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Lowitja Institute

lowitja.org.auROR OpenAlex
Research works
21
▲ 62% vs 2018-21
Citations
265
12.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
56%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Lowitja Institute

Not ranked overall: Lowitja Institute is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Lowitja Institute work in?

In all years, 49% of research at Lowitja Institute is in Social Sciences, 47% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (34%), Health Professions (26%), Medicine (19%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 10 fractional works · 48.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 33.6% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 18.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 6.8% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 7.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 7.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 10 fractional works · 47.5% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 26.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 13.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 10.8% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 19.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 10.0% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKLowitja Institute21fractional works, all years
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences47%Social Sciences49%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 13 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences733.6%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting17.1%
    3. Psychology14.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance02.4%
    5. Decision Sciences01.2%
    1. Health Professions526.0%
    2. Medicine419.3%
    3. Nursing02.2%
    1. Engineering02.0%
    2. Environmental Science01.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.2%
    3. Neuroscience00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 9.25× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.95× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 2.85× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.08× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.91× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.67× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.99× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 9.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 12 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions9.25×2 works
  2. Social Sciences2.99×3 works
  3. Nursing2.85×0 works
  4. Psychology2.67×1 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.08×0 works
  6. Medicine0.95×2 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.91×0 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.61×0 works
  9. Engineering0.20×0 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.16×0 works
  11. Environmental Science0.16×0 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.11×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Lowitja Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Janine Mohamed lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lowitja Institute.

  1. 1 Janine Mohamed Australia · #423,191 worldwide 498 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Lowitja Institute

What are the most cited papers from Lowitja Institute?

The most cited paper from Lowitja Institute is "Indigenous and tribal peoples' health (The Lancet–Lowitja Institute Global Collaboration): a population study" (Ian P S Anderson et al., 2016), with 1,030 citations. Next come "A systematic review of barriers and facilitators to participation in randomized controlled trials by Indigenous people from New Zealand, Australia, Canada and the United States" (105) and "A unified call to action from Australian nursing and midwifery leaders: ensuring that Black lives matter" (83).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Indigenous and tribal peoples' health (The Lancet–Lowitja Institute Global Collaboration): a population study Ian P S Anderson et al. · The Lancet Open access 26 Apr 2016 1,030
2 A systematic review of barriers and facilitators to participation in randomized controlled trials by Indigenous people from New Zealand, Australia, Canada and the United States Marewa Glover, Anette Kira, Vanessa Johnston et al. · Global Health Promotion Review 19 May 2014 105
3 A unified call to action from Australian nursing and midwifery leaders: ensuring that Black lives matter Lynore K. Geia et al. · Contemporary Nurse Open access115 authors 3 Jul 2020 83
4 Supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Families to Stay Together from the Start (SAFeST Start): Urgent call to action to address crisis in infant removals Catherine Chamberlain et al. · Australian Journal of Social Issues Open access 26 Jan 2022 60
5 Starting to smoke: a qualitative study of the experiences of Australian indigenous youth Vanessa Johnston, Darren W. Westphal, Cyan Earnshaw et al. · BMC Public Health Open access 9 Nov 2012 58
All 69 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Lowitja Institute?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Health Equity, Decolonization, Indigenous Health, Global Health, Health Policy, Health Workforce, Rural Health and Health Inequities.

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

Size is fractional works in all years 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 23 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Health Equity4▲ 109×2 topics
  2. Decolonization4▲ 235×1 topic
  3. Global Health4▲ 138×2 topics
  4. Indigenous Health4▲ 1521×1 topic
  5. Health Policy2▲ 72×2 topics
  6. Health Workforce2▲ 233×1 topic
  7. Rural Health2▲ 377×1 topic
  8. Climate Change2▲ 3.4×4 topics
  9. Health Inequities2▲ 192×2 topics
  10. Medical Education2▲ 34×2 topics
  11. Vulnerability2▲ 51×3 topics
  12. Arctic Indigenous Peoples2▲ 383×1 topic
  13. Food Security2▲ 19×1 topic
  14. Nutrition Transition2▲ 261×2 topics
  15. Traditional Knowledge2▲ 181×2 topics
  16. Corporate Political Activity2▲ 243×1 topic
  17. Global Surgery2▲ 477×1 topic
  18. Health Development2▲ 477×1 topic
  19. Non-Communicable Diseases2▲ 49×1 topic
  20. Mental Health1▲ 4.8×9 topics
  21. Psychiatric Disorders1▲ 35×2 topics
  22. Qualitative Research1▲ 9.0×4 topics
  23. Social Justice1▲ 10×3 topics

Which research topics does Lowitja Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights, Indigenous Studies and Ecology, Athletic Training and Education and Global Health and Surgery.

Indigenous Health, Educa…2Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights: 2 fractional worksIndigenous Studies and Ecology: 1 fractional worksAthletic Training and Education: 0 fractional worksGlobal Health and Surgery: 0 fractional worksEthics in Clinical Research: 0 fractional worksRacial and Ethnic Identity Research: 0 fractional worksBreastfeeding Practices and Influences: 0 fractional worksCommonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism: 0 fractional worksChild Abuse and Trauma: 0 fractional worksSmoking Behavior and Cessation: 0 fractional works
HealthGeneral Health ProfessionsPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health5 others

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

  1. 1 Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights Health 2 works
  2. 2 Indigenous Studies and Ecology General Health Professions 1 works
  3. 3 Athletic Training and Education Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 0 works
  4. 4 Global Health and Surgery Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  5. 5 Ethics in Clinical Research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  6. 6 Racial and Ethnic Identity Research Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  7. 7 Breastfeeding Practices and Influences Epidemiology 0 works
  8. 8 Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  9. 9 Child Abuse and Trauma Clinical Psychology 0 works
  10. 10 Smoking Behavior and Cessation Physiology 0 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 available56.1%not open43.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.4%domestic only87.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Lowitja Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 62% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 Lowitja Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000026% in 2024.

still counting0.000025%0.000050%0.000075%Lowitja Institute0.000030% in 20252020

Fractional works of Lowitja Institute over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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