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Natural Hazards Research Australia

In research, Natural Hazards Research Australia stands highest in Environmental Science (#3,299 of 6,208 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#14,041 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Physical Sciences — Physical Sciences is 2.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#21,115
of 42,892
Rank in Australia
#397
of 656
Research works
253
▲ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
41.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

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 #3,299 of 6,208 33.0%123
Physical SciencesDomain #14,041 of 21,541 30.6%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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Natural Hazards Research Australia specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Physical Sciences takes 2.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Physical SciencesDomain · 20.6 works2.0×
← 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: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Neuroscience: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6.19× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 11.35× its world share, 15 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.18× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.08× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.87× 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, 11.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Natural Hazards Research Australia?

Ranked on the composite score, W. L. McCaw lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Natural Hazards Research Australia.

  1. 1 W. L. McCaw Australia · #719,821 worldwide 86 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Natural Hazards Research Australia

Which keywords describe research at Natural Hazards Research Australia?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Ecosystem Resilience, Forest Fires, Wildfire Activity, Resilience, Hazard and Landslide.

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

All 25 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change12▲ 16×17 topics
  2. Remote Sensing11▲ 33×6 topics
  3. Ecosystem Resilience8▲ 204×3 topics
  4. Forest Fires7▲ 600×1 topic
  5. Wildfire Activity7▲ 600×1 topic
  6. Resilience2▲ 18×5 topics
  7. Hazard2▲ 100×1 topic
  8. Landslide2▲ 100×1 topic
  9. Vulnerability2▲ 28×3 topics
  10. Social Capital2▲ 12×3 topics
  11. Biodiversity2▲ 7.4×3 topics
  12. Community1▲ 47×1 topic
  13. Disaster1▲ 112×1 topic
  14. Machine Learning1▲ 1.55×6 topics
  15. Boundary Layer1▲ 37×2 topics
  16. Conservation1▲ 10×2 topics
  17. Disaster Management1▲ 30×2 topics
  18. Ecosystem1▲ 42×2 topics
  19. Public Health1▲ 3.1×5 topics
  20. Risk Perception1▲ 16×2 topics
  21. Flood Risk1▲ 51×1 topic
  22. Smoke Control1▲ 156×1 topic
  23. Surface Water Mapping1▲ 54×1 topic
  24. Tunnel Fires1▲ 156×1 topic
  25. Global Change1▲ 15×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: 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 worksFlood Risk Assessment an…1Flood Risk Assessment and Management: 1 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 1 fractional worksPlant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 1 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 1 fractional worksDisaster Response and Management: 1 fractional worksRangeland and Wildlife Management: 0 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawSociology and Political ScienceSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality4 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 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  6. 6 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 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 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 1 works
  10. 10 Rangeland and Wildlife Management Ecology 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 available51.9%not open48.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% higher 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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