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Hunter Genetics

In research, Hunter Genetics stands highest in Medicine (#7,354 of 14,558 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,539 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#18,952
of 34,923
Rank in Australia
#305
of 476
Research works
319
▼ 23% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.7k
27.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
35%
world 40%
International
27%
world 18%
Hunter Genetics

What is Hunter Genetics known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #7,354 of 14,558 9.4%147
Health SciencesDomain #8,539 of 16,688 9.6%170

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hunter Genetics 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 Hunter Genetics work in?

In 2022-now, 45% of research at Hunter Genetics is in Health Sciences, 43% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (39%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (34%), Neuroscience (5%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Health Sciences: 14 fractional works · 45.5% of its workMedicine: 12 fractional works · 38.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 6.6% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 5.4% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 14 fractional works · 43.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 34.1% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 19.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 11.9% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 5.1% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 7.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKHunter Genetics32fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences43%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences45%Social Sciences8%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1238.5%
    2. Health Professions13.3%
    3. Veterinary12.2%
    4. Dentistry01.3%
    5. Nursing00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1134.1%
    2. Neuroscience25.1%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences13.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    1. Social Sciences13.5%
    2. Psychology13.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.0%
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences01.2%
    2. Engineering01.2%
    3. Environmental Science00.7%
    4. Materials Science00.3%
    5. Chemistry00.2%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
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: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6.40× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.16× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.59× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.25× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.01× its world share, 12 worksMedicineNursing: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 16.03× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.14× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 16.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary16.03×1 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.40×11 works
  3. Neuroscience3.16×2 works
  4. Dentistry2.59×0 works
  5. Medicine2.01×12 works
  6. Health Professions1.25×1 works
  7. Psychology1.14×1 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.76×0 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.74×0 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.70×0 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.63×1 works
  12. Nursing0.43×0 works
  13. Social Sciences0.28×1 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.24×0 works
  15. Environmental Science0.15×0 works
  16. Chemistry0.11×0 works
  17. Materials Science0.10×0 works
  18. Engineering0.08×0 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.07×0 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hunter Genetics?

Ranked on the quality score, Michael J. Field, Anna Hackett and Marc A. Russo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hunter Genetics.

  1. 1 Michael J. Field Australia · #276,544 worldwide 8.5k citations · 210 works
  2. 2 Anna Hackett Australia · #280,207 worldwide 4.2k citations · 52 works
  3. 3 Marc A. Russo Australia · #347,622 worldwide 5.1k citations · 186 works
  4. 4 Jackie Boyle Australia · #396,406 worldwide 2.5k citations · 41 works
  5. 5 GILLIAN M. TURNER Australia · #525,704 worldwide 15k citations · 309 works
  6. 6 Matthew J. Edwards Australia · #656,067 worldwide 7.2k citations · 183 works
  7. 7 Anne Ronan Australia · #743,431 worldwide 2.2k citations · 70 works
  8. 8 Tracy Dudding‐Byth Australia · #1,177,691 worldwide 1.1k citations · 44 works
  9. 9 Melanie Leffler Australia · #1,557,227 worldwide 598 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Himanshu Goel Australia · #1,640,456 worldwide 3.2k citations · 225 works
All ranked researchers at Hunter Genetics

What are the most cited papers from Hunter Genetics?

The most cited paper from Hunter Genetics is "Genome-wide association study identifies novel breast cancer susceptibility loci" (Douglas F. Easton et al., 2007), with 2,342 citations. Next come "Prevalence of fragile X syndrome" (701) and "A systematic, large-scale resequencing screen of X-chromosome coding exons in mental retardation" (622).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Genome-wide association study identifies novel breast cancer susceptibility loci Douglas F. Easton et al. · Nature Open access239 authors 27 May 2007 2,342
2 Prevalence of fragile X syndrome GILLIAN M. TURNER, T. Webb, Shannon Jade Wake et al. · American Journal of Medical Genetics 12 Jul 1996 701
3 A systematic, large-scale resequencing screen of X-chromosome coding exons in mental retardation Patrick S. Tarpey et al. · Nature Genetics Open access 19 Apr 2009 622
4 The Appropriate Use of Neurostimulation of the Spinal Cord and Peripheral Nervous System for the Treatment of Chronic Pain and Ischemic Diseases: The Neuromodulation Appropriateness Consensus Committee Timothy Ray Deer et al. · Neuromodulation Technology at the Neural Interface Aug 2014 606
5 The Oral Health Assessment Tool — Validity and reliability JM Chalmers, PL King, AJ Spencer et al. · Australian Dental Journal Open access Sep 2005 495
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Hunter Genetics?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Neuropathic Pain, Chronic Pain, Genetic Mutations, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Spinal Cord Stimulation, Animal Welfare, Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Genetic Variants.

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

All 28 words, with their numbers
  1. Neuropathic Pain3▲ 131×2 topics
  2. Chronic Pain2▲ 33×3 topics
  3. Complex Regional Pain Syndrome2▲ 265×1 topic
  4. Genetic Mutations2▲ 13×14 topics
  5. Spinal Cord Stimulation2▲ 265×1 topic
  6. Epidemiology2▲ 1.26×15 topics
  7. Animal Welfare1▲ 49×2 topics
  8. Quality of Life1▲ 3.0×11 topics
  9. Genetic Variants1▲ 22×2 topics
  10. Neurodevelopmental Disorders1▲ 30×3 topics
  11. Central Sensitization1▲ 58×1 topic
  12. Clinical Genomics1▲ 98×1 topic
  13. Low Back Pain1▲ 22×2 topics
  14. Neuroinflammation1▲ 13×2 topics
  15. Neuronal Plasticity1▲ 68×2 topics
  16. Nociception1▲ 79×1 topic
  17. Psychological Factors1▲ 18×3 topics
  18. Sequence Interpretation1▲ 98×1 topic
  19. Cancer1▲ 2.7×10 topics
  20. Copy Number Variation1▲ 213×1 topic
  21. Genetic Diversity1▲ 7.7×2 topics
  22. Genomic Rearrangements1▲ 188×1 topic
  23. Population Genetics1▲ 25×3 topics
  24. Treatment1▲ 2.8×6 topics
  25. Genome-Wide Association1▲ 41×2 topics
  26. Genomic Selection1▲ 74×1 topic
  27. Inflammation1▲ 1.48×10 topics
  28. Plant Breeding1▲ 34×1 topic

Which research topics does Hunter Genetics publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Pain Management and Treatment, Genomics and Rare Diseases, Pain Mechanisms and Treatments and Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities.

Pain Management and Trea…2Pain Management and Treatment: 2 fractional worksGenomics and Rare Diseases1Genomics and Rare Diseases: 1 fractional worksPain Mechanisms and Trea…1Pain Mechanisms and Treatments: 1 fractional worksGenomic variations and c…1Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities: 1 fractional worksGenetic and phenotypic traits in livestock: 1 fractional worksGenetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders: 1 fractional worksCongenital heart defects…1Congenital heart defects research: 1 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 1 fractional worksEffects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock: 1 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Welf…1Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 1 fractional works
Anesthesiology and Pain MedicineGeneticsPhysiologyMolecular Biology3 others

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

  1. 1 Pain Management and Treatment Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 2 works
  2. 2 Genomics and Rare Diseases Genetics 1 works
  3. 3 Pain Mechanisms and Treatments Physiology 1 works
  4. 4 Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities Genetics 1 works
  5. 5 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 1 works
  6. 6 Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Genetics 1 works
  7. 7 Congenital heart defects research Molecular Biology 1 works
  8. 8 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 1 works
  9. 9 Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock Animal Science and Zoology 1 works
  10. 10 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 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 available35.4%not open64.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.2%domestic only72.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hunter Genetics's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 23% lower 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 Hunter Genetics as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00013% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Hunter Genetics0.00014% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Hunter Genetics over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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