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Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre

In research, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre stands highest in Medicine (#3,791 of 17,978 worldwide), Health Sciences (#4,926 of 20,462 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#3,826 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,702
of 28,054 · #8,621 all time
Rank in Australia
#247
of 391
Research works
1.5k
▲ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
54k
36.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
29%
world 28%

What is Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #3,791 of 17,978 18.9%849
Health SciencesDomain #4,926 of 20,462 19.1%900
Life SciencesDomain #3,826 of 14,347 19.6%460
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #4,514 of 7,814 19.4%256
Molecular BiologySubfield #3,575 of 4,961 19.7%139

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre 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: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.11× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.43× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.91× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.26× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.32× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.88× its world share, 41 worksMedicineNursing: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.96× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre?

Ranked on the composite score, Gary W. Thickbroom, P. J. Zilko and W.M. Carroll lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre.

  1. 1 Gary W. Thickbroom Australia · #305,811 worldwide 59 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 P. J. Zilko Australia · #547,094 worldwide 56 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 W.M. Carroll Australia · #743,892 worldwide 37 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 A. K. House Australia · #803,098 worldwide 29 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre

Which keywords describe research at Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Prognostic Factors, Immunotherapy, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Inflammation, Genetic Mutations and Immunohistochemistry.

▲ 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. Epidemiology8▲ 2.8×57 topics
  2. Inflammation3▲ 2.1×35 topics
  3. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 7.1×8 topics
  4. Biomedical Applications3▲ 2.9×9 topics
  5. Prognostic Factors3▲ 7.9×12 topics
  6. Cancer2▲ 2.5×21 topics
  7. Immunotherapy2▲ 4.6×16 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress2▲ 1.96×16 topics
  9. Genetic Mutations2▲ 5.9×15 topics
  10. Treatment2▲ 2.0×17 topics
  11. Chemotherapy2▲ 3.4×9 topics
  12. Drug Delivery2▲ 4.4×11 topics
  13. Gene Expression2▲ 3.9×11 topics
  14. Healthcare-Associated Infections2▲ 20×5 topics
  15. Pathogenesis2▲ 4.7×14 topics
  16. Cancer Therapy2▲ 4.0×10 topics
  17. Metastasis2▲ 6.6×6 topics
  18. Clinical Management2▲ 12×6 topics
  19. Immunohistochemistry2▲ 29×2 topics
  20. Mitochondrial Dysfunction2▲ 7.3×7 topics
  21. Tissue Engineering2▲ 3.5×9 topics
  22. Stem Cells2▲ 7.8×5 topics
  23. Vaccine Development2▲ 7.8×7 topics
  24. Immune Response1▲ 3.4×12 topics
  25. Melanoma1▲ 32×2 topics
  26. Survival Analysis1▲ 6.7×4 topics
  27. In Vivo Imaging1▲ 20×3 topics
  28. Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea1▲ 52×1 topic
  29. Breast Cancer1▲ 6.7×5 topics
  30. Epigenetic Regulation1▲ 7.2×6 topics
  31. Fecal Microbiota Transplantation1▲ 52×1 topic
  32. Innate Immunity1▲ 5.0×9 topics
  33. Neuroprotection1▲ 4.5×5 topics
  34. Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy1▲ 19×2 topics
  35. Cancer Progression1▲ 8.0×4 topics
  36. Genetic Alterations1▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Cell-Free DNA1▲ 14×2 topics
  38. Extracellular Matrix1▲ 7.6×5 topics
  39. Radiation Therapy1▲ 10×5 topics
  40. Targeted Therapy1▲ 6.1×5 topics

Which research topics does Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research, Cancer and Skin Lesions, Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management and Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment.

Clostridium difficile an…1Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research: 1 fractional worksCancer and Skin Lesions1Cancer and Skin Lesions: 1 fractional worksCutaneous Melanoma Detec…1Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management: 1 fractional worksCancer Diagnosis and Tre…1Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksOptical Coherence Tomography Applications: 1 fractional worksSarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksSingle-cell and spatial …1Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 1 fractional worksMelanoma and MAPK Pathways: 1 fractional worksMicroscopic Colitis: 1 fractional worksCancer-related molecular…1Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 1 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesDermatologyOncologyBiomedical Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research Infectious Diseases 1 works
  2. 2 Cancer and Skin Lesions Dermatology 1 works
  3. 3 Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management Oncology 1 works
  4. 4 Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Oncology 1 works
  5. 5 Optical Coherence Tomography Applications Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 1 works
  8. 8 Melanoma and MAPK Pathways Molecular Biology 1 works
  9. 9 Microscopic Colitis Epidemiology 1 works
  10. 10 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 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 available28.6%not open71.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.7%domestic only81.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% 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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