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Northern Hospital

In research, Northern Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#3,234 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,412 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 7.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,313
of 28,054 · #18,566 all time
Rank in Australia
#208
of 391
Research works
1.1k
▼ 48% vs 2013–17
Citations
13k
11.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is Northern Hospital 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
MedicineField #3,234 of 10,443 12.6%128 #5514
Health SciencesDomain #4,412 of 11,982 12.7%135 #6574

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

What does Northern Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 7.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 29.2 works7.4×
← 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.43× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.33× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.97× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.91× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.35× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.98× its world share, 128 worksMedicineNursing: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Northern Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, David G. James, Graeme Duke and Lynne Carstairs lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Northern Hospital.

  1. 1 David G. James Australia · #96,701 worldwide 345 citations · 99 works
  2. 2 Graeme Duke Australia · #403,359 worldwide 59 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Lynne Carstairs Australia · #875,670 worldwide 13 citations · 33 works
  4. 4 A. T. H. Waters Australia · #1,156,979 worldwide 3 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Northern Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Northern Hospital?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology23▲ 3.4×72 topics
  2. Inflammation12▲ 3.5×49 topics
  3. Treatment11▲ 5.4×31 topics
  4. Diagnosis8▲ 5.2×27 topics
  5. Guidelines7▲ 8.7×10 topics
  6. Risk Factors6▲ 3.3×16 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease6▲ 3.1×26 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress6▲ 2.1×23 topics
  9. Chemotherapy6▲ 4.7×16 topics
  10. Complications6▲ 6.6×14 topics
  11. Quality of Life6▲ 2.3×21 topics
  12. Cancer5▲ 2.3×25 topics
  13. Heart Failure5▲ 7.2×13 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 5.6×12 topics
  15. Mortality5▲ 5.1×13 topics
  16. Patient Satisfaction5▲ 8.8×8 topics
  17. Management5▲ 3.5×23 topics
  18. Pathogenesis4▲ 5.2×9 topics
  19. Metabolic Syndrome4▲ 2.8×12 topics
  20. Immune Response4▲ 3.9×12 topics
  21. Inflammatory Bowel Disease4▲ 20×5 topics
  22. Prevention4▲ 5.2×9 topics
  23. Laparoscopic Surgery4▲ 18×4 topics
  24. Genetics4▲ 3.0×9 topics
  25. Immunotherapy4▲ 3.0×12 topics
  26. Obesity4▲ 2.7×12 topics
  27. Surgical Management4▲ 5.0×10 topics
  28. Neoadjuvant Therapy3▲ 8.6×4 topics
  29. Echocardiography3▲ 7.1×6 topics
  30. Cell Death3▲ 7.7×6 topics
  31. Tumor Microenvironment3▲ 4.0×8 topics
  32. Anticoagulant Therapy3▲ 13×2 topics
  33. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention3▲ 13×4 topics
  34. Thrombosis3▲ 6.0×6 topics
  35. Clinical Outcomes3▲ 7.6×4 topics
  36. Catheter Ablation2▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Etiology2▲ 24×3 topics
  38. Postoperative Complications2▲ 9.9×3 topics
  39. Revascularization2▲ 8.6×3 topics
  40. Stroke Prevention2▲ 10×2 topics

Which research topics does Northern Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Diverticular Disease and Complications and Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments.

Inflammatory Bowel Disease2Inflammatory Bowel Disease: 2 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…2Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksDiverticular Disease and Complications: 2 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 2 fractional worksPediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment and Management: 1 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 1 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic O…1Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 1 fractional worksStreptococcal Infections and Treatments: 1 fractional worksGallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 1 fractional works
GeneticsCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryOncology2 others

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

  1. 1 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 2 works
  2. 2 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Diverticular Disease and Complications Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 2 works
  5. 5 Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 1 works
  9. 9 Streptococcal Infections and Treatments Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  10. 10 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 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 available40.6%not open59.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.4%domestic only67.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Northern Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 48% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.