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Peter Doherty Institute

In research, Peter Doherty Institute stands highest in Life Sciences (#606 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#1,743 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#2,479 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases, Immunology and Immunology and Microbiology — Infectious Diseases is 19.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,745
of 28,054 · #2,587 all time
Rank in Australia
#38
of 391
Research works
1.2k
▲ 116% vs 2013–17
Citations
37k
32.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
31.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
76%
world 28%

What is Peter Doherty 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
Life SciencesDomain #606 of 7,800 32.2%169 #882
MedicineField #1,743 of 10,443 30.9%211 #3332
Health SciencesDomain #2,479 of 11,982 30.5%226 #4319
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,296 of 3,579 35.8%72 #2300
Immunology and MicrobiologyField #257 of 682 28.7%74 #413

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

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Life Sciences#882 #606
  2. Medicine#3,332 #1,743
  3. Health Sciences#4,319 #2,479
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,300 #1,296
  5. Immunology and Microbiology#413 #257
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Peter Doherty Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 19.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 58.0 works20×
  2. ImmunologySubfield · 54.4 works18×
  3. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 74.1 works17×
← 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.81× its world share, 17 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.08× its world share, 72 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 16.87× its world share, 74 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.52× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.91× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.43× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.42× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.33× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.80× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.52× its world share, 211 worksMedicineNursing: 0.90× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.68× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 16.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Peter Doherty Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Kanta Subbarao, Steven Y. C. Tong and Aeron C. Hurt lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Peter Doherty Institute.

  1. 1 Kanta Subbarao Australia · #29,287 worldwide 490 citations · 67 works
  2. 2 Steven Y. C. Tong Australia · #144,087 worldwide 217 citations · 71 works
  3. 3 Aeron C. Hurt Australia · #554,621 worldwide 45 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Jennifer A. Juno Australia · #998,103 worldwide 80 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Yi‐Mo Deng Australia · #1,068,195 worldwide 46 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Michelle Wille Australia · #1,222,121 worldwide 28 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Marios Koutsakos Australia · #1,467,179 worldwide 29 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Peter Doherty Institute

Which keywords describe research at Peter Doherty Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine, Pathogenesis, Pandemic, Immune Response, Immunity, Vaccine Development and SARS-CoV-2.

▲ 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. Epidemiology130▲ 7.5×87 topics
  2. Vaccine42▲ 23×11 topics
  3. Pathogenesis36▲ 16×20 topics
  4. Pandemic36▲ 7.6×8 topics
  5. Immune Response35▲ 14×18 topics
  6. Immunity28▲ 16×9 topics
  7. Vaccine Development28▲ 25×11 topics
  8. SARS-CoV-227▲ 19×6 topics
  9. Treatment23▲ 4.3×30 topics
  10. ACE2 Receptor21▲ 20×3 topics
  11. Antibiotic Resistance21▲ 13×13 topics
  12. Diagnosis18▲ 4.5×29 topics
  13. Antimicrobial Resistance18▲ 20×9 topics
  14. Viral Transmission17▲ 26×4 topics
  15. Coronavirus17▲ 18×3 topics
  16. Infectious Diseases17▲ 12×8 topics
  17. Antibodies16▲ 67×2 topics
  18. Mutation16▲ 19×2 topics
  19. Genomics15▲ 12×7 topics
  20. Innate Immunity15▲ 11×10 topics
  21. NK Cell Recognition15▲ 51×1 topic
  22. Natural Killer Cells15▲ 51×1 topic
  23. antibody15▲ 31×1 topic
  24. spike protein15▲ 31×1 topic
  25. Virus14▲ 34×3 topics
  26. Global Burden14▲ 5.8×9 topics
  27. Virulence Factors14▲ 21×8 topics
  28. Cancer Immunotherapy13▲ 20×3 topics
  29. Genetic Diversity13▲ 6.6×8 topics
  30. Autoimmunity12▲ 20×5 topics
  31. Vaccines12▲ 51×3 topics
  32. Antiretroviral Therapy12▲ 18×6 topics
  33. Antigen Presentation12▲ 32×2 topics
  34. Infection12▲ 11×9 topics
  35. Influenza12▲ 65×2 topics
  36. Respiratory12▲ 28×2 topics
  37. Healthcare-Associated Infections12▲ 22×5 topics
  38. Drug Resistance12▲ 9.3×8 topics
  39. H1N112▲ 86×1 topic
  40. TGF-ß11▲ 17×4 topics

Which research topics does Peter Doherty Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Immune Cell Function and Interaction, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Influenza Virus Research Studies and T-cell and B-cell Immunology.

Immune Cell Function and Interaction: 15 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 15 fractional worksInfluenza Virus Research…12Influenza Virus Research Studies: 12 fractional worksT-cell and B-cell Immuno…11T-cell and B-cell Immunology: 11 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune Responses: 9 fractional worksRespiratory viral infections research: 9 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogeneti…7Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 7 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 6 fractional worksAntimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus: 6 fractional worksMalaria Research and Control: 6 fractional works
ImmunologyInfectious DiseasesEpidemiologyMolecular Biology1 others

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

  1. 1 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 15 works
  2. 2 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 15 works
  3. 3 Influenza Virus Research Studies Epidemiology 12 works
  4. 4 T-cell and B-cell Immunology Immunology 11 works
  5. 5 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 9 works
  6. 6 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 9 works
  7. 7 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 7 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 6 works
  9. 9 Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus Infectious Diseases 6 works
  10. 10 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 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 available75.5%not open24.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors43.9%domestic only56.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Peter Doherty Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 116% 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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