Epworth Hospital
In research, Epworth Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#4,261 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,204 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 6.8× its share of world research.
- World rank, 2022–2025
- #15,428 of 28,054 · #12,806 all time
- Rank in Australia
- #256 of 391
- Research works
- 1.2k ▲ 39% vs 2013–17
- Citations
- 53k 44.3 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 15.9% record average 16.5%
- Open access
- 38% world 28%
What is Epworth Hospital known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MedicineField | #4,261 of 10,443 | 16.4% | 175 | #3642 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #5,204 of 11,982 | 16.2% | 194 | #3747 |
Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Epworth Hospital 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).
What does Epworth Hospital specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 6.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- SurgerySubfield · 38.9 works6.8×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.
- Medicine 3.7×
- Neuroscience 2.5×
- Dentistry 2.4×
- Health Professions 2.4×
- Psychology 1.6×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.9×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.8×
- Nursing 0.6×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.5×
- Engineering 0.2×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.2×
- Arts and Humanities 0.2×
- Decision Sciences 0.1×
- Computer Science 0.1×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.1×
- Social Sciences 0.1×
- Environmental Science 0.1×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.1×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.1×
- Chemistry 0.1×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.1×
- Materials Science 0.0×
Who are the top researchers at Epworth Hospital?
Ranked on the composite score, Ross Jennens, John A. Fuller and John Olver lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Epworth Hospital.
- 1 Ross Jennens Australia · #185,666 worldwide 890 citations · 17 works
- 2 John A. Fuller Australia · #241,066 worldwide 212 citations · 17 works
- 3 John Olver Australia · #746,251 worldwide 28 citations · 22 works
- 4 Gavin Williams Australia · #845,584 worldwide 35 citations · 17 works
- 5 Nilmini Wickramasinghe Australia · #939,240 worldwide 93 citations · 170 works
- 6 Gavin Williams Australia · #1,360,201 worldwide 12 citations · 25 works
- 7 Ronald Dick Australia · #1,479,123 worldwide 13 citations · 16 works
Which keywords describe research at Epworth Hospital?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Recovery, Complications, Neuropathology, Encephalopathy, Consciousness, Concussion and Neurological.
- Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement
- Spinal Surgery
- Functional Connectivity
- Total Knee Replacement
- Spinal Fusion
- Low Back Pain
- Motor Recovery
- Constraint-Induced Therapy
- Arthroplasty
- Neuroprotection
- Neurological Disorders
- Treatment
- Rehabilitation
- Total Hip Replacement
- Revision Surgery
- Neural Plasticity
- Neurological
- Concussion
- Neuropathology
- Recovery
- Epidemiology
- Complications
- Encephalopathy
- Consciousness
- Management
- Quality of Life
- Surgical Treatment
- Patient Satisfaction
- Functional Recovery
- Diagnosis
- Health-related Quality of Life
- Pathophysiology
- Clinical Outcomes
- Degenerative Disc Disease
- Mortality
- Outcomes
- Alignment
- Prognosis
- Biomechanics
- Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement
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
- Epidemiology53▲ 5.5×79 topics
- Recovery13▲ 53×2 topics
- Complications12▲ 10.0×15 topics
- Neuropathology12▲ 38×2 topics
- Encephalopathy12▲ 75×2 topics
- Concussion12▲ 117×1 topic
- Consciousness12▲ 72×2 topics
- Neurological12▲ 117×1 topic
- Management11▲ 5.6×24 topics
- Neural Plasticity11▲ 25×3 topics
- Quality of Life10▲ 3.0×27 topics
- Revision Surgery9▲ 28×2 topics
- Surgical Treatment9▲ 18×5 topics
- Total Hip Replacement9▲ 28×2 topics
- Patient Satisfaction9▲ 11×8 topics
- Rehabilitation9▲ 8.8×11 topics
- Functional Recovery8▲ 23×4 topics
- Treatment8▲ 2.8×30 topics
- Diagnosis8▲ 3.5×27 topics
- Neurological Disorders7▲ 5.2×14 topics
- Health-related Quality of Life7▲ 13×5 topics
- Neuroprotection7▲ 8.3×8 topics
- Pathophysiology7▲ 9.4×9 topics
- Arthroplasty6▲ 28×2 topics
- Clinical Outcomes6▲ 12×6 topics
- Constraint-Induced Therapy6▲ 33×1 topic
- Degenerative Disc Disease6▲ 27×2 topics
- Motor Recovery6▲ 33×1 topic
- Mortality6▲ 4.4×10 topics
- Low Back Pain6▲ 14×2 topics
- Outcomes6▲ 30×2 topics
- Spinal Fusion6▲ 25×2 topics
- Alignment6▲ 35×1 topic
- Total Knee Replacement6▲ 35×1 topic
- Prognosis6▲ 6.9×8 topics
- Functional Connectivity6▲ 17×3 topics
- Biomechanics5▲ 6.8×7 topics
- Spinal Surgery5▲ 26×2 topics
- Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement5▲ 27×1 topic
- Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement5▲ 27×1 topic
Which research topics does Epworth Hospital publish most on?
By volume in 2022–2025: Traumatic Brain Injury Research, Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery, Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes and Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 12 works
- 2 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 6 works
- 3 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 6 works
- 4 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
- 5 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 4 works
- 6 Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies Neurology 4 works
- 7 Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances Neurology 4 works
- 8 Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders Psychiatry and Mental health 4 works
- 9 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 3 works
- 10 Muscle activation and electromyography studies Biomedical Engineering 2 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.
World: 28% of research is openly available.
World: 19% is written across borders.
How has Epworth Hospital's research output changed?
Output in 2018–2022 was 39% higher than in 2013–2017.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Other research institutions in Melbourne
- The University of Melbourne
- Monash University
- La Trobe University
- RMIT University
- Swinburne University of Technology
- The Royal Melbourne Hospital
- Victoria University
- Royal Children's Hospital
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.