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Department of Primary Industries and Regions South Australia

In research, Department of Primary Industries and Regions South Australia stands highest in Life Sciences (#7,514 of 14,347 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#14,569 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#14,972
of 42,892
Rank in Australia
#279
of 656
Research works
360
▼ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
10k
27.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
29%
world 28%

What is Department of Primary Industries and Regions South Australia known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Life SciencesDomain #7,514 of 14,347 29.3%129
Physical SciencesDomain #14,569 of 21,541 22.3%189

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Department of Primary Industries and Regions South Australia 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: 2.14× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.03× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.28× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.14× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.59× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.41× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 4.48× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.22× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.16× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.27× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.12× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.53× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 1.39× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 8.10× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.19× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 8.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Department of Primary Industries and Regions South Australia?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Conservation, Environmental Impact, Renewable Energy, Invasive Species, Population Dynamics 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 9 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 9 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change3▲ 3.9×17 topics
  2. Biodiversity2▲ 11×10 topics
  3. Conservation2▲ 15×9 topics
  4. Environmental Impact2▲ 3.6×6 topics
  5. Renewable Energy2▲ 3.9×7 topics
  6. Epidemiology1◆ 0.96×12 topics
  7. Invasive Species1▲ 9.4×7 topics
  8. Population Dynamics1▲ 16×7 topics
  9. Sustainability1▲ 1.69×4 topics

Which research topics does Department of Primary Industries and Regions South Australia publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems, Surface Roughness and Optical Measurements and Plant Ecology and Soil Science.

Hydrocarbon exploration …1Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 1 fractional worksHybrid Renewable Energy …1Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems: 1 fractional worksSurface Roughness and Optical Measurements: 0 fractional worksPlant Ecology and Soil Science: 0 fractional worksVacuum and Plasma Arcs0Vacuum and Plasma Arcs: 0 fractional worksEnvironmental Conservation and Management: 0 fractional worksNanoparticles: synthesis and applications: 0 fractional worksAnimal Disease Managemen…0Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology: 0 fractional worksGeological Studies and Exploration: 0 fractional worksMarine and fisheries research: 0 fractional works
Mechanics of MaterialsEnergy Engineering and Power TechnologyComputational MechanicsEcology6 others

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

  1. 1 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 1 works
  2. 2 Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems Energy Engineering and Power Technology 1 works
  3. 3 Surface Roughness and Optical Measurements Computational Mechanics 0 works
  4. 4 Plant Ecology and Soil Science Ecology 0 works
  5. 5 Vacuum and Plasma Arcs Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 0 works
  6. 6 Environmental Conservation and Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 0 works
  7. 7 Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications Materials Chemistry 0 works
  8. 8 Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology Agronomy and Crop Science 0 works
  9. 9 Geological Studies and Exploration Geology 0 works
  10. 10 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 0 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 available29.4%not open70.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.5%domestic only72.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Department of Primary Industries and Regions South Australia's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% lower 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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