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Flinders Medical Centre

In research, Flinders Medical Centre stands highest in Medicine (#1,979 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,510 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#3,202 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 7.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,092
of 28,054 · #3,412 all time
Rank in Australia
#100
of 391
Research works
6.1k
▲ 22% vs 2013–17
Citations
164k
26.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is Flinders Medical Centre 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 #1,979 of 10,443 16.7%433 #771
Health SciencesDomain #2,510 of 11,982 16.9%462 #918
Life SciencesDomain #3,202 of 7,800 20.5%74 #1959
SurgerySubfield #1,047 of 1,816 16.1%80 #695

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Flinders Medical Centre 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. Medicine#771 #1,979
  2. Health Sciences#918 #2,510
  3. Life Sciences#1,959 #3,202
  4. Surgery#695 #1,047
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 Flinders Medical Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 7.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 45.7 works7.4×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 79.7 works5.8×
← 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: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.44× its world share, 45 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.50× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.39× its world share, 13 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.30× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.52× its world share, 24 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.82× its world share, 433 worksMedicineNursing: 1.58× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.55× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.52× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Flinders Medical Centre?

Ranked on the composite score, David Gordon, Alexander Gallus and Philip E. Aylward lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Flinders Medical Centre.

  1. 1 David Gordon Australia · #1,753 worldwide 1.4k citations · 117 works
  2. 2 Alexander Gallus Australia · #11,371 worldwide 544 citations · 55 works
  3. 3 Philip E. Aylward Australia · #16,950 worldwide 761 citations · 60 works
  4. 4 Peter A. Bampton Australia · #26,028 worldwide 503 citations · 40 works
  5. 5 Christos S. Karapetis Australia · #26,225 worldwide 480 citations · 63 works
  6. 6 Andrew D. Bersten Australia · #37,322 worldwide 267 citations · 58 works
  7. 7 Robert A. Baker Australia · #46,689 worldwide 523 citations · 100 works
  8. 8 Richard J. Burns Australia · #56,451 worldwide 546 citations · 28 works
  9. 9 Neil Piller Australia · #82,386 worldwide 136 citations · 48 works
  10. 10 Michael J. Cousins Australia · #132,231 worldwide 280 citations · 82 works
All ranked researchers at Flinders Medical Centre

Which keywords describe research at Flinders Medical Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Guidelines, Complications, Diagnosis, Treatment, Heart Failure and Quality of Life.

▲ 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. Epidemiology75▲ 3.2×104 topics
  2. Inflammation41▲ 3.4×67 topics
  3. Treatment29▲ 4.0×41 topics
  4. Quality of Life28▲ 3.3×37 topics
  5. Diagnosis27▲ 4.9×37 topics
  6. Guidelines26▲ 9.6×12 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease24▲ 3.7×30 topics
  8. Complications24▲ 8.1×17 topics
  9. Risk Factors21▲ 3.2×26 topics
  10. Heart Failure19▲ 7.6×13 topics
  11. Mortality19▲ 5.6×12 topics
  12. Chemotherapy17▲ 4.1×21 topics
  13. Cancer16▲ 2.0×34 topics
  14. Management16▲ 3.4×23 topics
  15. Clinical Practice Guidelines15▲ 4.7×14 topics
  16. Oxidative Stress15▲ 1.58×34 topics
  17. Surgery15▲ 7.2×10 topics
  18. Immunotherapy14▲ 3.3×17 topics
  19. Rehabilitation14▲ 5.8×10 topics
  20. Obesity12▲ 2.8×19 topics
  21. Genetics12▲ 3.0×16 topics
  22. Echocardiography12▲ 7.6×7 topics
  23. Cardiovascular Risk12▲ 6.4×8 topics
  24. Surgical Management11▲ 4.5×16 topics
  25. Neoadjuvant Therapy11▲ 7.9×5 topics
  26. Clinical Guidelines10▲ 6.1×9 topics
  27. Autoantibodies10▲ 7.2×8 topics
  28. Prognostic Factors10▲ 3.8×14 topics
  29. Genetic Mutations9▲ 3.7×19 topics
  30. Hypertension9▲ 5.2×12 topics
  31. Endothelial Dysfunction9▲ 6.4×7 topics
  32. Elderly Patients8▲ 8.5×4 topics
  33. Myocardial Infarction8▲ 5.9×6 topics
  34. Renal Function8▲ 14×3 topics
  35. Screening8▲ 14×3 topics
  36. Proton Pump Inhibitors8▲ 20×3 topics
  37. Molecular Characterization7▲ 7.0×6 topics
  38. Endoscopic Resection7▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Inflammatory Bowel Disease7▲ 10×5 topics
  40. Enteric Nervous System7▲ 26×2 topics

Which research topics does Flinders Medical Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Heart Failure Treatment and Management, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation and Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors.

Heart Failure Treatment …6Heart Failure Treatment and Management: 6 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…6Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 6 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 5 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 5 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 5 fractional worksGastroesophageal reflux and treatments: 5 fractional worksGastrointestinal motility and disorders: 4 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screen…4Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 4 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 4 fractional worksBone fractures and treatments: 4 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryGastroenterologyOncology2 others

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

  1. 1 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  3. 3 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 5 works
  4. 4 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  5. 5 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  6. 6 Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments Gastroenterology 5 works
  7. 7 Gastrointestinal motility and disorders Gastroenterology 4 works
  8. 8 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 4 works
  9. 9 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  10. 10 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 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 available32.2%not open67.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.1%domestic only84.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Flinders Medical Centre'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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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.