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Monash Health

In research, Monash Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#437 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#430 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Professions (#246 of 1,895 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Emergency Medical Services and Obstetrics and Gynecology (Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine is 6.2× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#925
of 22,385 · #1,032 all time
Rank in Australia
#32
of 270
Research works
7.3k
▲ 16% vs 2018-21
Citations
124k
17.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.14×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
46%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%

What is Monash 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 #437 of 9,902 14.0%1,373 #534
MedicineField #430 of 8,541 13.6%1,185 #524
Health ProfessionsField #246 of 1,895 17.2%161 #202
Life SciencesDomain #893 of 6,403 12.9%188 #1054
Social SciencesDomain #1,544 of 9,585 15.4%286 #1147
Physical SciencesDomain #2,241 of 10,670 13.6%105 #2574
SurgerySubfield #324 of 1,532 12.6%148 #415
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #242 of 944 19.0%92 #268
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #814 of 2,964 12.3%94 #1056
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield #240 of 858 17.1%93 #297

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 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#534 #437
  2. Medicine#524 #430
  3. Health Professions#202 #246
  4. Life Sciences#1,054 #893
  5. Social Sciences#1,147 #1,544
  6. Physical Sciences#2,574 #2,241
  7. Surgery#415 #324
  8. General Health Professions#268 #242
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,056 #814
  10. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health#297 #240
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 Monash Health work in?

In 2022-now, 70% of research at Monash Health is in Health Sciences, 15% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (61%), Health Professions (8%), Psychology (5%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 1,579 fractional works · 70.3% of its workMedicine: 1,367 fractional works · 60.9% of its workSurgery: 167 fractional works · 7.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 116 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 107 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEpidemiology: 102 fractional works · 4.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 91 fractional works · 4.1% of its workOncology: 66 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 66 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPhysiology: 64 fractional works · 2.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 43 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 43 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 40 fractional works · 1.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 38 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeurology: 37 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRheumatology: 32 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 31 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 30 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 28 fractional works · 1.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 25 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 21 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHematology: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNephrology: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHepatology: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFamily Practice: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 180 fractional works · 8.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 103 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 24 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Information Management: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 22 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workResearch and Theory: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 326 fractional works · 14.5% of its workPsychology: 114 fractional works · 5.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 59 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 22 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 21 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 113 fractional works · 5.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 40 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEducation: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 38 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 35 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 27 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFinance: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 218 fractional works · 9.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 108 fractional works · 4.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 40 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGenetics: 39 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCancer Research: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 57 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 25 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 34 fractional works · 1.5% of its workImmunology: 25 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 122 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEngineering: 37 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 21 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 34 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 27 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKMonash Health2,245fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences70%Social Sciences15%

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 Sciences1,57970.3%
    1. Medicine1,36760.9%
    2. Health Professions1808.0%
    3. Nursing221.0%
    4. Dentistry60.3%
    5. Veterinary40.2%
    1. Psychology1145.1%
    2. Social Sciences1135.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting381.7%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance351.6%
    5. Decision Sciences160.7%
    6. Arts and Humanities100.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1084.8%
    2. Neuroscience572.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology341.5%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences120.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics70.3%
    1. Engineering371.6%
    2. Environmental Science341.5%
    3. Computer Science271.2%
    4. Mathematics80.4%
    5. Physics and Astronomy50.2%
    6. Materials Science40.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.1%
    8. Chemistry20.1%
    9. Energy10.0%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Monash Health specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine takes 6.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Critical Care and Intensive Care MedicineSubfield · 20.7 works6.2×
  2. Emergency Medical ServicesSubfield · 24.0 works5.9×
  3. Obstetrics and GynecologySubfield · 37.8 works5.9×
  4. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 31.0 works5.7×
← 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, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.91× its world share, 108 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.51× its world share, 34 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.58× its world share, 58 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.86× its world share, 7 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 27 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 36 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.31× its world share, 34 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.30× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.59× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.05× its world share, 180 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.17× its world share, 1,367 worksMedicineNursing: 2.01× its world share, 22 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.23× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 10 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.52× its world share, 38 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.73× its world share, 16 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.73× its world share, 35 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.67× its world share, 114 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 113 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.17×1,367 works
  2. Health Professions3.05×180 works
  3. Nursing2.01×22 works
  4. Psychology1.67×114 works
  5. Neuroscience1.58×58 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.51×34 works
  7. Veterinary1.23×4 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.91×108 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.86×7 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.73×16 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.73×35 works
  12. Dentistry0.59×6 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.52×38 works
  14. Social Sciences0.40×113 works
  15. Environmental Science0.31×34 works
  16. Mathematics0.30×8 works
  17. Computer Science0.16×27 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.15×10 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.11×12 works
  20. Engineering0.11×36 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.10×3 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.10×5 works
  23. Chemistry0.07×2 works
  24. Energy0.05×1 works
  25. Materials Science0.05×4 works
  26. Chemical Engineering0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Monash Health?

Ranked on the quality score, Ronil Vikesh Chandra, Ray Kiran Boyapati and Sophia Frentzas lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Monash Health.

  1. 1 Ronil Vikesh Chandra Australia · #183,548 worldwide 16k citations · 302 works
  2. 2 Ray Kiran Boyapati Australia · #245,184 worldwide 2.5k citations · 74 works
  3. 3 Sophia Frentzas Australia · #312,635 worldwide 2.7k citations · 136 works
  4. 4 Michelle Paton Australia · #391,228 worldwide 876 citations · 45 works
  5. 5 Ari Horton Australia · #391,715 worldwide 964 citations · 63 works
  6. 6 Marion Harris Australia · #392,980 worldwide 9.8k citations · 75 works
  7. 7 Lee‐Anne Slater Australia · #438,044 worldwide 2.8k citations · 99 works
  8. 8 Brian S. H. Ko Australia · #461,681 worldwide 5.6k citations · 228 works
  9. 9 Elizabeth Stephanie Ahern Australia · #476,050 worldwide 1.6k citations · 86 works
  10. 10 Dennis Wong Australia · #488,494 worldwide 1.1k citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at Monash Health

What are the most cited papers from Monash Health?

The most cited paper from Monash Health is "The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews" (Matthew James Page et al., 2021), with 105,915 citations. Next come "PRISMA 2020 explanation and elaboration: updated guidance and exemplars for reporting systematic reviews" (11,781) and "Updating and Validating the Charlson Comorbidity Index and Score for Risk Adjustment in Hospital Discharge Abstracts Using Data From 6 Countries" (6,044).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews Matthew James Page et al. · BMJ ReviewOpen access 29 Mar 2021 105,915
2 PRISMA 2020 explanation and elaboration: updated guidance and exemplars for reporting systematic reviews Matthew James Page et al. · BMJ ReviewOpen access 29 Mar 2021 11,781
3 Updating and Validating the Charlson Comorbidity Index and Score for Risk Adjustment in Hospital Discharge Abstracts Using Data From 6 Countries Hude Quan, Bing Li, Chantal Marie Couris et al. · American Journal of Epidemiology 17 Feb 2011 6,044
4 Treatment of Comatose Survivors of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest with Induced Hypothermia Stephen A. Bernard, Timothy W. Gray, Michael Buist et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 21 Feb 2002 5,437
5 The Diagnosis of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome during Adolescence Selma Feldman Witchel, Sharon E. Oberfield, Robert L. Rosenfield et al. · Hormone Research in Paediatrics Open access 2015 3,108
All 53 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Monash Health?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Inflammation, Quality of Life, Mortality, Risk Factors, Metabolic Syndrome 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. Epidemiology251▲ 2.8×126 topics
  2. Inflammation117▲ 2.5×81 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease106▲ 4.1×36 topics
  4. Quality of Life97▲ 3.0×51 topics
  5. Treatment73▲ 2.7×51 topics
  6. Risk Factors72▲ 2.9×35 topics
  7. Mortality64▲ 5.0×13 topics
  8. Diagnosis64▲ 3.1×41 topics
  9. Metabolic Syndrome64▲ 3.5×22 topics
  10. Public Health63▲ 1.91×49 topics
  11. Management61▲ 3.4×33 topics
  12. Mental Health53▲ 1.65×37 topics
  13. Depression53▲ 2.7×21 topics
  14. Obesity49▲ 2.8×24 topics
  15. Guidelines46▲ 4.4×13 topics
  16. Global Burden45▲ 3.6×12 topics
  17. Clinical Trials42▲ 2.8×18 topics
  18. Chemotherapy41▲ 2.6×24 topics
  19. Complications40▲ 3.6×17 topics
  20. Primary Care40▲ 4.8×14 topics
  21. Immunotherapy40▲ 2.4×19 topics
  22. Meta-Analysis39▲ 2.9×18 topics
  23. Genetics37▲ 2.3×23 topics
  24. Insulin Resistance37▲ 3.6×10 topics
  25. Rehabilitation36▲ 4.1×12 topics
  26. Clinical Practice Guidelines35▲ 2.9×14 topics
  27. Hypertension34▲ 5.3×13 topics
  28. Anxiety32▲ 3.0×11 topics
  29. Patient Satisfaction32▲ 4.5×10 topics
  30. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes32▲ 7.4×6 topics
  31. Critical Care31▲ 5.6×8 topics
  32. Mortality Risk29▲ 5.3×6 topics
  33. Quality Improvement28▲ 6.4×8 topics
  34. Maternal Mortality28▲ 5.5×5 topics
  35. Chronic Disease Management27▲ 6.0×5 topics
  36. Medical Education26▲ 4.3×10 topics
  37. Preterm Infants26▲ 9.3×4 topics
  38. Clinical Outcomes25▲ 5.1×6 topics
  39. Elderly Patients25▲ 6.4×4 topics
  40. Infertility22▲ 6.7×4 topics

Which research topics does Monash Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research, Neonatal Respiratory Health Research, Sleep and related disorders and Innovations in Medical Education.

  1. 1 Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research Physiology 16 works
  2. 2 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 14 works
  3. 3 Sleep and related disorders Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 12 works
  4. 4 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 11 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 11 works
  6. 6 Gestational Diabetes Research and Management Obstetrics and Gynecology 11 works
  7. 7 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 10 works
  8. 8 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 10 works
  9. 9 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 10 works
  10. 10 Infant Development and Preterm Care Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 10 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 available45.8%not open54.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.4%domestic only77.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Monash Health's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 Monash Health as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0084% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Monash Health0.011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Monash 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%Monash Health12.7% 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 15.0% in 2023.

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