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Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District

In research, Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,898 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,176
of 28,054 · #24,949 all time
Rank in Australia
#277
of 391
Research works
268
▲ 65% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.4k
12.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
61%
world 28%

What is Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #5,898 of 11,982 16.4%77 #8303

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.50× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 7.38× its world share, 19 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.94× its world share, 56 worksMedicineNursing: 3.54× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.25× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 7.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Patient Satisfaction, Primary Care, Public Health, Quality of Life, Quality Improvement, Clinical Outcomes and Medical Education.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology12▲ 3.2×50 topics
  2. Public Health6▲ 3.9×16 topics
  3. Quality of Life6▲ 3.9×25 topics
  4. Patient Satisfaction5▲ 16×7 topics
  5. Primary Care4▲ 11×9 topics
  6. Risk Factors4▲ 3.6×20 topics
  7. Mental Health4▲ 2.5×16 topics
  8. Qualitative Research4▲ 4.2×4 topics
  9. Physical Activity3▲ 6.8×7 topics
  10. Quality Improvement3▲ 18×8 topics
  11. Clinical Outcomes3▲ 15×5 topics
  12. Mortality3▲ 5.7×10 topics
  13. Depression3▲ 3.6×10 topics
  14. Medical Education3▲ 12×9 topics
  15. Chronic Disease Management3▲ 16×5 topics
  16. Health Policy3▲ 19×2 topics
  17. Ethical Considerations3▲ 8.5×7 topics
  18. Adolescents3▲ 7.5×6 topics
  19. Behavior Change3▲ 19×3 topics
  20. Prevention Strategies3▲ 28×3 topics
  21. Elderly Patients3▲ 16×4 topics
  22. Job Satisfaction3▲ 6.0×5 topics
  23. Guidelines2▲ 5.5×8 topics
  24. Patient Safety2▲ 16×4 topics
  25. Prevalence2▲ 6.1×7 topics
  26. Rehabilitation2▲ 6.2×7 topics
  27. Anxiety2▲ 4.9×5 topics
  28. Evidence-Based Practice2▲ 18×3 topics
  29. Healthcare Workers2▲ 9.6×4 topics
  30. Health Care Utilization2▲ 20×3 topics
  31. Health Workforce2▲ 53×2 topics
  32. Digital Divide2▲ 8.1×3 topics
  33. Collaborative Practice2▲ 49×2 topics
  34. Critical Care2▲ 8.8×6 topics
  35. Emergency Department Crowding2▲ 63×1 topic
  36. Health Care Costs2▲ 23×2 topics
  37. Mortality Risk2▲ 8.2×5 topics
  38. Patient Care2▲ 16×3 topics
  39. Triage Systems2▲ 63×1 topic
  40. Healthcare Interventions2▲ 55×1 topic

Which research topics does Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Emergency and Acute Care Studies, Health Policy Implementation Science, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet.

Emergency and Acute Care…2Emergency and Acute Care Studies: 2 fractional worksHealth Policy Implementa…2Health Policy Implementation Science: 2 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 2 fractional worksObesity, Physical Activi…2Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 2 fractional worksHealth Literacy and Info…2Health Literacy and Information Accessibility: 2 fractional worksInfection Control in Healthcare: 1 fractional worksNursing education and management: 1 fractional worksNursing Roles and Practi…1Nursing Roles and Practices: 1 fractional worksGestational Diabetes Research and Management: 1 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 1 fractional works
Emergency MedicineGeneral Health ProfessionsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthInfectious Diseases2 others

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

  1. 1 Emergency and Acute Care Studies Emergency Medicine 2 works
  2. 2 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 2 works
  3. 3 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  4. 4 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  5. 5 Health Literacy and Information Accessibility General Health Professions 2 works
  6. 6 Infection Control in Healthcare Infectious Diseases 1 works
  7. 7 Nursing education and management Research and Theory 1 works
  8. 8 Nursing Roles and Practices General Health Professions 1 works
  9. 9 Gestational Diabetes Research and Management Obstetrics and Gynecology 1 works
  10. 10 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 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 available61.3%not open38.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.1%domestic only85.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 65% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.