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Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health

In research, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,170 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#2,095 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#2,675 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental health and Neuroscience — Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience is 20.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,768
of 28,054 · #2,596 all time
Rank in Australia
#51
of 391
Research works
3.2k
▼ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
130k
40.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health 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
Life SciencesDomain #1,170 of 7,800 24.2%187 #999
MedicineField #2,095 of 10,443 25.7%222 #1672
Health SciencesDomain #2,675 of 11,982 26.1%242 #2001
NeuroscienceField #375 of 1,168 22.0%100 #364
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,707 of 3,579 27.5%75 #1646

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health 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. Life Sciences#999 #1,170
  2. Medicine#1,672 #2,095
  3. Health Sciences#2,001 #2,675
  4. Neuroscience#364 #375
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,646 #1,707
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 Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience takes 20.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceSubfield · 31.7 works21×
  2. Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield · 38.5 works16×
  3. NeuroscienceField · 100.3 works13×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.90× its world share, 75 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.52× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 12.70× its world share, 100 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.97× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.53× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.33× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.91× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.37× its world share, 222 worksMedicineNursing: 3.11× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.44× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.46× its world share, 22 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 12.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health?

Ranked on the composite score, Julie Bernhardt, Hugh D. Niall and Scott Ayton lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health.

  1. 1 Julie Bernhardt Australia · #12,552 worldwide 628 citations · 59 works
  2. 2 Hugh D. Niall Australia · #64,913 worldwide 397 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Scott Ayton Australia · #74,697 worldwide 591 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Geoffrey W. Tregear Australia · #83,780 worldwide 196 citations · 33 works
  5. 5 Malcolm Horne Australia · #174,653 worldwide 206 citations · 37 works
  6. 6 Ross A. D. Bathgate Australia · #202,196 worldwide 119 citations · 42 works
  7. 7 Leeanne M. Carey Australia · #210,853 worldwide 121 citations · 47 works
  8. 8 Derek A. Denton Australia · #240,507 worldwide 174 citations · 82 works
  9. 9 Andrew L. Gundlach Australia · #276,856 worldwide 88 citations · 34 works
  10. 10 Bryan Hudson Australia · #281,282 worldwide 81 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health

Which keywords describe research at Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Oxidative Stress, Neuroinflammation, Neurodegeneration, Neurological Disorders, Depression, Neuroimaging, Neurobiology and Biomarkers.

▲ 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. Oxidative Stress58▲ 7.3×40 topics
  2. Neuroinflammation40▲ 29×6 topics
  3. Inflammation38▲ 3.8×53 topics
  4. Neurodegeneration37▲ 26×10 topics
  5. Neurological Disorders35▲ 13×19 topics
  6. Depression32▲ 7.5×20 topics
  7. Neuroimaging29▲ 22×11 topics
  8. Neurobiology29▲ 23×8 topics
  9. Biomarkers28▲ 8.4×13 topics
  10. Epidemiology27▲ 1.42×63 topics
  11. Alzheimer's Disease27▲ 19×8 topics
  12. Aging24▲ 9.3×15 topics
  13. Genetics24▲ 7.0×17 topics
  14. Caregiver Burden18▲ 34×3 topics
  15. Cognitive Decline18▲ 31×2 topics
  16. Cognitive Training18▲ 41×2 topics
  17. Dementia18▲ 40×2 topics
  18. Mild Cognitive Impairment18▲ 44×1 topic
  19. Vascular Risk Factors18▲ 44×1 topic
  20. Amyloid Hypothesis18▲ 62×1 topic
  21. Neural Plasticity18▲ 21×5 topics
  22. Tau Pathology18▲ 62×1 topic
  23. Neuroprotection17▲ 9.7×10 topics
  24. Stress17▲ 9.2×6 topics
  25. Cytokines16▲ 12×5 topics
  26. Mitochondrial Dysfunction16▲ 11×8 topics
  27. Brain Development16▲ 19×6 topics
  28. Ischemic Stroke16▲ 22×4 topics
  29. Microglia16▲ 29×2 topics
  30. Synaptic Plasticity15▲ 14×5 topics
  31. Parkinson's Disease14▲ 12×8 topics
  32. Dendritic Spines14▲ 37×2 topics
  33. Anxiety13▲ 5.7×12 topics
  34. Schizophrenia13▲ 25×5 topics
  35. Functional Recovery13▲ 17×4 topics
  36. Epilepsy11▲ 21×4 topics
  37. Constraint-Induced Therapy11▲ 28×1 topic
  38. Motor Recovery11▲ 28×1 topic
  39. Prefrontal Cortex10▲ 27×3 topics
  40. Cognitive Function10▲ 12×7 topics

Which research topics does Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research.

Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 18 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease research and treatments: 18 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 11 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research: 10 fractional worksTryptophan and brain disorders: 10 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Management: 9 fractional worksEpilepsy research and tr…7Epilepsy research and treatment: 7 fractional worksStress Responses and Cortisol: 7 fractional worksNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms: 6 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 6 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthPhysiologyRehabilitationCellular and Molecular Neuroscience5 others

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

  1. 1 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 18 works
  2. 2 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 18 works
  3. 3 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 11 works
  4. 4 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 10 works
  5. 5 Tryptophan and brain disorders Biological Psychiatry 10 works
  6. 6 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 9 works
  7. 7 Epilepsy research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 7 works
  8. 8 Stress Responses and Cortisol Behavioral Neuroscience 7 works
  9. 9 Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms Neurology 6 works
  10. 10 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 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 available49.6%not open50.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.6%domestic only66.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% lower 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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