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Australian Water Quality Centre

In research, Australian Water Quality Centre stands highest in Environmental Science (#3,229 of 6,208 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#12,431 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#19,474
of 42,892
Rank in Australia
#366
of 656
Research works
350
▼ 42% vs 2013–17
Citations
21k
60.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
24%
world 28%

What is Australian Water Quality Centre 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
Environmental ScienceField #3,229 of 6,208 30.6%180
Physical SciencesDomain #12,431 of 21,541 30.2%279

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Australian Water Quality Centre 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: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.31× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.28× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 7.75× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.19× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 6.13× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.76× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.25× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.10× its world share, 2 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksVeterinary1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 8.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Australian Water Quality Centre?

Ranked on the composite score, Mary Drikas, Rolando Fabris and Gayle Newcombe lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Australian Water Quality Centre.

  1. 1 Mary Drikas Australia · #60,155 worldwide 219 citations · 32 works
  2. 2 Rolando Fabris Australia · #178,027 worldwide 120 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Gayle Newcombe Australia · #179,100 worldwide 174 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Michael D. Burch Australia · #224,225 worldwide 111 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 David Cook Australia · #586,746 worldwide 41 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Australian Water Quality Centre

Which keywords describe research at Australian Water Quality Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Wastewater Treatment, Renewable Energy, Anammox Bacteria, Nitrogen-Cycling Network, Hydrogen Production, Microbial Communities, Health Effects and Environmental Impact.

▲ 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. Wastewater Treatment6▲ 56×7 topics
  2. Renewable Energy4▲ 6.5×9 topics
  3. Anammox Bacteria3▲ 206×1 topic
  4. Nitrogen-Cycling Network3▲ 206×1 topic
  5. Environmental Impact3▲ 3.7×13 topics
  6. Hydrogen Production2▲ 19×3 topics
  7. Microbial Communities2▲ 12×6 topics
  8. Health Effects2▲ 8.1×7 topics
  9. Climate Change2▲ 1.63×11 topics
  10. Water Treatment2▲ 36×4 topics
  11. Sustainability2▲ 1.74×7 topics
  12. Nanomaterials2▲ 3.8×8 topics
  13. Water Quality2▲ 10×6 topics
  14. Desalination2▲ 60×1 topic
  15. Membrane Technology2▲ 45×1 topic
  16. Microbial Ecology2▲ 22×3 topics
  17. Nutrient Removal2▲ 51×2 topics
  18. Carcinogenicity2▲ 36×2 topics
  19. Genotoxicity2▲ 77×2 topics
  20. Catalysis2▲ 4.7×7 topics
  21. Demand Response1▲ 30×1 topic
  22. Disinfection By-Products1▲ 128×1 topic
  23. Drinking Water1▲ 80×1 topic
  24. Extracellular Electron Transfer1▲ 109×1 topic
  25. Graphene1▲ 4.0×6 topics
  26. Microbial Fuel Cells1▲ 109×1 topic
  27. Microbial Processes1▲ 46×2 topics
  28. Smart Grid1▲ 7.3×1 topic
  29. Carbon Dioxide1▲ 17×4 topics
  30. Natural Gas1▲ 27×3 topics
  31. Sustainability Assessment1▲ 18×3 topics
  32. Anaerobic1▲ 33×1 topic
  33. Constructed Wetlands1▲ 94×1 topic
  34. Emissions1▲ 11×5 topics
  35. Life Cycle Assessment1▲ 8.2×4 topics
  36. Methane Oxidation1▲ 28×1 topic
  37. Microbial Community1▲ 28×3 topics
  38. Phosphorus Removal1▲ 94×1 topic
  39. Pore Structure1▲ 18×3 topics
  40. Shale Gas1▲ 18×2 topics

Which research topics does Australian Water Quality Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal, Membrane Separation Technologies, Smart Grid Energy Management and Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation.

Wastewater Treatment and…3Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal: 3 fractional worksMembrane Separation Technologies: 2 fractional worksSmart Grid Energy Management: 1 fractional worksMicrobial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation: 1 fractional worksWater Treatment and Disinfection: 1 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 1 fractional worksConstructed Wetlands for…1Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment: 1 fractional worksAnaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production: 1 fractional worksAmmonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction: 1 fractional worksAlgal biology and biofuel production: 1 fractional works
PollutionWater Science and TechnologyElectrical and Electronic EngineeringEnvironmental Engineering6 others

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

  1. 1 Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal Pollution 3 works
  2. 2 Membrane Separation Technologies Water Science and Technology 2 works
  3. 3 Smart Grid Energy Management Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation Environmental Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Water Treatment and Disinfection Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  6. 6 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 1 works
  7. 7 Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production Building and Construction 1 works
  9. 9 Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction Catalysis 1 works
  10. 10 Algal biology and biofuel production Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 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 available24.3%not open75.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.5%domestic only71.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Australian Water Quality Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 42% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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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