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O'Brien Institute

In research, O'Brien Institute stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,377 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,225
of 28,054 · #13,978 all time
Rank in Australia
#255
of 391
Research works
559
▲ 33% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
21.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is O'Brien Institute 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 #6,377 of 11,982 27.7%60 #5940

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where O'Brien Institute 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: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.71× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.64× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.36× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.45× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.13× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.48× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.40× its world share, 50 worksMedicineNursing: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.28× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.63× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.32× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at O'Brien Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, G.L. Kesteven lead among researchers whose main affiliation is O'Brien Institute.

  1. 1 G.L. Kesteven Australia · #1,013,894 worldwide 21 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at O'Brien Institute

Which keywords describe research at O'Brien Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Cardiovascular Disease, Mortality, Quality of Life, Biomarkers, Public Health and Chronic Kidney 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology10▲ 2.3×51 topics
  2. Risk Factors5▲ 3.9×18 topics
  3. Quality of Life4▲ 2.9×17 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 3.6×16 topics
  5. Public Health4▲ 2.7×17 topics
  6. Mental Health4▲ 2.4×15 topics
  7. Biomarkers4▲ 4.8×7 topics
  8. Mortality4▲ 5.6×9 topics
  9. Inflammation3▲ 1.51×16 topics
  10. COVID-193▲ 2.2×10 topics
  11. Aging3▲ 4.9×4 topics
  12. Depression3▲ 2.8×13 topics
  13. Global Burden3▲ 4.5×8 topics
  14. Guidelines3▲ 5.2×10 topics
  15. Metabolic Syndrome3▲ 3.0×12 topics
  16. Chronic Kidney Disease2▲ 9.6×6 topics
  17. Quality Improvement2▲ 12×6 topics
  18. Risk Management2▲ 4.8×7 topics
  19. Primary Care2▲ 5.6×10 topics
  20. Alzheimer's Disease2▲ 7.3×4 topics
  21. Caregiver Burden2▲ 18×2 topics
  22. Cognitive Decline2▲ 16×2 topics
  23. Neuroimaging2▲ 7.3×2 topics
  24. Clinical Outcomes2▲ 8.8×4 topics
  25. Dementia2▲ 20×1 topic
  26. Mild Cognitive Impairment2▲ 22×1 topic
  27. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 5.8×6 topics
  28. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 5.3×7 topics
  29. Neuroinflammation2▲ 5.4×6 topics
  30. Neuropathology2▲ 12×2 topics
  31. Elderly Patients2▲ 8.9×3 topics
  32. Health Disparities2▲ 5.8×4 topics
  33. Patient Engagement2▲ 11×3 topics
  34. Social Cognition2▲ 9.0×2 topics
  35. Family Planning2▲ 26×2 topics
  36. Health Care Utilization2▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Revascularization2▲ 9.1×2 topics
  38. Concussion1▲ 32×1 topic
  39. Encephalopathy1▲ 20×1 topic
  40. Prevention Guidelines1▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does O'Brien Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Traumatic Brain Injury Research, Schizophrenia research and treatment and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering.

Dementia and Cognitive I…2Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 2 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury R…1Traumatic Brain Injury Research: 1 fractional worksSchizophrenia research and treatment: 1 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 1 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Management: 1 fractional worksSupply Chain Resilience and Risk Management: 1 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 1 fractional worksMigration, Health and Tr…1Migration, Health and Trauma: 1 fractional worksNon-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring: 1 fractional worksDialysis and Renal Disease Management: 1 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthEpidemiologyMolecular BiologyStrategy and Management4 others

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

  1. 1 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  2. 2 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 1 works
  3. 3 Schizophrenia research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 1 works
  4. 4 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 1 works
  5. 5 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 1 works
  6. 6 Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management Strategy and Management 1 works
  7. 7 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  8. 8 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 1 works
  9. 9 Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 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 available46.2%not open53.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors51.7%domestic only48.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has O'Brien Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 33% 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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