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Northern Health

In research, Northern Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,246 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,858 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,840
of 28,054 · #17,595 all time
Rank in Australia
#219
of 391
Research works
841
▲ 61% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
18.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is Northern 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 #4,246 of 11,982 11.8%218 #5924
MedicineField #3,858 of 10,443 11.2%190 #6011

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 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: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.97× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.14× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.80× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.12× 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 ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.55× its world share, 26 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.56× its world share, 190 worksMedicineNursing: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.25× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.47× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.63× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Northern Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Guidelines, Heart Failure, Complications, Inflammation and Mortality.

▲ 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. Epidemiology38▲ 3.5×86 topics
  2. Diagnosis19▲ 7.3×29 topics
  3. Treatment17▲ 5.1×34 topics
  4. Inflammation13▲ 2.2×37 topics
  5. Guidelines12▲ 9.5×12 topics
  6. Heart Failure12▲ 9.7×11 topics
  7. Complications11▲ 8.0×14 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease10▲ 3.2×25 topics
  9. Risk Factors10▲ 3.1×20 topics
  10. Chemotherapy9▲ 4.4×15 topics
  11. Mortality8▲ 5.1×10 topics
  12. Quality of Life8▲ 2.0×26 topics
  13. Management8▲ 3.6×18 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 5.0×12 topics
  15. Pathogenesis7▲ 5.0×13 topics
  16. Inflammatory Bowel Disease7▲ 21×5 topics
  17. Critical Care6▲ 10×7 topics
  18. Medical Education6▲ 8.9×8 topics
  19. Echocardiography6▲ 8.4×7 topics
  20. Surgery6▲ 6.1×9 topics
  21. Chronic Disease Management6▲ 11×5 topics
  22. Patient Satisfaction6▲ 6.6×7 topics
  23. Clinical Guidelines5▲ 6.7×9 topics
  24. Children5▲ 7.9×5 topics
  25. Precision Medicine5▲ 4.0×5 topics
  26. Primary Care5▲ 4.9×9 topics
  27. Autoantibodies5▲ 7.7×6 topics
  28. Surgical Management5▲ 4.2×14 topics
  29. Prophylaxis4▲ 12×3 topics
  30. Patient Engagement4▲ 12×4 topics
  31. Behavior Change4▲ 10×3 topics
  32. Renal Function4▲ 16×3 topics
  33. Evidence-Based Practice4▲ 11×6 topics
  34. Antithrombotic Therapy4▲ 17×2 topics
  35. Glycemic Control4▲ 8.9×4 topics
  36. B-Type Natriuretic Peptide4▲ 27×1 topic
  37. Hospital Readmission4▲ 27×1 topic
  38. Insulin Therapy4▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Intensive Care Unit4▲ 11×4 topics
  40. Mental Health Services4▲ 25×2 topics

Which research topics does Northern Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Heart Failure Treatment and Management, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management and Family and Disability Support Research.

Heart Failure Treatment …4Heart Failure Treatment and Management: 4 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease3Inflammatory Bowel Disease: 3 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 3 fractional worksFamily and Disability Support Research: 3 fractional worksAdolescent and Pediatric Healthcare: 3 fractional worksSystemic Lupus Erythematosus Research: 2 fractional worksMicroscopic Colitis: 2 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis an…2Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 2 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineGeneticsInternal MedicineClinical Psychology5 others

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

  1. 1 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 3 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 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research Rheumatology 2 works
  7. 7 Microscopic Colitis Epidemiology 2 works
  8. 8 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 2 works
  10. 10 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Northern Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 61% 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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