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Deakin University

In research, Deakin University stands highest in Social Sciences (#37 of 6,365 worldwide), Social Sciences (#64 of 10,521 worldwide) and Education (#21 of 1,892 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Public Administration, Applied Psychology and Gender Studies — Public Administration is 4.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#330
of 28,054 · #516 all time
Rank in Australia
#13
of 391
Research works
42k
▲ 23% vs 2013–17
Citations
1M
25.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
30.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
world 28%

What is Deakin 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 SciencesField #37 of 6,365 33.5%2,021 #99
Social SciencesDomain #64 of 10,521 33.2%3,616 #148
EducationSubfield #21 of 1,892 47.6%373 #27
Health SciencesDomain #179 of 11,982 29.4%1,839 #276
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #18 of 916 32.4%315 #69
Clinical PsychologySubfield #15 of 738 35.1%290 #77
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield #18 of 828 31.4%314 #53
PsychologyField #49 of 2,181 35.7%688 #141
Health ProfessionsField #45 of 1,928 32.3%486 #96
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #63 of 2,578 31.2%702 #123

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Deakin 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#99 #37
  2. Social Sciences#148 #64
  3. Education#27 #21
  4. Health Sciences#276 #179
  5. General Health Professions#69 #18
  6. Clinical Psychology#77 #15
  7. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health#53 #18
  8. Psychology#141 #49
  9. Health Professions#96 #45
  10. Sociology and Political Science#123 #63
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 Deakin University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Public Administration takes 4.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Public AdministrationSubfield · 20.3 works4.1×
  2. Applied PsychologySubfield · 49.8 works3.8×
  3. Gender StudiesSubfield · 111.0 works3.3×
  4. HealthSubfield · 84.7 works3.1×
  5. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 289.7 works3.0×
  6. PharmacySubfield · 22.2 works2.7×
← 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: 0.50× its world share, 222 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.44× its world share, 220 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.29× its world share, 27 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.01× its world share, 153 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.26× its world share, 9 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.80× its world share, 26 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.37× its world share, 54 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.29× its world share, 934 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 65 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.78× its world share, 66 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.86× its world share, 1,197 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.14× its world share, 527 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.78× its world share, 254 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.32× its world share, 35 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 39 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.25× its world share, 11 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.99× its world share, 486 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.71× its world share, 1,267 worksMedicineNursing: 1.44× its world share, 66 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.69× its world share, 9 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.11× its world share, 297 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.95× its world share, 285 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.58× its world share, 142 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.93× its world share, 184 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.43× its world share, 688 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.72× its world share, 2,021 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 2.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Deakin University?

Ranked on the composite score, Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam, Matthew Barnett and Alexander Newman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Deakin University.

  1. 1 Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam · #633 worldwide 5.8k citations · 95 works
  2. 2 Matthew Barnett · #8,959 worldwide 1.2k citations · 83 works
  3. 3 Alexander Newman · #11,091 worldwide 940 citations · 57 works
  4. 4 Paresh Kumar Narayan · #11,588 worldwide 1.8k citations · 170 works
  5. 5 Wolfgang Marx · #12,764 worldwide 666 citations · 49 works
  6. 6 Thanh Thi Nguyen · #14,009 worldwide 793 citations · 59 works
  7. 7 Thomas D. Clark · #14,065 worldwide 828 citations · 105 works
  8. 8 Mark A. Stokes · #15,438 worldwide 3.6k citations · 41 works
  9. 9 John A. Endler · #18,910 worldwide 1.4k citations · 40 works
  10. 10 Felice N. Jacka · #20,440 worldwide 545 citations · 42 works
All ranked researchers at Deakin University

Which keywords describe research at Deakin University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Mental Health, Public Health, Globalization, Prevalence, Physical Activity, Adolescents and Machine Learning.

▲ 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. Deep Learning479▲ 1.51×81 topics
  2. Machine Learning371▲ 1.22×90 topics
  3. Globalization354▲ 1.94×108 topics
  4. Mental Health331▲ 2.4×40 topics
  5. Epidemiology329◆ 0.90×119 topics
  6. Public Health317▲ 2.4×58 topics
  7. Climate Change302▲ 1.21×94 topics
  8. Sustainability287▲ 1.27×85 topics
  9. Social Media205▲ 1.54×35 topics
  10. Prevalence201▲ 5.3×14 topics
  11. Obesity196▲ 2.8×22 topics
  12. Environmental Impact192▲ 1.22×55 topics
  13. Neural Networks192▲ 1.34×38 topics
  14. Physical Activity189▲ 4.2×12 topics
  15. Adolescents172▲ 5.0×10 topics
  16. Depression167▲ 2.0×25 topics
  17. Cardiovascular Disease158▲ 1.53×36 topics
  18. Human Rights151▲ 1.58×57 topics
  19. Mechanical Properties151▲ 1.67×33 topics
  20. Healthcare151▲ 1.44×27 topics
  21. Neoliberalism148▲ 4.5×25 topics
  22. Metabolic Syndrome141▲ 1.87×22 topics
  23. Risk Factors140▲ 1.37×36 topics
  24. Security139▲ 2.3×26 topics
  25. Health Effects137▲ 2.5×22 topics
  26. Nationalism121▲ 2.8×24 topics
  27. Social Justice117▲ 2.1×37 topics
  28. Resilience110▲ 2.5×15 topics
  29. Gender106▲ 2.1×34 topics
  30. Child Development105▲ 2.7×9 topics
  31. Well-being100▲ 2.8×14 topics
  32. IoT Security95▲ 3.2×3 topics
  33. Feminism92▲ 3.5×20 topics
  34. Chronic Diseases89▲ 3.7×10 topics
  35. Childhood84▲ 13×1 topic
  36. Overweight84▲ 14×1 topic
  37. Reflective Practice79▲ 4.5×7 topics
  38. National Identity68▲ 6.5×7 topics
  39. Behavior Change66▲ 4.9×4 topics
  40. Decolonization57▲ 7.6×7 topics

Which research topics does Deakin University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, Nutritional Studies and Diet, Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling and Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology.

Obesity, Physical Activi…84Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 84 fractional worksNutritional Studies and Diet: 46 fractional worksConsumer Attitudes and Food Labeling: 41 fractional worksGlobal Public Health Policies and Epidemiology: 35 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 35 fractional worksEating Disorders and Behaviors: 34 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Materia…34Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies: 34 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 33 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery Materials: 32 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Ap…32Blockchain Technology Applications and Security: 32 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementComputer Networks and CommunicationsClinical Psychology2 others

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

  1. 1 Obesity, Physical Activity, DietPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 84 works
  2. 2 Nutritional Studies and DietPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 46 works
  3. 3 Consumer Attitudes and Food LabelingPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 41 works
  4. 4 Global Public Health Policies and EpidemiologyOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 35 works
  5. 5 IoT and Edge/Fog ComputingComputer Networks and Communications 35 works
  6. 6 Eating Disorders and BehaviorsClinical Psychology 34 works
  7. 7 Advanced Battery Materials and TechnologiesElectrical and Electronic Engineering 34 works
  8. 8 Network Security and Intrusion DetectionComputer Networks and Communications 33 works
  9. 9 Advancements in Battery MaterialsElectrical and Electronic Engineering 32 works
  10. 10 Blockchain Technology Applications and SecurityInformation Systems 32 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 available60.3%not open39.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.1%domestic only74.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Deakin University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.