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Melbourne Health

In research, Melbourne Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,669 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#1,803 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,994 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Clinical Psychology and General Health Professions — Clinical Psychology is 6.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,169
of 28,054 · #5,445 all time
Rank in Australia
#76
of 391
Research works
2k
▲ 39% vs 2013–17
Citations
58k
28.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
30.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
63%
world 28%

What is Melbourne Health 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 #1,669 of 11,982 28.1%364 #1869
MedicineField #1,803 of 10,443 26.8%281 #2126
Social SciencesDomain #2,994 of 10,521 38.1%148 #3611
Life SciencesDomain #3,067 of 7,800 27.1%65 #3252
Health ProfessionsField #890 of 1,928 34.5%70 #1275
PsychologyField #1,458 of 2,181 31.7%65 #1603

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#1,869 #1,669
  2. Medicine#2,126 #1,803
  3. Social Sciences#3,611 #2,994
  4. Life Sciences#3,252 #3,067
  5. Health Professions#1,275 #890
  6. Psychology#1,603 #1,458
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Melbourne Health specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Clinical Psychology takes 6.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 40.0 works6.2×
  2. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 49.7 works5.9×
← 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: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.85× its world share, 28 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.77× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.10× its world share, 21 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.13× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.51× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.45× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.56× its world share, 8 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.34× its world share, 70 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.38× its world share, 281 worksMedicineNursing: 1.63× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.25× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.47× its world share, 19 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.48× its world share, 65 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 52 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Melbourne Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mental Health, Depression, Public Health, Quality of Life, Prevalence, Risk Factors and Adolescents.

▲ 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. Epidemiology71▲ 2.9×112 topics
  2. Mental Health38▲ 4.2×30 topics
  3. Public Health35▲ 3.9×43 topics
  4. Quality of Life31▲ 3.5×46 topics
  5. Depression30▲ 5.5×20 topics
  6. Inflammation27▲ 2.1×63 topics
  7. Risk Factors26▲ 3.9×33 topics
  8. Prevalence19▲ 7.8×15 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease19▲ 2.8×32 topics
  10. Global Burden18▲ 5.5×12 topics
  11. Treatment18▲ 2.4×38 topics
  12. Adolescents17▲ 7.4×8 topics
  13. Anxiety16▲ 5.6×11 topics
  14. COVID-1916▲ 1.92×20 topics
  15. Primary Care15▲ 6.6×14 topics
  16. Mortality14▲ 4.0×11 topics
  17. Health Disparities14▲ 8.5×8 topics
  18. Genetics13▲ 3.1×18 topics
  19. Metabolic Syndrome13▲ 2.6×21 topics
  20. Social Support13▲ 3.8×14 topics
  21. Resilience12▲ 3.9×11 topics
  22. Physical Activity11▲ 3.7×8 topics
  23. Neuroimaging11▲ 6.6×11 topics
  24. Chronic Disease Management11▲ 9.2×5 topics
  25. Psychological Distress11▲ 6.9×4 topics
  26. Psychological Impact10▲ 5.1×9 topics
  27. Health-related Quality of Life10▲ 7.0×6 topics
  28. Infectious Diseases10▲ 5.0×8 topics
  29. Patient Satisfaction10▲ 5.1×10 topics
  30. Health Equity9▲ 5.6×6 topics
  31. Patient Engagement9▲ 12×4 topics
  32. Quality Improvement9▲ 7.6×8 topics
  33. Mortality Risk9▲ 6.0×6 topics
  34. Mental Disorders9▲ 12×3 topics
  35. Behavior Change8▲ 9.2×4 topics
  36. Psychiatric Disorders8▲ 9.5×4 topics
  37. Cognitive Therapy8▲ 12×3 topics
  38. Cost-effectiveness Analysis7▲ 14×1 topic
  39. Economic Evaluation7▲ 9.9×2 topics
  40. Health Utility Measures7▲ 14×1 topic

Which research topics does Melbourne Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Mental Health Treatment and Access, Climate Change and Health Impacts and Health Policy Implementation Science.

Health Systems, Economic…7Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 7 fractional worksMental Health Treatment …5Mental Health Treatment and Access: 5 fractional worksClimate Change and Health Impacts: 5 fractional worksHealth Policy Implementation Science: 5 fractional worksSuicide and Self-Harm Studies: 5 fractional worksHealth disparities and outcomes: 4 fractional worksMental Health and Patient Involvement: 4 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connect…4Functional Brain Connectivity Studies: 4 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 4 fractional worksSchizophrenia research and treatment: 4 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsSocial PsychologyHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisGeneral Health Professions5 others

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

  1. 1 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics and Econometrics 7 works
  2. 2 Mental Health Treatment and AccessSocial Psychology 5 works
  3. 3 Climate Change and Health ImpactsHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 5 works
  4. 4 Health Policy Implementation ScienceGeneral Health Professions 5 works
  5. 5 Suicide and Self-Harm StudiesClinical Psychology 5 works
  6. 6 Health disparities and outcomesHealth 4 works
  7. 7 Mental Health and Patient InvolvementGeneral Health Professions 4 works
  8. 8 Functional Brain Connectivity StudiesCognitive Neuroscience 4 works
  9. 9 Global Maternal and Child HealthPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 4 works
  10. 10 Schizophrenia research and treatmentPsychiatry and Mental health 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 available63.1%not open36.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.3%domestic only64.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Melbourne Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 39% 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.

Other research institutions in Melbourne

All research institutions in Melbourne

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.