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Institute for Breathing and Sleep

In research, Institute for Breathing and Sleep stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,150 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,335 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine is 16.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,577
of 22,385 · #16,481 all time
Rank in Australia
#181
of 270
Research works
291
▲ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.8k
30.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.06×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
65%
world 40%
International
32%
world 18%
Institute for Breathing and Sleep

What is Institute for Breathing and Sleep 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 #3,150 of 9,902 16.2%70 #3377
MedicineField #3,335 of 8,541 16.0%63 #3638

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute for Breathing and Sleep 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 Institute for Breathing and Sleep work in?

In 2022-now, 70% of research at Institute for Breathing and Sleep is in Health Sciences, 17% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (64%), Psychology (14%), Neuroscience (6%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 78 fractional works · 70.4% of its workMedicine: 71 fractional works · 64.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 28 fractional works · 25.3% of its workPhysiology: 9 fractional works · 7.8% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 16.9% of its workPsychology: 15 fractional works · 13.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 10 fractional works · 8.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 11 fractional works · 9.8% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 6.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKInstitute forBreathing and…112fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences70%Social Sciences17%

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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine7164.1%
    2. Health Professions64.9%
    3. Nursing11.2%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Psychology1513.6%
    2. Social Sciences32.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.0%
    1. Neuroscience76.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.9%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.7%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.5%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.4%
    1. Engineering21.4%
    2. Computer Science10.9%
    3. Environmental Science10.7%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Institute for Breathing and Sleep specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine takes 16.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 28.2 works16×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.89× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.02× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.87× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.33× its world share, 72 worksMedicineNursing: 2.52× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.45× its world share, 15 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology4.45×15 works
  2. Neuroscience3.89×7 works
  3. Medicine3.33×72 works
  4. Nursing2.52×1 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.02×1 works
  6. Health Professions1.87×6 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology0.42×0 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.35×2 works
  9. Veterinary0.27×0 works
  10. Social Sciences0.23×3 works
  11. Environmental Science0.15×1 works
  12. Dentistry0.12×0 works
  13. Computer Science0.11×1 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.10×0 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.10×0 works
  16. Engineering0.09×2 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.04×0 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Institute for Breathing and Sleep?

Ranked on the quality score, Catherine Jane Hill, Mark Erskine Howard and Leona Dowman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute for Breathing and Sleep.

  1. 1 Catherine Jane Hill Australia · #138,675 worldwide 11k citations · 114 works
  2. 2 Mark Erskine Howard Australia · #245,646 worldwide 13k citations · 302 works
  3. 3 Leona Dowman Australia · #500,282 worldwide 1.9k citations · 44 works
  4. 4 Pasquale K. Alvaro Australia · #522,963 worldwide 3k citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Rosemary Moore Australia · #541,955 worldwide 1.6k citations · 47 works
  6. 6 Lauren A. Booker Australia · #717,841 worldwide 740 citations · 55 works
  7. 7 Maree Barnes Australia · #762,654 worldwide 3.8k citations · 103 works
  8. 8 Danny J. Brazzale Australia · #860,056 worldwide 1.7k citations · 48 works
  9. 9 David John Berlowitz Australia · #1,102,394 worldwide 4.7k citations · 231 works
  10. 10 Nicole L. Sheers Australia · #1,159,692 worldwide 1k citations · 46 works
All ranked researchers at Institute for Breathing and Sleep

What are the most cited papers from Institute for Breathing and Sleep?

The most cited paper from Institute for Breathing and Sleep is "Prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea in the general population: A systematic review" (Chamara V. Senaratna, Jennifer L. Perret, Caroline Lodge et al., 2016), with 2,605 citations. Next come "Adult obstructive sleep apnoea" (1,734) and "Epidemiology of Asthma in Children and Adults" (1,235).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea in the general population: A systematic review Chamara V. Senaratna, Jennifer L. Perret, Caroline Lodge et al. · Sleep Medicine Reviews Review 18 Jul 2016 2,605
2 Adult obstructive sleep apnoea Amy S. Jordan, David G. McSharry, Atul Malhotra · The Lancet Open access Aug 2013 1,734
3 Epidemiology of Asthma in Children and Adults Shyamali C. Dharmage, Jennifer L. Perret, Adnan Čustović · Frontiers in Pediatrics Open access 18 Jun 2019 1,235
4 The New AASM Criteria for Scoring Hypopneas: Impact on the Apnea Hypopnea Index Warren R. Ruehland, Peter D. Rochford, Fergal J. O’Donoghue et al. · SLEEP Open access Feb 2009 693
5 Childhood predictors of lung function trajectories and future COPD risk: a prospective cohort study from the first to the sixth decade of life Dinh Bui et al. · The Lancet Respiratory Medicine Open access 6 Apr 2018 617
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Institute for Breathing and Sleep?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Management, Diagnosis, Global Burden, COPD, spirometry, Circadian Rhythms and Mechanical Ventilation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology18▲ 4.1×39 topics
  2. Management10▲ 12×9 topics
  3. Diagnosis10▲ 9.9×10 topics
  4. Global Burden9▲ 15×5 topics
  5. COPD9▲ 120×1 topic
  6. spirometry9▲ 120×1 topic
  7. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 5.8×16 topics
  8. Circadian Rhythms7▲ 57×2 topics
  9. Mechanical Ventilation7▲ 55×2 topics
  10. Mortality6▲ 10×8 topics
  11. Meta-Analysis6▲ 9.5×6 topics
  12. Acute Lung Injury6▲ 95×1 topic
  13. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome6▲ 95×1 topic
  14. Inflammation6▲ 2.5×25 topics
  15. Hypertension6▲ 18×4 topics
  16. Metabolic Syndrome6▲ 6.2×11 topics
  17. Insulin Resistance5▲ 11×3 topics
  18. Fatigue5▲ 40×2 topics
  19. Health Consequences5▲ 17×2 topics
  20. Obstructive Sleep Apnea5▲ 99×1 topic
  21. Psychometric Evaluation5▲ 46×2 topics
  22. Sleep-Disordered Breathing5▲ 99×1 topic
  23. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy5▲ 32×2 topics
  24. Insomnia5▲ 61×2 topics
  25. Sleep Duration5▲ 64×1 topic
  26. Sleep Quality5▲ 64×1 topic
  27. Treatment5▲ 3.6×16 topics
  28. Cognitive Performance5▲ 41×2 topics
  29. Fibrosis5▲ 21×3 topics
  30. Shift Work4▲ 125×1 topic
  31. Sleep Deprivation4▲ 125×1 topic
  32. Interstitial Lung Disease4▲ 59×2 topics
  33. Genetics4▲ 4.7×10 topics
  34. Depression4▲ 3.7×16 topics
  35. Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis4▲ 68×1 topic
  36. TGF-ß4▲ 20×1 topic
  37. Physical Activity3▲ 6.1×7 topics
  38. Neuroprotection3▲ 8.0×6 topics
  39. Pulmonary Infections3▲ 39×2 topics
  40. CFTR2▲ 78×1 topic

Which research topics does Institute for Breathing and Sleep publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research, Respiratory Support and Mechanisms, Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research and Sleep and related disorders.

Chronic Obstructive Pulm…9Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 9 fractional worksRespiratory Support and Mechanisms: 6 fractional worksObstructive Sleep Apnea …5Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research: 5 fractional worksSleep and related disord…5Sleep and related disorders: 5 fractional worksSleep and Work-Related Fatigue: 4 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 4 fractional worksCystic Fibrosis Research…2Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances: 2 fractional worksNeuroscience of respiration and sleep: 2 fractional worksDelphi Technique in Research: 2 fractional worksSleep and Wakefulness Research: 2 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePhysiologyExperimental and Cognitive PsychologyEndocrine and Autonomic Systems2 others

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

  1. 1 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 9 works
  2. 2 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  3. 3 Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research Physiology 5 works
  4. 4 Sleep and related disorders Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 5 works
  5. 5 Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 4 works
  6. 6 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  7. 7 Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Neuroscience of respiration and sleep Endocrine and Autonomic Systems 2 works
  9. 9 Delphi Technique in Research Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  10. 10 Sleep and Wakefulness Research Cognitive Neuroscience 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 available65.3%not open34.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.8%domestic only68.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Institute for Breathing and Sleep's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020052010201520202025
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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 Institute for Breathing and Sleep as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00049% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Institute for Breathing and Sleep0.00039% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Institute for Breathing and Sleep 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%Institute for Breathing and Sleep13.8% 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 23.9% in 2019.

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