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Federation University

In research, Federation University stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,026 of 11,982 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,313 of 10,521 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,137 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Clinical Psychology — Clinical Psychology is 3.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,738
of 28,054 · #3,311 all time
Rank in Australia
#50
of 391
Research works
5.8k
▲ 22% vs 2013–17
Citations
115k
19.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is Federation University 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 #1,026 of 11,982 22.6%252 #1402
Social SciencesDomain #1,313 of 10,521 33.5%458 #1165
Social SciencesField #1,137 of 6,365 34.7%238 #872
PsychologyField #543 of 2,181 34.6%126 #1019
EngineeringField #1,910 of 6,636 24.0%219 #3310
Physical SciencesDomain #3,715 of 12,888 23.9%486 #3965
Computer ScienceField #1,515 of 4,667 28.9%135 #1691
MedicineField #3,607 of 10,443 20.3%161 #4778
EducationSubfield #690 of 1,892 51.4%64 #587
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #991 of 2,578 33.2%79 #788

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Federation University 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#1,402 #1,026
  2. Social Sciences#1,165 #1,313
  3. Social Sciences#872 #1,137
  4. Psychology#1,019 #543
  5. Engineering#3,310 #1,910
  6. Physical Sciences#3,965 #3,715
  7. Computer Science#1,691 #1,515
  8. Medicine#4,778 #3,607
  9. Education#587 #690
  10. Sociology and Political Science#788 #991
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.

What does Federation University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Clinical Psychology takes 3.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 50.4 works3.7×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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: 0.72× its world share, 45 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.58× its world share, 40 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.49× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.78× its world share, 17 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.33× its world share, 135 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 13 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.53× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.12× its world share, 219 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.15× its world share, 75 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 10 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.01× its world share, 16 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.26× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.12× its world share, 73 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.64× its world share, 161 worksMedicineNursing: 2.04× its world share, 13 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.40× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.51× its world share, 19 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.87× its world share, 36 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.23× its world share, 16 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.80× its world share, 22 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.16× its world share, 126 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.44× its world share, 238 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Federation University?

Ranked on the composite score, John W. Fisher, Wendy Wright and Colín Lankshear lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Federation University.

  1. 1 John W. Fisher · #45,675 worldwide 264 citations · 36 works
  2. 2 Wendy Wright · #47,154 worldwide 262 citations · 43 works
  3. 3 Colín Lankshear · #52,902 worldwide 272 citations · 37 works
  4. 4 Warren Young · #62,156 worldwide 213 citations · 33 works
  5. 5 Manoj Khandelwal · #64,652 worldwide 320 citations · 37 works
  6. 6 Erica Smith · #68,914 worldwide 186 citations · 51 works
  7. 7 John Smyth · #75,291 worldwide 281 citations · 72 works
  8. 8 Jiefeng Hu · #124,428 worldwide 315 citations · 48 works
  9. 9 Britt Klein · #152,921 worldwide 173 citations · 40 works
  10. 10 Catherine Earl · #161,748 worldwide 106 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Federation University

Which keywords describe research at Federation University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Mental Health, Deep Learning, Well-being, Job Satisfaction, Depression, Qualitative Research and Reflective Practice.

▲ 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. Machine Learning71▲ 1.67×69 topics
  2. Deep Learning64▲ 1.44×65 topics
  3. Mental Health53▲ 2.8×29 topics
  4. Epidemiology48◆ 0.92×76 topics
  5. Climate Change39◆ 1.11×58 topics
  6. Depression29▲ 2.6×18 topics
  7. Globalization29◆ 1.15×49 topics
  8. Qualitative Research29▲ 2.5×16 topics
  9. Healthcare27▲ 1.84×17 topics
  10. Public Health27▲ 1.42×34 topics
  11. Renewable Energy24▲ 1.30×26 topics
  12. Risk Factors24▲ 1.68×23 topics
  13. Job Satisfaction23▲ 4.1×10 topics
  14. Well-being23▲ 4.6×12 topics
  15. Social Justice23▲ 3.0×18 topics
  16. Resilience21▲ 3.3×13 topics
  17. Security19▲ 2.2×19 topics
  18. Prevalence18▲ 3.5×11 topics
  19. Anxiety18▲ 3.0×11 topics
  20. Renewable Energy Integration18▲ 4.2×5 topics
  21. Reflective Practice17▲ 6.8×7 topics
  22. Power Electronics16▲ 3.7×8 topics
  23. Ethical Considerations15▲ 3.4×13 topics
  24. Smart Grid15▲ 3.0×8 topics
  25. Psychological Impact15▲ 3.5×7 topics
  26. IoT Security14▲ 3.3×3 topics
  27. Psychological Distress14▲ 4.1×5 topics
  28. Smart Grid Applications12▲ 7.2×2 topics
  29. Clinical Practice12▲ 6.1×4 topics
  30. Employment Patterns11▲ 17×2 topics
  31. Patient Outcomes11▲ 15×3 topics
  32. Professional Identity11▲ 10×3 topics
  33. Fracture10▲ 8.2×2 topics
  34. Injury Prevention10▲ 6.5×3 topics
  35. Phenomenology10▲ 7.3×3 topics
  36. Decentralized Control10▲ 6.4×2 topics
  37. Student Retention10▲ 19×2 topics
  38. Rock Mechanics9▲ 7.3×3 topics
  39. Healthcare Environment9▲ 27×1 topic
  40. Nursing Staffing9▲ 27×1 topic

Which research topics does Federation University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Nursing education and management, Microgrid Control and Optimization, Education Systems and Policy and Rock Mechanics and Modeling.

Nursing education and ma…9Nursing education and management: 9 fractional worksMicrogrid Control and Op…9Microgrid Control and Optimization: 9 fractional worksEducation Systems and Policy: 9 fractional worksRock Mechanics and Modeling: 8 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 7 fractional worksAustralian History and Society: 7 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 7 fractional worksSmart Grid Energy Manage…7Smart Grid Energy Management: 7 fractional worksSports injuries and prevention: 6 fractional worksSports Performance and Training: 6 fractional works
Research and TheoryControl and Systems EngineeringEducationMechanics of Materials5 others

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

  1. 1 Nursing education and managementResearch and Theory 9 works
  2. 2 Microgrid Control and OptimizationControl and Systems Engineering 9 works
  3. 3 Education Systems and PolicyEducation 9 works
  4. 4 Rock Mechanics and ModelingMechanics of Materials 8 works
  5. 5 Blockchain Technology Applications and SecurityInformation Systems 7 works
  6. 6 Australian History and SocietySociology and Political Science 7 works
  7. 7 Network Security and Intrusion DetectionComputer Networks and Communications 7 works
  8. 8 Smart Grid Energy ManagementElectrical and Electronic Engineering 7 works
  9. 9 Sports injuries and preventionOrthopedics and Sports Medicine 6 works
  10. 10 Sports Performance and TrainingOrthopedics and Sports Medicine 6 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 available42.4%not open57.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.2%domestic only75.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Federation University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% 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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