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Main Roads Western Australia

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World rank, all time
#33,888
of 42,892
Rank in Australia
#582
of 656
Research works
123
▲ 92% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.1k
17.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

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: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 10.54× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.23× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.67× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 6.12× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.85× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 2.14× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.02× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.61× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.98× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 10.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Main Roads Western Australia?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Ensemble Kalman Filter, Optimization, Environmental Impact, Climate Change, EROI and Fossil Fuels.

▲ 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 24 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 24 words, with their numbers
  1. Sustainability5▲ 5.9×5 topics
  2. Climate Change4▲ 4.7×15 topics
  3. Environmental Impact4▲ 6.6×5 topics
  4. Renewable Energy4▲ 7.6×5 topics
  5. Ensemble Kalman Filter3▲ 104×1 topic
  6. Optimization3▲ 23×1 topic
  7. EROI2▲ 234×1 topic
  8. Fossil Fuels2▲ 171×1 topic
  9. Sustainable Development2▲ 3.1×3 topics
  10. Globalization1▲ 2.2×2 topics
  11. Mining Industry1▲ 218×1 topic
  12. Offshore Decommissioning1▲ 465×1 topic
  13. Ship Recycling1▲ 465×1 topic
  14. Social License to Operate1▲ 218×1 topic
  15. Occupational Safety1▲ 39×2 topics
  16. Construction Safety1▲ 51×2 topics
  17. Risk Perception1▲ 12×2 topics
  18. Bayesian Networks1▲ 35×1 topic
  19. Epidemiology1▼ 0.82×7 topics
  20. Fault Tree Analysis1▲ 64×1 topic
  21. Mortality Forecasting1▲ 177×1 topic
  22. Population Ageing1▲ 177×1 topic
  23. Safety Climate1▲ 36×1 topic
  24. Safety Culture1▲ 45×1 topic

Which research topics does Main Roads Western Australia publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, Global Energy and Sustainability Research, Mining and Resource Management and Marine and Offshore Engineering Studies.

Reservoir Engineering an…3Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 3 fractional worksGlobal Energy and Sustainability Research: 2 fractional worksMining and Resource Management: 1 fractional worksMarine and Offshore Engineering Studies: 1 fractional worksOccupational Health and Safety Research: 1 fractional worksInsurance, Mortality, De…1Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management: 1 fractional worksRisk and Safety Analysis: 1 fractional worksOil and Gas Production Techniques: 1 fractional worksEnvironmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies: 1 fractional worksHuman Resource and Talent Management: 0 fractional works
Ocean EngineeringRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentBuilding and ConstructionRadiological and Ultrasound Technology4 others

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

  1. 1 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 3 works
  2. 2 Global Energy and Sustainability Research Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 2 works
  3. 3 Mining and Resource Management Building and Construction 1 works
  4. 4 Marine and Offshore Engineering Studies Ocean Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Occupational Health and Safety Research Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 1 works
  6. 6 Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management Demography 1 works
  7. 7 Risk and Safety Analysis Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 1 works
  8. 8 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies Ecology 1 works
  10. 10 Human Resource and Talent Management Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 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 available31.7%not open68.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.8%domestic only73.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Main Roads Western Australia's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 92% 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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