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National Acoustic Laboratories

In research, National Acoustic Laboratories stands highest in Neuroscience (#1,459 of 2,157 worldwide), Cognitive Neuroscience (#808 of 1,124 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#12,886 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Neuroscience (Neuroscience is 17.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,987
of 22,385 · #20,324 all time
Rank in Australia
#254
of 270
Research works
584
▲ 38% vs 2018-21
Citations
14k
24.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
21%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
National Acoustic Laboratories

What is National Acoustic Laboratories known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
NeuroscienceField #1,459 of 2,157 7.7%208
Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield #808 of 1,124 7.5%162
Health SciencesDomain #12,886 of 16,688 9.4%156
Physical SciencesDomain #15,661 of 17,446 12.9%140
Life SciencesDomain #10,145 of 11,023 7.8%213

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Acoustic Laboratories 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 National Acoustic Laboratories work in?

In 2022-now, 31% of research at National Acoustic Laboratories is in Physical Sciences, 28% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Neuroscience (28%), Engineering (17%), Medicine (12%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 24 fractional works · 30.9% of its workEngineering: 13 fractional works · 16.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 9 fractional works · 12.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSignal Processing: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 22 fractional works · 28.4% of its workNeuroscience: 22 fractional works · 28.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 16 fractional works · 20.9% of its workSensory Systems: 5 fractional works · 6.6% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 18 fractional works · 23.0% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 12.5% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 10.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 6 fractional works · 7.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 17.7% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 11.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 6 fractional works · 7.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNational AcousticLaboratories77fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences28%Physical Sciences31%Health Sciences23%Social Sciences18%

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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1316.9%
    2. Computer Science912.0%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.6%
    4. Materials Science00.4%
    5. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    6. Chemistry00.2%
    7. Environmental Science00.2%
    8. Mathematics00.2%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Neuroscience2228.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.4%
    1. Medicine1012.5%
    2. Health Professions810.0%
    3. Nursing00.4%
    1. Psychology911.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities33.4%
    3. Social Sciences22.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does National Acoustic Laboratories specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Neuroscience takes 17.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. NeuroscienceField · 21.5 works17×
← 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 17.30× its world share, 22 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.54× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.13× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 3.81× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.65× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.17× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.83× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 17.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience17.30×22 works
  2. Psychology3.83×9 works
  3. Health Professions3.81×8 works
  4. Computer Science1.54×9 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.17×3 works
  6. Engineering1.13×13 works
  7. Nursing0.89×0 works
  8. Medicine0.65×10 works
  9. Chemical Engineering0.62×0 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.39×0 works
  11. Social Sciences0.20×2 works
  12. Chemistry0.14×0 works
  13. Mathematics0.14×0 works
  14. Materials Science0.12×0 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.07×0 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.05×0 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.05×0 works
  18. Environmental Science0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at National Acoustic Laboratories?

Ranked on the quality score, Ann M. Porter, Vivienne Marnane and Laura Button lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Acoustic Laboratories.

  1. 1 Ann M. Porter Australia · #954,925 worldwide 438 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Vivienne Marnane Australia · #1,488,984 worldwide 1.6k citations · 44 works
  3. 3 Laura Button Australia · #1,632,202 worldwide 931 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Denis J. Byrne Australia · #1,648,187 worldwide 3.2k citations · 48 works
  5. 5 Teresa Y. C. Ching Australia · #1,669,849 worldwide 7.6k citations · 209 works
  6. 6 Mark Seeto Australia · #1,730,936 worldwide 1.8k citations · 46 works
  7. 7 Sharon Cameron Australia · #1,814,696 worldwide 2.7k citations · 137 works
  8. 8 Julia Day Australia · #2,044,575 worldwide 945 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Maryanne Golding Australia · #2,259,373 worldwide 1.6k citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Jessica Whitfield Australia · #2,310,348 worldwide 582 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at National Acoustic Laboratories

What are the most cited papers from National Acoustic Laboratories?

The most cited paper from National Acoustic Laboratories is "A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010" (Stephen S Lim et al., 2012), with 12,027 citations. Next come "The National Acoustic Laboratoriesʼ (NAL) New Procedure for Selecting the Gain and Frequency Response of a Hearing Aid" (718) and "An international comparison of long-term average speech spectra" (515).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 Stephen S Lim et al. · The Lancet Open access209 authors Dec 2012 12,027
2 The National Acoustic Laboratoriesʼ (NAL) New Procedure for Selecting the Gain and Frequency Response of a Hearing Aid Denis J. Byrne, Harvey Dillon · Ear and Hearing Aug 1986 718
3 An international comparison of long-term average speech spectra Denis J. Byrne et al. · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Oct 1994 515
4 The NAL-NL2 Prescription Procedure Gitte Keidser, Harvey Dillon, Matt Flax et al. · Audiology Research Open access 23 Mar 2011 464
5 NAL-NL1 Procedure for Fitting Nonlinear Hearing Aids: Characteristics and Comparisons with Other Procedures Denis J. Byrne, Harvey Dillon, Teresa Y. C. Ching et al. · Journal of the American Academy of Audiology 2001 400
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Which keywords describe research at National Acoustic Laboratories?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Hearing Loss, Quality of Life, Speech Perception, Health-related Quality of Life, Social Isolation, Cognitive Decline, Age-related Hearing Loss and Cochlear Implants.

▲ 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. Hearing Loss19▲ 215×3 topics
  2. Quality of Life14▲ 13×6 topics
  3. Speech Perception13▲ 203×2 topics
  4. Health-related Quality of Life13▲ 71×2 topics
  5. Social Isolation13▲ 85×2 topics
  6. Age-related Hearing Loss13▲ 453×1 topic
  7. Cochlear Implants13▲ 453×1 topic
  8. Cognitive Decline13▲ 136×2 topics
  9. Public Health6▲ 5.8×4 topics
  10. Health Effects6▲ 13×2 topics
  11. Environmental Noise6▲ 180×1 topic
  12. Noise Pollution6▲ 180×1 topic
  13. Neural Correlates6▲ 76×2 topics
  14. Language Acquisition6▲ 64×2 topics
  15. Bilingualism5▲ 50×2 topics
  16. Early Intervention5▲ 77×2 topics
  17. Gesture5▲ 256×1 topic
  18. Sign Language5▲ 112×1 topic
  19. Cochlear Neuropathy5▲ 219×1 topic
  20. Tinnitus5▲ 219×1 topic
  21. Dynamic Interaction4▲ 84×2 topics
  22. Artificial Intelligence3▲ 2.6×4 topics
  23. Gesture Recognition3▲ 47×2 topics
  24. Neural Networks3▲ 2.2×2 topics
  25. Audio-Visual Speech Recognition2▲ 63×1 topic
  26. Speech Enhancement2▲ 63×1 topic
  27. Interactive Evolutionary Computation2▲ 142×1 topic
  28. Music Generation2▲ 142×1 topic
  29. Footbridges2▲ 79×1 topic
  30. Vibration Control2▲ 45×2 topics
  31. Vibration Serviceability2▲ 79×1 topic
  32. High-Speed Trains2▲ 42×2 topics
  33. Ground Vibration2▲ 91×1 topic
  34. Railway Dynamics2▲ 91×1 topic
  35. Auditory Cortex2▲ 61×1 topic
  36. Temporal Processing2▲ 83×1 topic
  37. Acute Otitis Media2▲ 96×1 topic
  38. Otitis Media2▲ 96×1 topic
  39. Sound Quality1▲ 126×1 topic
  40. Transfer Path Analysis1▲ 126×1 topic

Which research topics does National Acoustic Laboratories publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation, Noise Effects and Management, Hearing Impairment and Communication and Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics.

Hearing Loss and Rehabil…13Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation: 13 fractional worksNoise Effects and Manage…6Noise Effects and Management: 6 fractional worksHearing Impairment and C…5Hearing Impairment and Communication: 5 fractional worksHearing, Cochlea, Tinnit…5Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics: 5 fractional worksSpeech and Audio Processing: 2 fractional worksMusic Technology and Sound Studies: 2 fractional worksStructural Engineering and Vibration Analysis: 2 fractional worksRailway Engineering and Dynamics: 2 fractional worksNeuroscience and Music Perception: 2 fractional worksEar Surgery and Otitis Media: 2 fractional works
Cognitive NeuroscienceSpeech and HearingDevelopmental and Educational PsychologySensory Systems5 others

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

  1. 1 Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation Cognitive Neuroscience 13 works
  2. 2 Noise Effects and Management Speech and Hearing 6 works
  3. 3 Hearing Impairment and Communication Developmental and Educational Psychology 5 works
  4. 4 Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics Sensory Systems 5 works
  5. 5 Speech and Audio Processing Signal Processing 2 works
  6. 6 Music Technology and Sound Studies Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2 works
  7. 7 Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Railway Engineering and Dynamics Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Neuroscience and Music Perception Cognitive Neuroscience 2 works
  10. 10 Ear Surgery and Otitis Media Otorhinolaryngology 2 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 available20.6%not open79.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.7%domestic only84.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has National Acoustic Laboratories's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 38% 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 National Acoustic Laboratories as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00026% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%National Acoustic Laboratories0.00029% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of National Acoustic Laboratories over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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