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Central Coast Local Health District

In research, Central Coast Local Health District stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,729 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,507 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Health Professions (Health Professions is 6.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,379
of 22,385 · #15,712 all time
Rank in Australia
#169
of 270
Research works
557
▼ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.1k
12.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
50%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Central Coast Local Health District

What is Central Coast Local Health District 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 #4,729 of 9,902 9.8%84 #7484
MedicineField #4,507 of 8,541 10.2%63 #7298

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Central Coast Local Health District 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 Central Coast Local Health District work in?

In 2022-now, 72% of research at Central Coast Local Health District is in Health Sciences, 17% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (54%), Health Professions (16%), Social Sciences (8%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 96 fractional works · 72.0% of its workMedicine: 72 fractional works · 53.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 10 fractional works · 7.8% of its workSurgery: 9 fractional works · 7.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 6 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 21 fractional works · 15.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 14 fractional works · 10.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workResearch and Theory: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 23 fractional works · 17.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 7.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 5.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 5.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCentral CoastLocal Health…133fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences72%Social Sciences17%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine7253.9%
    2. Health Professions2115.7%
    3. Nursing21.7%
    4. Dentistry10.7%
    1. Social Sciences107.8%
    2. Psychology85.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting11.0%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.8%
    6. Decision Sciences10.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology32.1%
    2. Neuroscience21.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.9%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Environmental Science32.3%
    2. Engineering21.1%
    3. Computer Science10.9%
    4. Physics and Astronomy10.8%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    6. Mathematics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Central Coast Local Health District specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Health Professions takes 6.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Health ProfessionsField · 20.8 works6.0×
← 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: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.40× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.95× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.46× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.49× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 5.95× its world share, 21 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.80× its world share, 72 worksMedicineNursing: 3.41× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.91× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 6.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions5.95×21 works
  2. Nursing3.41×2 works
  3. Medicine2.80×72 works
  4. Psychology1.91×8 works
  5. Dentistry1.49×1 works
  6. Neuroscience0.95×2 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology0.91×1 works
  8. Social Sciences0.62×10 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.56×1 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.53×2 works
  11. Environmental Science0.46×3 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.42×0 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.40×3 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.34×1 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.30×1 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.29×1 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.18×1 works
  18. Computer Science0.11×1 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.11×0 works
  20. Mathematics0.09×0 works
  21. Engineering0.08×2 works

Who are the top researchers at Central Coast Local Health District?

Ranked on the quality score, Nicola Kerr, Jennie King and Oliver Higgins lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Central Coast Local Health District.

  1. 1 Nicola Kerr Australia · #934,541 worldwide 574 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Jennie King Australia · #1,262,109 worldwide 1.9k citations · 51 works
  3. 3 Oliver Higgins Australia · #1,312,050 worldwide 293 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Samantha H Batchelor Australia · #1,596,682 worldwide 591 citations · 33 works
  5. 5 Sally Carr Australia · #2,557,118 worldwide 179 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Barbara L. Blades Australia · #3,031,706 worldwide 1.1k citations · 41 works
  7. 7 D. Mackintosh Australia · #3,486,906 worldwide 184 citations · 85 works
  8. 8 Vincent Carroll Australia · #3,646,356 worldwide 272 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Andrew J. Dixon Australia · #3,699,959 worldwide 620 citations · 54 works
  10. 10 Xiaowei Ng Australia · #3,704,282 worldwide 385 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Central Coast Local Health District

What are the most cited papers from Central Coast Local Health District?

The most cited paper from Central Coast Local Health District is "Childhood Motor Skill Proficiency as a Predictor of Adolescent Physical Activity" (Lisa Michele Barnett, Eric van Beurden, Philip James Morgan et al., 2008), with 916 citations. Next come "Perceived sports competence mediates the relationship between childhood motor skill proficiency and adolescent physical activity and fitness: a longitudinal assessment" (466) and "Does Childhood Motor Skill Proficiency Predict Adolescent Fitness?" (370).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Childhood Motor Skill Proficiency as a Predictor of Adolescent Physical Activity Lisa Michele Barnett, Eric van Beurden, Philip James Morgan et al. · Journal of Adolescent Health 26 Oct 2008 916
2 Perceived sports competence mediates the relationship between childhood motor skill proficiency and adolescent physical activity and fitness: a longitudinal assessment Lisa Michele Barnett, Philip James Morgan, Eric van Beurden et al. · International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity Open access 2008 466
3 Does Childhood Motor Skill Proficiency Predict Adolescent Fitness? Lisa Michele Barnett, Eric van Beurden, Philip James Morgan et al. · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 14 Nov 2008 370
4 Mutations in DEPDC5 cause familial focal epilepsy with variable foci Leanne M. Dibbens et al. · Nature Genetics Open access 31 Mar 2013 370
5 The self-directed learning readiness scale for nursing education revisited: A confirmatory factor analysis Murray Fisher, Jennie King · Nurse Education Today 22 Jun 2009 259
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Central Coast Local Health District?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Primary Care, Epidemiology, Ethical Considerations, Patient Satisfaction, Quality of Life, Public Health, Communication and Patient Care.

▲ 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. Epidemiology11▲ 2.0×63 topics
  2. Primary Care8▲ 16×12 topics
  3. Quality of Life7▲ 3.4×29 topics
  4. Public Health6▲ 3.3×27 topics
  5. Mental Health5▲ 2.8×20 topics
  6. Ethical Considerations5▲ 11×9 topics
  7. Patient Satisfaction5▲ 12×7 topics
  8. Communication4▲ 9.5×3 topics
  9. Patient Care4▲ 23×3 topics
  10. Global Trends4▲ 33×2 topics
  11. Healthcare Outcomes4▲ 48×2 topics
  12. Integrated Care4▲ 65×2 topics
  13. Maternal Outcomes4▲ 35×2 topics
  14. Perinatal Outcomes4▲ 35×2 topics
  15. Cesarean Section3▲ 63×1 topic
  16. Collaborative Practice3▲ 62×2 topics
  17. Vaginal Birth3▲ 63×1 topic
  18. End-of-Life3▲ 28×2 topics
  19. Health Care Costs3▲ 31×2 topics
  20. Health Policy3▲ 16×3 topics
  21. Palliative Care3▲ 16×2 topics
  22. Chronic Disease Management3▲ 12×5 topics
  23. Guidelines3▲ 5.1×11 topics
  24. Advance Care Planning3▲ 40×1 topic
  25. Family Perspectives3▲ 40×1 topic
  26. Health Care Utilization3▲ 21×3 topics
  27. Interprofessional Education3▲ 81×1 topic
  28. Job Satisfaction3▲ 5.1×5 topics
  29. Quality Improvement3▲ 12×7 topics
  30. Teamwork3▲ 81×1 topic
  31. Clinical Outcomes3▲ 9.3×4 topics
  32. Healthcare Workers3▲ 8.4×5 topics
  33. Evidence-Based Practice2▲ 13×5 topics
  34. Health Equity2▲ 6.1×5 topics
  35. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention2▲ 13×4 topics
  36. Patient Safety2▲ 11×4 topics
  37. Emergency Department Crowding2▲ 52×1 topic
  38. Long-Term Care2▲ 21×2 topics
  39. Quality of Care2▲ 19×3 topics
  40. Triage Systems2▲ 52×1 topic

Which research topics does Central Coast Local Health District publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions, Interprofessional Education and Collaboration, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues and Emergency and Acute Care Studies.

Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions: 3 fractional worksInterprofessional Education and Collaboration: 3 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-…3Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 3 fractional worksEmergency and Acute Care…2Emergency and Acute Care Studies: 2 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 2 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksNursing education and ma…2Nursing education and management: 2 fractional worksHealth Policy Implementation Science: 1 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health Outcomes: 1 fractional worksTelemedicine and Telehealth Implementation: 1 fractional works
Obstetrics and GynecologyGeneral Health ProfessionsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthEmergency Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Obstetrics and Gynecology 3 works
  2. 2 Interprofessional Education and Collaboration General Health Professions 3 works
  3. 3 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  4. 4 Emergency and Acute Care Studies Emergency Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 2 works
  6. 6 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Nursing education and management Research and Theory 2 works
  8. 8 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 1 works
  9. 9 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 1 works
  10. 10 Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 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 available49.5%not open50.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.7%domestic only86.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Central Coast Local Health District's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Central Coast Local Health District as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00048% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Central Coast Local Health District0.00059% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Central Coast Local Health District 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%Central Coast Local Health District15.4% 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 15.4% in 2025.

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