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National Health and Medical Research Council

In research, National Health and Medical Research Council stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,054 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#1,883 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,459
of 28,054 · #4,960 all time
Rank in Australia
#108
of 391
Research works
1.8k
▲ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
85k
46.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
32.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is National Health and Medical Research Council 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
Health SciencesDomain #2,054 of 11,982 31.8%228 #1408
MedicineField #1,883 of 10,443 29.8%195 #1282

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Health and Medical Research Council 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).

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: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.00× its world share, 17 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.95× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.28× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.10× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.48× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.56× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.54× its world share, 30 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.15× its world share, 194 worksMedicineNursing: 1.76× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.19× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.98× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.33× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Health and Medical Research Council?

Ranked on the composite score, John Simes, Lisa Askie and Lucy Davies lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Health and Medical Research Council.

  1. 1 John Simes Australia · #45,206 worldwide 247 citations · 34 works
  2. 2 Lisa Askie Australia · #73,319 worldwide 332 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Lucy Davies Australia · #386,771 worldwide 146 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Ian C. Marschner Australia · #393,880 worldwide 144 citations · 39 works
  5. 5 A. H. Strickland Australia · #395,289 worldwide 57 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Sarah J. Lord Australia · #478,218 worldwide 69 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at National Health and Medical Research Council

Which keywords describe research at National Health and Medical Research Council?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Clinical Trials, Cardiovascular Disease, Inflammation, Public Health, Treatment and Global Burden.

▲ 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. Epidemiology36▲ 2.8×87 topics
  2. Quality of Life21▲ 4.6×38 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease19▲ 5.3×33 topics
  4. Inflammation18▲ 2.7×54 topics
  5. Clinical Trials17▲ 7.7×17 topics
  6. Public Health15▲ 3.1×30 topics
  7. Treatment14▲ 3.5×31 topics
  8. Immunotherapy10▲ 4.6×15 topics
  9. Chemotherapy10▲ 4.6×20 topics
  10. Global Burden10▲ 5.9×12 topics
  11. Depression10▲ 3.5×18 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress10▲ 1.85×33 topics
  13. Risk Factors10▲ 2.8×32 topics
  14. Mortality10▲ 5.2×12 topics
  15. Biomarkers9▲ 4.3×15 topics
  16. Metabolic Syndrome9▲ 3.3×21 topics
  17. Obesity8▲ 3.4×20 topics
  18. Cancer Risk8▲ 11×7 topics
  19. Psychiatric Disorders8▲ 18×4 topics
  20. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 4.4×14 topics
  21. Meta-Analysis8▲ 4.0×12 topics
  22. Health Consequences7▲ 8.0×3 topics
  23. Clinical Guidelines7▲ 7.3×8 topics
  24. Anxiety7▲ 4.3×11 topics
  25. Diabetes7▲ 4.2×13 topics
  26. Survival Analysis7▲ 7.5×7 topics
  27. Psychological Factors6▲ 9.6×5 topics
  28. Physical Activity6▲ 4.1×7 topics
  29. Targeted Therapy6▲ 8.2×5 topics
  30. Chronic Pain6▲ 8.3×5 topics
  31. Glycemic Control6▲ 12×4 topics
  32. Primary Care6▲ 4.8×12 topics
  33. Chronic Kidney Disease6▲ 7.3×8 topics
  34. Chronic Disease Management5▲ 8.7×5 topics
  35. Low Back Pain5▲ 9.7×3 topics
  36. Smoking Cessation5▲ 56×1 topic
  37. Tobacco Use5▲ 56×1 topic
  38. Maternal Mortality5▲ 7.3×5 topics
  39. Behavior Change5▲ 11×4 topics
  40. Quality Improvement5▲ 7.6×8 topics

Which research topics does National Health and Medical Research Council publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Smoking Behavior and Cessation, Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life and Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Management.

Smoking Behavior and Ces…5Smoking Behavior and Cessation: 5 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and…4Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 4 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…4Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 4 fractional worksPressure Ulcer Preventio…3Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Management: 3 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 3 fractional worksHealth Policy Implementation Science: 3 fractional worksGlobal Public Health Pol…3Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology: 3 fractional worksMeta-analysis and systematic reviews: 3 fractional worksStatistical Methods in Clinical Trials: 2 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and M…2Diabetes Treatment and Management: 2 fractional works
PhysiologyPharmacologyEconomics and EconometricsOccupational Therapy6 others

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

  1. 1 Smoking Behavior and Cessation Physiology 5 works
  2. 2 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 4 works
  3. 3 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  4. 4 Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Management Occupational Therapy 3 works
  5. 5 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 works
  6. 6 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 3 works
  7. 7 Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 3 works
  8. 8 Meta-analysis and systematic reviews Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 3 works
  9. 9 Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials Statistics and Probability 2 works
  10. 10 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 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 available44.0%not open56.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.7%domestic only67.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Health and Medical Research Council's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% 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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