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Cairns Hospital

In research, Cairns Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#4,995 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,121 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,909
of 28,054 · #10,343 all time
Rank in Australia
#220
of 391
Research works
1k
▲ 55% vs 2013–17
Citations
17k
16.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is Cairns 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 #4,995 of 10,443 9.0%136 #1464
Health SciencesDomain #6,121 of 11,982 9.6%153 #1941

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Cairns 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).

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: 0.94× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.06× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.88× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.71× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.61× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.15× its world share, 136 worksMedicineNursing: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.30× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.47× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.74× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Cairns Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Richard Baer, Pat Strickland and C. Keller lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Cairns Hospital.

  1. 1 Richard Baer Australia · #274,172 worldwide 35 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Pat Strickland Australia · #311,598 worldwide 21 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 C. Keller Australia · #394,706 worldwide 86 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 J. Brimacombe Australia · #475,515 worldwide 64 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Simon Smith Australia · #570,446 worldwide 59 citations · 34 works
  6. 6 J. Brimacombe Australia · #831,692 worldwide 221 citations · 247 works
  7. 7 Paul Ormerod Australia · #958,270 worldwide 99 citations · 72 works
  8. 8 Graham Simpson Australia · #1,115,539 worldwide 20 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Ashim Sinha Australia · #1,132,636 worldwide 35 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Cairns Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Cairns Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, Complications, Vaccine Development, Antibiotic Resistance and Virulence.

▲ 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. Epidemiology41▲ 4.6×86 topics
  2. Treatment18▲ 6.6×26 topics
  3. Pathogenesis14▲ 13×16 topics
  4. Diagnosis14▲ 6.6×24 topics
  5. Complications10▲ 9.0×15 topics
  6. Vaccine Development9▲ 16×9 topics
  7. Antibiotic Resistance9▲ 10×10 topics
  8. Climate Change9▲ 1.43×19 topics
  9. Quality of Life8▲ 2.6×25 topics
  10. Mortality8▲ 5.8×9 topics
  11. Virulence7▲ 50×5 topics
  12. Inflammation7▲ 1.48×23 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 2.7×14 topics
  14. Surgical Management6▲ 6.8×14 topics
  15. Type III Secretion System6▲ 47×4 topics
  16. Immune Response6▲ 4.4×13 topics
  17. Biogeography6▲ 9.5×9 topics
  18. Guidelines6▲ 5.3×10 topics
  19. Burkholderia pseudomallei5▲ 489×1 topic
  20. Melioidosis5▲ 489×1 topic
  21. Chronic Kidney Disease5▲ 8.8×7 topics
  22. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 3.6×12 topics
  23. Surgery4▲ 5.6×7 topics
  24. Primary Care4▲ 5.0×10 topics
  25. Virulence Factors4▲ 13×6 topics
  26. Toxins4▲ 20×3 topics
  27. Critical Care4▲ 7.9×7 topics
  28. Invasive Species4▲ 4.0×7 topics
  29. Health Equity4▲ 5.9×4 topics
  30. Habitat Fragmentation4▲ 7.0×3 topics
  31. Decolonization3▲ 18×2 topics
  32. Clinical Outcomes3▲ 6.8×5 topics
  33. Hemodialysis3▲ 18×2 topics
  34. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention3▲ 11×4 topics
  35. Historical Trauma3▲ 94×1 topic
  36. Indigenous Health3▲ 94×1 topic
  37. Prophylaxis3▲ 10×3 topics
  38. Traditional Ecological Knowledge3▲ 32×2 topics
  39. Hemostasis3▲ 14×3 topics
  40. Sudden Cardiac Death3▲ 16×2 topics

Which research topics does Cairns Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Burkholderia infections and melioidosis, Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights, Plant and animal studies and Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis.

Burkholderia infections and melioidosis: 5 fractional worksIndigenous Health, Education, and Rights: 3 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 3 fractional worksCentral Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis: 2 fractional worksAmoebic Infections and Treatments: 2 fractional worksStreptococcal Infections and Treatments: 2 fractional worksPlant and Fungal Species…2Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions: 2 fractional worksHernia repair and management: 2 fractional worksDialysis and Renal Disease Management: 2 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defib…2Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 2 fractional works
EpidemiologyHealthEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsEmergency Medical Services6 others

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

  1. 1 Burkholderia infections and melioidosis Epidemiology 5 works
  2. 2 Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights Health 3 works
  3. 3 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 3 works
  4. 4 Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis Emergency Medical Services 2 works
  5. 5 Amoebic Infections and Treatments Infectious Diseases 2 works
  6. 6 Streptococcal Infections and Treatments Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  7. 7 Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions Molecular Biology 2 works
  8. 8 Hernia repair and management Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 2 works
  10. 10 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies 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 available45.5%not open54.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.1%domestic only82.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Cairns Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 55% 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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