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Respiratory Clinical Trials

In research, Respiratory Clinical Trials stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,534 of 16,688 worldwide), Medicine (#4,636 of 14,558 worldwide) and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (#1,012 of 2,077 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine is 16.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#21,747
of 22,385 · #13,415 all time
Rank in Australia
#266
of 270
Research works
652
▲ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
16k
24.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
40%
world 40%
International
60%
world 18%
Respiratory Clinical Trials

What is Respiratory Clinical Trials 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
Health SciencesDomain #4,534 of 16,688 9.0%498
MedicineField #4,636 of 14,558 9.0%460
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #1,012 of 2,077 10.2%184

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Respiratory Clinical Trials 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Respiratory Clinical Trials work in?

In 2022-now, 75% of research at Respiratory Clinical Trials is in Health Sciences, 15% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (70%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%), Immunology and Microbiology (5%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 62 fractional works · 75.3% of its workMedicine: 57 fractional works · 70.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 20 fractional works · 24.7% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 7.6% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 6.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 5.2% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 4.4% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 12 fractional works · 14.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 8.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAging: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 4.9% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKRespiratoryClinical Trials82fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences75%Social Sciences4%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine5770.1%
    2. Health Professions44.5%
    3. Veterinary00.6%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology78.2%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology44.9%
    3. Neuroscience10.9%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.8%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.0%
    1. Environmental Science22.5%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.9%
    3. Chemistry10.8%
    4. Computer Science10.7%
    5. Engineering00.5%
    6. Materials Science00.1%
    7. Energy00.1%
    1. Psychology22.1%
    2. Social Sciences11.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.9%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    5. Decision Sciences00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Respiratory Clinical Trials specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine takes 16.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 20.2 works16×
← 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.53× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.90× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.22× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 1.69× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.65× its world share, 57 worksMedicineNursing: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.50× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology4.90×4 works
  2. Veterinary4.50×0 works
  3. Medicine3.65×57 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.22×1 works
  5. Health Professions1.69×4 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.53×7 works
  7. Psychology0.70×2 works
  8. Neuroscience0.57×1 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.56×1 works
  10. Environmental Science0.51×2 works
  11. Chemistry0.48×1 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.41×1 works
  13. Nursing0.21×0 works
  14. Social Sciences0.10×1 works
  15. Computer Science0.09×0 works
  16. Energy0.09×0 works
  17. Materials Science0.04×0 works
  18. Engineering0.03×0 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.03×0 works
  20. Decision Sciences0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Respiratory Clinical Trials?

Ranked on the quality score, Ronald L. S. Patterson, Douglas N. Rhodes and ARL Medford lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Respiratory Clinical Trials.

  1. 1 Ronald L. S. Patterson Australia · #1,414,760 worldwide 2.3k citations · 64 works
  2. 2 Douglas N. Rhodes Australia · #3,493,402 worldwide 422 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 ARL Medford Australia · #4,221,140 worldwide 0 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Yoshihiro Nishimura Australia · #4,513,093 worldwide 0 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Trisha Weller Australia · #4,917,653 worldwide 18 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 素子 立原 Australia · #5,964,973 worldwide 0 citations · 46 works
  7. 7 Rachel Booker Australia · #6,233,742 worldwide 1.1k citations · 74 works
All ranked researchers at Respiratory Clinical Trials

What are the most cited papers from Respiratory Clinical Trials?

The most cited paper from Respiratory Clinical Trials is "Practical methods for incorporating summary time-to-event data into meta-analysis" (Jayne F. Tierney, Lesley A. Stewart, Davina Ghersi et al., 2007), with 6,491 citations. Next come "Tracking the Evolution of Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer" (2,501) and "Th22 cells represent a distinct human T cell subset involved in epidermal immunity and remodeling" (1,056).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Practical methods for incorporating summary time-to-event data into meta-analysis Jayne F. Tierney, Lesley A. Stewart, Davina Ghersi et al. · Trials Open access 7 Jun 2007 6,491
2 Tracking the Evolution of Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer Mariam Jamal‐Hanjani et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 26 Apr 2017 2,501
3 Th22 cells represent a distinct human T cell subset involved in epidermal immunity and remodeling Stefanie Eyerich, Kilian Eyerich, Davide Pennino et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation Open access 16 Nov 2009 1,056
4 Use of Exhaled Nitric Oxide Measurements to Guide Treatment in Chronic Asthma Andrew D Smith, Jan O. Cowan, Karen P. Brassett et al. · New England Journal of Medicine 24 May 2005 978
5 Surgery alone versus chemoradiotherapy followed by surgery for resectable cancer of the oesophagus: a randomised controlled phase III trial Bryan Henry Burmeister, Bernard Mark Smithers, Val Gebski et al. · The Lancet Oncology 12 Aug 2005 934
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Respiratory Clinical Trials?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Diagnosis, Treatment, Management, Respiratory, Immune Response and Global Burden.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology16▲ 4.8×43 topics
  2. Inflammation9▲ 5.3×31 topics
  3. Diagnosis8▲ 10×19 topics
  4. Treatment7▲ 6.8×18 topics
  5. Management5▲ 8.1×11 topics
  6. Respiratory5▲ 58×2 topics
  7. Immune Response4▲ 9.3×8 topics
  8. Cancer4▲ 3.4×22 topics
  9. COPD4▲ 67×1 topic
  10. Global Burden4▲ 8.2×2 topics
  11. spirometry4▲ 67×1 topic
  12. Asthma3▲ 42×3 topics
  13. Genetics3▲ 5.8×7 topics
  14. Pandemic3▲ 4.1×5 topics
  15. Mechanical Ventilation3▲ 32×2 topics
  16. Fibrosis3▲ 17×4 topics
  17. Immunology3▲ 31×2 topics
  18. Immunotherapy3▲ 4.7×16 topics
  19. Allergic Diseases3▲ 56×1 topic
  20. Eosinophils3▲ 56×1 topic
  21. SARS-CoV-23▲ 11×4 topics
  22. Chemotherapy2▲ 4.3×12 topics
  23. Pneumothorax2▲ 85×2 topics
  24. Thrombosis2▲ 11×4 topics
  25. Interstitial Lung Disease2▲ 44×2 topics
  26. ACE2 Receptor2▲ 12×2 topics
  27. Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis2▲ 57×1 topic
  28. Myofibroblast2▲ 57×1 topic
  29. TGF-ß2▲ 17×2 topics
  30. Empyema2▲ 98×1 topic
  31. Pattern Recognition Receptors2▲ 20×2 topics
  32. Pleural Effusion2▲ 98×1 topic
  33. Vaccine Development2▲ 9.8×3 topics
  34. Disease Burden2▲ 32×2 topics
  35. Pathophysiology2▲ 8.4×3 topics
  36. Toll-like Receptors2▲ 21×2 topics
  37. Cytokine-Mediated Link2▲ 70×1 topic
  38. Human Metapneumovirus2▲ 49×1 topic
  39. Innate Antiviral Responses2▲ 70×1 topic
  40. Respiratory Syncytial Virus2▲ 49×1 topic

Which research topics does Respiratory Clinical Trials publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research, Asthma and respiratory diseases, Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases.

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 4 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory diseases: 3 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseas…2Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 2 fractional worksPleural and Pulmonary Di…2Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases: 2 fractional worksImmune Response and Inflammation: 2 fractional worksRespiratory viral infections research: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…2COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 2 fractional worksRespiratory Support and …2Respiratory Support and Mechanisms: 2 fractional worksTracheal and airway diso…1Tracheal and airway disorders: 1 fractional worksTuberculosis Research an…1Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 1 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePhysiologyImmunologyEpidemiology1 others

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

  1. 1 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 3 works
  3. 3 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Immune Response and Inflammation Immunology 2 works
  6. 6 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 2 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 2 works
  8. 8 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 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 available39.9%not open60.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors60.1%domestic only39.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Respiratory Clinical Trials's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Respiratory Clinical Trials as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00028% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Respiratory Clinical Trials0.00029% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Respiratory Clinical Trials over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

10%20%Respiratory Clinical Trials11.6% in 2017all institutions10.0% in 20172010

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.3% in 2012.

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