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Burnet Institute

In research, Burnet Institute stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,177 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#1,537 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (Infectious Diseases is 10.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#4,671
of 22,385 · #2,829 all time
Rank in Australia
#78
of 270
Research works
1.3k
▲ 19% vs 2018-21
Citations
46k
34.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.18×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
60%
world 40%
International
41%
world 18%
Burnet Institute

What is Burnet Institute 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 #1,177 of 9,902 18.1%187 #1233
MedicineField #1,537 of 8,541 18.4%158 #1617

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

In 2022-now, 69% of research at Burnet Institute is in Health Sciences, 14% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (59%), Social Sciences (8%), Health Professions (8%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 214 fractional works · 69.4% of its workMedicine: 183 fractional works · 59.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 41 fractional works · 13.2% of its workEpidemiology: 38 fractional works · 12.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 22 fractional works · 7.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 18 fractional works · 6.0% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 13 fractional works · 4.1% of its workHepatology: 10 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 25 fractional works · 8.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 18 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 44 fractional works · 14.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 26 fractional works · 8.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 11 fractional works · 3.7% of its workHealth: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 2.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 37 fractional works · 12.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 18 fractional works · 5.7% of its workImmunology: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMicrobiology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workParasitology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVirology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workToxicology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 14 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workModeling and Simulation: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKBurnet Institute309fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences69%Social Sciences14%

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. Medicine18359.3%
    2. Health Professions258.0%
    3. Nursing62.0%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Social Sciences268.3%
    2. Psychology92.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance51.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting31.0%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.3%
    6. Decision Sciences10.2%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology185.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology113.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences51.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.7%
    5. Neuroscience10.3%
    1. Environmental Science41.5%
    2. Mathematics30.9%
    3. Engineering30.9%
    4. Computer Science20.8%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    6. Energy00.1%
    7. Chemistry00.0%
    8. Materials Science00.0%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Burnet Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 10.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 21.9 works10×
  2. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 40.8 works10×
← 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: 0.37× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.66× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.65× its world share, 18 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.98× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.29× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.78× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.04× its world share, 25 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.08× its world share, 183 worksMedicineNursing: 4.00× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.75× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.94× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 26 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 5.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology5.65×18 works
  2. Nursing4.00×6 works
  3. Medicine3.08×183 works
  4. Health Professions3.04×25 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.98×2 works
  6. Psychology0.94×9 works
  7. Veterinary0.85×0 works
  8. Mathematics0.78×3 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.75×5 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.66×11 works
  11. Social Sciences0.65×26 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.37×5 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.30×3 works
  14. Environmental Science0.29×4 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.23×1 works
  16. Neuroscience0.22×1 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.11×1 works
  18. Computer Science0.10×2 works
  19. Energy0.10×0 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.07×0 works
  21. Engineering0.06×3 works
  22. Dentistry0.06×0 works
  23. Chemistry0.03×0 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.01×0 works
  25. Materials Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Burnet Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Joshua Peter Vogel, James G. Beeson and Michelle J. Boyle lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Burnet Institute.

  1. 1 Joshua Peter Vogel Australia · #8,829 worldwide 29k citations · 348 works
  2. 2 James G. Beeson Australia · #76,360 worldwide 20k citations · 441 works
  3. 3 Michelle J. Boyle Australia · #97,591 worldwide 6.1k citations · 144 works
  4. 4 Freya J. I. Fowkes Australia · #112,532 worldwide 12k citations · 204 works
  5. 5 Jack S. Richards Australia · #171,214 worldwide 6.1k citations · 104 works
  6. 6 Megan S. C. Lim Australia · #179,581 worldwide 6.9k citations · 195 works
  7. 7 Elissa C. Kennedy Australia · #199,330 worldwide 6k citations · 77 works
  8. 8 Saima Sultana Australia · #226,348 worldwide 6.6k citations · 28 works
  9. 9 Gaoqian Feng Australia · #289,185 worldwide 2.7k citations · 46 works
  10. 10 Sarah C. Charnaud Australia · #295,194 worldwide 1.6k citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at Burnet Institute

What are the most cited papers from Burnet Institute?

The most cited paper from Burnet Institute is "Our future: a Lancet commission on adolescent health and wellbeing" (George Patton et al., 2016), with 3,864 citations. Next come "The age of adolescence" (3,607) and "Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition) 1" (2,743).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Our future: a Lancet commission on adolescent health and wellbeing George Patton et al. · The Lancet Open access 9 May 2016 3,864
2 The age of adolescence Susan Margaret Sawyer, Peter S. Azzopardi, Dakshitha Wickremarathne et al. · The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health 30 Jan 2018 3,607
3 Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition) 1 Daniel J. Klionsky et al. · Autophagy Open access2,930 authors 2 Jan 2021 2,743
4 Nomenclature of monocytes and dendritic cells in blood Loems Ziegler‐Heitbrock, Petronela Ancuța, Suzanne M. Crowe et al. · Blood Open access 14 Jul 2010 2,472
5 The end of AIDS: HIV infection as a chronic disease Steven G. Deeks, Sharon R. Lewin, Diane V. Havlir · The Lancet Open access 24 Oct 2013 2,121
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Burnet Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Immune Response, Public Health, Maternal Mortality, Global Burden, Vaccine, Vaccine Development and Liver Disease.

▲ 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. Epidemiology68▲ 5.5×90 topics
  2. Immune Response26▲ 15×17 topics
  3. Public Health25▲ 5.6×34 topics
  4. Maternal Mortality20▲ 29×5 topics
  5. Treatment17▲ 4.6×27 topics
  6. Global Burden17▲ 10×10 topics
  7. Vaccine15▲ 12×11 topics
  8. Vaccine Development15▲ 19×10 topics
  9. Liver Disease15▲ 52×3 topics
  10. HIV14▲ 54×4 topics
  11. Antiviral Therapy13▲ 45×3 topics
  12. Substance Use Disorders13▲ 56×2 topics
  13. Antiretroviral Therapy13▲ 25×6 topics
  14. Substance Abuse13▲ 60×2 topics
  15. Global Burden of Disease11▲ 14×4 topics
  16. Health Inequalities11▲ 30×4 topics
  17. Child Mortality11▲ 48×1 topic
  18. Health Systems11▲ 48×1 topic
  19. drug use10▲ 115×1 topic
  20. harm reduction10▲ 115×1 topic
  21. HIV Transmission9▲ 40×2 topics
  22. Insecticide Resistance9▲ 38×4 topics
  23. Genome Sequence9▲ 35×2 topics
  24. Mortality Risk9▲ 12×5 topics
  25. Artemisinin Resistance8▲ 84×1 topic
  26. Infectious Diseases8▲ 8.3×8 topics
  27. Plasmodium falciparum8▲ 84×1 topic
  28. Genetic Variation8▲ 12×5 topics
  29. Maternal Outcomes8▲ 35×2 topics
  30. Perinatal Outcomes8▲ 35×2 topics
  31. Child Development8▲ 6.3×6 topics
  32. Psychiatric Disorders8▲ 19×3 topics
  33. Hepatitis C Virus8▲ 76×1 topic
  34. Ribavirin8▲ 76×1 topic
  35. Hepatocellular Carcinoma8▲ 12×3 topics
  36. Impulsivity8▲ 45×2 topics
  37. Drug Resistance7▲ 8.2×7 topics
  38. Alcohol Dependence7▲ 55×1 topic
  39. Motivational Interviewing7▲ 55×1 topic
  40. Viral Load7▲ 29×2 topics

Which research topics does Burnet Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Global Maternal and Child Health, HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk, Malaria Research and Control and Hepatitis C virus research.

Global Maternal and Chil…11Global Maternal and Child Health: 11 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk10HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 10 fractional worksMalaria Research and Con…8Malaria Research and Control: 8 fractional worksHepatitis C virus research8Hepatitis C virus research: 8 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 7 fractional worksMaternal and Perinatal Health Interventions: 6 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and In…6HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 6 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Treatment: 6 fractional worksHepatitis B Virus Studies: 5 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases …5Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 5 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthEpidemiologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthHepatology2 others

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

  1. 1 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 11 works
  2. 2 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 10 works
  3. 3 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 8 works
  4. 4 Hepatitis C virus research Hepatology 8 works
  5. 5 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 7 works
  6. 6 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Obstetrics and Gynecology 6 works
  7. 7 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 6 works
  8. 8 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  9. 9 Hepatitis B Virus Studies Epidemiology 5 works
  10. 10 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 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 available59.9%not open40.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors40.7%domestic only59.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Burnet Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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 Burnet Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0012% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Burnet Institute0.0012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Burnet Institute 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%Burnet Institute19.1% 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 22.1% in 2020.

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