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Monash Health

In research, Monash Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#399 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#448 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,415 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine — Obstetrics and Gynecology is 6.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,672
of 28,054 · #3,300 all time
Rank in Australia
#36
of 391
Research works
6.2k
▲ 44% vs 2013–17
Citations
102k
16.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

What is Monash 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 #399 of 11,982 22.0%1,184 #914
MedicineField #448 of 10,443 20.5%1,015 #1103
Life SciencesDomain #1,415 of 7,800 22.7%158 #2366
Social SciencesDomain #2,029 of 10,521 27.9%245 #1846
Health ProfessionsField #394 of 1,928 31.7%149 #746
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #218 of 916 34.0%87 #487
SurgerySubfield #661 of 1,816 16.4%117 #1275
PsychologyField #851 of 2,181 27.7%85 #1089
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield #343 of 828 28.8%83 #630
Physical SciencesDomain #5,876 of 12,888 25.1%88 #10329

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Monash 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#914 #399
  2. Medicine#1,103 #448
  3. Life Sciences#2,366 #1,415
  4. Social Sciences#1,846 #2,029
  5. Health Professions#746 #394
  6. General Health Professions#487 #218
  7. Surgery#1,275 #661
  8. Psychology#1,089 #851
  9. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health#630 #343
  10. Physical Sciences#10,329 #5,876
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 Monash Health specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Obstetrics and Gynecology takes 6.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Obstetrics and GynecologySubfield · 28.8 works6.0×
  2. Reproductive MedicineSubfield · 21.7 works5.8×
← 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, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.89× its world share, 80 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.58× its world share, 27 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.40× its world share, 38 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.91× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 20 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 25 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.33× its world share, 27 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.61× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.37× its world share, 149 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.15× its world share, 1,015 worksMedicineNursing: 1.74× its world share, 14 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.48× its world share, 26 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 12 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.71× its world share, 25 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.66× its world share, 85 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 89 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Monash Health?

Ranked on the composite score, Ronil V. Chandra, Ramesh Nataraja and David Pook lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Monash Health.

  1. 1 Ronil V. Chandra Australia · #44,938 worldwide 235 citations · 49 works
  2. 2 Ramesh Nataraja Australia · #173,874 worldwide 83 citations · 34 works
  3. 3 David Pook Australia · #178,601 worldwide 383 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Benjamin A. Rogers Australia · #314,222 worldwide 138 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Michael Ditchfield Australia · #369,407 worldwide 75 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Nathan Eva Australia · #447,821 worldwide 176 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Andis Graudins Australia · #452,408 worldwide 51 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Stephen Stuckey Australia · #478,467 worldwide 85 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Graham Meadows Australia · #502,747 worldwide 60 citations · 34 works
  10. 10 Lee‐Anne Slater Australia · #537,006 worldwide 28 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Monash Health

Which keywords describe research at Monash Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Quality of Life, Inflammation, Mortality, Metabolic Syndrome, Risk Factors 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology185▲ 2.8×124 topics
  2. Inflammation84▲ 2.4×77 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease83▲ 4.5×36 topics
  4. Quality of Life76▲ 3.1×51 topics
  5. Risk Factors55▲ 3.0×34 topics
  6. Treatment55▲ 2.7×49 topics
  7. Public Health53▲ 2.2×46 topics
  8. Metabolic Syndrome51▲ 3.8×21 topics
  9. Mortality50▲ 5.2×13 topics
  10. Diagnosis48▲ 3.1×40 topics
  11. Depression44▲ 3.0×20 topics
  12. Management44▲ 3.3×33 topics
  13. Mental Health42▲ 1.73×35 topics
  14. Obesity38▲ 3.0×22 topics
  15. Global Burden35▲ 3.9×12 topics
  16. Primary Care34▲ 5.3×14 topics
  17. Clinical Trials33▲ 2.9×18 topics
  18. Guidelines33▲ 4.2×13 topics
  19. Chemotherapy32▲ 2.7×24 topics
  20. Immunotherapy29▲ 2.4×18 topics
  21. Complications28▲ 3.3×17 topics
  22. Insulin Resistance28▲ 3.7×9 topics
  23. Anxiety27▲ 3.5×11 topics
  24. Clinical Practice Guidelines27▲ 3.0×14 topics
  25. Rehabilitation27▲ 4.1×12 topics
  26. Meta-Analysis27▲ 2.7×18 topics
  27. Aging26▲ 2.9×15 topics
  28. Hypertension25▲ 5.1×12 topics
  29. Patient Satisfaction24▲ 4.5×10 topics
  30. Quality Improvement23▲ 7.3×8 topics
  31. Chronic Disease Management23▲ 7.1×5 topics
  32. Ethical Considerations22▲ 3.8×13 topics
  33. Clinical Guidelines22▲ 4.5×9 topics
  34. Mortality Risk22▲ 5.4×6 topics
  35. Critical Care21▲ 5.5×8 topics
  36. Myocardial Infarction21▲ 5.3×7 topics
  37. Maternal Mortality20▲ 5.3×5 topics
  38. Clinical Outcomes19▲ 5.3×6 topics
  39. Infertility19▲ 8.0×4 topics
  40. Elderly Patients19▲ 6.8×4 topics

Which research topics does Monash Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research, Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics, Innovations in Medical Education and Gestational Diabetes Research and Management.

Obstructive Sleep Apnea …10Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research: 10 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…9Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 9 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 9 fractional worksGestational Diabetes Research and Management: 8 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Management: 8 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 8 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 8 fractional worksOvarian function and dis…8Ovarian function and disorders: 8 fractional worksClimate Change and Health Impacts: 8 fractional worksPharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 8 fractional works
PhysiologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthObstetrics and Gynecology6 others

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

  1. 1 Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research Physiology 10 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 9 works
  3. 3 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 9 works
  4. 4 Gestational Diabetes Research and Management Obstetrics and Gynecology 8 works
  5. 5 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 8 works
  6. 6 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 8 works
  7. 7 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 8 works
  8. 8 Ovarian function and disorders Reproductive Medicine 8 works
  9. 9 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 8 works
  10. 10 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 8 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 available46.9%not open53.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.5%domestic only77.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Monash Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 44% 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.

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