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Hospital / health system · Penrith · Australia

Nepean Hospital

In research, Nepean Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#3,431 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,338 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,047
of 28,054 · #8,249 all time
Rank in Australia
#167
of 391
Research works
2k
▲ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
49k
24.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is Nepean Hospital 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
MedicineField #3,431 of 10,443 10.5%301 #2779
Health SciencesDomain #4,338 of 11,982 11.1%324 #2491

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Nepean Hospital 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.86× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.39× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.65× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.50× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.57× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.93× its world share, 301 worksMedicineNursing: 1.27× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.22× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.41× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.67× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Nepean Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Hans Peter Dietz, Michael R. Cox and R. Benzie lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nepean Hospital.

  1. 1 Hans Peter Dietz Australia · #137,614 worldwide 169 citations · 86 works
  2. 2 Michael R. Cox Australia · #211,273 worldwide 135 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 R. Benzie Australia · #218,629 worldwide 77 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Ka Lai Shek Australia · #228,882 worldwide 49 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Anthony S. McLean Australia · #262,632 worldwide 99 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Martin Weltman Australia · #456,437 worldwide 62 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 T. Bignardi Australia · #638,077 worldwide 14 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Ian Seppelt Australia · #839,461 worldwide 78 citations · 45 works
  9. 9 M. Mongelli Australia · #909,088 worldwide 27 citations · 38 works
  10. 10 G. Condous Australia · #934,262 worldwide 57 citations · 125 works
All ranked researchers at Nepean Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Nepean Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Management, Diagnosis, Quality of Life, Treatment, Echocardiography, Critical Care and Complications.

▲ 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. Epidemiology55▲ 3.5×98 topics
  2. Quality of Life24▲ 4.2×34 topics
  3. Diagnosis23▲ 6.3×34 topics
  4. Management22▲ 7.2×27 topics
  5. Treatment19▲ 3.9×36 topics
  6. Inflammation17▲ 2.1×49 topics
  7. Complications14▲ 7.0×14 topics
  8. Risk Factors14▲ 3.2×27 topics
  9. Mortality14▲ 6.0×13 topics
  10. Echocardiography14▲ 13×7 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease13▲ 3.0×25 topics
  12. Heart Failure13▲ 7.7×13 topics
  13. Critical Care13▲ 14×8 topics
  14. Obesity12▲ 3.9×17 topics
  15. Guidelines11▲ 6.1×12 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Risk11▲ 8.8×9 topics
  17. Chemotherapy11▲ 3.8×23 topics
  18. Immunotherapy10▲ 3.7×17 topics
  19. Chronic Kidney Disease10▲ 11×8 topics
  20. Pathophysiology10▲ 8.6×7 topics
  21. Biomarkers10▲ 3.7×13 topics
  22. Clinical Practice Guidelines10▲ 4.6×13 topics
  23. Surgical Treatment10▲ 12×5 topics
  24. Sepsis9▲ 14×5 topics
  25. Rehabilitation9▲ 5.7×9 topics
  26. Surgical Management9▲ 5.3×19 topics
  27. Myocardial Infarction8▲ 8.8×7 topics
  28. Magnetic Resonance Imaging8▲ 7.9×7 topics
  29. Stem Cells8▲ 7.5×6 topics
  30. Infertility7▲ 13×4 topics
  31. Infection7▲ 7.2×8 topics
  32. Resuscitation7▲ 13×4 topics
  33. Survival Analysis6▲ 5.8×6 topics
  34. Chamber Quantification6▲ 20×1 topic
  35. Diastolic Function6▲ 20×1 topic
  36. Immunobiology6▲ 32×1 topic
  37. Pain Symptoms6▲ 38×1 topic
  38. Mechanical Ventilation6▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Radiation Exposure6▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Survival Rates6▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does Nepean Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors, Endometriosis Research and Treatment, Respiratory Support and Mechanisms and Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment.

Cardiovascular Function …6Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 6 fractional worksEndometriosis Research a…6Endometriosis Research and Treatment: 6 fractional worksRespiratory Support and …5Respiratory Support and Mechanisms: 5 fractional worksSepsis Diagnosis and Tre…4Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 4 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 4 fractional worksDialysis and Renal Disea…3Dialysis and Renal Disease Management: 3 fractional worksBacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing: 3 fractional worksHemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy: 3 fractional worksIntensive Care Unit Cogn…3Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders: 3 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineReproductive MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEpidemiology6 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  2. 2 Endometriosis Research and Treatment Reproductive Medicine 6 works
  3. 3 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  4. 4 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 4 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 4 works
  7. 7 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 3 works
  8. 8 Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing Clinical Biochemistry 3 works
  9. 9 Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy Surgery 3 works
  10. 10 Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 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 available42.0%not open58.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.2%domestic only79.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Nepean Hospital'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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