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Northern Health

In research, Northern Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,285 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,943 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 6.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,391
of 22,385 · #12,872 all time
Rank in Australia
#134
of 270
Research works
841
▲ 80% vs 2018-21
Citations
15k
18.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
52%
world 40%
International
17%
world 18%
Northern Health

What is Northern Health 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 #3,285 of 9,902 8.0%218 #4451
MedicineField #2,943 of 8,541 7.7%190 #4008

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Northern 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Northern Health work in?

In 2022-now, 78% of research at Northern Health is in Health Sciences, 11% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (68%), Health Professions (10%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 245 fractional works · 78.0% of its workMedicine: 213 fractional works · 67.7% of its workSurgery: 31 fractional works · 10.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 21 fractional works · 6.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 19 fractional works · 6.0% of its workEpidemiology: 15 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 12 fractional works · 3.7% of its workOncology: 11 fractional works · 3.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 9 fractional works · 2.7% of its workRheumatology: 8 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHematology: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNephrology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGastroenterology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInternal Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 30 fractional works · 9.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 17 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 34 fractional works · 10.7% of its workPsychology: 16 fractional works · 5.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 10 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 3.7% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 26 fractional works · 8.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 17 fractional works · 5.3% of its workGenetics: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 9 fractional works · 2.8% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKNorthern Health314fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences78%Social Sciences11%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine21367.7%
    2. Health Professions309.6%
    3. Nursing20.5%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Psychology165.2%
    2. Social Sciences123.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance30.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting20.6%
    5. Decision Sciences10.2%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology175.3%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology41.4%
    3. Neuroscience41.2%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Computer Science31.0%
    2. Engineering30.9%
    3. Environmental Science20.6%
    4. Mathematics10.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    6. Materials Science00.0%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Northern Health specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 6.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 21.1 works6.4×
← 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, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.99× its world share, 17 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.35× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.77× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.64× its world share, 30 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.52× its world share, 213 worksMedicineNursing: 0.99× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.11× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.42× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.71× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions3.64×30 works
  2. Medicine3.52×213 works
  3. Psychology1.71×16 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.35×4 works
  5. Veterinary1.11×0 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.99×17 works
  7. Nursing0.99×2 works
  8. Neuroscience0.77×4 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.42×3 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.36×0 works
  11. Social Sciences0.29×12 works
  12. Mathematics0.19×1 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.19×2 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.18×1 works
  15. Computer Science0.13×3 works
  16. Environmental Science0.12×2 works
  17. Dentistry0.10×0 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.09×1 works
  19. Engineering0.06×3 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.04×0 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.02×0 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.01×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Northern Health?

Ranked on the quality score, Douglas Ewan Crompton, Craig A. Aboltins and Rebecca Leigh Jessup lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Northern Health.

  1. 1 Douglas Ewan Crompton Australia · #378,111 worldwide 3.1k citations · 60 works
  2. 2 Craig A. Aboltins Australia · #554,403 worldwide 2k citations · 75 works
  3. 3 Rebecca Leigh Jessup Australia · #854,916 worldwide 1.1k citations · 86 works
  4. 4 Emiliano Zucchi Australia · #1,041,338 worldwide 556 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Sarah E. Lucas Australia · #1,918,456 worldwide 382 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Prahlad W. Ho Australia · #2,030,629 worldwide 983 citations · 82 works
  7. 7 Darren Lowen Australia · #2,385,284 worldwide 133 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Barbara J Hayes Australia · #2,700,458 worldwide 1.7k citations · 83 works
  9. 9 Leya Nedumannil Australia · #2,752,019 worldwide 20 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Sing Chee Tan Australia · #2,822,682 worldwide 82 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Northern Health

What are the most cited papers from Northern Health?

The most cited paper from Northern Health is "The PEDro scale is a valid measure of the methodological quality of clinical trials: a demographic study" (Natalie A. de Morton, 2009), with 2,240 citations. Next come "MRtrix: Diffusion tractography in crossing fiber regions" (1,501) and "Long-Term Persistence of Hormonal Adaptations to Weight Loss" (1,439).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The PEDro scale is a valid measure of the methodological quality of clinical trials: a demographic study Natalie A. de Morton · Australian Journal of Physiotherapy Open access 2009 2,240
2 MRtrix: Diffusion tractography in crossing fiber regions J‐Donald Tournier, Fernando Calamante, Alan Connelly · International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology 14 Feb 2012 1,501
3 Long-Term Persistence of Hormonal Adaptations to Weight Loss Priya Sumithran, Luke A. Prendergast, Elizabeth Delbridge et al. · New England Journal of Medicine 26 Oct 2011 1,439
4 Anatomically-constrained tractography: Improved diffusion MRI streamlines tractography through effective use of anatomical information Robert E. Smith, Jacques‐Donald Tournier, Fernando Calamante et al. · NeuroImage 13 Jun 2012 1,378
5 Circulating Tumor DNA Analysis Guiding Adjuvant Therapy in Stage II Colon Cancer Jeanne Tie et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 4 Jun 2022 1,076
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Northern Health?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Guidelines, Heart Failure, Complications, Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Pathogenesis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology44▲ 3.5×92 topics
  2. Diagnosis20▲ 6.9×31 topics
  3. Treatment18▲ 4.8×35 topics
  4. Inflammation14▲ 2.1×40 topics
  5. Guidelines13▲ 9.0×12 topics
  6. Heart Failure12▲ 8.8×11 topics
  7. Complications11▲ 7.2×14 topics
  8. Risk Factors11▲ 3.3×23 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease11▲ 3.0×26 topics
  10. Chemotherapy10▲ 4.3×18 topics
  11. Management9▲ 3.6×21 topics
  12. Mortality9▲ 5.1×10 topics
  13. Pathogenesis9▲ 5.7×14 topics
  14. Quality of Life9▲ 2.0×28 topics
  15. COVID-199▲ 2.1×14 topics
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines9▲ 5.0×12 topics
  17. Inflammatory Bowel Disease8▲ 22×5 topics
  18. Genetics7▲ 3.3×14 topics
  19. Medical Education7▲ 8.7×10 topics
  20. Chronic Disease Management7▲ 12×5 topics
  21. Critical Care7▲ 9.4×7 topics
  22. Echocardiography7▲ 8.2×7 topics
  23. Patient Satisfaction7▲ 7.1×9 topics
  24. Surgery6▲ 5.8×9 topics
  25. Primary Care6▲ 4.9×10 topics
  26. Clinical Guidelines6▲ 6.0×9 topics
  27. Autoantibodies5▲ 7.1×6 topics
  28. Children5▲ 7.2×5 topics
  29. Prophylaxis5▲ 12×4 topics
  30. Patient Engagement5▲ 11×4 topics
  31. Immunology5▲ 13×2 topics
  32. Crohn's Disease4▲ 18×2 topics
  33. Therapies4▲ 29×1 topic
  34. Ulcerative Colitis4▲ 29×1 topic
  35. Antithrombotic Therapy4▲ 17×2 topics
  36. Behavior Change4▲ 9.2×3 topics
  37. Evidence-Based Practice4▲ 10×6 topics
  38. Glycemic Control4▲ 8.3×4 topics
  39. Renal Function4▲ 13×3 topics
  40. Mental Health Services4▲ 25×2 topics

Which research topics does Northern Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Heart Failure Treatment and Management, Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management and Family and Disability Support Research.

Inflammatory Bowel Disease4Inflammatory Bowel Disease: 4 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment …4Heart Failure Treatment and Management: 4 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 3 fractional worksFamily and Disability Support Research: 3 fractional worksAdolescent and Pediatric Healthcare: 3 fractional worksMicroscopic Colitis: 3 fractional worksTelemedicine and Telehealth Implementation: 3 fractional worksSystemic Lupus Erythemat…2Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research: 2 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 2 fractional works
GeneticsCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineInternal MedicineClinical Psychology6 others

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

  1. 1 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 4 works
  2. 2 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  3. 3 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 Family and Disability Support Research Clinical Psychology 3 works
  5. 5 Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare Speech and Hearing 3 works
  6. 6 Microscopic Colitis Epidemiology 3 works
  7. 7 Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  8. 8 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research Rheumatology 2 works
  9. 9 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 2 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 available52.4%not open47.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.6%domestic only83.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Northern Health's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 80% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Northern Health as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Northern Health0.0014% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Northern Health 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Northern Health8.4% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.5% in 2013.

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