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National Museum of Australia

In research, National Museum of Australia stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,060 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#20,654
of 42,892
Rank in Australia
#385
of 656
Research works
207
▼ 29% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.3k
11.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
37.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
26%
world 28%

What is National Museum of Australia 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
Social SciencesDomain #7,060 of 16,945 31.8%124

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Museum of Australia 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: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.21× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEnvironmental Science: 2.19× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 2.25× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsArts and Humanities: 12.87× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 0.96× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.49× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 12.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Museum of Australia?

Ranked on the composite score, Mike Smith and Edmund D. Gill lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Museum of Australia.

  1. 1 Mike Smith Australia · #158,220 worldwide 179 citations · 47 works
  2. 2 Edmund D. Gill Australia · #1,106,335 worldwide 59 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at National Museum of Australia

Which keywords describe research at National Museum of Australia?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Sustainability, Adaptive Reuse, Intangible Heritage, Climate Change, Cultural Heritage, Conservation, Informal Education and Museum Learning.

▲ 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 13 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 13 words, with their numbers
  1. Cultural Sustainability5▲ 388×2 topics
  2. Adaptive Reuse4▲ 389×1 topic
  3. Intangible Heritage4▲ 389×1 topic
  4. Climate Change3▲ 5.0×14 topics
  5. Conservation2▲ 18×7 topics
  6. Cultural Heritage2▲ 14×4 topics
  7. Informal Education2▲ 386×1 topic
  8. Museum Learning2▲ 386×1 topic
  9. Colonialism1▲ 13×6 topics
  10. Environmental Monitoring1▲ 13×1 topic
  11. Museum Environments1▲ 244×1 topic
  12. Radio Astronomy1▲ 191×1 topic
  13. Transits of Venus1▲ 449×1 topic

Which research topics does National Museum of Australia publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation, Museums and Cultural Heritage, Conservation Techniques and Studies and History and Developments in Astronomy.

Cultural Heritage Manage…4Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation: 4 fractional worksMuseums and Cultural Heritage: 2 fractional worksConservation Techniques and Studies: 1 fractional worksHistory and Developments in Astronomy: 1 fractional worksGlobal Maritime and Colo…1Global Maritime and Colonial Histories: 1 fractional worksDiverse Aspects of Tourism Research: 0 fractional worksAsian Studies and History: 0 fractional worksEvolution and Paleontology Studies: 0 fractional worksPleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology: 0 fractional worksReligious Tourism and Spaces: 0 fractional works
ArcheologyMuseologyConservationAstronomy and Astrophysics4 others

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

  1. 1 Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation Archeology 4 works
  2. 2 Museums and Cultural Heritage Museology 2 works
  3. 3 Conservation Techniques and Studies Conservation 1 works
  4. 4 History and Developments in Astronomy Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  5. 5 Global Maritime and Colonial Histories Anthropology 1 works
  6. 6 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  7. 7 Asian Studies and History Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  8. 8 Evolution and Paleontology Studies Paleontology 0 works
  9. 9 Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology Anthropology 0 works
  10. 10 Religious Tourism and Spaces Geography, Planning and Development 0 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 available26.3%not open73.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.7%domestic only80.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Museum of Australia's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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