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Neuroscience Research Australia

In research, Neuroscience Research Australia stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,694 of 10,521 worldwide), Medicine (#2,154 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#2,622 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Psychiatry and Mental health — Psychiatry and Mental health is 13.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,935
of 28,054 · #4,083 all time
Rank in Australia
#88
of 391
Research works
2.4k
▼ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
118k
50.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
53%
world 28%

What is Neuroscience Research Australia 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
Social SciencesDomain #1,694 of 10,521 28.4%63 #2868
MedicineField #2,154 of 10,443 25.8%187 #1673
Health SciencesDomain #2,622 of 11,982 28.5%220 #1816
Life SciencesDomain #4,310 of 7,800 21.7%87 #2381

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Neuroscience 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#2,868 #1,694
  2. Medicine#1,673 #2,154
  3. Health Sciences#1,816 #2,622
  4. Life Sciences#2,381 #4,310
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Neuroscience Research Australia specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Psychiatry and Mental health takes 13.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield · 26.7 works14×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.09× its world share, 23 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 9.23× its world share, 59 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.59× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.18× its world share, 33 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.47× its world share, 186 worksMedicineNursing: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.91× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.47× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.89× its world share, 35 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 17 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 9.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Neuroscience Research Australia?

Ranked on the composite score, Cynthia Shannon Weickert, Glenda M. Halliday and Stephen R. Lord lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Neuroscience Research Australia.

  1. 1 Cynthia Shannon Weickert Australia · #24,071 worldwide 448 citations · 46 works
  2. 2 Glenda M. Halliday Australia · #31,419 worldwide 952 citations · 118 works
  3. 3 Stephen R. Lord Australia · #63,103 worldwide 376 citations · 108 works
  4. 4 James H. McAuley Australia · #70,765 worldwide 241 citations · 54 works
  5. 5 Saurab Sharma Australia · #71,958 worldwide 764 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 J. R. Hodges Australia · #86,327 worldwide 1k citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Jacqueline Close Australia · #103,009 worldwide 139 citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Lynne E. Bilston Australia · #114,788 worldwide 183 citations · 64 works
  9. 9 James A. Brock Australia · #137,751 worldwide 174 citations · 41 works
  10. 10 Kim Delbaere Australia · #147,117 worldwide 151 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at Neuroscience Research Australia

Which keywords describe research at Neuroscience Research Australia?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Aging, Clinical Trials, Neuroimaging, Global Burden, Chronic Pain, Neurological Disorders and Parkinson's Disease.

▲ 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▲ 3.5×69 topics
  2. Aging23▲ 11×13 topics
  3. Clinical Trials21▲ 8.0×13 topics
  4. Global Burden20▲ 9.6×7 topics
  5. Neuroimaging20▲ 19×11 topics
  6. Inflammation20▲ 2.5×41 topics
  7. Chronic Pain20▲ 23×4 topics
  8. Neurological Disorders19▲ 8.7×18 topics
  9. Parkinson's Disease18▲ 19×8 topics
  10. Low Back Pain17▲ 26×3 topics
  11. Psychological Factors17▲ 21×4 topics
  12. Mental Health16▲ 2.7×23 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease15▲ 3.5×26 topics
  14. Physical Performance15▲ 43×2 topics
  15. Depression15▲ 4.3×18 topics
  16. Disability15▲ 35×2 topics
  17. Health Status Questionnaires14▲ 48×1 topic
  18. Measurement Properties14▲ 48×1 topic
  19. Musculoskeletal Disorders14▲ 36×2 topics
  20. Quality of Life14▲ 2.5×32 topics
  21. Biomarkers14▲ 5.0×12 topics
  22. Muscle Strength14▲ 32×5 topics
  23. Elderly13▲ 13×5 topics
  24. Neuroinflammation13▲ 12×6 topics
  25. Neurodegeneration12▲ 10×8 topics
  26. Alzheimer's Disease12▲ 11×6 topics
  27. Fall Risk12▲ 70×1 topic
  28. Gait Speed12▲ 70×1 topic
  29. Functional Connectivity12▲ 23×3 topics
  30. Cognitive Training12▲ 32×2 topics
  31. Rehabilitation12▲ 7.4×10 topics
  32. Cognitive Decline11▲ 24×2 topics
  33. Neural Plasticity11▲ 16×5 topics
  34. Neurobiology11▲ 11×9 topics
  35. Caregiver Burden11▲ 26×2 topics
  36. Dementia11▲ 30×1 topic
  37. Mild Cognitive Impairment11▲ 33×1 topic
  38. Mitochondrial Dysfunction10▲ 8.6×9 topics
  39. Emotion Regulation9▲ 7.0×7 topics
  40. Functional Recovery8▲ 14×4 topics

Which research topics does Neuroscience Research Australia publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research and Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders.

Musculoskeletal pain and…14Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 14 fractional worksBalance, Gait, and Falls Prevention: 12 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 11 fractional worksCerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders: 5 fractional worksObstructive Sleep Apnea Research: 5 fractional worksTranscranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies: 5 fractional worksPain Mechanisms and Treatments: 5 fractional worksMuscle activation and electromyography studies: 4 fractional worksAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research: 4 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 4 fractional works
PharmacologyPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationPsychiatry and Mental healthPhysiology3 others

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

  1. 1 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 14 works
  2. 2 Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 12 works
  3. 3 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 11 works
  4. 4 Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders Psychiatry and Mental health 5 works
  5. 5 Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research Physiology 5 works
  6. 6 Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies Neurology 5 works
  7. 7 Pain Mechanisms and Treatments Physiology 5 works
  8. 8 Muscle activation and electromyography studies Biomedical Engineering 4 works
  9. 9 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Neurology 4 works
  10. 10 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 4 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 available52.8%not open47.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.7%domestic only69.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Neuroscience Research Australia's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% lower 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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