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Pathwest Laboratory Medicine

In research, Pathwest Laboratory Medicine stands highest in Medicine (#4,376 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,630 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,215
of 22,385 · #11,105 all time
Rank in Australia
#177
of 270
Research works
756
▲ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
15k
20.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
44%
world 40%
International
19%
world 18%
Pathwest Laboratory Medicine

What is Pathwest Laboratory Medicine 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
MedicineField #4,376 of 8,541 7.8%97 #2957
Health SciencesDomain #5,630 of 9,902 8.1%100 #3421

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Pathwest Laboratory Medicine 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 Pathwest Laboratory Medicine work in?

In 2022-now, 62% of research at Pathwest Laboratory Medicine is in Health Sciences, 29% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (60%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (20%), Immunology and Microbiology (5%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 118 fractional works · 61.7% of its workMedicine: 115 fractional works · 60.3% of its workEpidemiology: 16 fractional works · 8.1% of its workSurgery: 10 fractional works · 5.4% of its workOncology: 9 fractional works · 4.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 9 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 7 fractional works · 3.7% of its workHematology: 7 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workRheumatology: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workDermatology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 55 fractional works · 29.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 39 fractional works · 20.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 18 fractional works · 9.5% of its workGenetics: 15 fractional works · 7.7% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 9 fractional works · 4.9% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 9 fractional works · 5.0% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPathwestLaboratory…191fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences29%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences62%Social Sciences4%

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. Medicine11560.3%
    2. Health Professions10.8%
    3. Nursing10.3%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3920.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology94.9%
    3. Neuroscience31.5%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences31.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.8%
    1. Computer Science31.8%
    2. Engineering31.7%
    3. Environmental Science21.0%
    4. Mathematics00.2%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    6. Chemistry00.1%
    7. Materials Science00.1%
    1. Social Sciences42.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities21.2%
    3. Psychology10.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.3%
    5. Decision Sciences10.3%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.84× its world share, 39 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.86× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.93× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.16× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.14× its world share, 115 worksMedicineNursing: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.98× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology4.86×9 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.84×39 works
  3. Medicine3.14×115 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.16×2 works
  5. Veterinary0.98×0 works
  6. Neuroscience0.93×3 works
  7. Nursing0.55×0 works
  8. Dentistry0.47×0 works
  9. Arts and Humanities0.42×2 works
  10. Health Professions0.29×1 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.28×2 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.28×0 works
  13. Computer Science0.23×3 works
  14. Environmental Science0.21×2 works
  15. Psychology0.16×1 works
  16. Social Sciences0.16×4 works
  17. Mathematics0.13×0 works
  18. Engineering0.12×3 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.09×1 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.06×0 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.06×0 works
  22. Chemistry0.05×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Pathwest Laboratory Medicine?

Ranked on the quality score, Cara A Minney-Smith, Avram Levy and Chisha T. Sikazwe lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Pathwest Laboratory Medicine.

  1. 1 Cara A Minney-Smith Australia · #314,927 worldwide 2.2k citations · 35 works
  2. 2 Avram Levy Australia · #324,928 worldwide 4k citations · 130 works
  3. 3 Chisha T. Sikazwe Australia · #384,677 worldwide 2.2k citations · 41 works
  4. 4 Robert W. Wardrop Australia · #783,176 worldwide 1.2k citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Connull Leslie Australia · #1,359,005 worldwide 1k citations · 58 works
  6. 6 David John Speers Australia · #1,482,804 worldwide 3.7k citations · 139 works
  7. 7 W. Bastiaan de Boer Australia · #1,789,384 worldwide 1.8k citations · 50 works
  8. 8 Chris Bundell Australia · #2,128,495 worldwide 640 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Dominic V. Spagnolo Australia · #2,322,607 worldwide 4.6k citations · 148 works
  10. 10 Fathimath Faiz Australia · #2,327,635 worldwide 594 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Pathwest Laboratory Medicine

What are the most cited papers from Pathwest Laboratory Medicine?

The most cited paper from Pathwest Laboratory Medicine is "Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology" (The LifeLines Cohort Study et al., 2015), with 4,954 citations. Next come "Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index" (2,999) and "New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk" (2,239).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology The LifeLines Cohort Study et al. · Nature Open access487 authors 10 Feb 2015 4,954
2 Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index MAGIC et al. · Nature Genetics Open access376 authors 10 Oct 2010 2,999
3 New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk Josée Dupuis et al. · Nature Genetics Open access263 authors 17 Jan 2010 2,239
4 Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height Andrew R. Wood et al. · Nature Genetics 446 authors 5 Oct 2014 2,114
5 Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk Georg Ehret et al. · Nature Open access346 authors 9 Sep 2011 2,085
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Pathwest Laboratory Medicine?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Genomic Analysis, Prognostic Factors, Ancient DNA, Human Evolution, Forensic Genetics, Population History 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. Epidemiology29▲ 3.9×83 topics
  2. Genomic Analysis9▲ 19×9 topics
  3. Ancient DNA9▲ 88×3 topics
  4. Prognostic Factors9▲ 11×13 topics
  5. Human Evolution9▲ 204×2 topics
  6. Inflammation8▲ 2.0×45 topics
  7. Forensic Genetics8▲ 300×1 topic
  8. Population History8▲ 300×1 topic
  9. Pathogenesis8▲ 8.2×22 topics
  10. Diagnosis8▲ 4.4×29 topics
  11. Gene Expression7▲ 6.2×9 topics
  12. Clinical Practice Guidelines7▲ 6.6×11 topics
  13. Vaccine Development7▲ 14×11 topics
  14. Immunotherapy6▲ 4.7×17 topics
  15. Data Analysis6▲ 13×3 topics
  16. Treatment6▲ 2.6×29 topics
  17. Normalization6▲ 63×2 topics
  18. Genetic Mutations6▲ 6.7×20 topics
  19. Quantitative6▲ 32×1 topic
  20. Real-Time PCR6▲ 113×1 topic
  21. Chemotherapy5▲ 3.9×19 topics
  22. Immune Response5▲ 4.9×19 topics
  23. Vaccine5▲ 6.6×10 topics
  24. Management5▲ 3.2×18 topics
  25. Infection4▲ 8.6×6 topics
  26. Clinical Management4▲ 12×8 topics
  27. Healthcare-Associated Infections3▲ 14×5 topics
  28. Rituximab3▲ 12×4 topics
  29. Thrombosis3▲ 6.4×5 topics
  30. Disease Burden3▲ 23×2 topics
  31. Genetic Variants3▲ 9.4×6 topics
  32. Survival Analysis3▲ 6.1×5 topics
  33. Lymphoma3▲ 10×4 topics
  34. Antimicrobial Resistance3▲ 7.3×8 topics
  35. Host Immune Response3▲ 24×2 topics
  36. Human Metapneumovirus3▲ 31×1 topic
  37. Immunohistochemistry3▲ 21×3 topics
  38. Respiratory Syncytial Virus3▲ 31×1 topic
  39. Viral Infections3▲ 26×2 topics
  40. Hematopoietic Stem Cells3▲ 16×3 topics

Which research topics does Pathwest Laboratory Medicine publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Forensic and Genetic Research, Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications, Respiratory viral infections research and Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research.

Forensic and Genetic Res…8Forensic and Genetic Research: 8 fractional worksMolecular Biology Techniques and Applications: 6 fractional worksRespiratory viral infections research: 3 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 2 fractional worksClostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research: 2 fractional worksCancer and Skin Lesions: 2 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksMonoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research: 2 fractional worksSarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksGenomics and Rare Diseases: 2 fractional works
GeneticsMolecular BiologyEpidemiologyHematology5 others

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

  1. 1 Forensic and Genetic Research Genetics 8 works
  2. 2 Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications Molecular Biology 6 works
  3. 3 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 3 works
  4. 4 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 2 works
  5. 5 Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research Infectious Diseases 2 works
  6. 6 Cancer and Skin Lesions Dermatology 2 works
  7. 7 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  9. 9 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Genomics and Rare Diseases Genetics 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 available43.9%not open56.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.2%domestic only80.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Pathwest Laboratory Medicine's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Pathwest Laboratory Medicine as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00083% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Pathwest Laboratory Medicine0.00073% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Pathwest Laboratory Medicine 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Pathwest Laboratory Medicine7.6% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.4% in 2013.

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