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Launceston General Hospital

In research, Launceston General Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,748 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#7,616 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,496
of 28,054 · #16,081 all time
Rank in Australia
#231
of 391
Research works
787
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
15.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is Launceston General Hospital 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 #7,748 of 11,982 13.4%81 #6578
MedicineField #7,616 of 10,443 12.4%73 #5200

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Launceston General Hospital 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: 0.62× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.71× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.99× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.84× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.31× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.08× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.42× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.21× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.93× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.91× its world share, 73 worksMedicineNursing: 1.46× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.38× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.78× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Launceston General Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, B. Herman, B. L. Munday and Edward Meyrick lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Launceston General Hospital.

  1. 1 B. Herman Australia · #191,560 worldwide 134 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 B. L. Munday Australia · #350,041 worldwide 91 citations · 34 works
  3. 3 Edward Meyrick Australia · #820,334 worldwide 34 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Launceston General Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Launceston General Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Diagnosis, Guidelines, Treatment, Epidemiology, Inflammation, Management, Catheter Ablation and Aquaculture.

▲ 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. Epidemiology9▲ 1.69×57 topics
  2. Diagnosis7▲ 5.7×26 topics
  3. Inflammation6▲ 2.3×23 topics
  4. Treatment6▲ 3.7×22 topics
  5. Guidelines6▲ 9.6×7 topics
  6. Environmental Impact5▲ 2.1×16 topics
  7. Sustainability4▲ 1.43×13 topics
  8. Management4▲ 4.2×17 topics
  9. Quality of Life4▲ 2.1×19 topics
  10. Risk Factors4▲ 2.7×13 topics
  11. Global Burden3▲ 4.8×7 topics
  12. Catheter Ablation3▲ 19×2 topics
  13. Aquaculture3▲ 8.8×5 topics
  14. Echocardiography3▲ 8.4×6 topics
  15. Mortality3▲ 3.6×9 topics
  16. Pathogenesis3▲ 4.0×9 topics
  17. Complications2▲ 3.8×8 topics
  18. Diabetes2▲ 3.9×6 topics
  19. Macrophages2▲ 10×3 topics
  20. Prognosis2▲ 5.3×6 topics
  21. Angiogenesis2▲ 5.2×3 topics
  22. COPD2▲ 25×1 topic
  23. Respiratory2▲ 17×2 topics
  24. Wound Healing2▲ 6.4×4 topics
  25. spirometry2▲ 25×1 topic
  26. Anticoagulant Therapy2▲ 13×2 topics
  27. Growth Factors2▲ 13×2 topics
  28. Myocardial Infarction2▲ 7.0×4 topics
  29. Regeneration2▲ 8.3×2 topics
  30. Chronic Wounds2▲ 28×1 topic
  31. Fibroblasts2▲ 28×1 topic
  32. Stroke Prevention2▲ 13×2 topics
  33. Atrial Fibrillation2▲ 15×1 topic
  34. Mechanical Ventilation2▲ 13×2 topics
  35. Risk Stratification2▲ 20×1 topic
  36. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement2▲ 20×1 topic
  37. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement2▲ 20×1 topic
  38. Acute Lung Injury2▲ 23×1 topic
  39. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome2▲ 23×1 topic
  40. Clinical Management2▲ 7.9×6 topics

Which research topics does Launceston General Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research, Wound Healing and Treatments, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments and Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes.

Chronic Obstructive Pulm…2Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 2 fractional worksWound Healing and Treatm…2Wound Healing and Treatments: 2 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…2Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksRespiratory Support and …2Respiratory Support and Mechanisms: 2 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 2 fractional worksMarine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies: 2 fractional worksWave and Wind Energy Sys…1Wave and Wind Energy Systems: 1 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 1 fractional worksStoma care and complications: 1 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineRehabilitationCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineGlobal and Planetary Change2 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 2 works
  2. 2 Wound Healing and Treatments Rehabilitation 2 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  8. 8 Wave and Wind Energy Systems Ocean Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Stoma care and complications Surgery 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 available45.6%not open54.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.0%domestic only85.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Launceston General Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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