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Department of Commerce

In research, Department of Commerce stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,202 of 10,521 worldwide), Computer Science (#1,466 of 4,667 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,112 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Business and International Management, Marketing and Accounting — Business and International Management is 20.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,020
of 28,054 · #12,603 all time
Rank in Australia
#114
of 391
Research works
5.4k
▲ 98% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
2.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
79%
world 28%

What is Department of Commerce 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 #2,202 of 10,521 5.5%1,601 #2955
Computer ScienceField #1,466 of 4,667 5.6%219 #3354
Social SciencesField #2,112 of 6,365 6.8%383 #2615
Physical SciencesDomain #5,745 of 12,888 6.1%501 #10105
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,254 of 2,578 4.6%592 #1311
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,450 of 2,578 7.9%148 #2214
Decision SciencesField #434 of 703 5.7%172 #1024
Information Systems and ManagementSubfield #53 of 84 8.6%68 #288
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #1,134 of 1,775 4.7%346 #1692
AccountingSubfield #262 of 389 4.2%150 #683

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Department of Commerce 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#2,955 #2,202
  2. Computer Science#3,354 #1,466
  3. Social Sciences#2,615 #2,112
  4. Physical Sciences#10,105 #5,745
  5. Business, Management and Accounting#1,311 #1,254
  6. Sociology and Political Science#2,214 #1,450
  7. Decision Sciences#1,024 #434
  8. Information Systems and Management#288 #53
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#1,692 #1,134
  10. Accounting#683 #262
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 Department of Commerce specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Business and International Management takes 20.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Business and International ManagementSubfield · 50.9 works20×
  2. MarketingSubfield · 109.1 works11×
  3. AccountingSubfield · 149.6 works10×
  4. Information Systems and ManagementSubfield · 68.2 works9.9×
  5. Management Information SystemsSubfield · 84.9 works8.6×
  6. FinanceSubfield · 61.6 works8.5×
  7. Management Science and Operations ResearchSubfield · 99.6 works8.4×
  8. Business, Management and AccountingField · 592.2 works7.7×
← 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: 1.34× its world share, 152 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.14× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.09× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.53× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.65× its world share, 24 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.17× its world share, 219 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.66× its world share, 15 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.29× its world share, 105 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.82× its world share, 98 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 18 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.29× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.06× its world share, 67 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.10× its world share, 45 worksMedicineNursing: 0.44× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.81× its world share, 56 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7.65× its world share, 592 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 7.41× its world share, 172 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6.74× its world share, 346 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.69× its world share, 51 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.26× its world share, 383 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 7.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Department of Commerce?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Social Capital, Corporate Governance, Financial Performance, Sustainability, Consumer Behavior, India, Economic Development and Entrepreneurship.

▲ 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. Sustainability191▲ 3.3×67 topics
  2. Social Capital156▲ 12×14 topics
  3. Corporate Governance144▲ 8.2×19 topics
  4. Financial Performance142▲ 10×13 topics
  5. Machine Learning135▲ 1.72×66 topics
  6. Globalization131▲ 2.8×58 topics
  7. Consumer Behavior126▲ 8.3×16 topics
  8. Sustainable Development120▲ 3.1×54 topics
  9. Economic Development118▲ 6.0×26 topics
  10. Artificial Intelligence114▲ 3.5×44 topics
  11. India108▲ 63×3 topics
  12. Supply Chain Management107▲ 4.8×19 topics
  13. Economic Growth106▲ 5.2×29 topics
  14. Entrepreneurship104▲ 11×15 topics
  15. Development95▲ 11×9 topics
  16. Policy90▲ 17×7 topics
  17. Risk Management89▲ 7.7×14 topics
  18. Internet of Things85▲ 4.1×23 topics
  19. Poverty Reduction77▲ 24×4 topics
  20. Social Impact76▲ 7.9×9 topics
  21. Economic Reforms75▲ 113×3 topics
  22. Higher Education74▲ 5.7×16 topics
  23. Digital Transformation73▲ 5.7×22 topics
  24. E-commerce71▲ 5.0×9 topics
  25. Gender Equality70▲ 11×5 topics
  26. Empowerment68▲ 30×3 topics
  27. Financial Inclusion68▲ 57×1 topic
  28. Microfinance68▲ 57×1 topic
  29. Environmental Management66▲ 6.8×11 topics
  30. Organizational Behavior65▲ 18×3 topics
  31. Technology Acceptance Model65▲ 18×2 topics
  32. Information Systems64▲ 16×5 topics
  33. Investment Decisions63▲ 21×2 topics
  34. Customer Satisfaction62▲ 8.1×8 topics
  35. User Satisfaction60▲ 13×3 topics
  36. Online Shopping60▲ 14×2 topics
  37. Political Economy60▲ 9.6×9 topics
  38. Structural Equation Modeling60▲ 12×3 topics
  39. Consumer Trust58▲ 25×1 topic
  40. Partial Least Squares58▲ 25×1 topic

Which research topics does Department of Commerce publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Microfinance and Financial Inclusion, Technology Adoption and User Behaviour, Indian Economic and Social Development and Innovations and Analysis in Business and Education.

Microfinance and Financi…68Microfinance and Financial Inclusion: 68 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and …58Technology Adoption and User Behaviour: 58 fractional worksIndian Economic and Soci…50Indian Economic and Social Development: 50 fractional worksInnovations and Analysis…49Innovations and Analysis in Business and Education: 49 fractional worksFinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance: 44 fractional worksInnovation and Socioeconomic Development: 40 fractional worksDigital Marketing and So…35Digital Marketing and Social Media: 35 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability in Business: 35 fractional worksAgricultural Economics and Practices: 34 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies…33Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 33 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsInformation Systems and ManagementManagement Science and Operations ResearchManagement Information Systems5 others

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

  1. 1 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 68 works
  2. 2 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 58 works
  3. 3 Indian Economic and Social Development Economics and Econometrics 50 works
  4. 4 Innovations and Analysis in Business and Education Management Science and Operations Research 49 works
  5. 5 FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance Management Information Systems 44 works
  6. 6 Innovation and Socioeconomic Development Business and International Management 40 works
  7. 7 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 35 works
  8. 8 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 35 works
  9. 9 Agricultural Economics and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 34 works
  10. 10 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 33 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 available79.0%not open21.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.6%domestic only70.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Department of Commerce's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 98% 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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