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Avondale University

In research, Avondale University stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,635 of 14,833 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#6,738 of 9,330 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#19,795
of 22,385 · #9,507 all time
Rank in Australia
#228
of 270
Research works
562
▼ 31% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.7k
10.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.02×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
24%
world 40%
International
9%
world 18%
Avondale University

What is Avondale University 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
Social SciencesDomain #5,635 of 14,833 5.8%344
Social SciencesField #6,738 of 9,330 6.1%205

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Avondale University 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 Avondale University work in?

In 2022-now, 67% of research at Avondale University is in Social Sciences, 22% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (38%), Psychology (15%), Medicine (14%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 45 fractional works · 67.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 26 fractional works · 37.9% of its workEducation: 11 fractional works · 16.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 8.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 14.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 8.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 10.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 15 fractional works · 22.0% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 14.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 7.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 5.8% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 5.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAvondaleUniversity67fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences22%Social Sciences67%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2637.9%
    2. Psychology1014.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities710.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting23.1%
    5. Decision Sciences00.4%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.3%
    1. Medicine1014.2%
    2. Health Professions57.4%
    3. Nursing00.3%
    4. Dentistry00.3%
    1. Computer Science23.2%
    2. Environmental Science11.9%
    3. Chemistry00.3%
    4. Materials Science00.2%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    6. Engineering00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences23.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.5%
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: 0.73× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.79× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.74× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.72× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.97× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.81× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.99× its world share, 26 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology4.81×10 works
  2. Arts and Humanities3.72×7 works
  3. Social Sciences2.99×26 works
  4. Health Professions2.79×5 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting0.97×2 works
  6. Medicine0.74×10 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.73×2 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology0.54×0 works
  9. Nursing0.53×0 works
  10. Dentistry0.51×0 works
  11. Computer Science0.41×2 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.39×0 works
  13. Environmental Science0.38×1 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.21×1 works
  15. Chemistry0.21×0 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.12×0 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.08×0 works
  18. Materials Science0.05×0 works
  19. Engineering0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Avondale University?

Ranked on the quality score, R. Singh, Richard Sharvy and Katrina Browne lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Avondale University.

  1. 1 R. Singh Australia · #59,013 worldwide 26k citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Richard Sharvy Australia · #535,168 worldwide 873 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Katrina Browne Australia · #674,503 worldwide 827 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Geraldine Przybylko Australia · #1,434,476 worldwide 328 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Melanie Elise Renfrew Australia · #1,526,276 worldwide 389 citations · 30 works
  6. 6 Jason Scott Hinze Australia · #2,110,296 worldwide 286 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Maria T Northcote Australia · #2,135,054 worldwide 1.9k citations · 163 works
  8. 8 Jason Kyle Morton Australia · #2,167,875 worldwide 500 citations · 46 works
  9. 9 BRETT G. MITCHELL Australia · #2,265,160 worldwide 4.1k citations · 332 works
  10. 10 Sonja Dawson Australia · #2,299,692 worldwide 90 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Avondale University

What are the most cited papers from Avondale University?

The most cited paper from Avondale University is "Women’s Perceptions and Experiences of Breastfeeding Support: A Metasynthesis" (Virginia A. Schmied, Sarah Beake, Athena Sheehan et al., 2010), with 374 citations. Next come "Diabetes mellitus: an overview of the types, symptoms, complications and management" (335) and "Risk of organism acquisition from prior room occupants: a systematic review and meta-analysis" (224).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Women’s Perceptions and Experiences of Breastfeeding Support: A Metasynthesis Virginia A. Schmied, Sarah Beake, Athena Sheehan et al. · Birth 23 Dec 2010 374
2 Diabetes mellitus: an overview of the types, symptoms, complications and management Linda M. Cloete · Nursing Standard 28 Oct 2021 335
3 Risk of organism acquisition from prior room occupants: a systematic review and meta-analysis BRETT G. MITCHELL, Stephanie J. Dancer, Malcolm Ikin Anderson et al. · Journal of Hospital Infection Review 22 Aug 2015 224
4 Ciprofloxacin resistance in community- and hospital-acquired Escherichia coli urinary tract infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies Oyebola Fasugba, Anne Gardner, BRETT G. MITCHELL et al. · BMC Infectious Diseases ReviewOpen access 25 Nov 2015 220
5 The relationship between neurobehavioural problems of severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), family functioning and the psychological well-being of the spouse/caregiver: path model analysis Malcolm Ikin Anderson, Trevor R. Parmenter, Magdalena Mo Ching Mok · Brain Injury 2002 178
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Avondale University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Religion, Well-being, Healthcare Workers, Literature, Social Justice, Humanitarianism and Healthcare-Associated Infections.

▲ 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. Mental Health7▲ 7.3×9 topics
  2. Religion5▲ 15×4 topics
  3. Globalization4▲ 3.3×10 topics
  4. Well-being4▲ 16×6 topics
  5. Healthcare Workers4▲ 22×3 topics
  6. Quality of Life4▲ 3.7×11 topics
  7. Literature3▲ 9.0×5 topics
  8. Education3▲ 2.7×9 topics
  9. COVID-193▲ 3.6×7 topics
  10. Humanitarianism3▲ 76×3 topics
  11. Social Justice3▲ 7.8×7 topics
  12. Depression3▲ 4.9×5 topics
  13. Healthcare-Associated Infections3▲ 33×4 topics
  14. Public Health3▲ 2.9×10 topics
  15. Resilience3▲ 8.4×5 topics
  16. Psychological Impact3▲ 13×3 topics
  17. Anxiety3▲ 8.0×4 topics
  18. Social Support3▲ 7.0×6 topics
  19. Spirituality2▲ 37×2 topics
  20. International Aid2▲ 78×2 topics
  21. NGOs2▲ 38×2 topics
  22. Psychological Adjustment2▲ 24×4 topics
  23. Academic Achievement2▲ 20×5 topics
  24. Neuroscience2▲ 11×4 topics
  25. Colonialism2▲ 6.8×5 topics
  26. Higher Education2▲ 6.0×6 topics
  27. Student Perceptions2▲ 18×6 topics
  28. Civil Society2▲ 29×2 topics
  29. Faith-Based Organizations2▲ 104×1 topic
  30. Psychological Distress2▲ 13×2 topics
  31. Social Services2▲ 71×1 topic
  32. Coping2▲ 61×2 topics
  33. Health2▲ 7.4×2 topics
  34. Postcolonialism2▲ 21×2 topics
  35. Quarantine2▲ 20×1 topic
  36. Race2▲ 25×4 topics
  37. Social Isolation2▲ 15×1 topic
  38. End-of-Life Care2▲ 24×1 topic
  39. Prevention Strategies2▲ 26×2 topics
  40. Teacher Preparation2▲ 36×3 topics

Which research topics does Avondale University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Religion, Society, and Development, COVID-19 and Mental Health, Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology and Infection Control in Healthcare.

Religion, Society, and D…2Religion, Society, and Development: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health2COVID-19 and Mental Health: 2 fractional worksReligion, Spirituality, …2Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology: 2 fractional worksInfection Control in Hea…2Infection Control in Healthcare: 2 fractional worksGothic Literature and Media Analysis: 1 fractional worksDiverse Musicological Studies: 1 fractional worksLivestock Management and…1Livestock Management and Performance Improvement: 1 fractional worksEcocriticism and Environmental Literature: 1 fractional worksNosocomial Infections in ICU: 1 fractional worksReligious Education and …1Religious Education and Schools: 1 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceClinical PsychologyHealthInfectious Diseases6 others

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

  1. 1 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  2. 2 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 2 works
  3. 3 Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology Health 2 works
  4. 4 Infection Control in Healthcare Infectious Diseases 2 works
  5. 5 Gothic Literature and Media Analysis Cultural Studies 1 works
  6. 6 Diverse Musicological Studies Music 1 works
  7. 7 Livestock Management and Performance Improvement Agronomy and Crop Science 1 works
  8. 8 Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  9. 9 Nosocomial Infections in ICU Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Religious Education and Schools Education 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 available24.2%not open75.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.6%domestic only91.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Avondale University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 31% 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 Avondale University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00030% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Avondale University0.00026% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Avondale University 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%all institutions10.0% in 2021Avondale University8.6% in 20212020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.0% in 2012.

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