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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

In research, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,021 of 20,462 worldwide), Health Professions (#1,456 of 3,776 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#9,842 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#19,896
of 42,892
Rank in Australia
#375
of 656
Research works
563
▲ 120% vs 2013–17
Citations
14k
24.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
30.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
29%
world 28%

What is Australian Institute of Health and Welfare known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #6,021 of 20,462 21.8%324
Health ProfessionsField #1,456 of 3,776 21.7%147
Social SciencesDomain #9,842 of 16,945 21.2%192
MedicineField #11,147 of 17,978 21.9%169

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 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: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.73× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 7.78× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.88× its world share, 17 worksMedicineNursing: 2.42× its world share, 1 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.32× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.66× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.77× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.29× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.14× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 7.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Australian Institute of Health and Welfare?

Ranked on the composite score, Diane Gibson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.

  1. 1 Diane Gibson Australia · #628,453 worldwide 15 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Which keywords describe research at Australian Institute of Health and Welfare?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Quality Improvement, Mortality, Social Support, Health Outcomes, Primary Care and Health Equity.

▲ 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. Epidemiology6▲ 3.1×24 topics
  2. Public Health4▲ 6.0×17 topics
  3. Quality Improvement3▲ 33×7 topics
  4. Mortality3▲ 11×7 topics
  5. Social Support3▲ 11×5 topics
  6. Health Outcomes3▲ 20×5 topics
  7. Primary Care2▲ 14×8 topics
  8. Health Equity2▲ 18×4 topics
  9. Quality of Life2▲ 3.4×8 topics
  10. Health Disparities2▲ 18×5 topics
  11. Mortality Risk2▲ 18×5 topics
  12. Chronic Disease Management2▲ 22×6 topics
  13. Risk Factors2▲ 3.7×8 topics
  14. Social Relationships2▲ 41×1 topic
  15. Socioeconomic Inequalities2▲ 56×1 topic
  16. Pandemic2▲ 3.4×5 topics
  17. Global Burden2▲ 6.2×6 topics
  18. Health Services2▲ 37×2 topics
  19. Pathogenesis2▲ 6.6×4 topics
  20. Chronic Conditions2▲ 45×2 topics
  21. Injury Prevention2▲ 26×3 topics
  22. Genomics1▲ 9.7×2 topics
  23. Global Warming1▲ 7.0×3 topics
  24. Healthcare Utilization1▲ 36×1 topic
  25. Infectious Diseases1▲ 9.3×4 topics
  26. Job Satisfaction1▲ 6.7×6 topics
  27. Multimorbidity1▲ 67×1 topic
  28. Anxiety1▲ 5.8×5 topics
  29. Health System Reform1▲ 38×2 topics
  30. Influenza1▲ 67×1 topic
  31. Patient Satisfaction1▲ 9.0×4 topics
  32. Virus1▲ 29×1 topic
  33. Brain Injury1▲ 94×2 topics
  34. Human Health1▲ 16×2 topics
  35. Injury Severity1▲ 30×1 topic
  36. Trauma Center1▲ 60×1 topic
  37. Data Integration1▲ 14×3 topics
  38. Electronic Health Records1▲ 26×3 topics
  39. Heat Waves1▲ 37×1 topic
  40. Vulnerability1▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Australian Institute of Health and Welfare publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Health disparities and outcomes, Chronic Disease Management Strategies, Influenza Virus Research Studies and Trauma and Emergency Care Studies.

Health disparities and o…2Health disparities and outcomes: 2 fractional worksChronic Disease Manageme…1Chronic Disease Management Strategies: 1 fractional worksInfluenza Virus Research…1Influenza Virus Research Studies: 1 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Car…1Trauma and Emergency Care Studies: 1 fractional worksClimate Change and Health Impacts: 1 fractional worksAutomotive and Human Injury Biomechanics: 1 fractional worksGlobal Health Care Issues1Global Health Care Issues: 1 fractional worksSports injuries and prevention: 1 fractional worksBiomedical Text Mining and Ontologies: 1 fractional worksHealthcare professionals’ stress and burnout: 1 fractional works
HealthEpidemiologyEmergency MedicineHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis4 others

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

  1. 1 Health disparities and outcomes Health 2 works
  2. 2 Chronic Disease Management Strategies Epidemiology 1 works
  3. 3 Influenza Virus Research Studies Epidemiology 1 works
  4. 4 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  6. 6 Automotive and Human Injury Biomechanics Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Global Health Care Issues General Health Professions 1 works
  8. 8 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies Molecular Biology 1 works
  10. 10 Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout General Health Professions 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 available28.9%not open71.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.2%domestic only82.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Australian Institute of Health and Welfare's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 120% 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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