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Blacktown & Mount Druitt Hospital

In research, Blacktown & Mount Druitt Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#4,935 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,035 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 14.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,703
of 28,054 · #18,886 all time
Rank in Australia
#216
of 391
Research works
765
▲ 69% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.8k
11.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is Blacktown & Mount Druitt Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #4,935 of 10,443 10.8%152 #6749
Health SciencesDomain #6,035 of 11,982 11.1%163 #8097

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Blacktown & Mount Druitt Hospital 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).

What does Blacktown & Mount Druitt Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 14.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 30.4 works15×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.98× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.54× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.02× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.77× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.98× its world share, 152 worksMedicineNursing: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.72× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.53× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Blacktown & Mount Druitt Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, T. Tan, Timothy C. Tan and N Nagaratnam lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Blacktown & Mount Druitt Hospital.

  1. 1 T. Tan Australia · #362,760 worldwide 49 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Timothy C. Tan Australia · #1,083,794 worldwide 50 citations · 45 works
  3. 3 N Nagaratnam Australia · #1,095,326 worldwide 18 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 S. Eshoo Australia · #1,377,208 worldwide 5 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 A. Bhat Australia · #1,388,398 worldwide 7 citations · 44 works
  6. 6 S. Khanna Australia · #1,437,218 worldwide 8 citations · 37 works
  7. 7 G. Gan Australia · #1,441,274 worldwide 6 citations · 42 works
  8. 8 H. Chen Australia · #1,549,568 worldwide 6 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Blacktown & Mount Druitt Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Blacktown & Mount Druitt Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Guidelines, Heart Failure, Catheter Ablation, Diagnosis, Cardiovascular Disease and Atrial Fibrillation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology23▲ 2.9×75 topics
  2. Treatment16▲ 6.4×28 topics
  3. Guidelines14▲ 15×9 topics
  4. Inflammation12▲ 3.0×44 topics
  5. Heart Failure12▲ 14×10 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease11▲ 4.9×21 topics
  7. Diagnosis11▲ 5.8×23 topics
  8. Catheter Ablation9▲ 39×2 topics
  9. Obesity9▲ 6.0×14 topics
  10. Clinical Trials9▲ 6.7×12 topics
  11. Quality of Life8▲ 3.0×25 topics
  12. Atrial Fibrillation8▲ 43×2 topics
  13. Stroke Prevention8▲ 34×2 topics
  14. Anticoagulant Therapy8▲ 32×3 topics
  15. Immunotherapy8▲ 5.5×17 topics
  16. Echocardiography8▲ 14×7 topics
  17. Risk Stratification8▲ 54×1 topic
  18. Thromboembolism8▲ 54×1 topic
  19. Autoantibodies7▲ 16×8 topics
  20. Immunosuppressive Therapy7▲ 19×7 topics
  21. Risk Factors7▲ 3.2×20 topics
  22. Mortality6▲ 5.2×9 topics
  23. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 5.3×14 topics
  24. Endothelial Dysfunction6▲ 12×6 topics
  25. Chemotherapy5▲ 3.8×18 topics
  26. Tumor Microenvironment5▲ 6.0×8 topics
  27. Myocardial Infarction5▲ 11×5 topics
  28. Fibrosis5▲ 14×6 topics
  29. Atherosclerosis5▲ 9.0×8 topics
  30. Cardiovascular Risk5▲ 7.5×6 topics
  31. Chronic Kidney Disease4▲ 9.4×6 topics
  32. Genetic Variants4▲ 13×6 topics
  33. TGF-ß Signaling4▲ 35×3 topics
  34. Coronary Artery Disease4▲ 19×2 topics
  35. Immune Checkpoint Blockade4▲ 19×1 topic
  36. PD-1 and PD-L14▲ 19×1 topic
  37. Pulmonary Involvement4▲ 58×1 topic
  38. Systemic Sclerosis4▲ 58×1 topic
  39. Chamber Quantification4▲ 25×1 topic
  40. Diastolic Function4▲ 25×1 topic

Which research topics does Blacktown & Mount Druitt Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases and Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors.

Atrial Fibrillation Mana…8Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 8 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 4 fractional worksSystemic Sclerosis and R…4Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases: 4 fractional worksCardiovascular Function …4Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 4 fractional worksLipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health: 3 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment and Management: 3 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…2Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 2 fractional worksCardiovascular Disease and Adiposity: 2 fractional worksDialysis and Renal Disease Management: 2 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineOncologyPathology and Forensic MedicineSurgery3 others

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

  1. 1 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 8 works
  2. 2 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 4 works
  3. 3 Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases Pathology and Forensic Medicine 4 works
  4. 4 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  5. 5 Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health Surgery 3 works
  6. 6 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  8. 8 Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 2 works
  10. 10 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 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 available42.9%not open57.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.4%domestic only86.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Blacktown & Mount Druitt Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 69% higher 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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