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Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital

In research, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#848 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#867 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,637 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,647
of 28,054 · #3,230 all time
Rank in Australia
#64
of 391
Research works
6.1k
▲ 9% vs 2013–17
Citations
161k
26.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is Royal Brisbane and Women's 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
Health SciencesDomain #848 of 11,982 17.2%747 #867
MedicineField #867 of 10,443 16.1%661 #829
Life SciencesDomain #2,637 of 7,800 21.6%105 #1724
SurgerySubfield #804 of 1,816 13.8%101 #794
Health ProfessionsField #1,066 of 1,928 25.4%68 #1283
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,383 of 3,579 21.6%61 #1978

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Royal Brisbane and Women's 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. Health Sciences#867 #848
  2. Medicine#829 #867
  3. Life Sciences#1,724 #2,637
  4. Surgery#794 #804
  5. Health Professions#1,283 #1,066
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,978 #2,383
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.

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: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.22× its world share, 61 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.89× its world share, 18 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.33× its world share, 20 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 21 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.13× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.75× its world share, 68 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.65× its world share, 662 worksMedicineNursing: 2.14× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.50× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.28× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.70× its world share, 20 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Brett Hughes, Joan Webster and Jeffrey Lipman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital.

  1. 1 Brett Hughes Australia · #65,123 worldwide 299 citations · 55 works
  2. 2 Joan Webster Australia · #67,884 worldwide 215 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Jeffrey Lipman Australia · #81,199 worldwide 285 citations · 89 works
  4. 4 John D. O’Sullivan Australia · #90,883 worldwide 188 citations · 47 works
  5. 5 David Weedon Australia · #119,302 worldwide 155 citations · 47 works
  6. 6 Timothy J. Sullivan Australia · #123,894 worldwide 176 citations · 70 works
  7. 7 Louise Cullen Australia · #125,161 worldwide 219 citations · 66 works
  8. 8 Zarnie Lwin Australia · #128,490 worldwide 168 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Matthew Burge Australia · #170,297 worldwide 131 citations · 32 works
  10. 10 Kevin B. Laupland Australia · #170,817 worldwide 322 citations · 113 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Treatment, Quality of Life, Chemotherapy, Prognosis, Rehabilitation and Guidelines.

▲ 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. Epidemiology117▲ 3.1×121 topics
  2. Inflammation52▲ 2.6×72 topics
  3. Quality of Life41▲ 3.0×43 topics
  4. Treatment40▲ 3.5×46 topics
  5. Chemotherapy32▲ 4.8×24 topics
  6. Management30▲ 4.1×28 topics
  7. Risk Factors29▲ 2.8×31 topics
  8. Mortality29▲ 5.3×12 topics
  9. Diagnosis28▲ 3.2×40 topics
  10. Guidelines27▲ 6.2×12 topics
  11. Biomarkers27▲ 4.2×17 topics
  12. Immunotherapy27▲ 4.0×19 topics
  13. Rehabilitation26▲ 7.0×12 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease26▲ 2.5×34 topics
  15. Prognosis25▲ 8.0×9 topics
  16. Complications24▲ 5.0×16 topics
  17. Radiotherapy24▲ 6.5×13 topics
  18. Critical Care22▲ 10×8 topics
  19. Antibiotic Resistance22▲ 6.0×13 topics
  20. Clinical Trials21▲ 3.3×17 topics
  21. Clinical Practice Guidelines21▲ 4.1×14 topics
  22. Heart Failure21▲ 5.2×13 topics
  23. Sepsis19▲ 12×6 topics
  24. Prognostic Factors17▲ 4.2×14 topics
  25. Patient Satisfaction17▲ 5.6×9 topics
  26. Genetic Mutations16▲ 4.0×22 topics
  27. Surgical Management16▲ 4.2×18 topics
  28. Prevention16▲ 3.9×16 topics
  29. Resuscitation15▲ 12×4 topics
  30. Pathophysiology15▲ 5.3×11 topics
  31. Surgery15▲ 4.4×11 topics
  32. Cardiovascular Risk14▲ 4.9×9 topics
  33. Antimicrobial Resistance14▲ 7.6×9 topics
  34. Echocardiography14▲ 5.4×7 topics
  35. Medical Education14▲ 5.6×11 topics
  36. Myocardial Infarction14▲ 6.2×7 topics
  37. Chronic Kidney Disease13▲ 5.9×8 topics
  38. Pain Management12▲ 5.7×8 topics
  39. Quality Improvement12▲ 6.6×8 topics
  40. Elderly Patients12▲ 7.6×4 topics

Which research topics does Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis, Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy, Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors and Nutrition and Health in Aging.

Central Venous Catheters…9Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis: 9 fractional worksAntibiotics Pharmacokine…8Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy: 8 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 8 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 7 fractional worksSepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 6 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 6 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 6 fractional worksHead and Neck Cancer Stu…6Head and Neck Cancer Studies: 6 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 5 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 5 fractional works
Emergency Medical ServicesPharmacologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePhysiology5 others

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

  1. 1 Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis Emergency Medical Services 9 works
  2. 2 Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy Pharmacology 8 works
  3. 3 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 8 works
  4. 4 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 7 works
  5. 5 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 6 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 6 works
  7. 7 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 6 works
  8. 8 Head and Neck Cancer Studies Otorhinolaryngology 6 works
  9. 9 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  10. 10 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Molecular 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 available38.5%not open61.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.3%domestic only79.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% 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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