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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.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll 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.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 38.9 works6.8×
← less than its size predictsmore →

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: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.50× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.87× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.50× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.22× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.39× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.38× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.72× its world share, 175 worksMedicineNursing: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.56× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciencesworld share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

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. 1 Ross Jennens Australia · #185,666 worldwide 890 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 John A. Fuller Australia · #241,066 worldwide 212 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 John Olver Australia · #746,251 worldwide 28 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Gavin Williams Australia · #845,584 worldwide 35 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Nilmini Wickramasinghe Australia · #939,240 worldwide 93 citations · 170 works
  6. 6 Gavin Williams Australia · #1,360,201 worldwide 12 citations · 25 works
  7. 7 Ronald Dick Australia · #1,479,123 worldwide 13 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Epworth Hospital

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.

▲ 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. Epidemiology53▲ 5.5×79 topics
  2. Recovery13▲ 53×2 topics
  3. Complications12▲ 10.0×15 topics
  4. Neuropathology12▲ 38×2 topics
  5. Encephalopathy12▲ 75×2 topics
  6. Concussion12▲ 117×1 topic
  7. Consciousness12▲ 72×2 topics
  8. Neurological12▲ 117×1 topic
  9. Management11▲ 5.6×24 topics
  10. Neural Plasticity11▲ 25×3 topics
  11. Quality of Life10▲ 3.0×27 topics
  12. Revision Surgery9▲ 28×2 topics
  13. Surgical Treatment9▲ 18×5 topics
  14. Total Hip Replacement9▲ 28×2 topics
  15. Patient Satisfaction9▲ 11×8 topics
  16. Rehabilitation9▲ 8.8×11 topics
  17. Functional Recovery8▲ 23×4 topics
  18. Treatment8▲ 2.8×30 topics
  19. Diagnosis8▲ 3.5×27 topics
  20. Neurological Disorders7▲ 5.2×14 topics
  21. Health-related Quality of Life7▲ 13×5 topics
  22. Neuroprotection7▲ 8.3×8 topics
  23. Pathophysiology7▲ 9.4×9 topics
  24. Arthroplasty6▲ 28×2 topics
  25. Clinical Outcomes6▲ 12×6 topics
  26. Constraint-Induced Therapy6▲ 33×1 topic
  27. Degenerative Disc Disease6▲ 27×2 topics
  28. Motor Recovery6▲ 33×1 topic
  29. Mortality6▲ 4.4×10 topics
  30. Low Back Pain6▲ 14×2 topics
  31. Outcomes6▲ 30×2 topics
  32. Spinal Fusion6▲ 25×2 topics
  33. Alignment6▲ 35×1 topic
  34. Total Knee Replacement6▲ 35×1 topic
  35. Prognosis6▲ 6.9×8 topics
  36. Functional Connectivity6▲ 17×3 topics
  37. Biomechanics5▲ 6.8×7 topics
  38. Spinal Surgery5▲ 26×2 topics
  39. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement5▲ 27×1 topic
  40. 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.

  1. 1 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 12 works
  2. 2 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 6 works
  3. 3 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 6 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  5. 5 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 4 works
  6. 6 Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies Neurology 4 works
  7. 7 Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances Neurology 4 works
  8. 8 Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders Psychiatry and Mental health 4 works
  9. 9 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 3 works
  10. 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.

openly available38.3%not open61.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.3%domestic only80.7%

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.

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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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