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Gold Coast Health

In research, Gold Coast Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,767 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,927 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,807
of 22,385 · #7,410 all time
Rank in Australia
#112
of 270
Research works
731
▲ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
14k
19.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
58%
world 40%
International
25%
world 18%
Gold Coast Health

What is Gold Coast Health 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 #2,767 of 9,902 15.2%128 #2993
MedicineField #2,927 of 8,541 13.7%93 #3117

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Gold Coast 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Gold Coast Health work in?

In 2022-now, 63% of research at Gold Coast Health is in Health Sciences, 19% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (46%), Health Professions (14%), Psychology (7%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 155 fractional works · 63.3% of its workMedicine: 114 fractional works · 46.5% of its workSurgery: 23 fractional works · 9.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 9 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEpidemiology: 9 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 8 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPhysiology: 7 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 7 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 34 fractional works · 13.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 17 fractional works · 6.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workResearch and Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 47 fractional works · 19.3% of its workPsychology: 18 fractional works · 7.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 12 fractional works · 4.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 7.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 3.1% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 24 fractional works · 9.8% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 3.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 19 fractional works · 7.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKGold Coast Health245fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences63%Social Sciences19%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine11446.5%
    2. Health Professions3413.8%
    3. Nursing51.9%
    4. Dentistry31.1%
    1. Psychology187.3%
    2. Social Sciences187.2%
    3. Arts and Humanities41.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting41.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.0%
    6. Decision Sciences20.8%
    1. Engineering83.2%
    2. Environmental Science72.7%
    3. Computer Science31.1%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.8%
    5. Materials Science10.5%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.4%
    7. Energy10.4%
    8. Chemistry10.3%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.3%
    10. Mathematics00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology72.8%
    2. Neuroscience52.1%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences31.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology31.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
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, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.52× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.17× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.27× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.54× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.22× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 5.23× its world share, 34 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.42× its world share, 114 worksMedicineNursing: 3.91× its world share, 5 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.51× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.44× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.40× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions5.23×34 works
  2. Nursing3.91×5 works
  3. Medicine2.42×114 works
  4. Psychology2.40×18 works
  5. Dentistry2.22×3 works
  6. Neuroscience1.27×5 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.17×3 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.91×1 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.87×2 works
  10. Chemical Engineering0.75×1 works
  11. Social Sciences0.57×18 works
  12. Environmental Science0.54×6 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.52×7 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.51×4 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.50×2 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.47×2 works
  17. Energy0.45×1 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.44×4 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.27×3 works
  20. Engineering0.21×8 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.19×1 works
  22. Chemistry0.17×1 works
  23. Computer Science0.15×3 works
  24. Mathematics0.14×0 works
  25. Materials Science0.13×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Gold Coast Health?

Ranked on the quality score, J. M. Dalziel, Sarah Walker and Maree O’Sullivan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Gold Coast Health.

  1. 1 J. M. Dalziel Australia · #1,162,280 worldwide 4.3k citations · 36 works
  2. 2 Sarah Walker Australia · #1,972,165 worldwide 297 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Maree O’Sullivan Australia · #2,314,911 worldwide 286 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Philip Morris Australia · #3,835,486 worldwide 829 citations · 47 works
  5. 5 Chris Raftery Australia · #5,577,829 worldwide 99 citations · 33 works
All ranked researchers at Gold Coast Health

What are the most cited papers from Gold Coast Health?

The most cited paper from Gold Coast Health is "Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-years for 32 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2015" (Christina Fitzmaurice et al., 2016), with 6,333 citations. Next come "Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-Years for 29 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2017" (2,699) and "Myalgic encephalomyelitis: International Consensus Criteria" (1,300).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-years for 32 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2015 Christina Fitzmaurice et al. · JAMA Oncology Open access185 authors 5 Dec 2016 6,333
2 Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-Years for 29 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2017 Christina Fitzmaurice et al. · JAMA Oncology Open access628 authors 27 Sep 2019 2,699
3 Myalgic encephalomyelitis: International Consensus Criteria Bruce M. Carruthers et al. · Journal of Internal Medicine Open access 20 Jul 2011 1,300
4 Evaluating Ecological Restoration Success: A Review of the Literature Liana Wortley, Jean‐Marc Hero, Michael J Howes · Restoration Ecology 28 May 2013 1,041
5 Association Between BRAF V600E Mutation and Mortality in Patients With Papillary Thyroid Cancer Mingzhao Xing et al. · JAMA Open access 9 Apr 2013 943
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Gold Coast Health?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Patient Satisfaction, Quality of Life, Ethical Considerations, Public Health, Complications, Evidence-Based Practice and Healthcare Workers.

▲ 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. Epidemiology27▲ 2.8×80 topics
  2. Quality of Life12▲ 3.5×34 topics
  3. Public Health11▲ 3.1×31 topics
  4. Patient Satisfaction9▲ 11×8 topics
  5. Risk Factors8▲ 3.2×23 topics
  6. Mental Health8▲ 2.4×28 topics
  7. Inflammation8▲ 1.44×35 topics
  8. Ethical Considerations7▲ 8.7×9 topics
  9. Complications7▲ 5.7×13 topics
  10. Depression7▲ 3.1×13 topics
  11. Treatment6▲ 1.97×20 topics
  12. Evidence-Based Practice6▲ 17×7 topics
  13. Guidelines6▲ 5.0×10 topics
  14. Healthcare Workers6▲ 9.8×4 topics
  15. Revision Surgery6▲ 18×2 topics
  16. Total Hip Replacement6▲ 18×2 topics
  17. Primary Care6▲ 6.0×11 topics
  18. Prevention5▲ 4.7×12 topics
  19. Mortality5▲ 3.5×11 topics
  20. Clinical Outcomes5▲ 8.8×4 topics
  21. Medical Education5▲ 6.9×9 topics
  22. Aging4▲ 3.3×11 topics
  23. Infectious Diseases4▲ 5.5×6 topics
  24. Patient Safety4▲ 11×5 topics
  25. Quality Improvement4▲ 8.8×7 topics
  26. Adolescents4▲ 4.5×6 topics
  27. Elderly4▲ 6.8×5 topics
  28. Healthcare-Associated Infections4▲ 12×5 topics
  29. Prevention Strategies4▲ 15×4 topics
  30. Health Policy4▲ 9.5×3 topics
  31. Health-related Quality of Life4▲ 6.0×3 topics
  32. Arthroplasty3▲ 14×2 topics
  33. Critical Care3▲ 5.7×6 topics
  34. Outcomes3▲ 15×1 topic
  35. Total Knee Replacement3▲ 18×1 topic
  36. Health Care Utilization3▲ 11×3 topics
  37. Surgical Treatment3▲ 6.3×5 topics
  38. Healthcare Quality3▲ 12×4 topics
  39. Disaster Response3▲ 15×1 topic
  40. Triage3▲ 27×1 topic

Which research topics does Gold Coast Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Disaster Response and Management, Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty and Emergency and Acute Care Studies.

Total Knee Arthroplasty …3Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 3 fractional worksDisaster Response and Ma…3Disaster Response and Management: 3 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 2 fractional worksEmergency and Acute Care…2Emergency and Acute Care Studies: 2 fractional worksNutrition and Health in …2Nutrition and Health in Aging: 2 fractional worksHealth Policy Implementation Science: 2 fractional worksOrthopedic Infections and Treatments: 2 fractional worksKnee injuries and recons…2Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 2 fractional worksInfection Control in Healthcare: 2 fractional worksDisaster Management and Resilience: 2 fractional works
SurgeryEmergency Medical ServicesEmergency MedicinePhysiology3 others

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

  1. 1 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 3 works
  2. 2 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 3 works
  3. 3 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Emergency and Acute Care Studies Emergency Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 2 works
  6. 6 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 2 works
  7. 7 Orthopedic Infections and Treatments Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Infection Control in Healthcare Infectious Diseases 2 works
  10. 10 Disaster Management and Resilience Sociology and Political Science 2 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 available58.0%not open42.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.0%domestic only75.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Gold Coast Health's research output changed?

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

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Health as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00091% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Gold Coast Health0.0012% in 20251990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Gold Coast Health14.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 25.2% in 2018.

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