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Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine

In research, Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine stands highest in Medicine (#3,126 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,800 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#3,463 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,018
of 28,054 · #6,013 all time
Rank in Australia
#98
of 391
Research works
1.5k
▲ 28% vs 2013–17
Citations
54k
35.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

What is Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine 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
MedicineField #3,126 of 10,443 32.0%90 #3797
Health SciencesDomain #3,800 of 11,982 31.8%109 #3118
Life SciencesDomain #3,463 of 7,800 29.0%80 #3753

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#3,797 #3,126
  2. Health Sciences#3,118 #3,800
  3. Life Sciences#3,753 #3,463
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

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: 2.24× its world share, 28 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.26× its world share, 32 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.31× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.93× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.56× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.16× its world share, 9 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.47× its world share, 33 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.31× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.84× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.75× its world share, 90 worksMedicineNursing: 1.74× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 5.65× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.79× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 5.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Thomas R. Burkot, Tanya L. Russell and Denise L. Doolan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine.

  1. 1 Thomas R. Burkot Australia · #145,933 worldwide 108 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Tanya L. Russell Australia · #329,198 worldwide 97 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Denise L. Doolan Australia · #709,502 worldwide 43 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Raphael Cilento Australia · #911,007 worldwide 10 citations · 35 works
  5. 5 John Leslie Dowe Australia · #1,270,891 worldwide 37 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine

Which keywords describe research at Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Climate Change, Biodiversity, Vaccine Development, Invasive Species, Pathogenesis, Global Burden and Vaccine.

▲ 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. Epidemiology39▲ 3.7×83 topics
  2. Climate Change26▲ 3.6×51 topics
  3. Biodiversity12▲ 6.1×19 topics
  4. Public Health10▲ 2.7×34 topics
  5. Vaccine Development10▲ 14×10 topics
  6. Invasive Species10▲ 8.4×18 topics
  7. Pathogenesis9▲ 6.6×18 topics
  8. Risk Factors9▲ 3.1×16 topics
  9. Diagnosis8▲ 3.2×21 topics
  10. Global Burden8▲ 5.6×12 topics
  11. Immune Response8▲ 5.1×17 topics
  12. Genetic Diversity7▲ 6.1×12 topics
  13. Treatment7▲ 2.2×23 topics
  14. Vaccine7▲ 6.7×10 topics
  15. Infectious Diseases7▲ 7.6×8 topics
  16. Global Change6▲ 9.3×4 topics
  17. Vector Control6▲ 21×4 topics
  18. Conservation6▲ 5.5×15 topics
  19. Molecular Phylogeny6▲ 15×10 topics
  20. Helminth Infections6▲ 60×2 topics
  21. Population Dynamics6▲ 9.3×9 topics
  22. Biogeography6▲ 7.9×13 topics
  23. Habitat Fragmentation6▲ 9.3×5 topics
  24. Medicinal Plants5▲ 4.8×12 topics
  25. Disease Burden5▲ 26×2 topics
  26. Ecosystem5▲ 17×3 topics
  27. Immune Regulation5▲ 17×3 topics
  28. Immunomodulation5▲ 14×2 topics
  29. Ocean Acidification5▲ 25×3 topics
  30. Community Ecology5▲ 21×2 topics
  31. Schistosomiasis5▲ 66×1 topic
  32. Soil-Transmitted Helminths5▲ 66×1 topic
  33. Traditional Ecological Knowledge4▲ 40×2 topics
  34. Arboviral Diseases4▲ 25×1 topic
  35. Zika Virus4▲ 25×1 topic
  36. Toxins4▲ 16×4 topics
  37. Insecticide Resistance4▲ 18×4 topics
  38. Trophic Cascades4▲ 15×2 topics
  39. Genome Sequence4▲ 16×4 topics
  40. Marine Ecosystems4▲ 26×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Parasites and Host Interactions, Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Malaria Research and Control and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies.

Parasites and Host Interactions: 5 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 4 fractional worksMalaria Research and Con…3Malaria Research and Control: 3 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosyst…3Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 3 fractional worksParasite Biology and Host Interactions: 3 fractional worksEthnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies: 2 fractional worksTuberculosis Research an…2Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 2 fractional worksPlant Diversity and Evolution: 2 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 2 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimato…2Geology and Paleoclimatology Research: 2 fractional works
ParasitologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthEcologyPlant Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 5 works
  2. 2 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  3. 3 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  4. 4 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 3 works
  5. 5 Parasite Biology and Host Interactions Ecology 3 works
  6. 6 Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies Plant Science 2 works
  7. 7 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 2 works
  8. 8 Plant Diversity and Evolution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  9. 9 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  10. 10 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 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 available55.5%not open44.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors37.8%domestic only62.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 28% 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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