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Melbourne Health

In research, Melbourne Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#276 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#261 of 8,541 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#786 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Psychiatry and Mental health (Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine is 6.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#785
of 22,385 · #1,036 all time
Rank in Australia
#27
of 270
Research works
14k
▲ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
451k
31.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.31×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
37%
world 40%
International
21%
world 18%
Melbourne Health

What is Melbourne Health 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 #276 of 9,902 14.7%1,442 #405
MedicineField #261 of 8,541 14.5%1,276 #366
Life SciencesDomain #786 of 6,403 14.6%241 #1056
Health ProfessionsField #311 of 1,895 16.9%135 #440
Social SciencesDomain #1,717 of 9,585 17.2%265 #1810
SurgerySubfield #335 of 1,532 13.1%142 #411
Physical SciencesDomain #2,646 of 10,670 15.1%153 #2656
EpidemiologySubfield #235 of 927 14.5%118 #309
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #778 of 2,964 14.2%131 #1122
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #296 of 1,037 13.2%111 #432

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Melbourne Health 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 of those standings moved

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

  1. Health Sciences#405 #276
  2. Medicine#366 #261
  3. Life Sciences#1,056 #786
  4. Health Professions#440 #311
  5. Social Sciences#1,810 #1,717
  6. Surgery#411 #335
  7. Physical Sciences#2,656 #2,646
  8. Epidemiology#309 #235
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,122 #778
  10. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#432 #296
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Melbourne Health work in?

In 2022-now, 68% of research at Melbourne Health is in Health Sciences, 13% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (60%), Health Professions (6%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 1,650 fractional works · 68.2% of its workMedicine: 1,459 fractional works · 60.3% of its workSurgery: 164 fractional works · 6.8% of its workEpidemiology: 136 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 129 fractional works · 5.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 125 fractional works · 5.2% of its workOncology: 84 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 83 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 61 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhysiology: 56 fractional works · 2.3% of its workNeurology: 55 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 47 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 45 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 45 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 40 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 40 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRheumatology: 33 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 32 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHematology: 30 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 28 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 24 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNephrology: 21 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDermatology: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRehabilitation: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 155 fractional works · 6.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 96 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOccupational Therapy: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPeriodontics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 312 fractional works · 12.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 120 fractional works · 5.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 42 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth: 26 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEducation: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 120 fractional works · 5.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 72 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 24 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 34 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 29 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 276 fractional works · 11.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 147 fractional works · 6.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 65 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGenetics: 46 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCancer Research: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 62 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 26 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 50 fractional works · 2.1% of its workImmunology: 31 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMicrobiology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 180 fractional works · 7.4% of its workEngineering: 70 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 25 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 44 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 24 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 34 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematics: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMelbourne Health2,419fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences68%Social Sciences13%

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. Health Sciences1,65068.2%
    1. Medicine1,45960.3%
    2. Health Professions1556.4%
    3. Nursing200.8%
    4. Dentistry140.6%
    5. Veterinary20.1%
    1. Social Sciences1205.0%
    2. Psychology1205.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance341.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting180.7%
    5. Decision Sciences110.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities90.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1476.1%
    2. Neuroscience622.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology502.1%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences110.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics60.3%
    1. Engineering702.9%
    2. Environmental Science441.8%
    3. Computer Science341.4%
    4. Mathematics110.5%
    5. Materials Science70.3%
    6. Physics and Astronomy50.2%
    7. Chemistry50.2%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.1%
    9. Energy10.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Melbourne Health specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine takes 6.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Critical Care and Intensive Care MedicineSubfield · 24.4 works6.8×
  2. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 32.4 works5.5×
  3. Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield · 60.6 works5.0×
  4. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 125.2 works4.9×
  5. GeneticsSubfield · 28.5 works4.3×
  6. NephrologySubfield · 21.4 works4.1×
← 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: 0.10× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.14× its world share, 147 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.06× its world share, 50 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.57× its world share, 62 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.72× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.12× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 34 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 70 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.36× its world share, 44 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.39× its world share, 11 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.23× its world share, 14 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.43× its world share, 155 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.14× its world share, 1,459 worksMedicineNursing: 1.67× its world share, 20 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.23× its world share, 18 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 11 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.66× its world share, 34 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.63× its world share, 120 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 120 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.14×1,459 works
  2. Health Professions2.43×155 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.06×50 works
  4. Nursing1.67×20 works
  5. Psychology1.63×120 works
  6. Neuroscience1.57×62 works
  7. Dentistry1.23×14 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.14×147 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.72×6 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.66×34 works
  11. Veterinary0.56×2 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.46×11 works
  13. Mathematics0.39×11 works
  14. Social Sciences0.39×120 works
  15. Environmental Science0.36×44 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.23×18 works
  17. Engineering0.19×70 works
  18. Computer Science0.18×34 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.13×9 works
  20. Chemistry0.12×5 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.10×11 works
  22. Materials Science0.09×7 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.09×5 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.06×0 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.06×2 works
  26. Energy0.06×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Melbourne Health?

Ranked on the quality score, Darren Jonathan Katz, M. Epid and James Houghton lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Melbourne Health.

  1. 1 Darren Jonathan Katz Australia · #2,281,636 worldwide 1.8k citations · 108 works
  2. 2 M. Epid Australia · #3,427,067 worldwide 4 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 James Houghton Australia · #3,618,117 worldwide 132 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Ana Machado Colling Australia · #3,782,264 worldwide 198 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Matthew J. Richards Australia · #4,605,250 worldwide 36 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Melbourne Health

What are the most cited papers from Melbourne Health?

The most cited paper from Melbourne Health is "Biological insights from 108 schizophrenia-associated genetic loci" (Stephan Ripke et al., 2014), with 8,181 citations. Next come "Endovascular thrombectomy after large-vessel ischaemic stroke: a meta-analysis of individual patient data from five randomised trials" (7,859) and "Macrophage Activation and Polarization: Nomenclature and Experimental Guidelines" (6,444).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Biological insights from 108 schizophrenia-associated genetic loci Stephan Ripke et al. · Nature Open access297 authors Jul 2014 8,181
2 Endovascular thrombectomy after large-vessel ischaemic stroke: a meta-analysis of individual patient data from five randomised trials Mayank Goyal et al. · The Lancet Review 20 Feb 2016 7,859
3 Macrophage Activation and Polarization: Nomenclature and Experimental Guidelines Peter J. Murray et al. · Immunity Open access Jul 2014 6,444
4 Single-step purification of polypeptides expressed in Escherichia coli as fusions with glutathione S-transferase Donald B. Smith, Kevin Scot Johnson · Gene Jul 1988 5,982
5 Endovascular Therapy for Ischemic Stroke with Perfusion-Imaging Selection Bruce C.V. Campbell et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 11 Feb 2015 5,898
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Melbourne Health?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology269▲ 2.8×126 topics
  2. Inflammation114▲ 2.2×78 topics
  3. Quality of Life96▲ 2.7×50 topics
  4. Risk Factors95▲ 3.6×35 topics
  5. Treatment80▲ 2.7×49 topics
  6. Diagnosis76▲ 3.4×40 topics
  7. Public Health76▲ 2.1×50 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease70▲ 2.5×37 topics
  9. Mortality69▲ 5.0×13 topics
  10. Mental Health68▲ 1.96×33 topics
  11. Management67▲ 3.5×31 topics
  12. Guidelines65▲ 5.7×13 topics
  13. Depression61▲ 2.9×21 topics
  14. Global Burden60▲ 4.6×12 topics
  15. Biomarkers55▲ 3.3×17 topics
  16. Immunotherapy54▲ 3.1×19 topics
  17. Genetics53▲ 3.1×23 topics
  18. Heart Failure44▲ 4.0×13 topics
  19. Aging43▲ 3.3×17 topics
  20. Complications41▲ 3.4×16 topics
  21. Critical Care41▲ 6.9×8 topics
  22. Neuroprotection39▲ 4.6×15 topics
  23. Anxiety39▲ 3.4×11 topics
  24. Genetic Mutations39▲ 3.7×23 topics
  25. Prevalence38▲ 3.9×15 topics
  26. Prognosis38▲ 4.7×9 topics
  27. Rehabilitation37▲ 3.8×12 topics
  28. Prognostic Factors36▲ 3.5×14 topics
  29. Clinical Outcomes36▲ 7.0×6 topics
  30. Neuroimaging36▲ 5.4×11 topics
  31. Catheter Ablation31▲ 10×2 topics
  32. Echocardiography31▲ 4.6×8 topics
  33. Elderly Patients30▲ 7.3×4 topics
  34. Mortality Risk30▲ 5.2×6 topics
  35. Revascularization27▲ 7.0×4 topics
  36. Intensive Care Unit26▲ 8.7×4 topics
  37. Prevention Guidelines26▲ 9.9×3 topics
  38. Ischemic Stroke26▲ 7.0×4 topics
  39. Rituximab26▲ 7.3×4 topics
  40. Stroke Prevention26▲ 8.7×2 topics

Which research topics does Melbourne Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Acute Ischemic Stroke Management, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes and Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders.

Acute Ischemic Stroke Ma…22Acute Ischemic Stroke Management: 22 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive I…18Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 18 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 16 fractional worksIntensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders: 14 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 14 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 14 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 14 fractional worksSepsis Diagnosis and Tre…11Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 11 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 11 fractional worksMultiple Sclerosis Research Studies: 11 fractional works
EpidemiologyPsychiatry and Mental healthCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 22 works
  2. 2 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 18 works
  3. 3 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 16 works
  4. 4 Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 14 works
  5. 5 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 14 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 14 works
  7. 7 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 14 works
  8. 8 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 11 works
  9. 9 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 11 works
  10. 10 Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies Pathology and Forensic Medicine 11 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 available37.2%not open62.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.3%domestic only78.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Melbourne Health's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Melbourne Health as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0090% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%Melbourne Health0.010% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Melbourne Health 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 counting10%20%Melbourne Health14.0% 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 16.5% in 2016.

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