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Fred Hollows Foundation

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Research works
107
▲ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.2k
11.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
56%
world 40%
International
44%
world 18%
Fred Hollows Foundation

Not ranked overall: Fred Hollows Foundation is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Fred Hollows Foundation work in?

In 2022-now, 43% of research at Fred Hollows Foundation is in Health Sciences, 28% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (39%), Social Sciences (20%), Computer Science (18%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 13 fractional works · 43.5% of its workMedicine: 12 fractional works · 39.2% of its workOphthalmology: 4 fractional works · 13.4% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 7.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 6.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 28.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 19.6% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 13.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 6.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 5.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 22.3% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 17.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 16.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKFred HollowsFoundation30fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences22%Health Sciences43%Social Sciences28%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1239.2%
    2. Health Professions14.3%
    1. Social Sciences619.6%
    2. Psychology26.8%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting01.0%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.7%
    1. Computer Science517.6%
    2. Engineering12.4%
    3. Environmental Science01.1%
    4. Materials Science00.7%
    5. Energy00.2%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    7. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology13.1%
    2. Neuroscience11.8%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.7%
    4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.7%
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: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.11× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.07× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 2.27× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.63× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.04× its world share, 12 worksMedicineNursing: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.24× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.55× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology3.11×1 works
  2. Computer Science2.27×5 works
  3. Psychology2.24×2 works
  4. Medicine2.04×12 works
  5. Health Professions1.63×1 works
  6. Social Sciences1.55×6 works
  7. Neuroscience1.07×0 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.31×0 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.29×0 works
  10. Energy0.24×0 works
  11. Environmental Science0.21×0 works
  12. Materials Science0.21×0 works
  13. Engineering0.16×1 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.14×0 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.12×0 works
  16. Mathematics0.09×0 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.07×0 works
  18. Nursing0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Fred Hollows Foundation?

Ranked on the quality score, Garry R. Brian, Virginia Sarah and Rènée du Toit lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fred Hollows Foundation.

  1. 1 Garry R. Brian Australia · #650,516 worldwide 16k citations · 134 works
  2. 2 Virginia Sarah Australia · #1,640,480 worldwide 2.2k citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Rènée du Toit Australia · #3,184,546 worldwide 1.8k citations · 73 works
  4. 4 John L Szetu Australia · #3,616,588 worldwide 214 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Matthew Pearce Australia · #3,875,694 worldwide 163 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Michael Issitt Australia · #6,245,278 worldwide 70 citations · 65 works
All ranked researchers at Fred Hollows Foundation

What are the most cited papers from Fred Hollows Foundation?

The most cited paper from Fred Hollows Foundation is "Causes of blindness and vision impairment in 2020 and trends over 30 years, and prevalence of avoidable blindness in relation to VISION 2020: the Right to Sight: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study" (Jaimie D Steinmetz et al., 2020), with 3,188 citations. Next come "The Lancet Global Health Commission on Global Eye Health: vision beyond 2020" (1,636) and "Trends in prevalence of blindness and distance and near vision impairment over 30 years: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study" (1,432).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Causes of blindness and vision impairment in 2020 and trends over 30 years, and prevalence of avoidable blindness in relation to VISION 2020: the Right to Sight: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study Jaimie D Steinmetz et al. · The Lancet Global Health Open access243 authors Dec 2020 3,188
2 The Lancet Global Health Commission on Global Eye Health: vision beyond 2020 Matthew J. Burton et al. · The Lancet Global Health Open access 17 Feb 2021 1,636
3 Trends in prevalence of blindness and distance and near vision impairment over 30 years: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study Rupert Bourne et al. · The Lancet Global Health Open access164 authors Dec 2020 1,432
4 Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults Honor Bixby et al. · Nature Open access1,155 authors 8 May 2019 758
5 Health system performance for people with diabetes in 28 low- and middle-income countries: A cross-sectional study of nationally representative surveys Jennifer Manne‐Goehler et al. · PLoS Medicine Open access Mar 2019 342
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Fred Hollows Foundation?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Ethics, Fairness, Interpretable Models, Machine Learning Interpretability and Global Prevalence.

▲ 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 31 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 31 words, with their numbers
  1. Machine Learning7▲ 6.6×3 topics
  2. Artificial Intelligence6▲ 14×3 topics
  3. Big Data6▲ 21×2 topics
  4. Ethics4▲ 26×1 topic
  5. Fairness4▲ 128×1 topic
  6. Interpretable Models4▲ 243×1 topic
  7. Machine Learning Interpretability4▲ 243×1 topic
  8. Epidemiology3▲ 2.3×12 topics
  9. Global Prevalence2▲ 72×2 topics
  10. Healthcare2▲ 5.8×1 topic
  11. Intravitreal Injection2▲ 90×2 topics
  12. Medical Imaging2▲ 13×1 topic
  13. Myopia2▲ 98×2 topics
  14. Refractive Error2▲ 146×1 topic
  15. Visual Impairment2▲ 117×1 topic
  16. Automation2▲ 78×2 topics
  17. Antibiotic Resistance1▲ 12×4 topics
  18. Diabetic Retinopathy1▲ 45×2 topics
  19. Macular Degeneration1▲ 37×2 topics
  20. Driver Distraction1▲ 112×1 topic
  21. Inflammation1▲ 2.0×4 topics
  22. Trust1▲ 16×1 topic
  23. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor1▲ 48×2 topics
  24. Education1▲ 2.2×2 topics
  25. Glaucoma1▲ 26×3 topics
  26. Oxidative Stress1▲ 2.4×2 topics
  27. Deep Learning1◆ 1.01×3 topics
  28. Telemedicine1▲ 27×2 topics
  29. Choroidal Thickness1▲ 63×1 topic
  30. Endophthalmitis1▲ 93×2 topics
  31. Retinal Pigment Epithelium1▲ 63×1 topic

Which research topics does Fred Hollows Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Ethics and Social Impacts of AI, Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI), Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education and Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies.

Ethics and Social Impact…4Ethics and Social Impacts of AI: 4 fractional worksExplainable Artificial I…4Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI): 4 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 2 fractional worksOphthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies: 2 fractional worksHuman-Automation Interaction and Safety: 1 fractional worksRetinal Diseases and Tre…1Retinal Diseases and Treatments: 1 fractional worksOcular Infections and Treatments: 1 fractional worksReproductive tract infections research: 1 fractional worksOphthalmology and Visual Health Research: 1 fractional worksIntraocular Surgery and Lenses: 1 fractional works
Safety ResearchArtificial IntelligenceHealth InformaticsEpidemiology3 others

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

  1. 1 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 4 works
  2. 2 Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  3. 3 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 2 works
  4. 4 Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies Epidemiology 2 works
  5. 5 Human-Automation Interaction and Safety Social Psychology 1 works
  6. 6 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 1 works
  7. 7 Ocular Infections and Treatments Ophthalmology 1 works
  8. 8 Reproductive tract infections research Microbiology 1 works
  9. 9 Ophthalmology and Visual Health Research Ophthalmology 1 works
  10. 10 Intraocular Surgery and Lenses Ophthalmology 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 available55.7%not open44.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors44.2%domestic only55.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Fred Hollows Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Fred Hollows Foundation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000036% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%Fred Hollows Foundation0.000075% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Fred Hollows Foundation over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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