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Barwon Health

In research, Barwon Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,988 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#1,877 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,160
of 22,385 · #5,511 all time
Rank in Australia
#104
of 270
Research works
1.1k
▲ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
27k
25.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.06×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
64%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
Barwon Health

What is Barwon Health 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 #1,988 of 9,902 13.7%194 #2115
MedicineField #1,877 of 8,541 12.9%167 #2038

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

In 2022-now, 72% of research at Barwon Health is in Health Sciences, 12% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (62%), Health Professions (8%), Psychology (7%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 220 fractional works · 71.5% of its workMedicine: 190 fractional works · 61.8% of its workSurgery: 27 fractional works · 8.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 18 fractional works · 6.0% of its workEpidemiology: 16 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 15 fractional works · 4.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 13 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 11 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPhysiology: 11 fractional works · 3.6% of its workNeurology: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOncology: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRheumatology: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 24 fractional works · 7.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 15 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 38 fractional works · 12.5% of its workNeuroscience: 16 fractional works · 5.2% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 35 fractional works · 11.5% of its workPsychology: 21 fractional works · 6.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 12 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 14 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBarwon Health307fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences72%Social Sciences11%

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. Medicine19061.8%
    2. Health Professions247.8%
    3. Nursing31.0%
    4. Veterinary20.5%
    5. Dentistry10.4%
    1. Neuroscience165.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology134.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology62.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.6%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.5%
    1. Psychology216.8%
    2. Social Sciences93.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.4%
    5. Decision Sciences10.3%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.3%
    1. Environmental Science62.0%
    2. Engineering31.1%
    3. Computer Science20.6%
    4. Mathematics10.4%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    6. Materials Science00.1%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    8. Chemistry00.1%
    9. Energy00.0%
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: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.77× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.09× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.20× its world share, 16 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.69× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.40× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.97× its world share, 24 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.22× its world share, 190 worksMedicineNursing: 2.05× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.74× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.23× its world share, 21 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary3.74×2 works
  2. Medicine3.22×190 works
  3. Neuroscience3.20×16 works
  4. Health Professions2.97×24 works
  5. Psychology2.23×21 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology2.09×6 works
  7. Nursing2.05×3 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.69×2 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.77×13 works
  10. Dentistry0.73×1 works
  11. Environmental Science0.40×6 works
  12. Mathematics0.37×1 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.33×1 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.30×2 works
  15. Social Sciences0.24×9 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.12×1 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.11×1 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.10×2 works
  19. Computer Science0.07×2 works
  20. Engineering0.07×4 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.07×0 works
  22. Chemistry0.03×0 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.03×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.03×0 works
  25. Energy0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Barwon Health?

Ranked on the quality score, Eugene Athan, Peter Vuillermin and Abhishek Malhotra lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Barwon Health.

  1. 1 Eugene Athan Australia · #183,411 worldwide 12k citations · 303 works
  2. 2 Peter Vuillermin Australia · #284,149 worldwide 6.9k citations · 272 works
  3. 3 Abhishek Malhotra Australia · #456,747 worldwide 2k citations · 50 works
  4. 4 Andrew J. Hughes Australia · #631,918 worldwide 3.6k citations · 48 works
  5. 5 Peter Callan Australia · #672,844 worldwide 1.5k citations · 47 works
  6. 6 Andrew Jerome Hughes Australia · #686,766 worldwide 16k citations · 188 works
  7. 7 N. Deborah Friedman Australia · #691,640 worldwide 6.9k citations · 122 works
  8. 8 Benjamin Harrison Australia · #768,599 worldwide 450 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Margaret J. Henry Australia · #858,606 worldwide 6.1k citations · 133 works
  10. 10 Felicity Ng Australia · #991,080 worldwide 3.5k citations · 48 works
All ranked researchers at Barwon Health

What are the most cited papers from Barwon Health?

The most cited paper from Barwon Health is "Age at onset of mental disorders worldwide: large-scale meta-analysis of 192 epidemiological studies" (Marco Solmi, Joaquim Raduà, Miriam Olivola et al., 2021), with 3,868 citations. Next come "Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments ( CANMAT ) and International Society for Bipolar Disorders ( ISBD ) 2018 guidelines for the management of patients with bipolar disorder" (1,850) and "Update on Tick-Borne Rickettsioses around the World: a Geographic Approach" (1,451).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Age at onset of mental disorders worldwide: large-scale meta-analysis of 192 epidemiological studies Marco Solmi, Joaquim Raduà, Miriam Olivola et al. · Molecular Psychiatry ReviewOpen access 2 Jun 2021 3,868
2 Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments ( CANMAT ) and International Society for Bipolar Disorders ( ISBD ) 2018 guidelines for the management of patients with bipolar disorder Lakshmi N. Yatham et al. · Bipolar Disorders Open access Mar 2018 1,850
3 Update on Tick-Borne Rickettsioses around the World: a Geographic Approach Philippe Parola, Christopher D. Paddock, Cristina Socolovschi et al. · Clinical Microbiology Reviews Open access Oct 2013 1,451
4 So depression is an inflammatory disease, but where does the inflammation come from? Michael Berk, Lana J. Williams, Felice Nellie Jacka et al. · BMC Medicine Open access 12 Sep 2013 1,436
5 Annual High-Dose Oral Vitamin D and Falls and Fractures in Older Women Kerrie M. Sanders, Amanda L. Stuart, Elizabeth Williamson et al. · JAMA Open access 11 May 2010 1,367
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Barwon Health?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Depression, Inflammation, Treatment, Metabolic Syndrome, Cardiovascular Disease, Prevalence and Diagnosis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology42▲ 3.4×95 topics
  2. Depression20▲ 7.2×19 topics
  3. Inflammation18▲ 2.8×50 topics
  4. Treatment15▲ 4.0×37 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease14▲ 4.0×33 topics
  6. Metabolic Syndrome13▲ 5.2×18 topics
  7. Public Health12▲ 2.6×30 topics
  8. Diagnosis11▲ 3.9×26 topics
  9. Quality of Life11▲ 2.5×34 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress10▲ 1.95×33 topics
  11. Risk Factors10▲ 2.9×25 topics
  12. Neurological Disorders10▲ 5.4×19 topics
  13. Prevalence9▲ 7.3×13 topics
  14. Complications9▲ 5.7×16 topics
  15. Mortality9▲ 4.9×12 topics
  16. Genetics8▲ 3.9×11 topics
  17. Neuroimaging8▲ 9.4×10 topics
  18. Genetic Mutations8▲ 5.7×13 topics
  19. Anxiety7▲ 4.9×10 topics
  20. Global Burden7▲ 4.1×10 topics
  21. Clinical Guidelines7▲ 7.3×9 topics
  22. Neurobiology6▲ 8.1×9 topics
  23. Surgical Management6▲ 5.1×18 topics
  24. Primary Care6▲ 5.4×11 topics
  25. Neuroinflammation6▲ 6.9×6 topics
  26. Pathogenesis6▲ 3.9×17 topics
  27. Rehabilitation6▲ 5.0×10 topics
  28. Adolescents6▲ 5.0×7 topics
  29. Cognitive Impairment5▲ 7.0×7 topics
  30. Antibiotic Resistance5▲ 4.4×7 topics
  31. Patient Satisfaction5▲ 5.6×7 topics
  32. Cytokines5▲ 5.9×4 topics
  33. Prognosis5▲ 4.9×9 topics
  34. Microglia5▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Mitochondrial Dysfunction5▲ 5.3×10 topics
  36. Schizophrenia5▲ 14×4 topics
  37. Quality Improvement5▲ 7.7×8 topics
  38. Immune Activation4▲ 18×1 topic
  39. Tryptophan Metabolism4▲ 26×1 topic
  40. Cognitive Function4▲ 7.4×6 topics

Which research topics does Barwon Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Tryptophan and brain disorders, Bipolar Disorder and Treatment, Diet and metabolism studies and Nutritional Studies and Diet.

Tryptophan and brain dis…4Tryptophan and brain disorders: 4 fractional worksBipolar Disorder and Tre…3Bipolar Disorder and Treatment: 3 fractional worksDiet and metabolism studies: 3 fractional worksNutritional Studies and Diet: 2 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 2 fractional worksTreatment of Major Depression: 2 fractional worksBone health and osteoporosis research: 2 fractional worksSyphilis Diagnosis and T…2Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksCardiac Health and Mental Health: 2 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 2 fractional works
Biological PsychiatryPsychiatry and Mental healthPhysiologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health4 others

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

  1. 1 Tryptophan and brain disorders Biological Psychiatry 4 works
  2. 2 Bipolar Disorder and Treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 3 works
  3. 3 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 3 works
  4. 4 Nutritional Studies and Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  5. 5 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Treatment of Major Depression Pharmacology 2 works
  7. 7 Bone health and osteoporosis research Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment Physiology 2 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Health and Mental Health Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 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 available63.7%not open36.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.7%domestic only78.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Barwon Health's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Barwon Health as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Barwon Health0.0012% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Barwon Health 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 counting10%20%30%Barwon Health13.4% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 22.9% in 2012.

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