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Ellinbank Observatory

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World rank, all time
#32,967
of 34,923
Rank in Australia
#464
of 476
Research works
144
▲ 16% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.5k
31.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.08×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
42%
world 40%
International
37%
world 18%
Ellinbank Observatory

Which fields of science does Ellinbank Observatory work in?

In all years, 48% of research at Ellinbank Observatory is in Life Sciences, 42% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (39%), Environmental Science (24%), Physics and Astronomy (11%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 70 fractional works · 48.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 57 fractional works · 39.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 29 fractional works · 20.2% of its workSoil Science: 11 fractional works · 7.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 6 fractional works · 4.2% of its workForestry: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 8.7% of its workGenetics: 10 fractional works · 7.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 61 fractional works · 42.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 34 fractional works · 23.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 8.0% of its workEcology: 7 fractional works · 4.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 15 fractional works · 10.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 12 fractional works · 8.6% of its workInstrumentation: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 3.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 11 fractional works · 7.4% of its workVeterinary: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSmall Animals: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKEllinbankObservatory144fractional works, all years
Life Sciences48%Physical Sciences42%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences2%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences5739.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology138.7%
    3. Neuroscience00.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
    1. Environmental Science3423.9%
    2. Physics and Astronomy1510.6%
    3. Engineering53.7%
    4. Chemical Engineering21.1%
    5. Computer Science21.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.9%
    7. Chemistry10.6%
    8. Materials Science00.1%
    1. Veterinary43.0%
    2. Medicine32.0%
    3. Nursing21.7%
    4. Health Professions10.7%
    1. Decision Sciences21.4%
    2. Social Sciences10.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    4. Psychology00.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 10.93× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.83× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemical Engineering: 1.54× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.37× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 4.39× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMedicineNursing: 6.32× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 19.95× its world share, 0 worksVeterinary1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 19.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 12 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary19.95×0 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.93×9 works
  3. Nursing6.32×0 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy4.39×2 works
  5. Environmental Science3.37×3 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.83×2 works
  7. Chemical Engineering1.54×0 works
  8. Chemistry0.79×0 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.55×0 works
  10. Engineering0.16×0 works
  11. Computer Science0.09×0 works
  12. Medicine0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Ellinbank Observatory?

Ranked on the quality score, Christopher I. Grainger, Peter J. Moate and Matthew H. Deighton lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ellinbank Observatory.

  1. 1 Christopher I. Grainger Australia · #470,406 worldwide 4.7k citations · 63 works
  2. 2 Peter J. Moate Australia · #711,537 worldwide 7.7k citations · 192 works
  3. 3 Matthew H. Deighton Australia · #819,357 worldwide 1.8k citations · 49 works
  4. 4 Fiona A. Robertson Australia · #1,152,608 worldwide 1.4k citations · 34 works
  5. 5 T. Clarke Australia · #1,839,600 worldwide 1.4k citations · 35 works
  6. 6 M.C. Hannah Australia · #1,840,023 worldwide 4.4k citations · 133 works
  7. 7 Sharon R. Aarons Australia · #1,847,972 worldwide 1.2k citations · 48 works
  8. 8 Kirsten M. Barlow Australia · #1,909,051 worldwide 1.6k citations · 33 works
  9. 9 Cameron J. P. Gourley Australia · #1,989,634 worldwide 2k citations · 68 works
  10. 10 David M. Nash Australia · #2,079,134 worldwide 3.1k citations · 110 works
All ranked researchers at Ellinbank Observatory

What are the most cited papers from Ellinbank Observatory?

The most cited paper from Ellinbank Observatory is "Options for the abatement of methane and nitrous oxide from ruminant production: A review" (Richard Eckard, Christopher I. Grainger, Cecile A. M. de Klein, 2010), with 602 citations. Next come "An inhibitor persistently decreased enteric methane emission from dairy cows with no negative effect on milk production" (501) and "Methane Emissions from Dairy Cows Measured Using the Sulfur Hexafluoride (SF6) Tracer and Chamber Techniques" (291).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Options for the abatement of methane and nitrous oxide from ruminant production: A review Richard Eckard, Christopher I. Grainger, Cecile A. M. de Klein · Livestock Science 12 Mar 2010 602
2 An inhibitor persistently decreased enteric methane emission from dairy cows with no negative effect on milk production Alexander Nikolov Hristov, Joonpyo Oh, Fabio Giallongo et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 30 Jul 2015 501
3 Methane Emissions from Dairy Cows Measured Using the Sulfur Hexafluoride (SF6) Tracer and Chamber Techniques Christopher I. Grainger, T. Clarke, Sean M. McGinn et al. · Journal of Dairy Science Open access 21 May 2007 291
4 A giant planet undergoing extreme-ultraviolet irradiation by its hot massive-star host B. Scott Gaudi et al. · Nature Open access Jun 2017 270
5 A Dialogical, Story-Based Evaluation Tool: The Most Significant Change Technique Jessica Dart, Rick Davies · American Journal of Evaluation Jun 2003 230
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Ellinbank Observatory?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Milk Composition, Microbial Community, Climate Change, Fatty Acid Composition, Methane Production, Ruminant Nutrition, Dairy Cattle and Water Quality.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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 Change22▲ 5.8×22 topics
  2. Milk Composition20▲ 250×2 topics
  3. Microbial Community20▲ 146×3 topics
  4. Fatty Acid Composition18▲ 158×2 topics
  5. Methane Production18▲ 309×1 topic
  6. Ruminant Nutrition18▲ 309×1 topic
  7. Dairy Cattle12▲ 124×2 topics
  8. Water Quality12▲ 19×8 topics
  9. Eutrophication10▲ 47×2 topics
  10. Hyporheic Zone10▲ 218×1 topic
  11. Nutrient Cycling10▲ 86×1 topic
  12. Marker-Assisted Selection9▲ 66×2 topics
  13. Plant Breeding9▲ 58×3 topics
  14. Population Genetics9▲ 38×4 topics
  15. Genetic Diversity9▲ 12×3 topics
  16. Animal Breeding9▲ 103×1 topic
  17. Genome-Wide Association9▲ 72×2 topics
  18. Genomic Selection9▲ 103×1 topic
  19. Energy Balance8▲ 63×2 topics
  20. Land Use Change8▲ 19×3 topics
  21. Livestock Production8▲ 90×2 topics
  22. Oxidative Stress8▲ 3.0×4 topics
  23. Reproductive Loss8▲ 121×1 topic
  24. Uterine Disease8▲ 121×1 topic
  25. Animal Welfare7▲ 41×3 topics
  26. Microbial Communities6▲ 13×3 topics
  27. Soil Carbon Sequestration6▲ 62×2 topics
  28. Ecosystem Functioning6▲ 19×2 topics
  29. Biochar Application6▲ 47×1 topic
  30. Nitrogen Cycle6▲ 69×1 topic
  31. Sediment Transport5▲ 20×2 topics
  32. Heat Stress5▲ 36×2 topics
  33. Soil Degradation5▲ 55×2 topics
  34. Water Use Efficiency5▲ 94×2 topics
  35. Water Resources4▲ 14×2 topics
  36. Grazing Management4▲ 461×1 topic
  37. Hydrological Modeling4▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Perennial Pastures4▲ 461×1 topic
  39. Agricultural Sustainability4▲ 31×2 topics
  40. Metabolic Adaptations4▲ 128×1 topic

Which research topics does Ellinbank Observatory publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology, Reproductive Physiology in Livestock, Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock and Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock.

Ruminant Nutrition and D…2Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology: 2 fractional worksReproductive Physiology in Livestock: 1 fractional worksEffects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock: 1 fractional worksGenetic and phenotypic traits in livestock: 1 fractional worksRemote Sensing in Agriculture: 1 fractional worksStellar, planetary, and …0Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 0 fractional worksPasture and Agricultural Systems: 0 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 0 fractional worksBioenergy crop production and management: 0 fractional worksAstronomy and Astrophysical Research: 0 fractional works
Agronomy and Crop ScienceAnimal Science and ZoologyGeneticsEcology4 others

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

  1. 1 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology Agronomy and Crop Science 2 works
  2. 2 Reproductive Physiology in Livestock Agronomy and Crop Science 1 works
  3. 3 Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock Animal Science and Zoology 1 works
  4. 4 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 1 works
  5. 5 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 1 works
  6. 6 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  7. 7 Pasture and Agricultural Systems Forestry 0 works
  8. 8 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 0 works
  9. 9 Bioenergy crop production and management Agronomy and Crop Science 0 works
  10. 10 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 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 available42.5%not open57.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors37.2%domestic only62.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Ellinbank Observatory's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Ellinbank Observatory as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000028% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Ellinbank Observatory0.000088% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Ellinbank Observatory over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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