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Mental Health Australia

In research, Mental Health Australia stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,466 of 16,945 worldwide), Psychology (#1,536 of 3,744 worldwide) and Clinical Psychology (#733 of 1,483 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Clinical Psychology and Psychology — Clinical Psychology is 28.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,103
of 28,054 · #19,834 all time
Rank in Australia
#331
of 391
Research works
596
▼ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
23k
39.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Mental Health Australia known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #5,466 of 16,945 35.3%333
PsychologyField #1,536 of 3,744 35.5%233
Clinical PsychologySubfield #733 of 1,483 34.7%154
Health SciencesDomain #12,200 of 20,462 29.6%214
MedicineField #12,671 of 17,978 30.1%122

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Mental Health Australia 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).

What does Mental Health Australia specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Clinical Psychology takes 28.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 24.8 works28×
  2. PsychologyField · 35.4 works14×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.89× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.58× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 5.71× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.94× its world share, 15 worksMedicineNursing: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 13.83× its world share, 35 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 13.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Mental Health Australia?

Ranked on the composite score, Andrea Phelps and E. Cunningham Dax lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Mental Health Australia.

  1. 1 Andrea Phelps Australia · #445,613 worldwide 117 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 E. Cunningham Dax Australia · #815,626 worldwide 15 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Mental Health Australia

Which keywords describe research at Mental Health Australia?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Depression, Epidemiology, Adolescents, Resilience, Cognitive Therapy, Emotion Regulation and Prevalence.

▲ 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. Mental Health16▲ 13×25 topics
  2. Epidemiology14▲ 4.3×28 topics
  3. Depression11▲ 15×13 topics
  4. Adolescents7▲ 24×6 topics
  5. Resilience6▲ 16×8 topics
  6. Cognitive Therapy6▲ 69×3 topics
  7. Emotion Regulation6▲ 23×7 topics
  8. Prevalence6▲ 17×10 topics
  9. Trauma6▲ 34×4 topics
  10. Mental Disorders5▲ 55×3 topics
  11. Risk Factors5▲ 5.7×10 topics
  12. Anxiety5▲ 12×7 topics
  13. Psychological Distress4▲ 21×4 topics
  14. Psychometric Evaluation4▲ 58×2 topics
  15. Psychopathology4▲ 28×3 topics
  16. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder4▲ 175×1 topic
  17. Psychological Treatment4▲ 175×1 topic
  18. Anxiety Disorders4▲ 38×2 topics
  19. Stigma4▲ 32×3 topics
  20. Mental Health Services4▲ 81×2 topics
  21. Global Burden3▲ 7.5×5 topics
  22. Prevention Strategies3▲ 41×2 topics
  23. Health Services3▲ 43×2 topics
  24. Patient Engagement3▲ 30×4 topics
  25. Psychological Autopsy3▲ 96×1 topic
  26. Suicidal Behavior3▲ 96×1 topic
  27. Suicide3▲ 77×2 topics
  28. Coping Strategies3▲ 15×5 topics
  29. Developmental Trajectories3▲ 30×3 topics
  30. Help-Seeking Behavior3▲ 81×1 topic
  31. Neuroscience3▲ 12×6 topics
  32. Public Attitudes3▲ 81×1 topic
  33. Social Support3▲ 6.6×8 topics
  34. Systematic Review3▲ 70×2 topics
  35. Children3▲ 15×2 topics
  36. Public Involvement3▲ 130×1 topic
  37. Recovery Model3▲ 130×1 topic
  38. Stress3▲ 9.1×4 topics
  39. Well-being3▲ 8.6×7 topics
  40. Parenting3▲ 25×2 topics

Which research topics does Mental Health Australia publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research, Suicide and Self-Harm Studies, Mental Health Treatment and Access and Mental Health and Patient Involvement.

Posttraumatic Stress Dis…4Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research: 4 fractional worksSuicide and Self-Harm St…3Suicide and Self-Harm Studies: 3 fractional worksMental Health Treatment …3Mental Health Treatment and Access: 3 fractional worksMental Health and Patien…3Mental Health and Patient Involvement: 3 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 3 fractional worksResilience and Mental Health: 2 fractional worksPsychiatric care and men…2Psychiatric care and mental health services: 2 fractional worksMigration, Health and Trauma: 1 fractional worksSchizophrenia research and treatment: 1 fractional worksDigital Mental Health Interventions: 1 fractional works
Clinical PsychologySocial PsychologyGeneral Health ProfessionsPsychiatry and Mental health1 others

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

  1. 1 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research Clinical Psychology 4 works
  2. 2 Suicide and Self-Harm Studies Clinical Psychology 3 works
  3. 3 Mental Health Treatment and Access Social Psychology 3 works
  4. 4 Mental Health and Patient Involvement General Health Professions 3 works
  5. 5 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 3 works
  6. 6 Resilience and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 2 works
  7. 7 Psychiatric care and mental health services Clinical Psychology 2 works
  8. 8 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 1 works
  9. 9 Schizophrenia research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 1 works
  10. 10 Digital Mental Health Interventions Applied Psychology 1 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 available34.0%not open66.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.1%domestic only76.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Mental Health Australia's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% lower 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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