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Bond University

In research, Bond University stands highest in Health Sciences (#681 of 11,982 worldwide), Social Sciences (#889 of 10,521 worldwide) and Medicine (#934 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Occupational Therapy and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine — Occupational Therapy is 9.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,314
of 28,054 · #3,338 all time
Rank in Australia
#45
of 391
Research works
6.6k
▲ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
122k
18.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
55%
world 28%

What is Bond University 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
Health SciencesDomain #681 of 11,982 22.8%508 #962
Social SciencesDomain #889 of 10,521 29.2%544 #1042
MedicineField #934 of 10,443 21.7%370 #1192
Health ProfessionsField #393 of 1,928 25.5%129 #582
Business, Management and AccountingField #562 of 2,578 25.8%77 #588
Social SciencesField #1,432 of 6,365 28.2%222 #1316
PsychologyField #907 of 2,181 31.5%118 #1160
Physical SciencesDomain #5,764 of 12,888 28.2%164 #8536
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #447 of 916 22.8%62 #421
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,330 of 2,578 26.9%71 #1093

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Bond 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#962 #681
  2. Social Sciences#1,042 #889
  3. Medicine#1,192 #934
  4. Health Professions#582 #393
  5. Business, Management and Accounting#588 #562
  6. Social Sciences#1,316 #1,432
  7. Psychology#1,160 #907
  8. Physical Sciences#8,536 #5,764
  9. General Health Professions#421 #447
  10. Sociology and Political Science#1,093 #1,330
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Bond University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Occupational Therapy takes 9.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Occupational TherapySubfield · 20.1 works9.2×
  2. Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield · 21.7 works6.5×
← 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: 0.23× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.36× its world share, 25 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.77× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.66× its world share, 35 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.64× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.39× its world share, 40 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.34× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.28× its world share, 55 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.64× its world share, 42 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.73× its world share, 11 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.76× its world share, 129 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.48× its world share, 370 worksMedicineNursing: 0.94× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.97× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.77× its world share, 29 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.84× its world share, 77 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.11× its world share, 39 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.13× its world share, 60 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.96× its world share, 118 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.34× its world share, 222 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Bond University?

Ranked on the composite score, Tammy Hoffmann, Paul Glasziou and Cynthia D. Fisher lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Bond University.

  1. 1 Tammy Hoffmann Australia · #4,379 worldwide 13k citations · 59 works
  2. 2 Paul Glasziou Australia · #30,931 worldwide 967 citations · 160 works
  3. 3 Cynthia D. Fisher Australia · #124,518 worldwide 286 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Danny O’Brien Australia · #130,554 worldwide 167 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Rae Thomas Australia · #132,170 worldwide 244 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 John Farrar Australia · #160,053 worldwide 36 citations · 33 works
  7. 7 Justin Clark Australia · #172,125 worldwide 147 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Sharon Sanders Australia · #188,321 worldwide 138 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Sudhir H. Kalé Australia · #201,067 worldwide 138 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Noel Gaston Australia · #203,705 worldwide 132 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Bond University

Which keywords describe research at Bond University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Risk Management, Primary Care, Depression, Mental Health, Physical Fitness and Quality of Life.

▲ 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. Epidemiology103▲ 1.99×97 topics
  2. Public Health53▲ 2.8×42 topics
  3. Mental Health39▲ 2.0×31 topics
  4. Sustainability39▲ 1.22×58 topics
  5. Quality of Life37▲ 1.97×44 topics
  6. Depression33▲ 2.9×21 topics
  7. Risk Factors31▲ 2.1×30 topics
  8. Risk Management28▲ 4.5×14 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease27▲ 1.85×29 topics
  10. Primary Care25▲ 5.1×13 topics
  11. Anxiety24▲ 4.0×11 topics
  12. Obesity24▲ 2.4×19 topics
  13. Physical Activity22▲ 3.5×11 topics
  14. Prevalence22▲ 4.2×12 topics
  15. Meta-Analysis21▲ 2.7×17 topics
  16. Well-being21▲ 4.1×14 topics
  17. Adolescents20▲ 4.1×7 topics
  18. Emotion Regulation20▲ 4.9×9 topics
  19. Infectious Diseases20▲ 4.6×6 topics
  20. Physical Fitness19▲ 10×3 topics
  21. Cancer Risk18▲ 6.4×7 topics
  22. Organizational Culture18▲ 3.4×9 topics
  23. Medical Education17▲ 5.1×11 topics
  24. Patient Satisfaction17▲ 4.1×9 topics
  25. Injuries16▲ 40×2 topics
  26. Risk Perception16▲ 4.6×6 topics
  27. Occupational Exposure16▲ 22×2 topics
  28. Emergency Responders15▲ 68×1 topic
  29. Firefighters15▲ 68×1 topic
  30. Reflective Practice15▲ 6.2×6 topics
  31. Professionalism14▲ 6.6×4 topics
  32. Injury Prevention14▲ 8.8×5 topics
  33. Urinary Incontinence13▲ 13×2 topics
  34. Resistance Training13▲ 11×2 topics
  35. Construction Projects13▲ 23×2 topics
  36. High-Intensity Interval Training13▲ 9.2×2 topics
  37. Assessment Methods12▲ 8.4×3 topics
  38. Social Identity12▲ 9.8×6 topics
  39. Occupational Safety12▲ 9.3×2 topics
  40. Stakeholder Analysis12▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does Bond University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Occupational Health and Performance, Construction Project Management and Performance, Innovations in Medical Education and Occupational Health and Safety Research.

Occupational Health and …15Occupational Health and Performance: 15 fractional worksConstruction Project Man…11Construction Project Management and Performance: 11 fractional worksInnovations in Medical E…10Innovations in Medical Education: 10 fractional worksOccupational Health and …10Occupational Health and Safety Research: 10 fractional worksSports Performance and Training: 10 fractional worksSports injuries and prevention: 8 fractional worksUrinary Bladder and Pros…8Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research: 8 fractional worksBIM and Construction Int…8BIM and Construction Integration: 8 fractional worksEating Disorders and Beh…7Eating Disorders and Behaviors: 7 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, Eco…6Energy, Environment, Economic Growth: 6 fractional works
Occupational TherapyManagement Science and Operations ResearchPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthRadiological and Ultrasound Technology5 others

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

  1. 1 Occupational Health and Performance Occupational Therapy 15 works
  2. 2 Construction Project Management and Performance Management Science and Operations Research 11 works
  3. 3 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 10 works
  4. 4 Occupational Health and Safety Research Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 10 works
  5. 5 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 10 works
  6. 6 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 8 works
  7. 7 Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research Urology 8 works
  8. 8 BIM and Construction Integration Building and Construction 8 works
  9. 9 Eating Disorders and Behaviors Clinical Psychology 7 works
  10. 10 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 6 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 available54.8%not open45.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.1%domestic only78.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Bond University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% 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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