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Footscray Hospital

In research, Footscray Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,563 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,326 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,874
of 22,385 · #9,201 all time
Rank in Australia
#144
of 270
Research works
632
▲ 56% vs 2018-21
Citations
12k
19.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.05×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
19%
world 18%
Footscray Hospital

What is Footscray Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #3,563 of 9,902 13.6%76 #4335
MedicineField #3,326 of 8,541 13.1%66 #3992

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Footscray Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 66% of research at Footscray Hospital is in Health Sciences, 20% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (56%), Social Sciences (12%), Health Professions (7%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 90 fractional works · 66.1% of its workMedicine: 76 fractional works · 56.1% of its workSurgery: 15 fractional works · 11.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 9 fractional works · 6.7% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 7.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 27 fractional works · 19.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 11.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 3.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 11 fractional works · 8.2% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 6.2% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKFootscrayHospital136fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences66%Social Sciences20%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine7656.1%
    2. Health Professions97.0%
    3. Nursing21.6%
    4. Dentistry21.2%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Social Sciences1611.6%
    2. Psychology53.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting21.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.8%
    6. Decision Sciences10.4%
    1. Engineering43.0%
    2. Computer Science42.6%
    3. Environmental Science31.9%
    4. Mathematics00.4%
    5. Energy00.2%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    7. Chemistry00.0%
    1. Neuroscience32.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology32.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.6%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.40× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.43× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.79× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.33× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.52× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.65× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.92× its world share, 76 worksMedicineNursing: 3.35× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.90× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.26× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.91× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing3.35×2 works
  2. Medicine2.92×76 works
  3. Health Professions2.65×10 works
  4. Dentistry2.52×2 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.79×1 works
  6. Neuroscience1.43×3 works
  7. Psychology1.26×5 works
  8. Social Sciences0.91×16 works
  9. Veterinary0.90×0 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.71×2 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.65×1 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.43×2 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.42×0 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.40×3 works
  15. Environmental Science0.39×3 works
  16. Computer Science0.33×4 works
  17. Mathematics0.31×0 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.29×1 works
  19. Energy0.27×0 works
  20. Engineering0.20×4 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.09×1 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.03×0 works
  23. Chemistry0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Footscray Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Richard X. Davey, Adrian J. Talia and Stephen J. Mclaughlin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Footscray Hospital.

  1. 1 Richard X. Davey Australia · #1,653,902 worldwide 1k citations · 54 works
  2. 2 Adrian J. Talia Australia · #1,884,080 worldwide 347 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Stephen J. Mclaughlin Australia · #2,699,985 worldwide 691 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Graham Dunkley Australia · #3,575,677 worldwide 102 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 David Worland Australia · #3,872,816 worldwide 52 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Susan Abeyasekere Australia · #3,972,673 worldwide 1 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Stephanie Fahey Australia · #4,501,898 worldwide 157 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Footscray Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Footscray Hospital?

The most cited paper from Footscray Hospital is "Endovascular Therapy for Ischemic Stroke with Perfusion-Imaging Selection" (Bruce C.V. Campbell et al., 2015), with 5,898 citations. Next come "Genome-wide association study identifies novel breast cancer susceptibility loci" (2,342) and "Diabetes research and clinical practice" (1,267).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Endovascular Therapy for Ischemic Stroke with Perfusion-Imaging Selection Bruce C.V. Campbell et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 11 Feb 2015 5,898
2 Genome-wide association study identifies novel breast cancer susceptibility loci Douglas F. Easton et al. · Nature Open access239 authors 27 May 2007 2,342
3 Diabetes research and clinical practice James Dunbar, Prasuna Reddy, Kevin Mc Namara et al. · Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice 30 Jun 2010 1,267
4 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Insomnia James McCracken Trauer, Mary Y. Qian, Joseph Doyle et al. · Annals of Internal Medicine 8 Jun 2015 1,065
5 A Comparison of Omeprazole with Ranitidine for Ulcers Associated with Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drugs Neville D. Yeomans, Zsolt Tulassay, L Juhász et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 12 Mar 1998 768
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Footscray Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Surgical Management, Rehabilitation, Chemotherapy, Quality of Life, Mortality, Complications and Treatment.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology14▲ 2.5×64 topics
  2. Inflammation6▲ 1.91×23 topics
  3. Quality of Life5▲ 2.6×26 topics
  4. Treatment5▲ 2.8×27 topics
  5. Chemotherapy4▲ 4.3×17 topics
  6. Surgical Management4▲ 7.2×16 topics
  7. Mortality4▲ 4.7×11 topics
  8. Rehabilitation4▲ 6.6×7 topics
  9. Complications4▲ 5.1×13 topics
  10. Diagnosis3▲ 2.6×23 topics
  11. Mental Health3▲ 1.71×12 topics
  12. Risk Factors3▲ 2.1×17 topics
  13. Management3▲ 2.9×18 topics
  14. Aging3▲ 3.8×6 topics
  15. Child Development3▲ 4.7×7 topics
  16. Biomechanics2▲ 5.7×5 topics
  17. Guidelines2▲ 3.8×8 topics
  18. Arthroplasty2▲ 17×2 topics
  19. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 3.1×13 topics
  20. Health Outcomes2▲ 6.2×6 topics
  21. Prognosis2▲ 5.0×6 topics
  22. Elderly Patients2▲ 8.7×4 topics
  23. Intensive Care Unit2▲ 12×4 topics
  24. Treatment Guidelines2▲ 6.6×6 topics
  25. CT Diagnosis2▲ 49×3 topics
  26. Chronic Disease2▲ 8.5×4 topics
  27. Global Burden of Disease2▲ 5.8×3 topics
  28. Neoadjuvant Therapy2▲ 5.6×5 topics
  29. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 4.3×6 topics
  30. Quality Improvement2▲ 6.8×7 topics
  31. Social Determinants2▲ 6.5×3 topics
  32. Critical Care2▲ 5.2×7 topics
  33. Body Composition2▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Food Insecurity2▲ 19×1 topic
  35. Laparoscopic Surgery2▲ 9.0×3 topics
  36. Muscle Mass2▲ 10×2 topics
  37. Nutritional Consequences2▲ 23×1 topic
  38. Revascularization2▲ 7.1×3 topics
  39. Ankle Injuries1▲ 35×1 topic
  40. Sprains1▲ 35×1 topic

Which research topics does Footscray Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations, Foot and Ankle Surgery, Nutrition and Health in Aging and Child Nutrition and Water Access.

Food Security and Health…2Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 2 fractional worksFoot and Ankle Surgery1Foot and Ankle Surgery: 1 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 1 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…1Child Nutrition and Water Access: 1 fractional worksEEG and Brain-Computer I…1EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces: 1 fractional worksIntensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders: 1 fractional worksMedia Studies and Communication: 1 fractional worksAbdominal vascular condi…1Abdominal vascular conditions and treatments: 1 fractional worksLower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies: 1 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 1 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsOrthopedics and Sports MedicinePhysiologyNutrition and Dietetics5 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 2 works
  2. 2 Foot and Ankle Surgery Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 1 works
  3. 3 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 1 works
  4. 4 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 1 works
  5. 5 EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces Cognitive Neuroscience 1 works
  6. 6 Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Media Studies and Communication Communication 1 works
  8. 8 Abdominal vascular conditions and treatments Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Footscray Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 56% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Footscray Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00054% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Footscray Hospital0.00060% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Footscray Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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