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Mater Health Services

In research, Mater Health Services stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,544 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#1,437 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health is 5.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,227
of 22,385 · #4,589 all time
Rank in Australia
#82
of 270
Research works
4k
▲ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
90k
22.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
33%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
Mater Health Services

What is Mater Health Services known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #1,544 of 9,902 8.8%335 #1944
MedicineField #1,437 of 8,541 8.4%299 #1776

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Mater Health Services 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Mater Health Services work in?

In 2022-now, 75% of research at Mater Health Services is in Health Sciences, 10% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (67%), Health Professions (6%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 392 fractional works · 74.9% of its workMedicine: 352 fractional works · 67.1% of its workSurgery: 60 fractional works · 11.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 27 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEpidemiology: 24 fractional works · 4.7% of its workOncology: 24 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 23 fractional works · 4.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 22 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 20 fractional works · 3.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 18 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPhysiology: 15 fractional works · 2.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 11 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 9 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNeurology: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRheumatology: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDermatology: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHematology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGastroenterology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 33 fractional works · 6.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 18 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 53 fractional works · 10.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 29 fractional works · 5.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 9 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCancer Research: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 13 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 50 fractional works · 9.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 21 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychology: 16 fractional works · 3.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 29 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEngineering: 11 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKMater HealthServices524fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences75%Social Sciences9%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine35267.1%
    2. Health Professions336.4%
    3. Dentistry30.6%
    4. Nursing30.5%
    5. Veterinary10.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology295.5%
    2. Neuroscience132.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology61.2%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences40.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    1. Social Sciences213.9%
    2. Psychology163.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities40.8%
    4. Decision Sciences40.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance30.6%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting20.5%
    1. Engineering112.2%
    2. Environmental Science61.1%
    3. Computer Science51.0%
    4. Physics and Astronomy20.4%
    5. Materials Science20.3%
    6. Energy10.2%
    7. Mathematics10.1%
    8. Chemistry10.1%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Mater Health Services specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health takes 5.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 20.0 works5.1×
← 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: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.02× its world share, 29 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.16× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.53× its world share, 13 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.23× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.23× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.41× its world share, 33 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.49× its world share, 352 worksMedicineNursing: 1.08× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.99× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.78× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.97× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 21 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.49×352 works
  2. Health Professions2.41×33 works
  3. Veterinary1.99×1 works
  4. Neuroscience1.53×13 works
  5. Dentistry1.23×3 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.16×6 works
  7. Nursing1.08×3 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.02×29 works
  9. Psychology0.97×16 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.78×4 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.55×1 works
  12. Social Sciences0.31×21 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.27×4 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.26×3 works
  15. Energy0.24×1 works
  16. Environmental Science0.23×6 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.17×4 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.16×2 works
  19. Engineering0.15×12 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.15×2 works
  21. Computer Science0.12×5 works
  22. Mathematics0.12×1 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.11×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.09×2 works
  25. Chemistry0.08×1 works
  26. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.07×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Mater Health Services?

Ranked on the quality score, Catherine Shannon, Rohan Lourie and Claire M. Davies lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Mater Health Services.

  1. 1 Catherine Shannon Australia · #1,010,601 worldwide 2.4k citations · 102 works
  2. 2 Rohan Lourie Australia · #1,233,426 worldwide 3.7k citations · 115 works
  3. 3 Claire M. Davies Australia · #1,330,580 worldwide 837 citations · 47 works
  4. 4 Bernard A Zicat Australia · #1,594,262 worldwide 2.6k citations · 69 works
  5. 5 Kristen Gilshenan Australia · #1,726,564 worldwide 2.9k citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Kathryn Kynoch Australia · #1,907,484 worldwide 908 citations · 72 works
  7. 7 Janet Rea Hardy Australia · #2,117,281 worldwide 6.2k citations · 274 works
  8. 8 Jane E. Armes Australia · #2,555,526 worldwide 8.6k citations · 140 works
  9. 9 Karen M. Wallace Australia · #2,634,263 worldwide 982 citations · 47 works
  10. 10 Sonia Jane Hines Australia · #2,831,805 worldwide 3.3k citations · 178 works
All ranked researchers at Mater Health Services

What are the most cited papers from Mater Health Services?

The most cited paper from Mater Health Services is "The SCARE 2020 Guideline: Updating Consensus Surgical CAse REport (SCARE) Guidelines" (Riaz Agha et al., 2020), with 5,605 citations. Next come "Nivolumab in Previously Untreated Melanoma without BRAF Mutation" (5,431) and "Increased Survival with Enzalutamide in Prostate Cancer after Chemotherapy" (4,645).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The SCARE 2020 Guideline: Updating Consensus Surgical CAse REport (SCARE) Guidelines Riaz Agha et al. · International Journal of Surgery Open access 9 Nov 2020 5,605
2 Nivolumab in Previously Untreated Melanoma without BRAF Mutation Caroline Robert et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 16 Nov 2014 5,431
3 Increased Survival with Enzalutamide in Prostate Cancer after Chemotherapy Howard I. Scher, Karim S. Fizazi, Fred Saad et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 15 Aug 2012 4,645
4 Imatinib Compared with Interferon and Low-Dose Cytarabine for Newly Diagnosed Chronic-Phase Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Stephen G. O’Brien et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 12 Mar 2003 3,593
5 Association of missense and 5′-splice-site mutations in tau with the inherited dementia FTDP-17 Mike Hutton et al. · Nature Jun 1998 3,560
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Mater Health Services?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Inflammation, Treatment, Diagnosis, Guidelines, Quality of Life and Surgical Management.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology57▲ 2.7×104 topics
  2. Inflammation26▲ 2.4×61 topics
  3. Quality of Life21▲ 2.8×41 topics
  4. Treatment21▲ 3.2×41 topics
  5. Diagnosis19▲ 3.8×32 topics
  6. Complications18▲ 6.7×17 topics
  7. Immunotherapy16▲ 4.2×17 topics
  8. Public Health16▲ 2.1×41 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress15▲ 1.75×35 topics
  10. Guidelines14▲ 5.8×12 topics
  11. Surgical Management13▲ 6.3×19 topics
  12. Metabolic Syndrome13▲ 3.0×21 topics
  13. Clinical Trials12▲ 3.6×17 topics
  14. Chemotherapy12▲ 3.3×21 topics
  15. Clinical Practice Guidelines12▲ 4.2×14 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Disease12▲ 2.0×30 topics
  17. Management12▲ 2.9×27 topics
  18. Risk Factors12▲ 2.1×30 topics
  19. Genetics12▲ 3.2×15 topics
  20. Depression11▲ 2.4×19 topics
  21. Pathogenesis11▲ 4.1×19 topics
  22. Surgery11▲ 6.0×9 topics
  23. Survival Analysis11▲ 7.4×6 topics
  24. Mortality10▲ 3.5×12 topics
  25. Radiotherapy10▲ 4.7×12 topics
  26. Maternal Mortality10▲ 8.1×5 topics
  27. Patient Satisfaction9▲ 5.7×9 topics
  28. Primary Care9▲ 4.7×14 topics
  29. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes9▲ 8.7×6 topics
  30. Catheter Ablation8▲ 13×2 topics
  31. Health-related Quality of Life8▲ 6.7×5 topics
  32. Inflammatory Bowel Disease7▲ 12×4 topics
  33. Prenatal Diagnosis7▲ 9.6×7 topics
  34. Type 2 Diabetes7▲ 5.8×4 topics
  35. Global Trends7▲ 16×2 topics
  36. Maternal Outcomes7▲ 17×2 topics
  37. Perinatal Outcomes7▲ 17×2 topics
  38. Cesarean Section6▲ 30×1 topic
  39. Vaginal Birth6▲ 30×1 topic
  40. Psychological Interventions6▲ 8.5×4 topics

Which research topics does Mater Health Services publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions, Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments, Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies and Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management.

Maternal and Perinatal H…6Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions: 6 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and …5Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 5 fractional worksPregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 4 fractional worksCutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management: 4 fractional worksCancer survivorship and care: 4 fractional worksMaternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum: 4 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease: 4 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…4Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksAppendicitis Diagnosis and Management: 4 fractional worksObstructive Sleep Apnea Research: 4 fractional works
Obstetrics and GynecologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineOncologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health3 others

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

  1. 1 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Obstetrics and Gynecology 6 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  3. 3 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 4 works
  4. 4 Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management Oncology 4 works
  5. 5 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 4 works
  6. 6 Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  7. 7 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 4 works
  8. 8 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  9. 9 Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management Emergency Medicine 4 works
  10. 10 Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research Physiology 4 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 available33.2%not open66.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.8%domestic only74.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Mater Health Services's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Mater Health Services as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0021% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Mater Health Services0.0021% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Mater Health Services over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%Mater Health Services10.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.4% in 2001.

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