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Ballarat Health Services

In research, Ballarat Health Services stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,912 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,431 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,610
of 22,385 · #10,454 all time
Rank in Australia
#123
of 270
Research works
771
▲ 83% vs 2018-21
Citations
9k
11.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
42%
world 40%
International
17%
world 18%
Ballarat Health Services

What is Ballarat Health Services 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
Health SciencesDomain #4,912 of 9,902 8.9%105 #5368
MedicineField #4,431 of 8,541 7.7%86 #4983

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ballarat Health Services 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 Ballarat Health Services work in?

In 2022-now, 57% of research at Ballarat Health Services is in Health Sciences, 23% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (48%), Engineering (10%), Health Professions (8%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 126 fractional works · 56.9% of its workMedicine: 105 fractional works · 47.6% of its workSurgery: 16 fractional works · 7.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 10 fractional works · 4.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 9 fractional works · 3.8% of its workOncology: 8 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEpidemiology: 8 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 18 fractional works · 8.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 11 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEquine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 51 fractional works · 23.2% of its workEngineering: 23 fractional works · 10.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 13 fractional works · 5.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 4.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 26 fractional works · 11.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 5.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 18 fractional works · 8.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSoil Science: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKBallarat HealthServices221fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences23%Health Sciences57%Social Sciences12%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine10547.6%
    2. Health Professions188.3%
    3. Veterinary10.5%
    4. Nursing10.4%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Engineering2310.4%
    2. Environmental Science135.9%
    3. Computer Science104.4%
    4. Energy20.8%
    5. Chemistry10.4%
    6. Mathematics10.4%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.3%
    8. Materials Science10.3%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.3%
    1. Social Sciences135.8%
    2. Psychology62.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting41.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.8%
    5. Decision Sciences10.5%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology83.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences41.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology41.9%
    4. Neuroscience10.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
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: 0.41× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.70× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.87× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.57× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.92× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.69× its world share, 23 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.18× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.15× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.48× its world share, 105 worksMedicineNursing: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.41× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.58× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.84× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary3.41×1 works
  2. Health Professions3.15×18 works
  3. Medicine2.48×105 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.87×4 works
  5. Environmental Science1.18×13 works
  6. Energy0.92×2 works
  7. Nursing0.84×1 works
  8. Psychology0.84×6 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.73×1 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.70×8 works
  11. Engineering0.69×23 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.58×4 works
  13. Computer Science0.57×10 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.48×1 works
  15. Social Sciences0.45×13 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.41×4 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.39×2 works
  18. Mathematics0.33×1 works
  19. Neuroscience0.30×1 works
  20. Chemistry0.27×1 works
  21. Dentistry0.23×0 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.18×1 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.15×1 works
  24. Materials Science0.08×1 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Ballarat Health Services?

Ranked on the quality score, Ramesh Sahathevan, Casey Hair and John Richmond lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ballarat Health Services.

  1. 1 Ramesh Sahathevan Australia · #209,709 worldwide 67k citations · 101 works
  2. 2 Casey Hair Australia · #1,087,398 worldwide 815 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 John Richmond Australia · #1,536,946 worldwide 372 citations · 45 works
  4. 4 Daniel Grose Australia · #2,062,889 worldwide 35 citations · 123 works
  5. 5 Vishal Boolell Australia · #2,084,511 worldwide 601 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Gavin John Carmichael Australia · #2,348,954 worldwide 24 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Peter T. Stapleton Australia · #2,955,535 worldwide 36 citations · 29 works
  8. 8 Mark William Yates Australia · #3,092,785 worldwide 564 citations · 47 works
  9. 9 Wasek Faisal Australia · #3,118,001 worldwide 326 citations · 42 works
  10. 10 Natasha Frawley Australia · #3,153,815 worldwide 98 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Ballarat Health Services

What are the most cited papers from Ballarat Health Services?

The most cited paper from Ballarat Health Services is "Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk" (Georg Ehret et al., 2011), with 2,085 citations. Next come "The epidemiology and clinical manifestations of mucormycosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of case reports" (1,094) and "“Stress” and coronary heart disease: psychosocial risk factors" (563).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk Georg Ehret et al. · Nature Open access346 authors 9 Sep 2011 2,085
2 The epidemiology and clinical manifestations of mucormycosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of case reports Wirawan Jeong, Caitlin Keighley, Rory Wolfe et al. · Clinical Microbiology and Infection ReviewOpen access 21 Jul 2018 1,094
3 “Stress” and coronary heart disease: psychosocial risk factors Stephen J. Bunker, David Martin Colquhoun, Murray Esler et al. · The Medical Journal of Australia Mar 2003 563
4 N-Acetyl Cysteine as a Glutathione Precursor for Schizophrenia—A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial Michael Berk, David Copolov, Olivia May Dean et al. · Biological Psychiatry Open access 24 Apr 2008 550
5 A Survey of Multi-Objective Sequential Decision-Making D. M. Roijers, P. Vamplew, S. Whiteson et al. · Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research Open access 18 Oct 2013 438
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Which keywords describe research at Ballarat Health Services?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Land Use Change, Sediment Transport, Hydrological Modeling, Medical Education, Guidelines, Model Evaluation and Global Hydrology.

▲ 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. Epidemiology19▲ 2.2×73 topics
  2. Climate Change9▲ 1.50×15 topics
  3. Land Use Change7▲ 11×5 topics
  4. Sediment Transport7▲ 20×3 topics
  5. Inflammation6▲ 1.33×30 topics
  6. Risk Factors6▲ 2.6×20 topics
  7. Treatment6▲ 2.3×24 topics
  8. Public Health6▲ 1.89×22 topics
  9. Quality of Life6▲ 1.86×21 topics
  10. Guidelines6▲ 5.3×11 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease5▲ 2.1×19 topics
  12. Hydrological Modeling5▲ 10×3 topics
  13. Medical Education5▲ 8.7×9 topics
  14. Chemotherapy5▲ 3.1×20 topics
  15. Mortality5▲ 3.8×9 topics
  16. Primary Care5▲ 5.6×10 topics
  17. Model Evaluation4▲ 16×2 topics
  18. Global Hydrology4▲ 29×1 topic
  19. Water Resources4▲ 8.0×1 topic
  20. Chronic Disease Management4▲ 9.6×5 topics
  21. Global Health4▲ 12×5 topics
  22. Healthcare-Associated Infections4▲ 15×5 topics
  23. Infectious Diseases4▲ 5.8×7 topics
  24. Radiotherapy4▲ 4.8×10 topics
  25. Complications4▲ 3.7×12 topics
  26. Ethical Considerations4▲ 5.1×7 topics
  27. Myocardial Infarction4▲ 7.2×6 topics
  28. Patient Satisfaction4▲ 5.5×8 topics
  29. Health Policy3▲ 9.7×2 topics
  30. Quality Improvement3▲ 7.7×8 topics
  31. Prevention Guidelines3▲ 13×2 topics
  32. Evidence-Based Practice3▲ 10×5 topics
  33. Global Carbon Budget3▲ 18×2 topics
  34. Health Workforce3▲ 31×2 topics
  35. Agricultural Sustainability3▲ 11×1 topic
  36. Soil Erosion3▲ 33×1 topic
  37. Behavior Change3▲ 8.0×4 topics
  38. Antibiotic Therapy2▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Riparian Vegetation2▲ 37×1 topic
  40. River Restoration2▲ 24×1 topic

Which research topics does Ballarat Health Services publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Soil erosion and sediment transport, Global Health Workforce Issues and Nosocomial Infections in ICU.

Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 4 fractional worksSoil erosion and sediment transport: 3 fractional worksGlobal Health Workforce …2Global Health Workforce Issues: 2 fractional worksNosocomial Infections in…2Nosocomial Infections in ICU: 2 fractional worksHydrology and Sediment Transport Processes: 2 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksAntibiotic Use and Resis…2Antibiotic Use and Resistance: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 2 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health Outcomes: 1 fractional worksAdvances in Oncology and Radiotherapy: 1 fractional works
Water Science and TechnologySoil ScienceEmergency Medical ServicesCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine6 others

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

  1. 1 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 4 works
  2. 2 Soil erosion and sediment transport Soil Science 3 works
  3. 3 Global Health Workforce Issues Emergency Medical Services 2 works
  4. 4 Nosocomial Infections in ICU Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes Ecology 2 works
  6. 6 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Antibiotic Use and Resistance Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 2 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 2 works
  9. 9 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 1 works
  10. 10 Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 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 available41.7%not open58.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.3%domestic only82.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Ballarat Health Services's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 83% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Ballarat Health Services as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00060% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Ballarat Health Services 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Ballarat Health Services10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.9% in 2020.

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