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In research, Museums Victoria stands highest in Life Sciences (#2,434 of 6,403 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#8,819 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Paleontology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecology (Paleontology is 68.3× its share of world research).

museumsvictoria.com.auROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#13,134
of 22,385 · #10,244 all time
Rank in Australia
#147
of 270
Research works
1.1k
▲ 64% vs 2018-21
Citations
18k
16.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
54%
world 40%
International
28%
world 18%
Museums Victoria

What is Museums Victoria 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
Life SciencesDomain #2,434 of 6,403 2.6%76 #2906
Physical SciencesDomain #8,819 of 10,670 4.3%126 #9498

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Museums Victoria 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 fields of science does Museums Victoria work in?

In 2022-now, 56% of research at Museums Victoria is in Physical Sciences, 34% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (26%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (21%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (21%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 135 fractional works · 56.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 64 fractional works · 26.2% of its workEcology: 27 fractional works · 11.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 15 fractional works · 6.1% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 14 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcological Modeling: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 50 fractional works · 20.7% of its workPaleontology: 20 fractional works · 8.2% of its workOceanography: 19 fractional works · 7.7% of its workGeophysics: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 9 fractional works · 3.6% of its workBiomaterials: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 81 fractional works · 33.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 50 fractional works · 20.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 29 fractional works · 12.0% of its workAquatic Science: 13 fractional works · 5.4% of its workInsect Science: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 30 fractional works · 12.3% of its workBiotechnology: 15 fractional works · 6.0% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 23 fractional works · 9.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 11 fractional works · 4.5% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workConservation: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMuseums Victoria242fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences34%Physical Sciences56%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences9%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science6426.2%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences5020.7%
    3. Materials Science93.6%
    4. Physics and Astronomy41.7%
    5. Computer Science41.5%
    6. Engineering41.5%
    7. Chemistry10.5%
    8. Mathematics00.2%
    9. Energy00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences5020.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3012.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.5%
    4. Neuroscience00.1%
    1. Arts and Humanities114.5%
    2. Social Sciences83.2%
    3. Psychology31.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    6. Decision Sciences00.0%
    1. Medicine10.6%
    2. Health Professions10.3%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Museums Victoria specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Paleontology takes 68.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PaleontologySubfield · 20.0 works68×
  2. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 29.0 works26×
  3. EcologySubfield · 27.0 works14×
← 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: 4.37× its world share, 50 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.30× its world share, 30 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 13.17× its world share, 50 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.28× its world share, 64 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.02× its world share, 9 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.76× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.55× its world share, 11 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.43× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 13.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences13.17×50 works
  2. Environmental Science5.28×64 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4.37×50 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.30×30 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.55×11 works
  6. Materials Science1.02×9 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy0.76×4 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology0.52×1 works
  9. Psychology0.43×3 works
  10. Chemistry0.32×1 works
  11. Social Sciences0.25×8 works
  12. Computer Science0.20×4 works
  13. Mathematics0.16×0 works
  14. Nursing0.13×0 works
  15. Health Professions0.11×1 works
  16. Engineering0.10×4 works
  17. Veterinary0.08×0 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.07×0 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.07×0 works
  20. Neuroscience0.06×0 works
  21. Energy0.06×0 works
  22. Dentistry0.04×0 works
  23. Medicine0.03×1 works
  24. Decision Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Museums Victoria?

Ranked on the quality score, Andrew F. Hugall, Kevin C. Rowe and Adnan Moussalli lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Museums Victoria.

  1. 1 Andrew F. Hugall Australia · #248,450 worldwide 4.3k citations · 91 works
  2. 2 Kevin C. Rowe Australia · #252,342 worldwide 4.1k citations · 113 works
  3. 3 Adnan Moussalli Australia · #336,922 worldwide 6.4k citations · 92 works
  4. 4 Timothy D. O’Hara Australia · #441,901 worldwide 5.4k citations · 184 works
  5. 5 Erich M. G. Fitzgerald Australia · #595,407 worldwide 2.5k citations · 105 works
  6. 6 Thomas H. Rich Australia · #1,186,439 worldwide 4.3k citations · 178 works
  7. 7 Jane Melville Australia · #1,442,437 worldwide 4k citations · 140 works
  8. 8 Mark D. Norman Australia · #1,526,808 worldwide 2.7k citations · 73 works
  9. 9 Ken L. Walker Australia · #1,839,120 worldwide 702 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Anna W. McCallum Australia · #2,428,344 worldwide 668 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Museums Victoria

What are the most cited papers from Museums Victoria?

The most cited paper from Museums Victoria is "A brief guide to model selection, multimodel inference and model averaging in behavioural ecology using Akaike’s information criterion" (Matthew R. E. Symonds, Adnan Moussalli, 2010), with 2,594 citations. Next come "The Magnitude of Global Marine Species Diversity" (1,082) and "The Toxicogenomic Multiverse: Convergent Recruitment of Proteins Into Animal Venoms" (841).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A brief guide to model selection, multimodel inference and model averaging in behavioural ecology using Akaike’s information criterion Matthew R. E. Symonds, Adnan Moussalli · Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 24 Aug 2010 2,594
2 The Magnitude of Global Marine Species Diversity Ward Appeltans et al. · Current Biology Open access121 authors 15 Nov 2012 1,082
3 The Toxicogenomic Multiverse: Convergent Recruitment of Proteins Into Animal Venoms Bryan G. Fry, Kim Roelants, Donald E. Champagne et al. · Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics Review 28 Aug 2009 841
4 Birth of a biome: insights into the assembly and maintenance of the Australian arid zone biota Margaret Mary Byrne, David K. Yeates, Leo Joseph et al. · Molecular Ecology Open access 27 Aug 2008 680
5 Early evolution of the venom system in lizards and snakes Bryan G. Fry, Nicolás Vidal, Janette A. Norman et al. · Nature 16 Nov 2005 609
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Museums Victoria?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Molecular Phylogeny, Invasive Species, Fisheries, Conservation, Ecology and Biogeography.

▲ 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. Biodiversity43▲ 23×20 topics
  2. Climate Change38▲ 5.8×28 topics
  3. Molecular Phylogeny30▲ 75×10 topics
  4. Invasive Species28▲ 27×14 topics
  5. Fisheries26▲ 243×2 topics
  6. Conservation24▲ 23×14 topics
  7. Ecology23▲ 56×5 topics
  8. Biogeography22▲ 32×13 topics
  9. Marine Ecosystems21▲ 160×2 topics
  10. Population Dynamics21▲ 33×8 topics
  11. Phylogeny20▲ 48×11 topics
  12. Ecosystem Functioning19▲ 39×5 topics
  13. Ocean Acidification18▲ 102×3 topics
  14. Benthic Communities17▲ 115×2 topics
  15. Marine Biodiversity17▲ 115×2 topics
  16. Phylogenetic Analysis15▲ 20×12 topics
  17. Reproductive Strategies15▲ 159×2 topics
  18. Ethical Considerations15▲ 18×3 topics
  19. Neurobiology15▲ 24×2 topics
  20. Camouflage15▲ 489×1 topic
  21. Cephalopods15▲ 489×1 topic
  22. Pharmacology15▲ 25×2 topics
  23. Marine Natural Products15▲ 137×1 topic
  24. Sponge-Associated Microorganisms15▲ 414×1 topic
  25. Evolution14▲ 21×10 topics
  26. DNA Barcoding13▲ 31×9 topics
  27. Migration11▲ 14×3 topics
  28. Rays11▲ 204×1 topic
  29. Sharks11▲ 204×1 topic
  30. Aquaculture10▲ 17×3 topics
  31. Bleaching10▲ 130×1 topic
  32. Coral Reefs10▲ 130×1 topic
  33. Taxonomy10▲ 29×8 topics
  34. Biological Invasions10▲ 45×3 topics
  35. Functional Foods10▲ 45×1 topic
  36. Sea Cucumbers10▲ 503×1 topic
  37. Phylogenetic Relationships10▲ 57×2 topics
  38. Deep-Sea Ecology10▲ 127×1 topic
  39. Estuarine Quality10▲ 127×1 topic
  40. Marine Invasions9▲ 229×1 topic

Which research topics does Museums Victoria publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cephalopods and Marine Biology, Marine Sponges and Natural Products, Ichthyology and Marine Biology and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies.

Cephalopods and Marine B…15Cephalopods and Marine Biology: 15 fractional worksMarine Sponges and Natur…15Marine Sponges and Natural Products: 15 fractional worksIchthyology and Marine B…11Ichthyology and Marine Biology: 11 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosyst…10Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 10 fractional worksEchinoderm biology and ecology: 10 fractional worksMarine Biology and Ecology Research: 10 fractional worksMarine Ecology and Invas…9Marine Ecology and Invasive Species: 9 fractional worksSubterranean biodiversit…8Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy: 8 fractional worksMarine and coastal plant…8Marine and coastal plant biology: 8 fractional worksDiatoms and Algae Research: 5 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsBiotechnologyNature and Landscape ConservationEcology5 others

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

  1. 1 Cephalopods and Marine Biology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 15 works
  2. 2 Marine Sponges and Natural Products Biotechnology 15 works
  3. 3 Ichthyology and Marine Biology Nature and Landscape Conservation 11 works
  4. 4 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 10 works
  5. 5 Echinoderm biology and ecology Aquatic Science 10 works
  6. 6 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 10 works
  7. 7 Marine Ecology and Invasive Species Global and Planetary Change 9 works
  8. 8 Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy Paleontology 8 works
  9. 9 Marine and coastal plant biology Oceanography 8 works
  10. 10 Diatoms and Algae Research Biomaterials 5 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 available54.5%not open45.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.9%domestic only72.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Museums Victoria's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 64% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Museums Victoria as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00055% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Museums Victoria0.0024% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Museums Victoria 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Museums Victoria1.5% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.8% in 2021.

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