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La Trobe University

In research, La Trobe University stands highest in Health Sciences (#186 of 11,982 worldwide), Social Sciences (#183 of 10,521 worldwide) and Health Professions (#34 of 1,928 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Public Administration and Gender Studies — Orthopedics and Sports Medicine is 7.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#587
of 28,054 · #684 all time
Rank in Australia
#19
of 391
Research works
39k
▲ 50% vs 2013–17
Citations
903k
23.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is La Trobe University 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 #186 of 11,982 23.0%1,737 #298
Social SciencesDomain #183 of 10,521 28.5%2,356 #223
Health ProfessionsField #34 of 1,928 28.6%407 #128
Social SciencesField #168 of 6,365 29.2%1,258 #189
Business, Management and AccountingField #115 of 2,578 33.9%234 #191
MedicineField #553 of 10,443 20.8%1,250 #611
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #52 of 916 28.7%255 #113
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #153 of 2,578 28.6%429 #181
EducationSubfield #135 of 1,892 44.7%183 #161
Clinical PsychologySubfield #59 of 738 27.6%218 #132

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where La Trobe University 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#298 #186
  2. Social Sciences#223 #183
  3. Health Professions#128 #34
  4. Social Sciences#189 #168
  5. Business, Management and Accounting#191 #115
  6. Medicine#611 #553
  7. General Health Professions#113 #52
  8. Sociology and Political Science#181 #153
  9. Education#161 #135
  10. Clinical Psychology#132 #59
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does La Trobe University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Orthopedics and Sports Medicine takes 7.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield · 122.9 works7.8×
  2. Public AdministrationSubfield · 20.5 works6.2×
  3. Gender StudiesSubfield · 84.6 works3.8×
  4. HealthSubfield · 68.0 works3.7×
← 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: 0.99× its world share, 289 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.89× its world share, 292 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.89× its world share, 55 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.44× its world share, 144 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.51× its world share, 11 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.26× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.85× its world share, 82 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.72× its world share, 344 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 63 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.26× its world share, 15 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.36× its world share, 330 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.95× its world share, 292 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.23× its world share, 49 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.02× its world share, 74 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.24× its world share, 32 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.86× its world share, 26 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.50× its world share, 406 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.05× its world share, 1,250 worksMedicineNursing: 1.43× its world share, 43 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.28× its world share, 11 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.13× its world share, 201 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.18× its world share, 234 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 43 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.96× its world share, 126 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.63× its world share, 494 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.61× its world share, 1,258 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at La Trobe University?

Ranked on the composite score, Colin Smith, Michael T. Ryan and R. M. W. Dixon lead among researchers whose main affiliation is La Trobe University.

  1. 1 Colin Smith Australia · #8,523 worldwide 458 citations · 60 works
  2. 2 Michael T. Ryan Australia · #9,636 worldwide 605 citations · 88 works
  3. 3 R. M. W. Dixon Australia · #13,911 worldwide 272 citations · 66 works
  4. 4 Geoff Cumming Australia · #21,219 worldwide 545 citations · 42 works
  5. 5 Priscilla Robinson Australia · #43,712 worldwide 3.5k citations · 29 works
  6. 6 G. Quispel Australia · #45,442 worldwide 514 citations · 119 works
  7. 7 Gillian Sullivan Mort Australia · #47,444 worldwide 568 citations · 45 works
  8. 8 Abdun Naser Mahmood Australia · #56,929 worldwide 353 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 Richard J. Simpson Australia · #64,236 worldwide 779 citations · 114 works
  10. 10 Bruce Stone Australia · #65,728 worldwide 329 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at La Trobe University

Which keywords describe research at La Trobe University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mental Health, Climate Change, Globalization, Risk Factors, Quality of Life, Public Health and Psychiatric Disorders.

▲ 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. Epidemiology396▲ 1.62×127 topics
  2. Mental Health248▲ 2.7×41 topics
  3. Climate Change230▲ 1.38×90 topics
  4. Globalization196▲ 1.62×96 topics
  5. Quality of Life155▲ 1.74×53 topics
  6. Public Health153▲ 1.71×58 topics
  7. Inflammation144◆ 1.12×76 topics
  8. Risk Factors144▲ 2.1×36 topics
  9. Human Rights118▲ 1.86×51 topics
  10. Depression110▲ 2.0×23 topics
  11. Healthcare106▲ 1.53×28 topics
  12. Resilience102▲ 3.4×16 topics
  13. Identity94▲ 2.1×48 topics
  14. Gender93▲ 2.8×43 topics
  15. Biodiversity92▲ 2.0×25 topics
  16. Social Support89▲ 2.6×17 topics
  17. Social Capital86▲ 2.6×17 topics
  18. Prevalence84▲ 3.3×15 topics
  19. Neoliberalism78▲ 3.5×19 topics
  20. Invasive Species78▲ 3.0×19 topics
  21. Prevention77▲ 3.0×15 topics
  22. Health Disparities77▲ 4.7×9 topics
  23. Rehabilitation73▲ 3.0×12 topics
  24. Patient Satisfaction73▲ 3.8×10 topics
  25. Well-being70▲ 2.9×14 topics
  26. Psychiatric Disorders69▲ 8.5×4 topics
  27. Psychological Impact68▲ 3.4×11 topics
  28. Injury Prevention68▲ 9.0×5 topics
  29. Primary Care68▲ 2.9×15 topics
  30. Intersectionality66▲ 5.9×12 topics
  31. Stigma60▲ 7.1×5 topics
  32. Athletic Training56▲ 9.9×3 topics
  33. Evidence-Based Practice55▲ 7.0×7 topics
  34. Muscle Injuries53▲ 13×1 topic
  35. Sports Injury53▲ 13×1 topic
  36. Impulsivity47▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Substance Use Disorders47▲ 10×2 topics
  38. Arthroplasty46▲ 7.8×2 topics
  39. Behavioral Interventions45▲ 9.3×3 topics
  40. Decolonization41▲ 8.3×7 topics

Which research topics does La Trobe University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sports injuries and prevention, Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes, Sports Performance and Training and Autism Spectrum Disorder Research.

Sports injuries and prev…53Sports injuries and prevention: 53 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatmen…40Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 40 fractional worksSports Performance and Training: 35 fractional worksAutism Spectrum Disorder Research: 32 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 32 fractional worksLower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies: 32 fractional worksFamily and Disability Support Research: 30 fractional worksKnee injuries and recons…30Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 30 fractional worksLGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 28 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 28 fractional works
Orthopedics and Sports MedicineEpidemiologyCognitive NeuroscienceSoil Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 53 works
  2. 2 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 40 works
  3. 3 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 35 works
  4. 4 Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Cognitive Neuroscience 32 works
  5. 5 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 32 works
  6. 6 Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies Biomedical Engineering 32 works
  7. 7 Family and Disability Support Research Clinical Psychology 30 works
  8. 8 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 30 works
  9. 9 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 28 works
  10. 10 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 28 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 available38.4%not open61.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.2%domestic only81.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has La Trobe University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 50% 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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