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Murdoch University

In research, Murdoch University stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,319 of 10,521 worldwide), Plant Science (#184 of 1,395 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#1,585 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Veterinary, Small Animals and Nature and Landscape Conservation — Veterinary is 11.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,436
of 28,054 · #1,249 all time
Rank in Australia
#32
of 391
Research works
16k
▲ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
431k
26.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is Murdoch University 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
Social SciencesDomain #1,319 of 10,521 31.7%477 #587
Plant ScienceSubfield #184 of 1,395 47.9%152 #298
Health SciencesDomain #1,585 of 11,982 21.2%413 #1063
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #464 of 3,409 37.7%322 #374
Physical SciencesDomain #1,794 of 12,888 25.9%759 #1608
Life SciencesDomain #1,153 of 7,800 33.0%550 #1087
Environmental ScienceField #537 of 3,551 25.0%273 #447
Social SciencesField #1,064 of 6,365 32.1%246 #436
MedicineField #2,126 of 10,443 20.9%328 #1596
EngineeringField #1,616 of 6,636 22.6%217 #1683

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Murdoch University 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. Social Sciences#587 #1,319
  2. Plant Science#298 #184
  3. Health Sciences#1,063 #1,585
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#374 #464
  5. Physical Sciences#1,608 #1,794
  6. Life Sciences#1,087 #1,153
  7. Environmental Science#447 #537
  8. Social Sciences#436 #1,064
  9. Medicine#1,596 #2,126
  10. Engineering#1,683 #1,616
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 University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Veterinary takes 11.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. VeterinaryField · 33.3 works11×
  2. Small AnimalsSubfield · 27.7 works10×
  3. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 42.6 works8.1×
  4. Insect ScienceSubfield · 32.8 works5.3×
← 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: 3.08× its world share, 322 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.33× its world share, 156 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.71× its world share, 38 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.85× its world share, 30 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.59× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.96× its world share, 7 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.54× its world share, 19 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.58× its world share, 99 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.24× its world share, 43 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.36× its world share, 48 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.66× its world share, 217 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.50× its world share, 273 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.52× its world share, 40 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.30× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.69× its world share, 40 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.78× its world share, 328 worksMedicineNursing: 1.05× its world share, 11 worksNursingVeterinary: 11.14× its world share, 33 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.78× its world share, 50 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.63× its world share, 45 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 14 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.56× its world share, 26 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.43× its world share, 96 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.88× its world share, 246 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 11.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Murdoch University?

Ranked on the composite score, Michael A. Borowitzka, Garry Rodan and Kanishka Jayasuriya lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Murdoch University.

  1. 1 Michael A. Borowitzka Australia · #13,717 worldwide 1k citations · 49 works
  2. 2 Garry Rodan Australia · #18,426 worldwide 243 citations · 56 works
  3. 3 Kanishka Jayasuriya Australia · #38,877 worldwide 162 citations · 47 works
  4. 4 David S. G. Goodman Australia · #45,522 worldwide 130 citations · 69 works
  5. 5 A. T. Stelbovics Australia · #46,754 worldwide 388 citations · 50 works
  6. 6 Artur Deditius Australia · #48,736 worldwide 380 citations · 40 works
  7. 7 Chengdao Li Australia · #52,839 worldwide 479 citations · 60 works
  8. 8 Jeffrey Kenworthy Australia · #78,935 worldwide 430 citations · 64 works
  9. 9 Michael Sturma Australia · #85,997 worldwide 114 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Bruce F. Walker Australia · #90,781 worldwide 203 citations · 55 works
All ranked researchers at Murdoch University

Which keywords describe research at Murdoch University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Invasive Species, Population Dynamics, Conservation, Biodiversity, Epidemiology, Genome Analysis and Environmental Impact.

▲ 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. Climate Change174▲ 2.9×89 topics
  2. Epidemiology108▲ 1.24×113 topics
  3. Environmental Impact70▲ 1.88×44 topics
  4. Biodiversity66▲ 4.0×30 topics
  5. Invasive Species66▲ 7.0×21 topics
  6. Sustainability65▲ 1.22×63 topics
  7. Conservation57▲ 6.0×20 topics
  8. Globalization54▲ 1.26×59 topics
  9. Population Dynamics52▲ 9.4×11 topics
  10. Renewable Energy49▲ 1.55×36 topics
  11. Genetic Diversity38▲ 3.9×18 topics
  12. Microbial Communities36▲ 3.9×9 topics
  13. Genome Analysis34▲ 16×4 topics
  14. Metal Recovery33▲ 7.5×3 topics
  15. Habitat Fragmentation33▲ 6.8×5 topics
  16. Global Change29▲ 5.0×6 topics
  17. Resilience29▲ 2.7×13 topics
  18. Biodiesel28▲ 14×2 topics
  19. Phylogenetic Analysis28▲ 4.2×15 topics
  20. Production25▲ 14×2 topics
  21. Nutrient Removal25▲ 16×2 topics
  22. Biofuels25▲ 12×2 topics
  23. Harvesting25▲ 23×1 topic
  24. Microalgae25▲ 23×1 topic
  25. Ecosystem Functioning23▲ 5.5×7 topics
  26. QTL Mapping23▲ 8.8×6 topics
  27. Ecosystem22▲ 9.4×4 topics
  28. Trophic Cascades22▲ 11×2 topics
  29. Molecular Phylogeny22▲ 6.3×12 topics
  30. Biological Control21▲ 6.5×9 topics
  31. Drought Tolerance21▲ 6.8×9 topics
  32. Breeding21▲ 13×5 topics
  33. Fisheries Sustainability21▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Microbial Ecology19▲ 5.1×5 topics
  35. Genome Sequencing19▲ 5.6×9 topics
  36. Conservation Biology18▲ 7.8×4 topics
  37. Animal Welfare18▲ 9.1×4 topics
  38. Metallurgy17▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Habitat Selection17▲ 10×2 topics
  40. Community Ecology16▲ 8.8×2 topics

Which research topics does Murdoch University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Algal biology and biofuel production, Metal Extraction and Bioleaching, Extraction and Separation Processes and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation.

Algal biology and biofuel production: 25 fractional worksMetal Extraction and Bioleaching: 15 fractional worksExtraction and Separatio…13Extraction and Separation Processes: 13 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Con…13Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 13 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 12 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 11 fractional worksMarine and fisheries res…9Marine and fisheries research: 9 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 9 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 9 fractional worksLegume Nitrogen Fixing S…9Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis: 9 fractional works
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentBiomedical EngineeringMechanical EngineeringEcology5 others

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

  1. 1 Algal biology and biofuel production Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 25 works
  2. 2 Metal Extraction and Bioleaching Biomedical Engineering 15 works
  3. 3 Extraction and Separation Processes Mechanical Engineering 13 works
  4. 4 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 13 works
  5. 5 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 12 works
  6. 6 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 11 works
  7. 7 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 9 works
  8. 8 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 9 works
  9. 9 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 9 works
  10. 10 Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis Plant Science 9 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 available32.7%not open67.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.5%domestic only75.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Murdoch University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% 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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