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QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute

In research, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,208 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#2,117 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,852 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Genetics, Infectious Diseases and Oncology — Genetics is 6.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,828
of 28,054 · #1,747 all time
Rank in Australia
#67
of 391
Research works
5.4k
▲ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
265k
49.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
45%
world 28%

What is QIMR Berghofer Medical Research 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 #2,208 of 11,982 24.8%282 #1218
MedicineField #2,117 of 10,443 25.0%259 #1029
Life SciencesDomain #1,852 of 7,800 25.6%155 #603
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,106 of 3,579 25.0%91 #1061

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where QIMR Berghofer Medical Research 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. Health Sciences#1,218 #2,208
  2. Medicine#1,029 #2,117
  3. Life Sciences#603 #1,852
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,061 #2,106
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 QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Genetics takes 6.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. GeneticsSubfield · 27.5 works6.4×
  2. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 20.9 works5.9×
  3. OncologySubfield · 31.0 works5.3×
  4. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 27.5 works5.3×
← 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: 0.42× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.29× its world share, 91 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.26× its world share, 28 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.84× its world share, 24 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.98× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.54× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.43× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.04× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.59× its world share, 259 worksMedicineNursing: 2.72× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.97× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.61× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.72× its world share, 27 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Nicholas K. Hayward, Grant W. Montgomery and Sarah E. Medland lead among researchers whose main affiliation is QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute.

  1. 1 Nicholas K. Hayward Australia · #1,914 worldwide 1.6k citations · 88 works
  2. 2 Grant W. Montgomery Australia · #2,328 worldwide 2.5k citations · 190 works
  3. 3 Sarah E. Medland Australia · #3,861 worldwide 1.7k citations · 132 works
  4. 4 Georgia Chenevix‐Trench Australia · #5,738 worldwide 1.1k citations · 119 works
  5. 5 Dale R. Nyholt Australia · #5,859 worldwide 1k citations · 88 works
  6. 6 Nicholas G. Martin Australia · #12,700 worldwide 3.5k citations · 361 works
  7. 7 Scott D. Gordon Australia · #13,871 worldwide 638 citations · 52 works
  8. 8 Amanda B. Spurdle Australia · #18,004 worldwide 491 citations · 79 works
  9. 9 Graham Radford‐Smith Australia · #21,679 worldwide 555 citations · 42 works
  10. 10 John B. Whitfield Australia · #24,675 worldwide 715 citations · 107 works
All ranked researchers at QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute

Which keywords describe research at QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Inflammation, Immunotherapy, Vaccine Development, Genetics, Gene Expression and Genetic Variation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology86▲ 4.2×108 topics
  2. Inflammation32▲ 3.0×69 topics
  3. Public Health30▲ 4.0×41 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress23▲ 2.7×41 topics
  5. Immunotherapy22▲ 5.8×18 topics
  6. Cancer20▲ 2.9×43 topics
  7. Genetics19▲ 5.2×21 topics
  8. Gene Expression18▲ 5.7×13 topics
  9. Vaccine Development18▲ 13×10 topics
  10. Metabolic Syndrome17▲ 4.0×19 topics
  11. Treatment17▲ 2.6×42 topics
  12. Biomarkers16▲ 4.5×16 topics
  13. Genetic Variation15▲ 13×7 topics
  14. Survival Analysis14▲ 10×7 topics
  15. Skin Cancer14▲ 37×2 topics
  16. Melanoma14▲ 44×2 topics
  17. Cardiovascular Disease13▲ 2.3×33 topics
  18. Immune Response13▲ 4.5×20 topics
  19. Meta-Analysis13▲ 4.1×10 topics
  20. Neurological Disorders13▲ 4.3×18 topics
  21. Pathogenesis12▲ 4.7×20 topics
  22. Vector Control12▲ 21×4 topics
  23. Depression12▲ 2.7×18 topics
  24. Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy12▲ 29×2 topics
  25. Chemotherapy12▲ 3.4×23 topics
  26. Genetic Alterations11▲ 28×2 topics
  27. Immunity11▲ 5.3×9 topics
  28. Tumor Staging11▲ 19×2 topics
  29. Dermoscopy10▲ 47×1 topic
  30. Health10▲ 4.9×9 topics
  31. Metastasis10▲ 5.6×12 topics
  32. Insecticide Resistance10▲ 24×4 topics
  33. Arboviral Diseases9▲ 28×1 topic
  34. Zika Virus9▲ 28×1 topic
  35. Genome-Wide Association8▲ 21×2 topics
  36. Population Genetics8▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Disease Risk8▲ 25×2 topics
  38. Haplotype Mapping8▲ 48×1 topic
  39. Mendelian Randomization8▲ 48×1 topic
  40. Helminth Infections7▲ 36×2 topics

Which research topics does QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management, Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Genetic Associations and Epidemiology and Parasites and Host Interactions.

Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management: 10 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 9 fractional worksGenetic Associations and…8Genetic Associations and Epidemiology: 8 fractional worksParasites and Host Inter…6Parasites and Host Interactions: 6 fractional worksHealth, Environment, Cognitive Aging: 5 fractional worksMalaria Research and Control: 4 fractional worksNutrition, Genetics, and…4Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease: 4 fractional worksIron Metabolism and Disorders: 4 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 4 fractional worksDermatological diseases …4Dermatological diseases and infestations: 4 fractional works
OncologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGeneticsParasitology4 others

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

  1. 1 Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management Oncology 10 works
  2. 2 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 9 works
  3. 3 Genetic Associations and Epidemiology Genetics 8 works
  4. 4 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 6 works
  5. 5 Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 5 works
  6. 6 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  7. 7 Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease Genetics 4 works
  8. 8 Iron Metabolism and Disorders Hematology 4 works
  9. 9 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 4 works
  10. 10 Dermatological diseases and infestations Infectious Diseases 4 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 available44.6%not open55.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.9%domestic only68.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% 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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