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New South Wales Department of Health

In research, New South Wales Department of Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,595 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#2,850 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#3,896 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,172
of 28,054 · #8,354 all time
Rank in Australia
#103
of 391
Research works
2.5k
▲ 56% vs 2013–17
Citations
46k
18.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
54%
world 28%

What is New South Wales Department of Health 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
Health SciencesDomain #2,595 of 11,982 21.0%330 #2619
MedicineField #2,850 of 10,443 19.5%265 #3817
Life SciencesDomain #3,896 of 7,800 18.5%80 #5649
Social SciencesDomain #6,235 of 10,521 19.8%103 #5301

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where New South Wales Department of Health 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. Health Sciences#2,619 #2,595
  2. Medicine#3,817 #2,850
  3. Life Sciences#5,649 #3,896
  4. Social Sciences#5,301 #6,235
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.

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: 0.36× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.46× its world share, 43 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.07× its world share, 17 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.89× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.46× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.33× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.00× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.97× its world share, 57 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.51× its world share, 265 worksMedicineNursing: 1.56× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.27× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.28× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.48× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.91× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.92× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.95× its world share, 33 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 42 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at New South Wales Department of Health?

Ranked on the composite score, Andrew Milat, Nick O’Connor and BS Pharm lead among researchers whose main affiliation is New South Wales Department of Health.

  1. 1 Andrew Milat Australia · #654,525 worldwide 66 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Nick O’Connor Australia · #1,067,932 worldwide 18 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 BS Pharm Australia · #1,459,023 worldwide 4 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at New South Wales Department of Health

Which keywords describe research at New South Wales Department of Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Vaccine, Primary Care, Pathogenesis, Quality of Life, Quality Improvement and Risk Factors.

▲ 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. Epidemiology82▲ 3.8×108 topics
  2. Public Health33▲ 4.1×44 topics
  3. Quality of Life20▲ 2.5×44 topics
  4. Mental Health19▲ 2.4×31 topics
  5. Risk Factors18▲ 2.9×29 topics
  6. Inflammation17▲ 1.49×58 topics
  7. COVID-1916▲ 2.2×20 topics
  8. Treatment16▲ 2.5×39 topics
  9. Vaccine16▲ 7.2×10 topics
  10. Pathogenesis16▲ 5.6×18 topics
  11. Depression15▲ 3.2×18 topics
  12. Primary Care15▲ 7.2×13 topics
  13. Diagnosis14▲ 2.7×36 topics
  14. Pandemic14▲ 2.4×8 topics
  15. Global Burden14▲ 4.6×12 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Disease13▲ 2.1×32 topics
  17. Immune Response12▲ 3.9×16 topics
  18. Immunity11▲ 5.1×8 topics
  19. Mortality11▲ 3.6×13 topics
  20. Quality Improvement11▲ 10×8 topics
  21. Clinical Trials11▲ 2.9×18 topics
  22. Immunotherapy11▲ 2.8×19 topics
  23. Prevalence11▲ 4.7×13 topics
  24. SARS-CoV-210▲ 5.8×5 topics
  25. Chronic Disease Management10▲ 9.3×5 topics
  26. Physical Activity10▲ 3.6×9 topics
  27. Infectious Diseases10▲ 5.3×8 topics
  28. Anxiety9▲ 3.4×9 topics
  29. Clinical Management9▲ 9.2×7 topics
  30. Adolescents8▲ 4.0×7 topics
  31. Psychiatric Disorders8▲ 11×4 topics
  32. Health Disparities8▲ 5.5×8 topics
  33. Patient Satisfaction8▲ 4.5×8 topics
  34. Mortality Risk7▲ 5.7×6 topics
  35. Healthcare Workers7▲ 5.3×5 topics
  36. Evidence-Based Practice7▲ 9.3×5 topics
  37. Molecular Mechanisms6▲ 13×3 topics
  38. Bacterial Meningitis6▲ 56×1 topic
  39. Neisseria meningitidis6▲ 56×1 topic
  40. Behavior Change6▲ 7.6×4 topics

Which research topics does New South Wales Department of Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Bacterial Infections and Vaccines, Global Health Workforce Issues, Health Policy Implementation Science and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research.

Bacterial Infections and…6Bacterial Infections and Vaccines: 6 fractional worksGlobal Health Workforce …4Global Health Workforce Issues: 4 fractional worksHealth Policy Implementation Science: 4 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 4 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health Outcomes: 4 fractional worksMaternal and Perinatal Health Interventions: 4 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 3 fractional worksObesity, Physical Activi…3Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 3 fractional worksCutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management: 3 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 3 fractional works
MicrobiologyEmergency Medical ServicesGeneral Health ProfessionsInfectious Diseases5 others

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

  1. 1 Bacterial Infections and Vaccines Microbiology 6 works
  2. 2 Global Health Workforce Issues Emergency Medical Services 4 works
  3. 3 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 4 works
  4. 4 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 4 works
  5. 5 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 4 works
  6. 6 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Obstetrics and Gynecology 4 works
  7. 7 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  8. 8 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  9. 9 Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management Oncology 3 works
  10. 10 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 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 available53.7%not open46.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.4%domestic only80.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has New South Wales Department of Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 56% 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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