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Eastern Health

In research, Eastern Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,725 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#1,884 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,712 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,394
of 28,054 · #9,512 all time
Rank in Australia
#106
of 391
Research works
1.9k
▲ 63% vs 2013–17
Citations
32k
16.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
53%
world 28%

What is Eastern Health 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
Health SciencesDomain #1,725 of 11,982 15.3%437 #2730
MedicineField #1,884 of 10,443 14.5%372 #2893
Social SciencesDomain #4,712 of 10,521 21.0%69 #5864

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Eastern Health 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. Health Sciences#2,730 #1,725
  2. Medicine#2,893 #1,884
  3. Social Sciences#5,864 #4,712
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.

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: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.75× its world share, 22 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.73× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.92× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.09× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.82× its world share, 57 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.44× its world share, 372 worksMedicineNursing: 2.41× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.49× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.31× its world share, 40 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Eastern Health?

Ranked on the composite score, Rachel Wong, Judi Porter and Phillip Parente lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Eastern Health.

  1. 1 Rachel Wong Australia · #104,947 worldwide 231 citations · 35 works
  2. 2 Judi Porter Australia · #326,331 worldwide 65 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Phillip Parente Australia · #334,719 worldwide 98 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Dan I. Lubman Australia · #405,195 worldwide 238 citations · 94 works
  5. 5 Lawrence P. McMahon Australia · #425,912 worldwide 98 citations · 31 works
  6. 6 Rohit Sawhney Australia · #609,966 worldwide 31 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Matthew A. Roberts Australia · #704,173 worldwide 55 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Michael Savic Australia · #815,192 worldwide 53 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Daniel R. van Langenberg Australia · #844,389 worldwide 19 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Barbara Hunter Australia · #1,006,410 worldwide 53 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Eastern Health

Which keywords describe research at Eastern Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Substance Use Disorders, Guidelines, Depression, Mortality Risk, Treatment and Mortality.

▲ 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. Epidemiology70▲ 3.1×98 topics
  2. Quality of Life30▲ 3.7×41 topics
  3. Inflammation25▲ 2.1×52 topics
  4. Treatment22▲ 3.2×38 topics
  5. Depression21▲ 4.3×17 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease21▲ 3.3×27 topics
  7. Substance Use Disorders20▲ 49×2 topics
  8. Diagnosis18▲ 3.4×29 topics
  9. Guidelines18▲ 6.7×12 topics
  10. Mental Health17▲ 2.1×31 topics
  11. Public Health17▲ 2.1×29 topics
  12. Mortality17▲ 5.3×10 topics
  13. Risk Factors16▲ 2.7×30 topics
  14. Metabolic Syndrome16▲ 3.6×20 topics
  15. Mortality Risk16▲ 12×6 topics
  16. Global Burden15▲ 4.8×11 topics
  17. Management14▲ 3.3×23 topics
  18. Anxiety14▲ 5.2×9 topics
  19. Clinical Trials14▲ 3.6×15 topics
  20. Psychiatric Disorders13▲ 17×4 topics
  21. Immunotherapy13▲ 3.2×16 topics
  22. Primary Care12▲ 5.5×13 topics
  23. Prognosis11▲ 6.2×9 topics
  24. Elderly Patients11▲ 12×4 topics
  25. Patient Satisfaction11▲ 6.3×9 topics
  26. Global Burden of Disease11▲ 8.0×4 topics
  27. Impulsivity11▲ 38×2 topics
  28. Clinical Outcomes11▲ 8.9×5 topics
  29. Complications11▲ 3.8×15 topics
  30. Chronic Kidney Disease10▲ 7.7×8 topics
  31. Alcohol Dependence10▲ 45×1 topic
  32. Motivational Interviewing10▲ 45×1 topic
  33. Chronic Pain Management10▲ 54×1 topic
  34. Opioid Prescribing10▲ 54×1 topic
  35. Surgery10▲ 5.1×9 topics
  36. Pain Management10▲ 7.5×8 topics
  37. Myocardial Infarction9▲ 7.0×5 topics
  38. Quality Improvement9▲ 8.4×8 topics
  39. Chronic Disease Management9▲ 8.2×5 topics
  40. Critical Care9▲ 6.6×8 topics

Which research topics does Eastern Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes, Opioid Use Disorder Treatment, Mental Health and Patient Involvement and Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes.

Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 10 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Treatment: 10 fractional worksMental Health and Patient Involvement: 5 fractional worksPharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 5 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease: 5 fractional worksPain Management and Opioid Use: 5 fractional worksSleep and related disord…5Sleep and related disorders: 5 fractional worksEmergency and Acute Care…5Emergency and Acute Care Studies: 5 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…4Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 4 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation an…4Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 4 fractional works
EpidemiologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGeneral Health ProfessionsGeriatrics and Gerontology6 others

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

  1. 1 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 10 works
  2. 2 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 10 works
  3. 3 Mental Health and Patient Involvement General Health Professions 5 works
  4. 4 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 5 works
  5. 5 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 5 works
  6. 6 Pain Management and Opioid Use Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 5 works
  7. 7 Sleep and related disorders Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 5 works
  8. 8 Emergency and Acute Care Studies Emergency Medicine 5 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  10. 10 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 4 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 available53.4%not open46.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.4%domestic only77.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Eastern Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 63% 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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