▲ 16×7 topics
  21. Development3▲ 8.3×3 topics
  22. European Union3▲ 13×6 topics
  23. International Cooperation3▲ 58×2 topics
  24. Sustainable Development Goals3▲ 17×3 topics
  25. Immigration3▲ 26×2 topics
  26. International Criminal Law3▲ 132×1 topic
  27. International Humanitarian Law3▲ 132×1 topic
  28. Gender Identity3▲ 25×4 topics
  29. Psychological Impact3▲ 8.7×7 topics
  30. Indicators2▲ 165×1 topic
  31. Millennium Development Goals2▲ 165×1 topic
  32. Labor Market2▲ 8.9×3 topics
  33. Legal Regulation2▲ 11×4 topics
  34. Equality2▲ 41×5 topics
  35. Gender Equality2▲ 8.2×4 topics
  36. Human Capital2▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Criminal Justice2▲ 10×6 topics
  38. Discrimination2▲ 11×3 topics
  39. International Relations2▲ 9.1×6 topics
  40. Multiculturalism2▲ 11×3 topics

Which research topics does Australian Human Rights Commission publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Global Peace and Security Dynamics, International Law and Human Rights, Human Rights and Development and Migration and Labor Dynamics.

Global Peace and Securit…3Global Peace and Security Dynamics: 3 fractional worksInternational Law and Hu…3International Law and Human Rights: 3 fractional worksHuman Rights and Develop…2Human Rights and Development: 2 fractional worksMigration and Labor Dyna…2Migration and Labor Dynamics: 2 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 2 fractional worksSexual Assault and Victimization Studies: 2 fractional worksLGBTQ Health, Identity, …1LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 1 fractional worksSex and Gender in Health…1Sex and Gender in Healthcare: 1 fractional worksGender, Security, and Co…1Gender, Security, and Conflict: 1 fractional worksDemographic Trends and G…1Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences: 1 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsSociology and Political ScienceHealthGender Studies2 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 3 works
  2. 2 International Law and Human Rights Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  3. 3 Human Rights and Development Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  4. 4 Migration and Labor Dynamics Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  5. 5 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 2 works
  6. 6 Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies Gender Studies 2 works
  7. 7 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 1 works
  8. 8 Sex and Gender in Healthcare Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  9. 9 Gender, Security, and Conflict Gender Studies 1 works
  10. 10 Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences Gender Studies 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 available43.7%not open56.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.3%domestic only74.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Australian Human Rights Commission's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 60% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Australian Human Rights Commission as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00037% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Australian Human Rights Commission0.00065% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Australian Human Rights Commission over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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