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National Australia Bank

In research, National Australia Bank stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,467 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Business, Management and Accounting (Economics, Econometrics and Finance is 8.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,696
of 22,385 · #12,412 all time
Rank in Australia
#125
of 270
Research works
1k
▲ 164% vs 2018-21
Citations
10k
10.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
33%
world 18%
National Australia Bank

What is National Australia Bank 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
Social SciencesDomain #7,467 of 9,585 12.9%106 #6535

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

In 2022-now, 55% of research at National Australia Bank is in Social Sciences, 30% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Business, Management and Accounting (19%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (17%), Computer Science (17%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 123 fractional works · 54.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 42 fractional works · 19.0% of its workAccounting: 17 fractional works · 7.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 10 fractional works · 4.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 8 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 39 fractional works · 17.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 19 fractional works · 8.7% of its workFinance: 12 fractional works · 5.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 29 fractional works · 13.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 10 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopment: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 3.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 66 fractional works · 29.6% of its workComputer Science: 39 fractional works · 17.3% of its workInformation Systems: 15 fractional works · 6.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 10 fractional works · 4.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 13 fractional works · 5.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 20 fractional works · 9.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 13 fractional works · 5.9% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 14 fractional works · 6.5% of its workMedicine: 9 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNationalAustralia Bank224fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences30%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences55%

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. Business, Management and Accounting4219.0%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3917.4%
    3. Social Sciences2913.1%
    4. Decision Sciences73.0%
    5. Arts and Humanities31.3%
    6. Psychology21.1%
    1. Computer Science3917.3%
    2. Engineering135.7%
    3. Environmental Science104.5%
    4. Energy10.7%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.6%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.4%
    7. Materials Science10.2%
    8. Chemistry00.1%
    9. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences135.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology62.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    4. Neuroscience00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Medicine94.0%
    2. Health Professions52.1%
    3. Veterinary10.2%
    4. Nursing00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does National Australia Bank specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Economics, Econometrics and Finance takes 8.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 38.9 works8.1×
  2. Business, Management and AccountingField · 42.5 works5.9×
← 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: 1.24× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.52× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.22× its world share, 39 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.38× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.91× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.80× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.21× its world share, 9 worksMedicineNursing: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.74× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.46× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5.89× its world share, 42 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.09× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8.13× its world share, 39 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.04× its world share, 29 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 8.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance8.13×39 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting5.89×42 works
  3. Decision Sciences3.09×7 works
  4. Computer Science2.22×39 works
  5. Veterinary1.74×0 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.24×13 works
  7. Social Sciences1.04×29 works
  8. Environmental Science0.91×10 works
  9. Health Professions0.80×5 works
  10. Energy0.72×2 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.52×6 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.46×3 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.41×1 works
  14. Engineering0.38×13 works
  15. Psychology0.35×2 works
  16. Nursing0.28×0 works
  17. Medicine0.21×9 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.18×0 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.18×1 works
  20. Neuroscience0.09×0 works
  21. Chemistry0.09×0 works
  22. Mathematics0.09×0 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.07×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at National Australia Bank?

Ranked on the quality score, Omkar Reddy Polu, Walter B. Wriston and Jewell Nurseries. lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Australia Bank.

  1. 1 Omkar Reddy Polu Australia · #2,137,912 worldwide 45 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Walter B. Wriston Australia · #2,362,104 worldwide 378 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Jewell Nurseries. Australia · #2,659,266 worldwide 0 citations · 35 works
  4. 4 John Wilson Australia · #2,692,559 worldwide 187 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Harry L. Squires Australia · #2,774,491 worldwide 0 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Alfred Holt Stone Australia · #2,813,313 worldwide 200 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Walter Lichtenstein Australia · #2,904,908 worldwide 23 citations · 68 works
  8. 8 Willis E. Fryer Australia · #3,075,511 worldwide 1 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 David F. Lomax Australia · #3,279,527 worldwide 59 citations · 35 works
  10. 10 Sabit Khakimzhanov Australia · #3,294,644 worldwide 15 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at National Australia Bank

What are the most cited papers from National Australia Bank?

The most cited paper from National Australia Bank is "Drought Sensitivity of the Amazon Rainforest" (Oliver Lawrence Phillips et al., 2009), with 1,928 citations. Next come "QUINOLINIC ACID AND KYNURENINE PATHWAY METABOLISM IN INFLAMMATORY AND NON-INFLAMMATORY NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE" (689) and "Illness And Injury As Contributors To Bankruptcy" (536).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Drought Sensitivity of the Amazon Rainforest Oliver Lawrence Phillips et al. · Science Open access 5 Mar 2009 1,928
2 QUINOLINIC ACID AND KYNURENINE PATHWAY METABOLISM IN INFLAMMATORY AND NON-INFLAMMATORY NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE Melvyn P. Heyes et al. · Brain 1992 689
3 Illness And Injury As Contributors To Bankruptcy David U. Himmelstein, Elizabeth Warren, Deborah Thorne et al. · Health Affairs 2005 536
4 Digital Transformation Christof Ebert, Carlos Henrique C. Duarte · IEEE Software Jul 2018 424
5 Personal Experiences and Expectations about Aggregate Outcomes Theresa Kuchler, Basit Zafar · The Journal of Finance 3 Jun 2019 391
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at National Australia Bank?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Development, Machine Learning, Monetary Policy, Supply Chain Management, Social Capital, Economic Growth, Security and Sustainable Development.

▲ 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. Machine Learning21▲ 2.8×28 topics
  2. Deep Learning14▲ 1.78×23 topics
  3. Economic Development13▲ 7.3×17 topics
  4. Sustainable Development12▲ 3.4×28 topics
  5. Supply Chain Management12▲ 5.7×11 topics
  6. Sustainability11▲ 2.1×27 topics
  7. Globalization11▲ 2.6×21 topics
  8. Economic Growth10▲ 5.7×13 topics
  9. Monetary Policy10▲ 19×9 topics
  10. Neural Networks10▲ 2.8×12 topics
  11. Social Capital9▲ 8.1×5 topics
  12. Security9▲ 6.2×12 topics
  13. Artificial Intelligence8▲ 2.7×15 topics
  14. Internet of Things8▲ 4.2×6 topics
  15. Investment Decisions8▲ 28×2 topics
  16. Risk Management8▲ 7.1×8 topics
  17. Corporate Governance7▲ 4.2×10 topics
  18. Entrepreneurship7▲ 7.8×7 topics
  19. Financial Performance7▲ 5.4×7 topics
  20. Financial Stability7▲ 16×6 topics
  21. Digital Transformation7▲ 5.5×9 topics
  22. Financial Crisis6▲ 26×5 topics
  23. Privacy6▲ 9.7×3 topics
  24. IoT Security6▲ 8.7×3 topics
  25. Finance6▲ 14×3 topics
  26. Support Vector Machines6▲ 7.9×3 topics
  27. Fintech5▲ 30×2 topics
  28. Crowdfunding5▲ 32×1 topic
  29. Peer-to-Peer Lending5▲ 32×1 topic
  30. Corporate Finance5▲ 20×2 topics
  31. Financial Constraints5▲ 21×2 topics
  32. Financial Distress5▲ 47×2 topics
  33. Security Analysis5▲ 13×4 topics
  34. Cybersecurity5▲ 8.5×4 topics
  35. Firm Performance5▲ 12×2 topics
  36. Asset Allocation5▲ 47×2 topics
  37. Income Inequality5▲ 14×4 topics
  38. Liquidity4▲ 28×3 topics
  39. Poverty Reduction4▲ 16×2 topics
  40. Smart Contracts4▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does National Australia Bank publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance, Blockchain Technology Applications and Security, Financial Distress and Bankruptcy Prediction and Microfinance and Financial Inclusion.

FinTech, Crowdfunding, D…5FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance: 5 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Ap…4Blockchain Technology Applications and Security: 4 fractional worksFinancial Distress and Bankruptcy Prediction: 4 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financial Inclusion: 4 fractional worksGlobal Financial Crisis and Policies: 3 fractional worksWorking Capital and Financial Performance: 3 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 3 fractional worksNetwork Security and Int…3Network Security and Intrusion Detection: 3 fractional worksBanking stability, regulation, efficiency: 3 fractional worksFinancial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis: 3 fractional works
Management Information SystemsInformation SystemsAccountingEconomics and Econometrics2 others

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

  1. 1 FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance Management Information Systems 5 works
  2. 2 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 4 works
  3. 3 Financial Distress and Bankruptcy Prediction Accounting 4 works
  4. 4 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  5. 5 Global Financial Crisis and Policies Finance 3 works
  6. 6 Working Capital and Financial Performance Accounting 3 works
  7. 7 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 3 works
  8. 8 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 3 works
  9. 9 Banking stability, regulation, efficiency Finance 3 works
  10. 10 Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis Accounting 3 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 available36.5%not open63.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.3%domestic only66.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has National Australia Bank's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 164% 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 National Australia Bank as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00079% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%National Australia Bank0.0016% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of National Australia Bank 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 counting5%10%15%National Australia Bank13.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.8% in 2025.

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