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Murdoch Children's Research Institute

In research, Murdoch Children's Research Institute stands highest in Medicine (#698 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#856 of 11,982 worldwide) and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (#73 of 441 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Psychiatry and Mental health and Genetics — Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health is 9.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,520
of 28,054 · #2,513 all time
Rank in Australia
#48
of 391
Research works
4.4k
▲ 27% vs 2013–17
Citations
181k
41.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
27.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

What is Murdoch Children's Research Institute 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
MedicineField #698 of 10,443 25.8%489 #681
Health SciencesDomain #856 of 11,982 26.2%568 #764
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield #73 of 441 39.1%67 #88
Life SciencesDomain #1,530 of 7,800 26.3%201 #1313
Social SciencesDomain #3,230 of 10,521 35.0%167 #3183
Social SciencesField #2,806 of 6,365 36.1%65 #3358
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,587 of 3,579 27.6%125 #1368
Health ProfessionsField #1,051 of 1,928 29.8%65 #882
PsychologyField #1,306 of 2,181 32.7%84 #1282
EpidemiologySubfield #642 of 976 20.1%63 #693

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Murdoch Children's Research Institute 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. Medicine#681 #698
  2. Health Sciences#764 #856
  3. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health#88 #73
  4. Life Sciences#1,313 #1,530
  5. Social Sciences#3,183 #3,230
  6. Social Sciences#3,358 #2,806
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,368 #1,587
  8. Health Professions#882 #1,051
  9. Psychology#1,282 #1,306
  10. Epidemiology#693 #642
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 Murdoch Children's Research Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health takes 9.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 67.5 works9.2×
  2. Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield · 31.8 works6.5×
  3. GeneticsSubfield · 49.7 works6.2×
  4. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 53.3 works5.2×
← 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: 0.13× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.41× its world share, 125 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.38× its world share, 23 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.72× its world share, 43 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.84× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.21× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.10× its world share, 13 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.03× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.52× its world share, 65 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.61× its world share, 489 worksMedicineNursing: 1.58× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.37× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.82× its world share, 84 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 65 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Murdoch Children's Research Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, George Patton, David R. Thorburn and Nigel W. Crawford lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Murdoch Children's Research Institute.

  1. 1 George Patton Australia · #435 worldwide 4.6k citations · 104 works
  2. 2 David R. Thorburn Australia · #81,676 worldwide 363 citations · 65 works
  3. 3 Nigel W. Crawford Australia · #85,923 worldwide 261 citations · 33 works
  4. 4 Cathy Catroppa Australia · #122,174 worldwide 154 citations · 32 works
  5. 5 Susan M. White Australia · #137,661 worldwide 142 citations · 48 works
  6. 6 John Christodoulou Australia · #138,110 worldwide 268 citations · 59 works
  7. 7 Carl D. Kirkwood Australia · #141,315 worldwide 156 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Andrew G. Elefanty Australia · #172,118 worldwide 154 citations · 28 works
  9. 9 Tiong Yang Tan Australia · #189,567 worldwide 136 citations · 32 works
  10. 10 Anne‐Louise Ponsonby Australia · #197,409 worldwide 278 citations · 85 works
All ranked researchers at Murdoch Children's Research Institute

Which keywords describe research at Murdoch Children's Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Neurodevelopmental Outcomes, Mental Health, Adolescents, Prevalence, Genetics, Preterm Infants and Public Health.

▲ 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. Epidemiology153▲ 4.0×110 topics
  2. Mental Health49▲ 3.4×35 topics
  3. Inflammation42▲ 2.0×71 topics
  4. Public Health38▲ 2.7×42 topics
  5. Genetics33▲ 4.9×20 topics
  6. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes33▲ 18×6 topics
  7. Treatment32▲ 2.7×40 topics
  8. Adolescents31▲ 8.6×7 topics
  9. Quality of Life31▲ 2.2×44 topics
  10. Prevalence29▲ 7.4×14 topics
  11. Depression26▲ 3.0×18 topics
  12. Preterm Infants25▲ 21×4 topics
  13. Diagnosis24▲ 2.6×32 topics
  14. Children23▲ 10.0×6 topics
  15. Executive Functioning21▲ 17×3 topics
  16. Genetic Variants20▲ 12×6 topics
  17. Child Development19▲ 4.7×7 topics
  18. Genetic Mutations19▲ 4.5×21 topics
  19. Resilience18▲ 3.9×9 topics
  20. Vaccine18▲ 4.7×11 topics
  21. Pathogenesis18▲ 3.7×18 topics
  22. Cognitive Function18▲ 10×7 topics
  23. Pulmonary Hypertension18▲ 13×3 topics
  24. Physical Activity18▲ 3.7×9 topics
  25. Respiratory Distress Syndrome18▲ 22×2 topics
  26. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia17▲ 26×2 topics
  27. Lung Stem Cells17▲ 29×1 topic
  28. Prenatal Diagnosis17▲ 12×6 topics
  29. Preterm Birth17▲ 26×2 topics
  30. Surfactant Proteins17▲ 29×1 topic
  31. Cerebral Palsy16▲ 23×2 topics
  32. Health Disparities16▲ 6.1×7 topics
  33. Family-Centered Care15▲ 33×1 topic
  34. Infant Mortality15▲ 33×1 topic
  35. Neurobiology14▲ 5.8×9 topics
  36. Clinical Genomics14▲ 43×1 topic
  37. Sequence Interpretation14▲ 43×1 topic
  38. Mortality Risk14▲ 6.1×6 topics
  39. Psychological Interventions13▲ 10×4 topics
  40. Neurodevelopmental Disorders12▲ 9.7×6 topics

Which research topics does Murdoch Children's Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Neonatal Respiratory Health Research, Infant Development and Preterm Care, Genomics and Rare Diseases and Respiratory viral infections research.

Neonatal Respiratory Hea…17Neonatal Respiratory Health Research: 17 fractional worksInfant Development and P…15Infant Development and Preterm Care: 15 fractional worksGenomics and Rare Diseases: 14 fractional worksRespiratory viral infections research: 10 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 10 fractional worksCerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders: 10 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 10 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease…9Congenital Heart Disease Studies: 9 fractional worksFamily and Disability Support Research: 8 fractional worksMaternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum: 8 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthGeneticsEpidemiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 17 works
  2. 2 Infant Development and Preterm Care Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 15 works
  3. 3 Genomics and Rare Diseases Genetics 14 works
  4. 4 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 10 works
  5. 5 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 10 works
  6. 6 Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders Psychiatry and Mental health 10 works
  7. 7 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 10 works
  8. 8 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 9 works
  9. 9 Family and Disability Support Research Clinical Psychology 8 works
  10. 10 Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available56.3%not open43.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.5%domestic only64.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Murdoch Children's Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 27% 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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