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Institute for Respiratory Health

In research, Institute for Respiratory Health stands highest in Medicine (#7,848 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,158 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Medicine — Medicine is 3.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,462
of 28,054 · #18,422 all time
Rank in Australia
#267
of 391
Research works
220
▲ 73% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.4k
33.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
65%
world 28%

What is Institute for Respiratory Health 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 #7,848 of 17,978 27.6%153
Health SciencesDomain #10,158 of 20,462 27.7%167

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

What does Institute for Respiratory Health specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Medicine takes 3.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MedicineField · 44.6 works3.5×
← 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: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.16× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.41× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.68× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.49× its world share, 45 worksMedicineNursing: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksNursingDecision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 5.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Institute for Respiratory Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Treatment, Inflammation, Epidemiology, Immunotherapy, Diagnosis, Fibrosis, Management and Asthma.

▲ 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. Epidemiology8▲ 2.9×39 topics
  2. Inflammation6▲ 4.4×25 topics
  3. Treatment5▲ 6.5×14 topics
  4. Diagnosis4▲ 6.8×15 topics
  5. Immunotherapy4▲ 8.5×10 topics
  6. Management4▲ 6.9×9 topics
  7. Fibrosis3▲ 28×5 topics
  8. Asthma3▲ 49×2 topics
  9. Genetics3▲ 6.7×3 topics
  10. Allergic Diseases3▲ 75×1 topic
  11. Eosinophils3▲ 75×1 topic
  12. Global Burden3▲ 7.5×5 topics
  13. Interstitial Lung Disease3▲ 63×2 topics
  14. Radiation Therapy3▲ 30×2 topics
  15. BAP1 mutations2▲ 225×1 topic
  16. Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition2▲ 40×2 topics
  17. Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma2▲ 225×1 topic
  18. Pneumothorax2▲ 110×2 topics
  19. Respiratory2▲ 39×2 topics
  20. Bronchiectasis2▲ 124×1 topic
  21. CFTR2▲ 124×1 topic
  22. COPD2▲ 55×1 topic
  23. Cystic Fibrosis2▲ 51×2 topics
  24. Microbiota2▲ 17×2 topics
  25. Pulmonary Infections2▲ 64×2 topics
  26. spirometry2▲ 55×1 topic
  27. Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis2▲ 75×1 topic
  28. Myofibroblast2▲ 75×1 topic
  29. Quality of Life2▲ 2.4×11 topics
  30. TGF-ß2▲ 23×2 topics
  31. Empyema2▲ 133×1 topic
  32. Pleural Effusion2▲ 133×1 topic
  33. Tumor Microenvironment2▲ 7.6×6 topics
  34. Immunity2▲ 6.2×8 topics
  35. Immune Checkpoint Blockade2▲ 22×1 topic
  36. PD-1 and PD-L12▲ 22×1 topic
  37. Anxiety1▲ 4.4×6 topics
  38. Health-related Quality of Life1▲ 7.4×4 topics
  39. Cancer Immunotherapy1▲ 11×3 topics
  40. Physician Burnout1▲ 22×2 topics

Which research topics does Institute for Respiratory Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Asthma and respiratory diseases, Occupational and environmental lung diseases, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research and Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances.

Asthma and respiratory d…3Asthma and respiratory diseases: 3 fractional worksOccupational and environ…2Occupational and environmental lung diseases: 2 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulm…2Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 2 fractional worksCystic Fibrosis Research…2Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances: 2 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseas…2Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 2 fractional worksPleural and Pulmonary Di…2Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases: 2 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 2 fractional worksElectronic Health Records Systems: 1 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune Responses: 1 fractional worksRespiratory and Cough-Related Research: 1 fractional works
PhysiologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOncologyHealth Information Management1 others

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

  1. 1 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 3 works
  2. 2 Occupational and environmental lung diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 2 works
  8. 8 Electronic Health Records Systems Health Information Management 1 works
  9. 9 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 1 works
  10. 10 Respiratory and Cough-Related Research Pulmonary and Respiratory 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 available65.2%not open34.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors61.9%domestic only38.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institute for Respiratory Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 73% 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.

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