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Natural Hazards Research Australia

In research, Natural Hazards Research Australia stands highest in Environmental Science (#2,935 of 5,407 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#13,749 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#23,095
of 34,923
Rank in Australia
#356
of 476
Research works
253
▼ 65% vs 2018-21
Citations
11k
41.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.09×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
52%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Natural Hazards Research Australia

What is Natural Hazards Research 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
Environmental ScienceField #2,935 of 5,407 17.0%123
Physical SciencesDomain #13,749 of 17,446 17.3%177

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Natural Hazards Research 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Natural Hazards Research Australia work in?

In 2022-now, 79% of research at Natural Hazards Research Australia is in Physical Sciences, 14% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (54%), Engineering (11%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (11%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 23 fractional works · 79.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 16 fractional works · 53.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 11 fractional works · 36.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 6.3% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 11.0% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 6.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 10.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 8.1% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 13.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 9.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKNatural HazardsResearch…30fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences79%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences14%

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 14 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science1653.5%
    2. Engineering311.0%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences310.7%
    4. Computer Science13.7%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.5%
    1. Social Sciences39.9%
    2. Psychology12.0%
    3. Decision Sciences01.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.6%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.4%
    1. Health Professions12.8%
    2. Medicine01.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.5%
    2. Neuroscience00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Neuroscience: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6.80× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.73× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 10.77× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.06× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.09× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.78× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 10.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 14 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science10.77×16 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences6.80×3 works
  3. Decision Sciences1.09×0 works
  4. Health Professions1.06×1 works
  5. Social Sciences0.78×3 works
  6. Engineering0.73×3 works
  7. Psychology0.65×1 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.52×1 works
  9. Computer Science0.47×1 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.21×0 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.18×0 works
  12. Neuroscience0.17×0 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.13×0 works
  14. Medicine0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Natural Hazards Research Australia?

Ranked on the quality score, Justin Leonard, Roy S. Wittkuhn and Bentley James lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Natural Hazards Research Australia.

  1. 1 Justin Leonard Australia · #1,569,585 worldwide 1.9k citations · 35 works
  2. 2 Roy S. Wittkuhn Australia · #3,715,796 worldwide 639 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Bentley James Australia · #3,939,879 worldwide 24 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Natural Hazards Research Australia

What are the most cited papers from Natural Hazards Research Australia?

The most cited paper from Natural Hazards Research Australia is "Connections of climate change and variability to large and extreme forest fires in southeast Australia" (Nerilie Jane Abram, Benjamin J. Henley, Alex Sen Gupta et al., 2021), with 880 citations. Next come "Historical background and current developments for mapping burned area from satellite Earth observation" (632) and "A physics-based approach to modelling grassland fires" (598).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Connections of climate change and variability to large and extreme forest fires in southeast Australia Nerilie Jane Abram, Benjamin J. Henley, Alex Sen Gupta et al. · Communications Earth & Environment Open access 7 Jan 2021 880
2 Historical background and current developments for mapping burned area from satellite Earth observation Emilio Chuvieco, Florent Mouillot, Guido R. van der Werf et al. · Remote Sensing of Environment Open access 5 Mar 2019 632
3 A physics-based approach to modelling grassland fires William Mell, Mary Ann Jenkins, Jim S. Gould et al. · International Journal of Wildland Fire 19 Feb 2007 598
4 A review of informal volunteerism in emergencies and disasters: Definition, opportunities and challenges J. E. Whittaker, Blythe J. McLennan, John W Handmer · International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction Open access 17 Jul 2015 542
5 Fire management for biodiversity conservation: Key research questions and our capacity to answer them Don A. Driscoll, David B. Lindenmayer, Andrew F. Bennett et al. · Biological Conservation 2 Jul 2010 506
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Natural Hazards Research Australia?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Ecosystem Resilience, Forest Fires, Wildfire Activity, Resilience, Risk Assessment and Hazard.

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

All 32 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change12▲ 15×17 topics
  2. Remote Sensing11▲ 31×6 topics
  3. Ecosystem Resilience8▲ 183×3 topics
  4. Forest Fires7▲ 568×1 topic
  5. Wildfire Activity7▲ 568×1 topic
  6. Resilience2▲ 15×5 topics
  7. Hazard2▲ 92×1 topic
  8. Landslide2▲ 92×1 topic
  9. Risk Assessment2▲ 9.8×2 topics
  10. Vulnerability2▲ 25×3 topics
  11. Machine Learning2▲ 1.60×7 topics
  12. Social Capital2▲ 11×3 topics
  13. Biodiversity2▲ 6.8×3 topics
  14. Boundary Layer1▲ 38×2 topics
  15. Community1▲ 42×1 topic
  16. Disaster1▲ 96×1 topic
  17. Conservation1▲ 9.9×2 topics
  18. Ecosystem1▲ 40×2 topics
  19. Global Warming1▲ 10×4 topics
  20. Smoke Control1▲ 163×1 topic
  21. Tunnel Fires1▲ 163×1 topic
  22. Data Assimilation1▲ 24×2 topics
  23. Disaster Management1▲ 26×2 topics
  24. Global Change1▲ 15×2 topics
  25. Public Health1▲ 2.8×5 topics
  26. Risk Perception1▲ 15×2 topics
  27. Convective Parameterization1▲ 67×1 topic
  28. Ensemble Kalman Filter1▲ 37×1 topic
  29. Flood Risk1▲ 44×1 topic
  30. Surface Water Mapping1▲ 47×1 topic
  31. Big Data1▲ 3.5×5 topics
  32. Image Processing1▲ 8.1×2 topics

Which research topics does Natural Hazards Research Australia publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Fire effects on ecosystems, Landslides and related hazards, Disaster Management and Resilience and Fire dynamics and safety research.

Fire effects on ecosystems7Fire effects on ecosystems: 7 fractional worksLandslides and related hazards: 2 fractional worksDisaster Management and Resilience: 1 fractional worksFire dynamics and safety research: 1 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 1 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 1 fractional worksPlant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 1 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 1 fractional worksFire Detection and Safety Systems: 1 fractional worksDisaster Response and Management: 1 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawSociology and Political ScienceSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality3 others

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

  1. 1 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 7 works
  2. 2 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2 works
  3. 3 Disaster Management and Resilience Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  4. 4 Fire dynamics and safety research Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 1 works
  5. 5 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 1 works
  6. 6 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  7. 7 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  8. 8 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  9. 9 Fire Detection and Safety Systems Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 1 works
  10. 10 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 1 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 available51.9%not open48.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.5%domestic only76.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Natural Hazards Research Australia's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 65% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Natural Hazards Research Australia as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000070% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Natural Hazards Research Australia0.000069% in 20251990200020102020

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