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Queensland University of Technology

In research, Queensland University of Technology stands highest in Social Sciences (#129 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#114 of 6,365 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#236 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Human-Computer Interaction, Communication and Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality — Human-Computer Interaction is 4.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#321
of 28,054 · #437 all time
Rank in Australia
#11
of 391
Research works
46k
▼ 9% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.1M
24.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
30.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is Queensland University of Technology 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
Social SciencesDomain #129 of 10,521 34.1%2,286 #122
Social SciencesField #114 of 6,365 35.0%1,162 #56
Health SciencesDomain #236 of 11,982 27.5%1,421 #333
Physical SciencesDomain #366 of 12,888 28.6%2,761 #496
EngineeringField #213 of 6,636 28.0%1,072 #275
Health ProfessionsField #63 of 1,928 33.1%314 #185
Business, Management and AccountingField #100 of 2,578 38.2%328 #106
Management Information SystemsSubfield #8 of 183 35.1%60 #2
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #113 of 2,578 36.5%339 #113
MedicineField #478 of 10,443 25.7%1,054 #636

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Queensland University of Technology 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. Social Sciences#122 #129
  2. Social Sciences#56 #114
  3. Health Sciences#333 #236
  4. Physical Sciences#496 #366
  5. Engineering#275 #213
  6. Health Professions#185 #63
  7. Business, Management and Accounting#106 #100
  8. Management Information Systems#2 #8
  9. Sociology and Political Science#113 #113
  10. Medicine#636 #478
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 Queensland University of Technology specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Human-Computer Interaction takes 4.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Human-Computer InteractionSubfield · 60.7 works4.2×
  2. CommunicationSubfield · 70.2 works3.6×
  3. Safety, Risk, Reliability and QualitySubfield · 60.8 works3.6×
  4. Radiological and Ultrasound TechnologySubfield · 28.2 works3.3×
← 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, 141 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.67× its world share, 253 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.47× its world share, 33 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.24× its world share, 142 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.60× its world share, 15 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.20× its world share, 30 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.67× its world share, 74 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.11× its world share, 610 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 80 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.58× its world share, 102 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.01× its world share, 1,072 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.07× its world share, 375 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.13× its world share, 278 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.83× its world share, 69 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.46× its world share, 71 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.33× its world share, 11 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.69× its world share, 314 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.78× its world share, 1,054 worksMedicineNursing: 0.94× its world share, 32 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.99× its world share, 10 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.60× its world share, 122 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.44× its world share, 328 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.59× its world share, 108 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.06× its world share, 160 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.89× its world share, 405 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.30× its world share, 1,162 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 1.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Queensland University of Technology?

Ranked on the composite score, Lídia Morawska, Arthur H. M. ter Hofstede and Marcello La Rosa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Queensland University of Technology.

  1. 1 Lídia Morawska · #114 worldwide 6.4k citations · 210 works
  2. 2 Arthur H. M. ter Hofstede · #1,442 worldwide 1.5k citations · 105 works
  3. 3 Marcello La Rosa · #4,411 worldwide 854 citations · 72 works
  4. 4 Steven McPhail · #7,269 worldwide 778 citations · 81 works
  5. 5 Colin Boyd · #8,161 worldwide 1.1k citations · 87 works
  6. 6 Michael Rosemann · #8,817 worldwide 936 citations · 117 works
  7. 7 Gillian M. Boulton‐Lewis · #14,137 worldwide 1.1k citations · 51 works
  8. 8 Moe Thandar Wynn · #16,857 worldwide 497 citations · 46 works
  9. 9 Jean Burgess · #22,215 worldwide 405 citations · 63 works
  10. 10 Allan Luke · #25,788 worldwide 463 citations · 67 works
All ranked researchers at Queensland University of Technology

Which keywords describe research at Queensland University of Technology?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Epidemiology, Mental Health, Sustainability, Driver Behavior, Social Media and Risk Factors.

▲ 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. Deep Learning294▲ 1.22×81 topics
  2. Epidemiology266◆ 0.96×126 topics
  3. Machine Learning264◆ 1.14×86 topics
  4. Sustainability213▲ 1.24×84 topics
  5. Climate Change175◆ 0.92×90 topics
  6. Mental Health174▲ 1.69×38 topics
  7. Social Media161▲ 1.59×34 topics
  8. Public Health148▲ 1.45×55 topics
  9. Globalization146◆ 1.06×79 topics
  10. Risk Factors138▲ 1.78×35 topics
  11. Neural Networks120◆ 1.10×37 topics
  12. Big Data113▲ 1.76×27 topics
  13. Nanomaterials112▲ 1.50×18 topics
  14. Artificial Intelligence112◆ 1.15×49 topics
  15. Quality of Life110◆ 1.08×47 topics
  16. Energy Storage102▲ 2.2×12 topics
  17. Renewable Energy102◆ 1.00×36 topics
  18. Healthcare93▲ 1.17×27 topics
  19. Social Capital92▲ 2.5×18 topics
  20. Graphene79▲ 1.64×11 topics
  21. Physical Activity78▲ 2.3×9 topics
  22. Ethical Considerations75▲ 3.1×17 topics
  23. Resilience75▲ 2.2×16 topics
  24. Driver Behavior73▲ 13×2 topics
  25. Cathode Materials64▲ 2.3×3 topics
  26. Neoliberalism62▲ 2.5×17 topics
  27. Digital Divide55▲ 3.0×8 topics
  28. Trust54▲ 2.8×10 topics
  29. Self-Regulation53▲ 4.2×6 topics
  30. Autonomous Vehicles53▲ 3.6×5 topics
  31. Injury Severity51▲ 9.0×2 topics
  32. Spatial Analysis50▲ 7.8×4 topics
  33. Reflective Practice50▲ 3.8×7 topics
  34. Online Communication48▲ 4.4×3 topics
  35. Pedestrian Safety46▲ 14×2 topics
  36. Traffic Accidents46▲ 14×2 topics
  37. Crash Prediction Models45▲ 16×1 topic
  38. Road Safety45▲ 16×1 topic
  39. Participatory Design43▲ 12×2 topics
  40. Health Behavior Change34▲ 9.5×2 topics

Which research topics does Queensland University of Technology publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Traffic and Road Safety, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues, Social Media and Politics and Human-Automation Interaction and Safety.

Traffic and Road Safety45Traffic and Road Safety: 45 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-…29Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 29 fractional worksSocial Media and Politics: 28 fractional worksHuman-Automation Interaction and Safety: 28 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 27 fractional worksInnovative Human-Technology Interaction: 27 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery Materials: 27 fractional worksUrban Transport and Acce…26Urban Transport and Accessibility: 26 fractional worksEducation Systems and Policy: 24 fractional worksSupercapacitor Materials and Fabrication: 24 fractional works
Safety, Risk, Reliability and QualityPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthCommunicationSocial Psychology6 others

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

  1. 1 Traffic and Road SafetySafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 45 works
  2. 2 Palliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 29 works
  3. 3 Social Media and PoliticsCommunication 28 works
  4. 4 Human-Automation Interaction and SafetySocial Psychology 28 works
  5. 5 Advanced Photocatalysis TechniquesRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 27 works
  6. 6 Innovative Human-Technology InteractionHuman-Computer Interaction 27 works
  7. 7 Advancements in Battery MaterialsElectrical and Electronic Engineering 27 works
  8. 8 Urban Transport and AccessibilityTransportation 26 works
  9. 9 Education Systems and PolicyEducation 24 works
  10. 10 Supercapacitor Materials and FabricationElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 24 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 available48.6%not open51.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.5%domestic only74.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Queensland University of Technology's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% 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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