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Gold Coast City Council

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World rank, all time
#27,002
of 34,923
Rank in Australia
#402
of 476
Research works
148
▲ 74% vs 2018-21
Citations
3k
20.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
47%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
Gold Coast City Council

Which fields of science does Gold Coast City Council work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research at Gold Coast City Council is in Physical Sciences, 22% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (30%), Medicine (17%), Engineering (7%).

Physical Sciences: 19 fractional works · 49.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 12 fractional works · 30.3% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 9.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 6.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 7.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 22.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 6.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 4.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 20.4% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 16.5% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 7.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKGold Coast CityCouncil39fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences50%Health Sciences20%Social Sciences22%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science1230.3%
    2. Engineering37.0%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences26.5%
    4. Computer Science24.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.8%
    6. Chemical Engineering00.4%
    7. Materials Science00.4%
    8. Mathematics00.2%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting36.9%
    2. Social Sciences25.6%
    3. Psychology24.7%
    4. Arts and Humanities12.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance12.2%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Medicine616.5%
    2. Health Professions12.5%
    3. Nursing01.1%
    4. Dentistry00.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology13.8%
    2. Neuroscience11.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences01.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.8%
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: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.03× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 1.24× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.13× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.47× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.10× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.96× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.86× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 2.35× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.94× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.14× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.00× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.54× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 6.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science6.10×12 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences4.13×2 works
  3. Nursing2.35×0 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting2.14×3 works
  5. Psychology1.54×2 works
  6. Chemical Engineering1.24×0 works
  7. Neuroscience1.03×1 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.00×1 works
  9. Health Professions0.96×1 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.94×1 works
  11. Medicine0.86×6 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.78×0 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.71×2 works
  14. Dentistry0.59×0 works
  15. Computer Science0.56×2 works
  16. Engineering0.47×3 works
  17. Social Sciences0.44×2 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.34×0 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.27×0 works
  20. Materials Science0.12×0 works
  21. Mathematics0.12×0 works
  22. Decision Sciences0.10×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Gold Coast City Council?

Ranked on the quality score, F. W. H. Migeod, Daniel S. Hamilton and John McGrath lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Gold Coast City Council.

  1. 1 F. W. H. Migeod Australia · #1,608,100 worldwide 186 citations · 56 works
  2. 2 Daniel S. Hamilton Australia · #3,481,373 worldwide 262 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 John McGrath Australia · #3,953,483 worldwide 368 citations · 33 works
  4. 4 Leslie Angus Jackson Australia · #4,611,566 worldwide 213 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Shannon Hunt Australia · #4,719,194 worldwide 56 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Gold Coast City Council

What are the most cited papers from Gold Coast City Council?

The most cited paper from Gold Coast City Council is "UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF LAND USE IN URBAN STORMWATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT" (Ashantha Goonetilleke, Evan Thomas, Simon Ginn et al., 2015), with 417 citations. Next come "Comparison of Fuzzy-AHP and AHP in a spatial multi-criteria decision making model for urban land-use planning" (397) and "ANIMAL VISUAL SYSTEMS AND THE EVOLUTION OF COLOR PATTERNS: SENSORY PROCESSING ILLUMINATES SIGNAL EVOLUTION" (273).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF LAND USE IN URBAN STORMWATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT Ashantha Goonetilleke, Evan Thomas, Simon Ginn et al. 16 Mar 2015 417
2 Comparison of Fuzzy-AHP and AHP in a spatial multi-criteria decision making model for urban land-use planning Razieh Mosadeghi, Jan Warnken, Rodger B. Tomlinson et al. · Computers Environment and Urban Systems Open access 27 Oct 2014 397
3 ANIMAL VISUAL SYSTEMS AND THE EVOLUTION OF COLOR PATTERNS: SENSORY PROCESSING ILLUMINATES SIGNAL EVOLUTION John A. Endler, David A. Westcott, Joah Robert Madden et al. · Evolution Open access Aug 2005 273
4 Short-term Perturbations and Tourism Effects: The Case of SARS in China Benxiang Zeng, Rodney William Carter, Terry De Lacy · Current Issues in Tourism 15 Jul 2005 262
5 Targeting cancer glycosylation repolarizes tumor-associated macrophages allowing effective immune checkpoint blockade Michal A. Stanczak et al. · Science Translational Medicine Open access 2 Nov 2022 249
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Gold Coast City Council?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Stakeholder Engagement, Ecosystem-Based Management, Marine Spatial Planning, Population Dynamics, Sea-Level Rise, Remote Sensing and Conservation.

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

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change5▲ 5.1×24 topics
  2. Remote Sensing2▲ 4.8×7 topics
  3. Machine Learning2▲ 1.65×15 topics
  4. Stakeholder Engagement2▲ 59×2 topics
  5. Ecosystem-Based Management2▲ 163×1 topic
  6. Marine Spatial Planning2▲ 163×1 topic
  7. Population Dynamics2▲ 20×5 topics
  8. Sea-Level Rise2▲ 42×4 topics
  9. Epidemiology2◆ 1.04×19 topics
  10. Conservation2▲ 8.9×8 topics
  11. Leadership1▲ 7.5×4 topics
  12. Sediment Transport1▲ 22×3 topics
  13. Climate Change Impacts1▲ 28×3 topics
  14. Competitive Advantage1▲ 83×2 topics
  15. Employee Engagement1▲ 17×2 topics
  16. Habitat Selection1▲ 42×2 topics
  17. Coastal Dynamics1▲ 94×1 topic
  18. Shoreline Change1▲ 94×1 topic

Which research topics does Gold Coast City Council publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Coastal and Marine Management, Coastal and Marine Dynamics, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation and Human Resource and Talent Management.

Coastal and Marine Manag…2Coastal and Marine Management: 2 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Dynam…1Coastal and Marine Dynamics: 1 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Con…1Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 1 fractional worksHuman Resource and Talent Management: 1 fractional worksCoastal wetland ecosystem dynamics: 1 fractional worksMarine animal studies ov…1Marine animal studies overview: 1 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 0 fractional worksLeadership and Management in Organizations: 0 fractional worksMembrane Separation Technologies: 0 fractional worksWildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation: 0 fractional works
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawEarth-Surface ProcessesEcologyOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management3 others

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

  1. 1 Coastal and Marine Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2 works
  2. 2 Coastal and Marine Dynamics Earth-Surface Processes 1 works
  3. 3 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 1 works
  4. 4 Human Resource and Talent Management Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 1 works
  5. 5 Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics Ecology 1 works
  6. 6 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 1 works
  7. 7 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  8. 8 Leadership and Management in Organizations Strategy and Management 0 works
  9. 9 Membrane Separation Technologies Water Science and Technology 0 works
  10. 10 Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation Ecology 0 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 available46.8%not open53.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.2%domestic only77.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Gold Coast City Council's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 74% 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 Gold Coast City Council as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00014% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Gold Coast City Council0.00020% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Gold Coast City Council over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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