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Australian Sports Commission

In research, Australian Sports Commission stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,160 of 16,688 worldwide), Medicine (#3,921 of 14,558 worldwide) and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (#251 of 470 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#6,635
of 34,923
Rank in Australia
#125
of 476
Research works
686
▼ 64% vs 2018-21
Citations
28k
41.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.27×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
31%
world 40%
International
25%
world 18%
Australian Sports Commission

What is Australian Sports Commission 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
Health SciencesDomain #3,160 of 16,688 16.5%389
MedicineField #3,921 of 14,558 16.5%370
Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield #251 of 470 16.9%166
Social SciencesDomain #10,745 of 14,833 15.3%131

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

In 2022-now, 63% of research at Australian Sports Commission is in Health Sciences, 22% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (59%), Psychology (13%), Engineering (8%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 28 fractional works · 62.6% of its workMedicine: 26 fractional works · 59.0% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 12 fractional works · 27.8% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 9.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 22.0% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 12.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 7.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 10.9% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 8.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKAustralian SportsCommission44fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences63%Social Sciences22%

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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2659.0%
    2. Health Professions23.5%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    1. Psychology612.6%
    2. Social Sciences24.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance23.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting11.2%
    5. Decision Sciences00.4%
    1. Engineering48.4%
    2. Computer Science12.0%
    3. Environmental Science00.4%
    4. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology13.0%
    2. Neuroscience11.3%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.56× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.32× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.07× its world share, 26 worksMedicineNursing: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.68× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.14× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology4.14×6 works
  2. Medicine3.07×26 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.68×2 works
  4. Health Professions1.32×2 works
  5. Neuroscience0.78×1 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.56×1 works
  7. Engineering0.56×4 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.44×0 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.43×0 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.39×0 works
  11. Social Sciences0.32×2 works
  12. Computer Science0.26×1 works
  13. Nursing0.26×0 works
  14. Environmental Science0.08×0 works
  15. Mathematics0.05×0 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Australian Sports Commission?

Ranked on the quality score, Louise M. Burke, Craig Robert Purdam and Peter A. Fricker lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Australian Sports Commission.

  1. 1 Louise M. Burke Australia · #124,568 worldwide 37k citations · 656 works
  2. 2 Craig Robert Purdam Australia · #368,529 worldwide 7.4k citations · 104 works
  3. 3 Peter A. Fricker Australia · #460,464 worldwide 3.1k citations · 67 works
  4. 4 NIKKI A. JEACOCKE Australia · #501,507 worldwide 1.5k citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Bronwen Lundy Australia · #594,861 worldwide 2.6k citations · 33 works
  6. 6 David Thomas Martin Australia · #684,681 worldwide 12k citations · 305 works
  7. 7 Greg Shaw Australia · #829,318 worldwide 1.2k citations · 41 works
  8. 8 Philo U. Saunders Australia · #830,348 worldwide 4.7k citations · 80 works
  9. 9 Nicole Vlahovich Australia · #856,264 worldwide 1.7k citations · 51 works
  10. 10 Juanita Ruth Weissensteiner Australia · #878,437 worldwide 2.4k citations · 52 works
All ranked researchers at Australian Sports Commission

What are the most cited papers from Australian Sports Commission?

The most cited paper from Australian Sports Commission is "Monitoring Training Load to Understand Fatigue in Athletes" (Shona Leigh Halson, 2014), with 1,838 citations. Next come "Agility literature review: Classifications, training and testing" (1,686) and "The IOC consensus statement: beyond the Female Athlete Triad—Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S)" (1,470).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Monitoring Training Load to Understand Fatigue in Athletes Shona Leigh Halson · Sports Medicine Open access 8 Sep 2014 1,838
2 Agility literature review: Classifications, training and testing Jeremy M. Sheppard, WARREN B. YOUNG · Journal of Sports Sciences 31 Mar 2006 1,686
3 The IOC consensus statement: beyond the Female Athlete Triad—Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) Margo Lynn Mountjoy, Jorunn Kaiander Sundgot-Borgen, Louise M. Burke et al. · British Journal of Sports Medicine 11 Mar 2014 1,470
4 Factors Affecting Running Economy in Trained Distance Runners Philo U. Saunders, David B. Pyne, Richard D. Telford et al. · Sports Medicine 2004 974
5 Carbohydrates for training and competition Louise M. Burke, John A. Hawley, Stephen Heung‐Sang Wong et al. · Journal of Sports Sciences Open access 2011 968
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Australian Sports Commission?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Injury Prevention, Risk Factors, Athletic Training, Muscle Injuries, Sports Injury, Resistance Training and High-Intensity Interval Training.

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

All 31 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology10▲ 5.8×13 topics
  2. Injury Prevention8▲ 155×3 topics
  3. Risk Factors8▲ 16×4 topics
  4. Athletic Training7▲ 182×2 topics
  5. Muscle Injuries7▲ 250×1 topic
  6. Sports Injury7▲ 250×1 topic
  7. Resistance Training6▲ 142×2 topics
  8. High-Intensity Interval Training6▲ 116×2 topics
  9. Performance Analysis5▲ 53×1 topic
  10. Training Load5▲ 172×1 topic
  11. Qualitative Research3▲ 8.7×4 topics
  12. Expert Performance3▲ 239×1 topic
  13. Motor Imagery3▲ 55×1 topic
  14. Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy2▲ 159×1 topic
  15. Rehabilitation2▲ 11×2 topics
  16. Sudden Death2▲ 99×1 topic
  17. Rotator Cuff Tears2▲ 64×1 topic
  18. Shoulder Pathology2▲ 64×1 topic
  19. Physical Activity2▲ 7.3×6 topics
  20. Exercise1▲ 27×2 topics
  21. Low Back Pain1▲ 18×4 topics
  22. Recovery1▲ 27×2 topics
  23. Anterior Cruciate Ligament1▲ 67×1 topic
  24. Injury Risk1▲ 67×1 topic
  25. Market Power1▲ 44×3 topics
  26. Physical Fitness1▲ 18×3 topics
  27. Biomechanics1▲ 7.9×4 topics
  28. Distal Radius Fractures1▲ 49×1 topic
  29. Flexor Tendon Repair1▲ 49×1 topic
  30. Well-being1▲ 6.4×5 topics
  31. Gait Analysis1▲ 24×2 topics

Which research topics does Australian Sports Commission publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Sports injuries and prevention, Sports Performance and Training, Sport Psychology and Performance and Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise.

Sports injuries and prev…7Sports injuries and prevention: 7 fractional worksSports Performance and T…5Sports Performance and Training: 5 fractional worksSport Psychology and Performance: 3 fractional worksCardiovascular Effects of Exercise: 2 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Trea…2Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 2 fractional worksKnee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 1 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional worksLower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies: 1 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury Research: 1 fractional worksSports Dynamics and Biomechanics: 1 fractional works
Orthopedics and Sports MedicineDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgery2 others

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

  1. 1 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 7 works
  2. 2 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 5 works
  3. 3 Sport Psychology and Performance Developmental and Educational Psychology 3 works
  4. 4 Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 1 works
  7. 7 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 1 works
  8. 8 Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 1 works
  10. 10 Sports Dynamics and Biomechanics Biomedical Engineering 1 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 available30.6%not open69.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.3%domestic only74.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Australian Sports Commission's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 64% 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 Sports Commission as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00018% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Australian Sports Commission0.00018% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Australian Sports Commission 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.

10%20%30%Australian Sports Commission13.6% in 2020all institutions10.0% in 202020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 28.1% in 2008.

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