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Royal Adelaide Hospital

In research, Royal Adelaide Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#972 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,306 of 11,982 worldwide) and Surgery (#769 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ophthalmology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Neurology — Ophthalmology is 10.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,137
of 28,054 · #3,363 all time
Rank in Australia
#92
of 391
Research works
6.7k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
187k
27.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is Royal Adelaide 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 #972 of 10,443 16.5%627 #662
Health SciencesDomain #1,306 of 11,982 17.0%667 #725
SurgerySubfield #769 of 1,816 15.8%104 #417
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #349 of 738 22.9%66 #429
Life SciencesDomain #4,131 of 7,800 18.6%70 #2212

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Royal Adelaide 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).

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. Medicine#662 #972
  2. Health Sciences#725 #1,306
  3. Surgery#417 #769
  4. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#429 #349
  5. Life Sciences#2,212 #4,131
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 Royal Adelaide Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ophthalmology takes 10.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OphthalmologySubfield · 21.5 works10×
  2. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 65.9 works8.0×
  3. NeurologySubfield · 28.5 works6.3×
  4. RheumatologySubfield · 21.7 works6.0×
← 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: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.09× its world share, 46 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.14× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.87× its world share, 11 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.99× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.26× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.67× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.35× its world share, 28 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.13× its world share, 627 worksMedicineNursing: 2.27× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.29× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.22× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Royal Adelaide Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Jane M. Andrews, W. B. Runciman and Timothy Kleinig lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Adelaide Hospital.

  1. 1 Jane M. Andrews Australia · #13,431 worldwide 613 citations · 85 works
  2. 2 W. B. Runciman Australia · #31,743 worldwide 286 citations · 51 works
  3. 3 Timothy Kleinig Australia · #46,605 worldwide 239 citations · 53 works
  4. 4 Philip D. Thompson Australia · #55,528 worldwide 518 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 John Dent Australia · #65,288 worldwide 236 citations · 33 works
  6. 6 John Dent Australia · #92,172 worldwide 181 citations · 35 works
  7. 7 Michael Horowitz Australia · #103,555 worldwide 780 citations · 187 works
  8. 8 William Smith Australia · #115,733 worldwide 197 citations · 53 works
  9. 9 G. G. Jamieson Australia · #122,793 worldwide 137 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 Pamela E. Macintyre Australia · #127,429 worldwide 138 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Adelaide Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Royal Adelaide Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Guidelines, Inflammation, Complications, Treatment, Mortality, Diagnosis and Prognostic 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. Epidemiology90▲ 2.9×100 topics
  2. Inflammation47▲ 2.9×66 topics
  3. Treatment36▲ 3.8×42 topics
  4. Quality of Life34▲ 3.0×41 topics
  5. Guidelines32▲ 8.8×12 topics
  6. Risk Factors30▲ 3.5×30 topics
  7. Diagnosis30▲ 4.1×35 topics
  8. Complications28▲ 7.0×17 topics
  9. Mortality26▲ 5.8×13 topics
  10. Management26▲ 4.2×27 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease24▲ 2.7×30 topics
  12. Prognostic Factors23▲ 6.7×14 topics
  13. Chemotherapy22▲ 4.0×23 topics
  14. Surgical Management22▲ 6.8×19 topics
  15. Heart Failure22▲ 6.5×12 topics
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines22▲ 5.0×14 topics
  17. Catheter Ablation20▲ 21×2 topics
  18. Echocardiography19▲ 8.8×7 topics
  19. Anticoagulant Therapy19▲ 19×4 topics
  20. Immunotherapy19▲ 3.3×17 topics
  21. Prognosis18▲ 6.8×9 topics
  22. Genetic Mutations17▲ 5.0×23 topics
  23. Stroke Prevention16▲ 17×2 topics
  24. Autoantibodies16▲ 8.7×8 topics
  25. Radiotherapy16▲ 5.1×13 topics
  26. Neoadjuvant Therapy15▲ 8.1×5 topics
  27. Global Burden15▲ 3.5×10 topics
  28. Critical Care14▲ 7.7×8 topics
  29. Neuroprotection14▲ 5.0×10 topics
  30. Rehabilitation14▲ 4.4×11 topics
  31. Surgery14▲ 4.9×11 topics
  32. Atrial Fibrillation13▲ 17×2 topics
  33. Cardiovascular Risk13▲ 5.4×9 topics
  34. Risk Stratification12▲ 22×1 topic
  35. Thromboembolism12▲ 22×1 topic
  36. Clinical Outcomes12▲ 7.3×6 topics
  37. Endoscopic Surgery12▲ 16×3 topics
  38. Immunosuppressive Therapy12▲ 7.9×8 topics
  39. Myocardial Infarction11▲ 6.0×6 topics
  40. Laparoscopic Surgery10▲ 11×4 topics

Which research topics does Royal Adelaide Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Acute Ischemic Stroke Management, Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments and Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies.

Atrial Fibrillation Mana…12Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 12 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Ma…8Acute Ischemic Stroke Management: 8 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and …8Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 8 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defib…7Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 7 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 7 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 6 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and…6Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 6 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 5 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 5 fractional worksOphthalmology and Eye Di…5Ophthalmology and Eye Disorders: 5 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineEpidemiologyOncologySurgery2 others

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

  1. 1 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 12 works
  2. 2 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 8 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 8 works
  4. 4 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 7 works
  5. 5 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 7 works
  6. 6 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  7. 7 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 6 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  9. 9 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 5 works
  10. 10 Ophthalmology and Eye Disorders Pathology and Forensic Medicine 5 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 available32.0%not open68.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.7%domestic only82.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Royal Adelaide Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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