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Australian Research Council

In research, Australian Research Council stands highest in Physical Sciences (#733 of 10,670 worldwide), Life Sciences (#542 of 6,403 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#1,051 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Astronomy and Astrophysics and Global and Planetary Change (Astronomy and Astrophysics is 6.2× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#846
of 22,385 · #357 all time
Rank in Australia
#28
of 270
Research works
3k
▼ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
149k
49.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.26×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
59%
world 40%
International
41%
world 18%

What is Australian Research Council 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
Physical SciencesDomain #733 of 10,670 16.6%309 #377
Life SciencesDomain #542 of 6,403 17.1%145 #187
Health SciencesDomain #1,051 of 9,902 21.1%72 #544
Social SciencesDomain #1,519 of 9,585 20.6%88 #537
EngineeringField #973 of 5,901 14.0%77 #405
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #615 of 2,964 15.1%77 #314

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

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

  1. Physical Sciences#377 #733
  2. Life Sciences#187 #542
  3. Health Sciences#544 #1,051
  4. Social Sciences#537 #1,519
  5. Engineering#405 #973
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#314 #615
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Australian Research Council work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research at Australian Research Council is in Physical Sciences, 23% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (13%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (12%), Environmental Science (10%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 348 fractional works · 49.9% of its workEngineering: 88 fractional works · 12.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 27 fractional works · 3.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 20 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 11 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 69 fractional works · 9.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 27 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEcology: 17 fractional works · 2.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 53 fractional works · 7.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 20 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOceanography: 17 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeophysics: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPaleontology: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 51 fractional works · 7.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 22 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 20 fractional works · 2.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInstrumentation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 33 fractional works · 4.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 17 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiomaterials: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 21 fractional works · 3.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 13 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 18 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCatalysis: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 163 fractional works · 23.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 87 fractional works · 12.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 60 fractional works · 8.7% of its workGenetics: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiophysics: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 45 fractional works · 6.5% of its workPlant Science: 24 fractional works · 3.4% of its workFood Science: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAquatic Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 17 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 12 fractional works · 1.7% of its workImmunology: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMicrobiology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 101 fractional works · 14.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 59 fractional works · 8.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 15 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEducation: 10 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnthropology: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 22 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 84 fractional works · 12.0% of its workMedicine: 63 fractional works · 9.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 12 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKAustralianResearch Council696fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences23%Physical Sciences50%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences15%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering8812.6%
    2. Environmental Science699.9%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences537.7%
    4. Physics and Astronomy517.4%
    5. Materials Science334.7%
    6. Computer Science213.0%
    7. Chemistry182.6%
    8. Energy81.2%
    9. Chemical Engineering40.5%
    10. Mathematics30.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology8712.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences456.5%
    3. Neuroscience172.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology121.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.4%
    1. Social Sciences598.5%
    2. Psychology223.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities60.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting60.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance50.8%
    6. Decision Sciences30.5%
    1. Medicine639.1%
    2. Health Professions121.8%
    3. Nursing30.5%
    4. Veterinary30.4%
    5. Dentistry20.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Australian Research Council specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Astronomy and Astrophysics takes 6.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 22.3 works6.2×
  2. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 27.5 works5.2×
← 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: 1.36× its world share, 45 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.33× its world share, 87 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.72× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.50× its world share, 17 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.07× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.57× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.63× its world share, 18 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.39× its world share, 21 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.89× its world share, 53 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.29× its world share, 8 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.84× its world share, 88 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.99× its world share, 69 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.35× its world share, 33 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.38× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.31× its world share, 51 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.67× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.47× its world share, 63 worksMedicineNursing: 0.94× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.76× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.32× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.26× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.36× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.02× its world share, 22 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 59 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences4.89×53 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy3.31×51 works
  3. Veterinary2.76×3 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.33×87 works
  5. Environmental Science1.99×69 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.72×12 works
  7. Chemistry1.63×18 works
  8. Chemical Engineering1.57×4 works
  9. Neuroscience1.50×17 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.36×45 works
  11. Materials Science1.35×33 works
  12. Energy1.29×8 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.07×3 works
  14. Psychology1.02×22 works
  15. Nursing0.94×3 works
  16. Engineering0.84×88 works
  17. Dentistry0.67×2 works
  18. Health Professions0.67×12 works
  19. Social Sciences0.67×59 works
  20. Medicine0.47×63 works
  21. Decision Sciences0.47×3 works
  22. Computer Science0.39×21 works
  23. Mathematics0.38×3 works
  24. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.36×5 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.32×6 works
  26. Business, Management and Accounting0.26×6 works

Who are the top researchers at Australian Research Council?

Ranked on the quality score, Sergey Kurdyukov, Allan Walkley and Anthony Luzzatto Gardner lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Australian Research Council.

  1. 1 Sergey Kurdyukov Australia · #635,773 worldwide 2.4k citations · 38 works
  2. 2 Allan Walkley Australia · #3,037,264 worldwide 25k citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Anthony Luzzatto Gardner Australia · #3,495,189 worldwide 183 citations · 56 works
  4. 4 Daniel Peace Australia · #3,797,034 worldwide 36 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Sally Gray Australia · #4,125,606 worldwide 14 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Peter G. Read Australia · #4,407,451 worldwide 24 citations · 69 works
All ranked researchers at Australian Research Council

What are the most cited papers from Australian Research Council?

The most cited paper from Australian Research Council is "The MR-Base platform supports systematic causal inference across the human phenome" (Gibran Hemani, Jie Zheng, Benjamin L. Elsworth et al., 2018), with 8,708 citations. Next come "Long non-coding RNAs: insights into functions" (5,835) and "Neutralizing antibody levels are highly predictive of immune protection from symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection" (4,261).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The MR-Base platform supports systematic causal inference across the human phenome Gibran Hemani, Jie Zheng, Benjamin L. Elsworth et al. · eLife Open access 30 May 2018 8,708
2 Long non-coding RNAs: insights into functions Tim R. Mercer, Marcel E. Dinger, John S. Mattick · Nature Reviews Genetics Review 3 Feb 2009 5,835
3 Neutralizing antibody levels are highly predictive of immune protection from symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection David S. Khoury, Deborah Cromer, Arnold Reynaldi et al. · Nature Medicine Open access 17 May 2021 4,261
4 Anatase TiO2 single crystals with a large percentage of reactive facets Hua Gui Yang, Chenghua Sun, Shi‐Zhang Qiao et al. · Nature May 2008 4,128
5 Biodiversity redistribution under climate change: Impacts on ecosystems and human well-being GT Pecl et al. · Science Open access 30 Mar 2017 3,714
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Australian Research Council?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Global Warming, Ocean Circulation, Data Assimilation, Hydrological Cycle, Biosensors, 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-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. Climate Change65▲ 3.4×65 topics
  2. Global Warming21▲ 7.0×12 topics
  3. Ocean Circulation17▲ 18×3 topics
  4. Environmental Impact16▲ 1.32×37 topics
  5. Biosensors15▲ 4.3×10 topics
  6. Biomedical Applications15▲ 1.78×27 topics
  7. Remote Sensing13▲ 1.48×20 topics
  8. Data Assimilation12▲ 11×4 topics
  9. Drug Discovery12▲ 7.4×5 topics
  10. Hydrological Cycle11▲ 16×2 topics
  11. Greenhouse Gas Emissions11▲ 5.8×5 topics
  12. Extreme Events11▲ 17×2 topics
  13. Climate Modeling10▲ 20×1 topic
  14. Precipitation Extremes10▲ 20×1 topic
  15. Reactive Oxygen Species10▲ 3.4×14 topics
  16. Population Dynamics8▲ 4.6×11 topics
  17. Ocean Acidification8▲ 15×3 topics
  18. Gravitational Waves8▲ 19×2 topics
  19. Boundary Layer7▲ 7.9×4 topics
  20. Sea Level Rise7▲ 7.9×3 topics
  21. Entanglement7▲ 6.4×4 topics
  22. Ensemble Kalman Filter6▲ 9.2×2 topics
  23. Marine Ecosystems6▲ 17×2 topics
  24. Polyphenols6▲ 5.2×5 topics
  25. Macrocycles6▲ 19×2 topics
  26. Trophic Cascades6▲ 9.5×2 topics
  27. Convective Parameterization6▲ 15×1 topic
  28. Mesoscale Modeling6▲ 15×1 topic
  29. Cyclotides6▲ 58×1 topic
  30. Optical Modulators6▲ 6.0×3 topics
  31. Sortase6▲ 58×1 topic
  32. Protein-Protein Interactions6▲ 18×2 topics
  33. Foldamers6▲ 26×1 topic
  34. Oceanic Modeling6▲ 22×1 topic
  35. Peptide Synthesis6▲ 26×1 topic
  36. Tidal Analysis6▲ 22×1 topic
  37. Star Formation5▲ 14×2 topics
  38. Bleaching5▲ 23×1 topic
  39. Coral Reefs5▲ 23×1 topic
  40. Internet Use5▲ 9.3×2 topics

Which research topics does Australian Research Council publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Climate variability and models, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Biochemical and Structural Characterization and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes.

  1. 1 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 10 works
  2. 2 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 6 works
  3. 3 Biochemical and Structural Characterization Molecular Biology 6 works
  4. 4 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 6 works
  5. 5 Chemical Synthesis and Analysis Molecular Biology 6 works
  6. 6 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 5 works
  7. 7 Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology Anthropology 5 works
  8. 8 Child Development and Digital Technology Education 5 works
  9. 9 Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research Astronomy and Astrophysics 5 works
  10. 10 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 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: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors41.3%domestic only58.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Australian Research Council's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% 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 Research Council as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0025% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Australian Research Council0.0027% in 202519801990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Australian Research Council16.1% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 27.4% in 2009.

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