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Australian Lutheran College

In research, Australian Lutheran College stands highest in Social Sciences (#11,595 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#34,306
of 34,923
Rank in Australia
#474
of 476
Research works
159
▼ 36% vs 2018-21
Citations
385
2.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
22%
world 40%
International
68%
world 18%
Australian Lutheran College

What is Australian Lutheran College 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
Social SciencesDomain #11,595 of 14,833 4.7%143

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Australian Lutheran College 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 Lutheran College work in?

In all years, 90% of research at Australian Lutheran College is in Social Sciences, 4% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Arts and Humanities (44%), Social Sciences (42%), Psychology (2%). It does 4.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 143 fractional works · 90.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 70 fractional works · 44.1% of its workReligious studies: 33 fractional works · 20.5% of its workHistory: 15 fractional works · 9.7% of its workPhilosophy: 9 fractional works · 5.6% of its workArcheology: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workClassics: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 68 fractional works · 42.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 30 fractional works · 19.1% of its workCultural Studies: 13 fractional works · 8.1% of its workEducation: 11 fractional works · 6.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 4.2% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAustralianLutheran College159fractional works, all years
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences90%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Arts and Humanities7044.1%
    2. Social Sciences6842.5%
    3. Psychology42.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.6%
    5. Decision Sciences10.3%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.3%
    1. Computer Science32.2%
    2. Engineering10.9%
    3. Environmental Science10.7%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.4%
    1. Medicine32.1%
    2. Health Professions10.7%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.9%
    2. Neuroscience10.8%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.11× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 1.22× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.30× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Environmental Science: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 11.06× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.94× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesSocial Sciences: 3.08× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 11.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 13 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities11.06×6 works
  2. Social Sciences3.08×7 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.30×1 works
  4. Computer Science1.22×2 works
  5. Neuroscience1.11×0 works
  6. Decision Sciences0.94×0 works
  7. Health Professions0.65×0 works
  8. Environmental Science0.55×0 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.51×0 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.36×0 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.28×0 works
  12. Medicine0.20×1 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.19×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Australian Lutheran College?

Ranked on the quality score, Maurice E. Schild, Jeffrey G. Silcock and Mark Worthing lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Australian Lutheran College.

  1. 1 Maurice E. Schild Australia · #3,355,262 worldwide 36 citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Jeffrey G. Silcock Australia · #4,015,139 worldwide 3 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Mark Worthing Australia · #4,545,990 worldwide 26 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Australian Lutheran College

What are the most cited papers from Australian Lutheran College?

The most cited paper from Australian Lutheran College is "Facilitating Middle Secondary Modelling Competencies" (Peter Galbraith, Gloria Ann Stillman, Jill Patricia Brown et al., 2007), with 58 citations. Next come "Enchantment - Disenchantment-Re-Enchantment: Postdigital Relationships between Science, Philosophy, and Religion" (38) and "Rhetorical Reversal and Usurpation: Isaiah 10:5-34 and the Use of Neo-Assyrian Royal Idiom in the Construction of an Anti-Assyrian Theology" (36).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Facilitating Middle Secondary Modelling Competencies Peter Galbraith, Gloria Ann Stillman, Jill Patricia Brown et al. · Mathematical Modelling Book chapterOpen access 2007 58
2 Enchantment - Disenchantment-Re-Enchantment: Postdigital Relationships between Science, Philosophy, and Religion John C. Reader et al. · Postdigital Science and Education Open access 6 Jul 2020 38
3 Rhetorical Reversal and Usurpation: Isaiah 10:5-34 and the Use of Neo-Assyrian Royal Idiom in the Construction of an Anti-Assyrian Theology Chan · Journal of Biblical Literature 2009 36
4 Religious beliefs in science classrooms Robert Fysh, Keith B. Lucas · Research in Science Education Dec 1998 30
5 Quantitative Analysis of Safety Risks and Relationship with Delayed Project Completion Times Maryam Alkaissy, Mehrdad Arashpour, Heng Li et al. · Risk Analysis 23 Jun 2021 28
All 66 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Australian Lutheran College?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Identity, History, Theology, Colonialism, Religion, Biblical Monotheism, Jewish Society and Gender.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Identity30▲ 24×10 topics
  2. History27▲ 21×8 topics
  3. Theology26▲ 143×4 topics
  4. Colonialism26▲ 33×10 topics
  5. Religion26▲ 27×14 topics
  6. Biblical Monotheism18▲ 269×1 topic
  7. Jewish Society18▲ 269×1 topic
  8. Gender17▲ 19×7 topics
  9. Culture14▲ 18×8 topics
  10. Church History14▲ 140×3 topics
  11. Race14▲ 67×3 topics
  12. Society14▲ 38×5 topics
  13. Politics13▲ 31×5 topics
  14. Literature13▲ 17×5 topics
  15. Transnational13▲ 259×2 topics
  16. Immigration13▲ 68×2 topics
  17. Empire12▲ 90×3 topics
  18. African Christianity12▲ 290×2 topics
  19. Pacific12▲ 338×2 topics
  20. Asian American12▲ 871×1 topic
  21. Economy12▲ 80×1 topic
  22. Vietnam12▲ 185×1 topic
  23. Globalization11▲ 3.6×18 topics
  24. Social History10▲ 57×3 topics
  25. Cultural Identity9▲ 13×5 topics
  26. Reformation8▲ 118×2 topics
  27. Calvinism8▲ 134×1 topic
  28. Religious Controversy8▲ 134×1 topic
  29. Social Justice8▲ 10×9 topics
  30. Global Christianity8▲ 293×1 topic
  31. Short-Term Missions8▲ 293×1 topic
  32. Civil Society7▲ 42×5 topics
  33. Ethics6▲ 8.7×7 topics
  34. Secularism6▲ 35×4 topics
  35. Community Development6▲ 21×2 topics
  36. Faith-Based Organizations6▲ 105×1 topic
  37. Social Services6▲ 89×1 topic
  38. Cultural Transmission5▲ 34×4 topics
  39. Spirituality5▲ 41×3 topics
  40. Feminism5▲ 12×9 topics

Which research topics does Australian Lutheran College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Christian Theology and Mission, Biblical Studies and Interpretation, Digital Education and Society and Archaeological Research and Protection.

Christian Theology and M…1Christian Theology and Mission: 1 fractional worksBiblical Studies and Interpretation: 1 fractional worksDigital Education and Society: 1 fractional worksArchaeological Research and Protection: 0 fractional worksReligion, Society, and Development: 0 fractional worksDigital and Traditional Archives Management: 0 fractional worksEthics and Social Impact…0Ethics and Social Impacts of AI: 0 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment Studies: 0 fractional worksMedia, Religion, Digital Communication: 0 fractional worksHistorical Studies and S…0Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 0 fractional works
Religious studiesInformation SystemsSpace and Planetary ScienceSociology and Political Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Christian Theology and Mission Religious studies 1 works
  2. 2 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 1 works
  3. 3 Digital Education and Society Information Systems 1 works
  4. 4 Archaeological Research and Protection Space and Planetary Science 0 works
  5. 5 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  6. 6 Digital and Traditional Archives Management Conservation 0 works
  7. 7 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 0 works
  8. 8 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 0 works
  9. 9 Media, Religion, Digital Communication Philosophy 0 works
  10. 10 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 0 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 available22.1%not open77.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors68.4%domestic only31.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Australian Lutheran College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 36% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Australian Lutheran College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000071% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Australian Lutheran College0.00010% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Australian Lutheran College over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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