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Footscray Hospital

In research, Footscray Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,026 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,203 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,629
of 28,054 · #19,207 all time
Rank in Australia
#272
of 391
Research works
632
▲ 32% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
19.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is Footscray 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
Health SciencesDomain #7,026 of 11,982 21.8%76 #10304
MedicineField #6,203 of 10,443 19.5%66 #8341

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Footscray 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).

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, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.45× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.62× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.38× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.60× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.64× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.91× its world share, 66 worksMedicineNursing: 3.06× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.05× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.24× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.91× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Footscray Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Surgical Management, Rehabilitation, Complications, Mortality, Inflammation, Treatment and Arthroplasty.

▲ 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. Epidemiology12▲ 2.6×63 topics
  2. Inflammation5▲ 1.96×23 topics
  3. Treatment4▲ 2.7×26 topics
  4. Quality of Life4▲ 2.3×24 topics
  5. Rehabilitation4▲ 7.5×7 topics
  6. Surgical Management4▲ 7.4×15 topics
  7. Complications3▲ 5.8×13 topics
  8. Mortality3▲ 5.1×11 topics
  9. Diagnosis3▲ 2.6×23 topics
  10. Mental Health3▲ 1.71×10 topics
  11. Social Media3▲ 1.71×12 topics
  12. Management3▲ 3.0×17 topics
  13. Aging2▲ 3.9×5 topics
  14. Chemotherapy2▲ 3.1×15 topics
  15. Child Development2▲ 4.8×7 topics
  16. Arthroplasty2▲ 20×2 topics
  17. Biomechanics2▲ 6.2×5 topics
  18. Prognosis2▲ 5.7×6 topics
  19. Health Outcomes2▲ 6.6×6 topics
  20. Intensive Care Unit2▲ 14×4 topics
  21. Elderly Patients2▲ 9.8×4 topics
  22. CT Diagnosis2▲ 52×3 topics
  23. Chronic Disease2▲ 8.3×4 topics
  24. Critical Care2▲ 6.3×7 topics
  25. Social Determinants2▲ 6.6×3 topics
  26. Quality Improvement2▲ 7.1×6 topics
  27. Muscle Mass2▲ 11×2 topics
  28. Neoadjuvant Therapy2▲ 5.3×5 topics
  29. Treatment Guidelines2▲ 6.0×6 topics
  30. Body Composition1▲ 12×2 topics
  31. Motor Imagery1▲ 9.6×2 topics
  32. Online Communication1▲ 7.9×3 topics
  33. Ankle Injuries1▲ 39×1 topic
  34. Cancer Cachexia1▲ 12×1 topic
  35. Food Insecurity1▲ 19×1 topic
  36. News Media1▲ 25×2 topics
  37. Nutritional Consequences1▲ 23×1 topic
  38. Sarcopenia1▲ 12×1 topic
  39. Sprains1▲ 39×1 topic
  40. Sedation1▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Footscray Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations, Nutrition and Health in Aging, Foot and Ankle Surgery and EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces.

Food Security and Health…1Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 1 fractional worksNutrition and Health in …1Nutrition and Health in Aging: 1 fractional worksFoot and Ankle Surgery: 1 fractional worksEEG and Brain-Computer I…1EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces: 1 fractional worksMedia Studies and Commun…1Media Studies and Communication: 1 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 1 fractional worksIntensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders: 1 fractional worksAbdominal vascular condi…1Abdominal vascular conditions and treatments: 1 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 1 fractional worksGallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 1 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsPhysiologyOrthopedics and Sports MedicineCognitive Neuroscience5 others

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

  1. 1 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 1 works
  2. 2 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 1 works
  3. 3 Foot and Ankle Surgery Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces Cognitive Neuroscience 1 works
  5. 5 Media Studies and Communication Communication 1 works
  6. 6 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 1 works
  7. 7 Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Abdominal vascular conditions and treatments Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 1 works
  10. 10 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 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 available36.0%not open64.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.1%domestic only80.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Footscray Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 32% 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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