Science Explorer Interactive view Map
Government institution · Melbourne · Australia

Australian Road Research Board

In research, Australian Road Research Board stands highest in Engineering (#9,572 of 11,412 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#19,258 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time.

arrb.com.au/home.aspxROR OpenAlex
World rank, all time
#29,642
of 42,892
Rank in Australia
#529
of 656
Research works
343
▲ 73% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.8k
19.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
21%
world 28%

What is Australian Road Research Board 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
EngineeringField #9,572 of 11,412 17.3%148
Physical SciencesDomain #19,258 of 21,541 18.0%200

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Australian Road Research Board 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: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.90× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 2.68× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.37× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.22× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 3.64× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.52× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 1.75× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.90× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Australian Road Research Board?

Ranked on the composite score, Ahmad Shayan, Aimin Xu and M R Wigan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Australian Road Research Board.

  1. 1 Ahmad Shayan Australia · #293,585 worldwide 298 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Aimin Xu Australia · #431,069 worldwide 275 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 M R Wigan Australia · #1,049,907 worldwide 59 citations · 107 works
  4. 4 John Oliver Australia · #1,116,040 worldwide 20 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 E J Dickinson Australia · #1,241,829 worldwide 37 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Didier Bodin Australia · #1,315,549 worldwide 45 citations · 33 works
  7. 7 K G Sharp Australia · #1,369,035 worldwide 12 citations · 54 works
  8. 8 Tim Martin Australia · #1,404,395 worldwide 26 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 G Giummarra Australia · #1,470,245 worldwide 10 citations · 35 works
  10. 10 James Luk Australia · #1,603,425 worldwide 5 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Australian Road Research Board

Which keywords describe research at Australian Road Research Board?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Defect Detection, Image Processing, Recycled Materials, Convolutional Neural Networks, Crack Detection, Pavement, Asphalt and Bitumen Modification.

▲ 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 15 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 15 words, with their numbers
  1. Deep Learning2▲ 2.9×5 topics
  2. Convolutional Neural Networks2▲ 10×2 topics
  3. Defect Detection2▲ 59×2 topics
  4. Image Processing2▲ 18×2 topics
  5. Recycled Materials2▲ 68×2 topics
  6. Crack Detection2▲ 99×1 topic
  7. Pavement2▲ 99×1 topic
  8. Asphalt2▲ 191×1 topic
  9. Bitumen Modification2▲ 191×1 topic
  10. Driver Behavior1▲ 67×2 topics
  11. Corporate Social Responsibility1▲ 28×2 topics
  12. Risk Factors1▲ 4.1×3 topics
  13. Climate Change Impacts1▲ 35×1 topic
  14. Environmental Impact1▲ 2.5×4 topics
  15. Forest Carbon Sequestration1▲ 192×1 topic

Which research topics does Australian Road Research Board publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring, Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation, Forest Management and Policy and Traffic and Road Safety.

Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring: 2 fractional worksAsphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation: 2 fractional worksForest Management and Po…1Forest Management and Policy: 1 fractional worksTraffic and Road Safety1Traffic and Road Safety: 1 fractional worksCorporate Social Responsibility Reporting: 1 fractional worksTransportation and Mobility Innovations: 1 fractional worksRock Mechanics and Model…1Rock Mechanics and Modeling: 1 fractional worksNoise Effects and Management: 1 fractional worksAuditing, Earnings Management, Governance: 0 fractional worksTraffic control and management: 0 fractional works
Civil and Structural EngineeringGlobal and Planetary ChangeSafety, Risk, Reliability and QualityStrategy and Management5 others

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

  1. 1 Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring Civil and Structural Engineering 2 works
  2. 2 Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation Civil and Structural Engineering 2 works
  3. 3 Forest Management and Policy Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  4. 4 Traffic and Road Safety Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 1 works
  5. 5 Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Strategy and Management 1 works
  6. 6 Transportation and Mobility Innovations Automotive Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Rock Mechanics and Modeling Mechanics of Materials 1 works
  8. 8 Noise Effects and Management Speech and Hearing 1 works
  9. 9 Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance Accounting 0 works
  10. 10 Traffic control and management Control and Systems Engineering 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 available21.4%not open78.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.0%domestic only87.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Australian Road Research Board's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 73% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Other research institutions in Melbourne

All research institutions in Melbourne

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.