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Neuroscience Research Australia

In research, Neuroscience Research Australia stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,098 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#1,231 of 8,541 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,545 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Psychiatry and Mental health (Psychiatry and Mental health is 13.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#3,052
of 22,385 · #1,644 all time
Rank in Australia
#61
of 270
Research works
2.4k
▼ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
118k
50.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.13×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
53%
world 40%
International
31%
world 18%
Neuroscience Research Australia

What is Neuroscience Research Australia known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #1,098 of 9,902 17.4%220 #786
MedicineField #1,231 of 8,541 16.5%187 #868
Life SciencesDomain #1,545 of 6,403 14.0%87 #1091
Social SciencesDomain #5,856 of 9,585 18.2%63 #4987

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

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

  1. Health Sciences#786 #1,098
  2. Medicine#868 #1,231
  3. Life Sciences#1,091 #1,545
  4. Social Sciences#4,987 #5,856
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Neuroscience Research Australia work in?

In 2022-now, 55% of research at Neuroscience Research Australia is in Health Sciences, 22% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (47%), Neuroscience (15%), Psychology (10%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 251 fractional works · 55.4% of its workMedicine: 213 fractional works · 46.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 30 fractional works · 6.6% of its workPhysiology: 25 fractional works · 5.4% of its workNeurology: 18 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPharmacology: 18 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSurgery: 17 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 14 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 10 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEpidemiology: 10 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRehabilitation: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 38 fractional works · 8.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 16 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 14 fractional works · 3.0% of its workOccupational Therapy: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 100 fractional works · 22.0% of its workNeuroscience: 69 fractional works · 15.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 27 fractional works · 5.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 14 fractional works · 3.2% of its workNeurology: 14 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSensory Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 26 fractional works · 5.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 14 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 76 fractional works · 16.8% of its workPsychology: 44 fractional works · 9.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 19 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 9 fractional works · 2.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 20 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 26 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEngineering: 15 fractional works · 3.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 12 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKNeuroscienceResearch…454fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences22%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences55%Social Sciences17%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine21346.9%
    2. Health Professions388.3%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Neuroscience6915.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology265.6%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.5%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.4%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology10.3%
    1. Psychology449.7%
    2. Social Sciences204.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance41.0%
    4. Decision Sciences40.8%
    5. Arts and Humanities30.7%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting10.1%
    1. Engineering153.4%
    2. Environmental Science40.9%
    3. Computer Science40.9%
    4. Mathematics10.2%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.1%
    6. Materials Science10.1%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    8. Chemistry00.1%
    9. Energy00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Neuroscience Research Australia specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Psychiatry and Mental health takes 13.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield · 30.1 works13×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.06× its world share, 26 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 9.36× its world share, 69 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.41× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 15 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.15× its world share, 38 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.44× its world share, 213 worksMedicineNursing: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.46× 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: 0.87× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.45× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.18× its world share, 44 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 20 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 9.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience9.36×69 works
  2. Psychology3.18×44 works
  3. Health Professions3.15×38 works
  4. Medicine2.44×213 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.41×2 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.06×26 works
  7. Decision Sciences0.87×4 works
  8. Veterinary0.46×0 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.45×4 works
  10. Social Sciences0.35×20 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.32×2 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.24×3 works
  13. Engineering0.22×15 works
  14. Nursing0.22×0 works
  15. Environmental Science0.19×4 works
  16. Mathematics0.15×1 works
  17. Computer Science0.12×4 works
  18. Dentistry0.09×0 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.08×2 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.08×0 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.05×1 works
  22. Energy0.04×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.04×0 works
  24. Chemistry0.03×0 works
  25. Materials Science0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Neuroscience Research Australia?

Ranked on the quality score, Glenda Margaret Halliday, Stephen R. Lord and James Henry McAuley lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Neuroscience Research Australia.

  1. 1 Glenda Margaret Halliday Australia · #18,045 worldwide 100k citations · 994 works
  2. 2 Stephen R. Lord Australia · #21,913 worldwide 71k citations · 934 works
  3. 3 James Henry McAuley Australia · #28,348 worldwide 23k citations · 401 works
  4. 4 Aidan Gregory Cashin Australia · #41,991 worldwide 5.2k citations · 149 works
  5. 5 Janice M. Fullerton Australia · #42,671 worldwide 22k citations · 249 works
  6. 6 Simon C. Gandevia Australia · #50,100 worldwide 56k citations · 748 works
  7. 7 John R. Hodges Australia · #58,594 worldwide 37k citations · 419 works
  8. 8 Cynthia Shannon Weickert Australia · #58,621 worldwide 32k citations · 424 works
  9. 9 Kim Delbaere Australia · #75,999 worldwide 24k citations · 354 works
  10. 10 William S. Brooks Australia · #95,215 worldwide 7.8k citations · 150 works
All ranked researchers at Neuroscience Research Australia

What are the most cited papers from Neuroscience Research Australia?

The most cited paper from Neuroscience Research Australia is "MDS clinical diagnostic criteria for Parkinson's disease" (Ronald B. Postuma, Daniela Berg, Matthew Stern et al., 2015), with 7,758 citations. Next come "Determinants of disparities between perceived and physiological risk of falling among elderly people: cohort study." (5,433) and "Sensitivity of revised diagnostic criteria for the behavioural variant of frontotemporal dementia" (5,386).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 MDS clinical diagnostic criteria for Parkinson's disease Ronald B. Postuma, Daniela Berg, Matthew Stern et al. · Movement Disorders Oct 2015 7,758
2 Determinants of disparities between perceived and physiological risk of falling among elderly people: cohort study. Kim Delbaere, Jacqueline Close, Henry Brodaty et al. · PubMed Open access 18 Aug 2010 5,433
3 Sensitivity of revised diagnostic criteria for the behavioural variant of frontotemporal dementia Katya Rascovsky et al. · Brain Open access 2 Aug 2011 5,386
4 Parkinson disease Werner H Poewe, Klaus Seppi, Caroline M. Tanner et al. · Nature Reviews Disease Primers Review 22 Mar 2017 5,192
5 Diagnosis and management of dementia with Lewy bodies Ian Grant McKeith et al. · Neurology 27 Dec 2005 5,092
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Neuroscience Research Australia?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Aging, Chronic Pain, Clinical Trials, Neuroimaging, Global Burden, 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-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 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. Epidemiology62▲ 3.5×70 topics
  2. Aging26▲ 11×14 topics
  3. Chronic Pain24▲ 25×4 topics
  4. Clinical Trials24▲ 8.0×13 topics
  5. Neuroimaging24▲ 19×11 topics
  6. Global Burden23▲ 9.3×9 topics
  7. Neurological Disorders22▲ 8.6×18 topics
  8. Inflammation22▲ 2.3×44 topics
  9. Parkinson's Disease22▲ 19×8 topics
  10. Low Back Pain20▲ 26×3 topics
  11. Mental Health20▲ 3.0×25 topics
  12. Psychological Factors19▲ 20×4 topics
  13. Depression18▲ 4.5×19 topics
  14. Physical Performance18▲ 41×2 topics
  15. Cardiovascular Disease17▲ 3.2×26 topics
  16. Disability17▲ 34×2 topics
  17. Quality of Life16▲ 2.5×35 topics
  18. Musculoskeletal Disorders16▲ 36×2 topics
  19. Health Status Questionnaires16▲ 49×1 topic
  20. Measurement Properties16▲ 49×1 topic
  21. Neuroinflammation16▲ 12×6 topics
  22. Muscle Strength16▲ 32×5 topics
  23. Biomarkers16▲ 5.0×12 topics
  24. Elderly16▲ 14×5 topics
  25. Neurodegeneration15▲ 11×8 topics
  26. Fall Risk14▲ 68×1 topic
  27. Gait Speed14▲ 68×1 topic
  28. Alzheimer's Disease14▲ 11×7 topics
  29. Cognitive Training13▲ 31×2 topics
  30. Neural Plasticity13▲ 16×5 topics
  31. Cognitive Decline13▲ 24×2 topics
  32. Functional Connectivity13▲ 21×3 topics
  33. Caregiver Burden13▲ 25×2 topics
  34. Neurobiology13▲ 11×10 topics
  35. Dementia13▲ 29×2 topics
  36. Rehabilitation13▲ 7.0×10 topics
  37. Mild Cognitive Impairment13▲ 33×1 topic
  38. Vascular Risk Factors13▲ 33×1 topic
  39. Mitochondrial Dysfunction11▲ 8.5×9 topics
  40. Neuropathic Pain11▲ 34×3 topics

Which research topics does Neuroscience Research Australia publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research and Pain Mechanisms and Treatments.

Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 16 fractional worksBalance, Gait, and Falls Prevention: 14 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 13 fractional worksPain Mechanisms and Treatments: 7 fractional worksTranscranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies: 6 fractional worksCerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders: 6 fractional worksObstructive Sleep Apnea Research: 5 fractional worksMuscle activation and electromyography studies: 5 fractional worksAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research: 5 fractional worksPhysical Activity and Health: 4 fractional works
PharmacologyPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationPsychiatry and Mental healthPhysiology2 others

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

  1. 1 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 16 works
  2. 2 Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 14 works
  3. 3 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 13 works
  4. 4 Pain Mechanisms and Treatments Physiology 7 works
  5. 5 Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies Neurology 6 works
  6. 6 Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders Psychiatry and Mental health 6 works
  7. 7 Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research Physiology 5 works
  8. 8 Muscle activation and electromyography studies Biomedical Engineering 5 works
  9. 9 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Neurology 5 works
  10. 10 Physical Activity and Health Physiology 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Neuroscience Research Australia's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Neuroscience Research Australia as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0020% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Neuroscience Research Australia0.0019% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Neuroscience Research Australia over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Neuroscience Research Australia13.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 28.3% in 1996.

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