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Curtin University

In research, Curtin University stands highest in Social Sciences (#89 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#72 of 6,365 worldwide) and Business, Management and Accounting (#43 of 2,578 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Geophysics, Geochemistry and Petrology and Earth and Planetary Sciences — Geophysics is 6.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#332
of 28,054 · #470 all time
Rank in Australia
#14
of 391
Research works
38k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.1M
28.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is Curtin 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
Social SciencesDomain #89 of 10,521 38.2%1,817 #207
Social SciencesField #72 of 6,365 39.1%839 #158
Business, Management and AccountingField #43 of 2,578 42.9%223 #111
Physical SciencesDomain #376 of 12,888 25.5%2,899 #435
Health SciencesDomain #430 of 11,982 24.1%1,247 #499
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #95 of 2,578 39.1%259 #229
EngineeringField #248 of 6,636 26.0%1,195 #292
Environmental ScienceField #177 of 3,551 27.5%460 #192
PsychologyField #112 of 2,181 34.8%405 #252
EducationSubfield #101 of 1,892 49.3%167 #87

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Curtin 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. Social Sciences#207 #89
  2. Social Sciences#158 #72
  3. Business, Management and Accounting#111 #43
  4. Physical Sciences#435 #376
  5. Health Sciences#499 #430
  6. Sociology and Political Science#229 #95
  7. Engineering#292 #248
  8. Environmental Science#192 #177
  9. Psychology#252 #112
  10. Education#87 #101
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 Curtin University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Geophysics takes 6.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. GeophysicsSubfield · 152.3 works6.8×
  2. Geochemistry and PetrologySubfield · 20.8 works3.2×
  3. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 302.6 works3.0×
← 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: 0.67× its world share, 207 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.47× its world share, 161 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.37× its world share, 24 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.92× its world share, 96 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.50× its world share, 11 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.23× its world share, 28 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.71× its world share, 72 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.66× its world share, 333 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.99× its world share, 303 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.31× its world share, 78 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.23× its world share, 1,195 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.43× its world share, 460 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.94× its world share, 213 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.61× its world share, 46 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.20× its world share, 173 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.32× its world share, 10 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.62× its world share, 276 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.74× its world share, 925 worksMedicineNursing: 0.98× its world share, 31 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.53× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.70× its world share, 130 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.07× its world share, 223 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.29× its world share, 80 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.01× its world share, 139 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.06× its world share, 405 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.03× its world share, 839 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Curtin University?

Ranked on the composite score, Julian D. Gale, Simon A. Wilde and Sharon K. Parker lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Curtin University.

  1. 1 Julian D. Gale · #2,323 worldwide 3.1k citations · 85 works
  2. 2 Simon A. Wilde · #4,261 worldwide 3k citations · 108 works
  3. 3 Sharon K. Parker · #10,141 worldwide 1.1k citations · 81 works
  4. 4 Andrew L. Rohl · #10,774 worldwide 1.9k citations · 47 works
  5. 5 Delia Hendrie · #11,677 worldwide 2.7k citations · 45 works
  6. 6 Mark Griffin · #13,254 worldwide 750 citations · 73 works
  7. 7 Andrew M. Briggs · #13,483 worldwide 2.2k citations · 43 works
  8. 8 Ba‐Ngu Vo · #15,256 worldwide 762 citations · 77 works
  9. 9 Zheng‐Xiang Li · #16,114 worldwide 1.4k citations · 107 works
  10. 10 Nikos Ntoumanis · #19,308 worldwide 688 citations · 56 works
All ranked researchers at Curtin University

Which keywords describe research at Curtin University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Mental Health, Plate Tectonics, Environmental Impact, Machine Learning, Epidemiology, CO2 Sequestration and Sustainability.

▲ 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. Climate Change253▲ 1.46×96 topics
  2. Epidemiology247◆ 0.97×121 topics
  3. Machine Learning230◆ 1.09×79 topics
  4. Sustainability185▲ 1.18×82 topics
  5. Environmental Impact181▲ 1.65×53 topics
  6. Mental Health176▲ 1.86×36 topics
  7. Deep Learning140▼ 0.63×71 topics
  8. Public Health131▲ 1.39×54 topics
  9. Renewable Energy114▲ 1.22×41 topics
  10. Globalization112◆ 0.88×80 topics
  11. Remote Sensing107▲ 1.34×34 topics
  12. Mechanical Properties103▲ 1.64×36 topics
  13. Quality of Life99◆ 1.06×49 topics
  14. Social Media96◆ 1.04×27 topics
  15. Risk Factors87▲ 1.23×37 topics
  16. Plate Tectonics84▲ 8.5×3 topics
  17. CO2 Sequestration75▲ 6.1×4 topics
  18. Resilience66▲ 2.1×17 topics
  19. Tectonics65▲ 8.5×3 topics
  20. Conservation65▲ 2.3×22 topics
  21. Adolescents63▲ 2.6×10 topics
  22. Prevalence62▲ 2.4×15 topics
  23. Thermodynamic Modeling61▲ 8.3×4 topics
  24. Metal Recovery58▲ 4.5×3 topics
  25. Geochronology56▲ 13×1 topic
  26. Zircon56▲ 13×1 topic
  27. Emotion Regulation52▲ 2.6×9 topics
  28. Population Dynamics47▲ 2.9×11 topics
  29. Tomography43▲ 3.7×5 topics
  30. Pore Structure42▲ 5.3×3 topics
  31. Dynamic Behavior41▲ 5.5×3 topics
  32. Geopolymer40▲ 4.3×2 topics
  33. Geological Mapping39▲ 7.3×2 topics
  34. Evidence-Based Practice38▲ 4.6×6 topics
  35. Reinforced Concrete38▲ 7.4×2 topics
  36. Geodetic Measurements37▲ 5.3×2 topics
  37. Durability Performance36▲ 5.8×2 topics
  38. Compositional Data Analysis35▲ 8.1×1 topic
  39. Mineral Prospectivity35▲ 8.1×1 topic
  40. Marine Sediments30▲ 7.5×2 topics

Which research topics does Curtin University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Concrete and Cement Materials Research and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis.

Geological and Geochemic…56Geological and Geochemical Analysis: 56 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologi…35Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 35 fractional worksConcrete and Cement Materials Research: 30 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 28 fractional worksInnovative concrete reinforcement materials: 27 fractional worksSeismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 25 fractional worksExtraction and Separatio…24Extraction and Separation Processes: 24 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic studies: 24 fractional worksStructural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete: 22 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and…21Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 21 fractional works
GeophysicsArtificial IntelligenceCivil and Structural EngineeringMechanics of Materials2 others

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

  1. 1 Geological and Geochemical AnalysisGeophysics 56 works
  2. 2 Geochemistry and Geologic MappingArtificial Intelligence 35 works
  3. 3 Concrete and Cement Materials ResearchCivil and Structural Engineering 30 works
  4. 4 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysisMechanics of Materials 28 works
  5. 5 Innovative concrete reinforcement materialsCivil and Structural Engineering 27 works
  6. 6 Seismic Imaging and Inversion TechniquesGeophysics 25 works
  7. 7 Extraction and Separation ProcessesMechanical Engineering 24 works
  8. 8 earthquake and tectonic studiesGeophysics 24 works
  9. 9 Structural Behavior of Reinforced ConcreteBuilding and Construction 22 works
  10. 10 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir AnalysisMechanical Engineering 21 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 available43.1%not open56.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.6%domestic only68.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Curtin University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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