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Queen Elizabeth Hospital

In research, Queen Elizabeth Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#3,610 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,436 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,572
of 28,054 · #5,340 all time
Rank in Australia
#213
of 391
Research works
3k
▼ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
89k
29.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

What is Queen Elizabeth Hospital 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 #3,610 of 10,443 17.7%138 #958
Health SciencesDomain #4,436 of 11,982 18.8%151 #1243

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Queen Elizabeth Hospital 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: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.28× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.39× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.78× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.41× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.14× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.85× its world share, 138 worksMedicineNursing: 1.42× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.91× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Queen Elizabeth Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Timothy Price, Maureen Rischmueller and W. E. W. Roediger lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

  1. 1 Timothy Price Australia · #17,938 worldwide 787 citations · 107 works
  2. 2 Maureen Rischmueller Australia · #83,057 worldwide 160 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 W. E. W. Roediger Australia · #133,049 worldwide 399 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Sandra Peake Australia · #175,809 worldwide 111 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 Graeme R. Russ Australia · #305,173 worldwide 95 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Patrick J. Phillips Australia · #469,389 worldwide 200 citations · 56 works
  7. 7 Ian C. Roberts‐Thomson Australia · #471,923 worldwide 63 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Patrick Phillips Australia · #496,584 worldwide 43 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Robert Sage Australia · #516,739 worldwide 48 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Peter J. Hewett Australia · #525,671 worldwide 85 citations · 39 works
All ranked researchers at Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Queen Elizabeth Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Complications, Guidelines, Mortality, Cardiovascular Risk, Management and Chemotherapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology23▲ 3.1×83 topics
  2. Inflammation16▲ 4.1×47 topics
  3. Complications10▲ 11×15 topics
  4. Guidelines9▲ 10×12 topics
  5. Mortality8▲ 7.8×10 topics
  6. Quality of Life8▲ 3.1×25 topics
  7. Management7▲ 4.9×22 topics
  8. Risk Factors7▲ 3.4×20 topics
  9. Chemotherapy7▲ 5.3×18 topics
  10. Diagnosis7▲ 3.9×28 topics
  11. Treatment7▲ 2.9×31 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Risk6▲ 11×9 topics
  13. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 6.0×12 topics
  14. Autoantibodies5▲ 12×7 topics
  15. Surgical Management5▲ 6.2×15 topics
  16. Endoscopic Surgery4▲ 25×3 topics
  17. Medical Education4▲ 8.4×9 topics
  18. Pathogenesis4▲ 4.2×13 topics
  19. Inflammatory Bowel Disease4▲ 19×4 topics
  20. Prevention4▲ 5.0×9 topics
  21. Meta-Analysis4▲ 3.5×5 topics
  22. Cytokines4▲ 7.1×4 topics
  23. Rheumatoid Arthritis4▲ 21×2 topics
  24. Laparoscopic Surgery4▲ 16×3 topics
  25. Biological Therapy4▲ 34×1 topic
  26. Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs4▲ 38×1 topic
  27. Medical Errors3▲ 48×2 topics
  28. Neoadjuvant Therapy3▲ 7.8×5 topics
  29. Surgery3▲ 5.2×8 topics
  30. Survival Analysis3▲ 6.5×5 topics
  31. Treatment Guidelines3▲ 8.0×5 topics
  32. Postoperative Complications3▲ 13×3 topics
  33. Healthcare Quality3▲ 16×4 topics
  34. Molecular Characterization3▲ 9.1×4 topics
  35. Quality of Care3▲ 19×2 topics
  36. Critical Care3▲ 6.8×7 topics
  37. Elderly Patients3▲ 9.3×4 topics
  38. Myocardial Infarction3▲ 6.7×6 topics
  39. Immunology3▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Crohn's Disease3▲ 18×2 topics

Which research topics does Queen Elizabeth Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes and Sinusitis and nasal conditions.

Rheumatoid Arthritis Res…4Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 4 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease2Inflammatory Bowel Disease: 2 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 2 fractional worksSinusitis and nasal conditions: 2 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 2 fractional worksSurgical Simulation and Training: 2 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies: 2 fractional worksGastric Cancer Managemen…2Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksPatient Safety and Medication Errors: 2 fractional worksHospital Admissions and Outcomes: 2 fractional works
RheumatologyGeneticsCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineOtorhinolaryngology5 others

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

  1. 1 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 4 works
  2. 2 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 2 works
  3. 3 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Sinusitis and nasal conditions Otorhinolaryngology 2 works
  5. 5 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 2 works
  6. 6 Surgical Simulation and Training Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies Oncology 2 works
  8. 8 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Patient Safety and Medication Errors Emergency Medical Services 2 works
  10. 10 Hospital Admissions and Outcomes Emergency Medicine 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 available28.2%not open71.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.6%domestic only84.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Queen Elizabeth Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% lower 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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