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Metro South Health

In research, Metro South Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,368 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#2,361 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Professions (#1,078 of 1,928 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Health Professions — General Health Professions is 8.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,181
of 28,054 · #14,935 all time
Rank in Australia
#133
of 391
Research works
732
▲ 91% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
17.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
59%
world 28%

What is Metro South 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 #2,368 of 11,982 24.9%225 #4376
MedicineField #2,361 of 10,443 23.2%155 #4434
Health ProfessionsField #1,078 of 1,928 30.1%64 #2470

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Metro South 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#4,376 #2,368
  2. Medicine#4,434 #2,361
  3. Health Professions#2,470 #1,078
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 Metro South Health specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Health Professions takes 8.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 36.6 works8.6×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.42× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.04× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.79× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.00× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.10× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 7.89× its world share, 64 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.60× its world share, 154 worksMedicineNursing: 2.09× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.95× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.04× its world share, 29 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 7.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Metro South Health?

Ranked on the composite score, B. Mitchell, David Vivian and Paul Verrills lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Metro South Health.

  1. 1 B. Mitchell Australia · #1,032,910 worldwide 36 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 David Vivian Australia · #1,244,752 worldwide 22 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Paul Verrills Australia · #1,487,987 worldwide 12 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Metro South Health

Which keywords describe research at Metro South Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Primary Care, Depression, Patient Satisfaction, Chronic Disease Management, Evidence-Based Practice and Quality Improvement.

▲ 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. Epidemiology41▲ 3.4×96 topics
  2. Quality of Life24▲ 5.4×37 topics
  3. Inflammation15▲ 2.3×35 topics
  4. Primary Care14▲ 12×14 topics
  5. Depression14▲ 5.1×17 topics
  6. Risk Factors12▲ 3.5×25 topics
  7. Patient Satisfaction11▲ 11×8 topics
  8. Public Health10▲ 2.3×30 topics
  9. Chronic Disease Management10▲ 17×5 topics
  10. Evidence-Based Practice10▲ 25×5 topics
  11. Global Burden10▲ 6.0×11 topics
  12. Quality Improvement9▲ 16×8 topics
  13. Rehabilitation9▲ 7.7×10 topics
  14. Ethical Considerations9▲ 8.9×10 topics
  15. Metabolic Syndrome9▲ 3.7×14 topics
  16. Aging8▲ 4.7×10 topics
  17. Patient Engagement8▲ 19×4 topics
  18. Behavior Change8▲ 17×4 topics
  19. Neurological Disorders7▲ 4.1×12 topics
  20. Functional Recovery7▲ 15×4 topics
  21. Prevalence7▲ 5.3×11 topics
  22. Cognitive Therapy7▲ 20×3 topics
  23. Elderly6▲ 8.3×6 topics
  24. Clinical Outcomes6▲ 9.6×4 topics
  25. Neural Plasticity6▲ 11×5 topics
  26. Social Cognition6▲ 12×4 topics
  27. Critical Care6▲ 8.5×7 topics
  28. Integrated Care6▲ 47×2 topics
  29. Antipsychotic Drugs6▲ 48×1 topic
  30. Neurocognitive Deficits6▲ 48×1 topic
  31. Mental Health Services6▲ 35×2 topics
  32. Recovery6▲ 17×2 topics
  33. Quality of Care6▲ 21×3 topics
  34. Mortality Risk5▲ 7.2×5 topics
  35. Collaborative Practice5▲ 40×2 topics
  36. Healthcare Outcomes5▲ 31×2 topics
  37. Psychiatric Disorders5▲ 13×4 topics
  38. Health Services5▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Healthcare Quality5▲ 16×4 topics
  40. Systematic Review5▲ 32×2 topics

Which research topics does Metro South Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Schizophrenia research and treatment, Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery, Health Policy Implementation Science and Mental Health and Patient Involvement.

Schizophrenia research a…6Schizophrenia research and treatment: 6 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation an…5Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 5 fractional worksHealth Policy Implementation Science: 5 fractional worksMental Health and Patient Involvement: 4 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury Research: 4 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 4 fractional worksInterprofessional Education and Collaboration: 4 fractional worksTelemedicine and Telehea…4Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation: 4 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 4 fractional worksHealthcare Decision-Making and Restraints: 3 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthRehabilitationGeneral Health ProfessionsEpidemiology3 others

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

  1. 1 Schizophrenia research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 6 works
  2. 2 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 5 works
  3. 3 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 5 works
  4. 4 Mental Health and Patient Involvement General Health Professions 4 works
  5. 5 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 4 works
  6. 6 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 4 works
  7. 7 Interprofessional Education and Collaboration General Health Professions 4 works
  8. 8 Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  9. 9 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  10. 10 Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints Clinical Psychology 3 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 available58.6%not open41.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.4%domestic only72.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Metro South Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 91% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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