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Pathwest Laboratory Medicine

In research, Pathwest Laboratory Medicine stands highest in Medicine (#7,652 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,120 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,385
of 28,054 · #16,465 all time
Rank in Australia
#266
of 391
Research works
756
▲ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
20.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is Pathwest Laboratory Medicine 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 #7,652 of 10,443 13.3%97 #6886
Health SciencesDomain #9,120 of 11,982 13.6%100 #8650

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 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: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.11× its world share, 36 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.56× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.78× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.24× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.09× its world share, 98 worksMedicineNursing: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× 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, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Pathwest Laboratory Medicine?

Ranked on the composite score, Mark R. Davis, Dominic V. Spagnolo and M. Priyanthi Kumarasinghe lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Pathwest Laboratory Medicine.

  1. 1 Mark R. Davis Australia · #281,679 worldwide 81 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Dominic V. Spagnolo Australia · #447,296 worldwide 58 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 M. Priyanthi Kumarasinghe Australia · #840,082 worldwide 27 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 David Speers Australia · #959,804 worldwide 27 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Timothy J. J. Inglis Australia · #1,521,910 worldwide 11 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Pathwest Laboratory Medicine

Which keywords describe research at Pathwest Laboratory Medicine?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Genomic Analysis, Ancient DNA, Human Evolution, Forensic Genetics, Population History, Prognostic Factors and Gene Expression.

▲ 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. Epidemiology24▲ 3.7×81 topics
  2. Genomic Analysis9▲ 23×9 topics
  3. Ancient DNA9▲ 103×3 topics
  4. Human Evolution9▲ 253×2 topics
  5. Forensic Genetics8▲ 368×1 topic
  6. Population History8▲ 368×1 topic
  7. Prognostic Factors7▲ 10×13 topics
  8. Gene Expression7▲ 7.1×9 topics
  9. Inflammation7▲ 2.1×42 topics
  10. Diagnosis7▲ 4.5×29 topics
  11. Pathogenesis7▲ 7.9×22 topics
  12. Data Analysis6▲ 14×3 topics
  13. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 6.4×10 topics
  14. Normalization6▲ 70×2 topics
  15. Vaccine Development6▲ 14×11 topics
  16. Immunotherapy6▲ 4.8×17 topics
  17. Quantitative6▲ 37×1 topic
  18. Real-Time PCR6▲ 124×1 topic
  19. Treatment5▲ 2.5×28 topics
  20. Chemotherapy5▲ 4.2×17 topics
  21. Immune Response5▲ 5.1×19 topics
  22. Genetic Mutations4▲ 6.4×17 topics
  23. Management4▲ 3.1×18 topics
  24. Vaccine4▲ 6.0×10 topics
  25. Infection3▲ 8.4×6 topics
  26. Healthcare-Associated Infections3▲ 17×5 topics
  27. Clinical Management3▲ 11×8 topics
  28. Survival Analysis3▲ 7.0×5 topics
  29. Rituximab3▲ 12×4 topics
  30. Thrombosis3▲ 6.6×5 topics
  31. Surgery3▲ 4.8×7 topics
  32. Disease Burden3▲ 22×2 topics
  33. Immunohistochemistry3▲ 22×3 topics
  34. Lymphoma3▲ 10.0×4 topics
  35. Genetic Variants2▲ 8.2×6 topics
  36. Hematopoietic Stem Cells2▲ 16×3 topics
  37. Host Immune Response2▲ 22×2 topics
  38. Molecular Profiling2▲ 13×3 topics
  39. Viral Infections2▲ 23×2 topics
  40. Human Metapneumovirus2▲ 29×1 topic

Which research topics does Pathwest Laboratory Medicine publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Forensic and Genetic Research, Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications, Respiratory viral infections research and Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research.

Forensic and Genetic Res…8Forensic and Genetic Research: 8 fractional worksMolecular Biology Techni…6Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications: 6 fractional worksRespiratory viral infections research: 2 fractional worksClostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research: 2 fractional worksCancer and Skin Lesions: 2 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 2 fractional worksDigital and Cyber Forensics: 1 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 1 fractional worksSarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksCytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research: 1 fractional works
GeneticsMolecular BiologyEpidemiologyInfectious Diseases5 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 2 works
  4. 4 Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research Infectious Diseases 2 works
  5. 5 Cancer and Skin Lesions Dermatology 2 works
  6. 6 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 2 works
  7. 7 Digital and Cyber Forensics Information Systems 1 works
  8. 8 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 1 works
  9. 9 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research Epidemiology 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 available43.9%not open56.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Pathwest Laboratory Medicine's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% 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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