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Australian Research Council

In research, Australian Research Council stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,319 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,039 of 10,521 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,717 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Astronomy and Astrophysics — Astronomy and Astrophysics is 6.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,444
of 28,054 · #1,640 all time
Rank in Australia
#33
of 391
Research works
3k
▲ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
149k
49.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
31.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
59%
world 28%

What is Australian Research Council 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 #1,319 of 12,888 28.5%309 #1602
Social SciencesDomain #2,039 of 10,521 43.6%88 #2517
Life SciencesDomain #1,717 of 7,800 30.3%145 #1295
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,380 of 3,579 26.1%77 #1405
EngineeringField #3,048 of 6,636 23.7%77 #2987
Health SciencesDomain #6,717 of 11,982 33.2%72 #5685

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Australian Research Council 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. Physical Sciences#1,602 #1,319
  2. Social Sciences#2,517 #2,039
  3. Life Sciences#1,295 #1,717
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,405 #1,380
  5. Engineering#2,987 #3,048
  6. Health Sciences#5,685 #6,717
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.

What does Australian Research Council specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Astronomy and Astrophysics takes 6.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 21.1 works6.6×
← 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: 1.35× its world share, 40 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.34× its world share, 77 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.80× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.53× its world share, 15 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.05× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.46× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.56× its world share, 15 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.40× its world share, 19 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.13× its world share, 49 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.10× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.83× its world share, 77 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.94× its world share, 59 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.33× its world share, 28 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.43× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.57× its world share, 49 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.68× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.47× its world share, 55 worksMedicineNursing: 0.83× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.90× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.33× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.25× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.38× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.03× its world share, 19 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 50 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 5.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Australian Research Council?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Global Warming, Ocean Circulation, Biosensors, Data Assimilation, Hydrological Cycle, Drug Discovery and Extreme Events.

▲ 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 Change58▲ 3.5×63 topics
  2. Global Warming18▲ 7.2×11 topics
  3. Ocean Circulation15▲ 19×3 topics
  4. Biosensors14▲ 4.5×10 topics
  5. Environmental Impact14▲ 1.30×32 topics
  6. Biomedical Applications13▲ 1.79×27 topics
  7. Data Assimilation11▲ 11×4 topics
  8. Hydrological Cycle10▲ 17×2 topics
  9. Greenhouse Gas Emissions10▲ 6.0×5 topics
  10. Drug Discovery10▲ 7.3×4 topics
  11. Extreme Events10▲ 18×2 topics
  12. Climate Modeling9▲ 21×1 topic
  13. Precipitation Extremes9▲ 21×1 topic
  14. Reactive Oxygen Species8▲ 3.4×13 topics
  15. Genetic Diversity8▲ 3.0×14 topics
  16. Population Dynamics8▲ 5.0×11 topics
  17. Ocean Acidification7▲ 17×3 topics
  18. Gravitational Waves7▲ 21×2 topics
  19. Entanglement7▲ 7.2×4 topics
  20. Sea Level Rise7▲ 8.4×3 topics
  21. Marine Ecosystems6▲ 19×2 topics
  22. Boundary Layer6▲ 7.9×3 topics
  23. Plate Tectonics6▲ 6.0×3 topics
  24. Trophic Cascades6▲ 9.9×2 topics
  25. Ensemble Kalman Filter6▲ 9.1×2 topics
  26. Optical Modulators6▲ 6.1×3 topics
  27. Cyclotides5▲ 61×1 topic
  28. Sortase5▲ 61×1 topic
  29. Star Formation5▲ 16×2 topics
  30. Convective Parameterization5▲ 16×1 topic
  31. Mesoscale Modeling5▲ 16×1 topic
  32. Bleaching5▲ 25×1 topic
  33. Coral Reefs5▲ 25×1 topic
  34. Macrocycles5▲ 18×2 topics
  35. Fisheries Sustainability5▲ 9.1×2 topics
  36. Immune Modulation5▲ 7.7×3 topics
  37. Hominin Genetics5▲ 36×1 topic
  38. Oceanic Modeling5▲ 24×1 topic
  39. Paleolithic Archaeology5▲ 36×1 topic
  40. Tidal Analysis5▲ 24×1 topic

Which research topics does Australian Research Council publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Climate variability and models, Biochemical and Structural Characterization, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies.

Climate variability and …9Climate variability and models: 9 fractional worksBiochemical and Structur…5Biochemical and Structural Characterization: 5 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 5 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 5 fractional worksOceanographic and Atmospheric Processes: 5 fractional worksPleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology: 5 fractional worksChemical Synthesis and Analysis: 5 fractional worksPulsars and Gravitationa…4Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research: 4 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 4 fractional worksChild Development and Digital Technology: 4 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeMolecular BiologyAtmospheric ScienceEcology4 others

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

  1. 1 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 9 works
  2. 2 Biochemical and Structural Characterization Molecular Biology 5 works
  3. 3 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 5 works
  4. 4 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 5 works
  5. 5 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 5 works
  6. 6 Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology Anthropology 5 works
  7. 7 Chemical Synthesis and Analysis Molecular Biology 5 works
  8. 8 Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research Astronomy and Astrophysics 4 works
  9. 9 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 4 works
  10. 10 Child Development and Digital Technology Education 4 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-authors41.3%domestic only58.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Australian Research Council's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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