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Royal Darwin Hospital

In research, Royal Darwin Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#6,025 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,947 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,554
of 28,054 · #14,752 all time
Rank in Australia
#287
of 391
Research works
917
▲ 42% vs 2013–17
Citations
20k
21.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is Royal Darwin 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 #6,025 of 10,443 11.7%125 #5207
Health SciencesDomain #6,947 of 11,982 12.5%137 #5764

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

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: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.77× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.99× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.83× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.95× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.97× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.98× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.68× its world share, 125 worksMedicineNursing: 2.03× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.55× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.17× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Royal Darwin Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Rob Baird, Eric M. Bateson and Nadarajah Kangaharan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Darwin Hospital.

  1. 1 Rob Baird Australia · #372,274 worldwide 62 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Eric M. Bateson Australia · #574,346 worldwide 64 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Nadarajah Kangaharan Australia · #1,128,185 worldwide 8 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Marcus Ilton Australia · #1,219,374 worldwide 14 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Jaquelyne T. Hughes Australia · #1,281,889 worldwide 8 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 James Marangou Australia · #1,610,491 worldwide 6 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Darwin Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Royal Darwin Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Diagnosis, Pathogenesis, Management, Mortality, Complications and Antibiotic Resistance.

▲ 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. Epidemiology44▲ 6.3×94 topics
  2. Treatment16▲ 7.4×34 topics
  3. Diagnosis14▲ 8.5×29 topics
  4. Pathogenesis10▲ 11×16 topics
  5. Management9▲ 6.8×19 topics
  6. Public Health9▲ 3.5×23 topics
  7. Mortality9▲ 8.5×12 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease8▲ 4.3×19 topics
  9. Complications8▲ 9.2×12 topics
  10. Antibiotic Resistance8▲ 11×11 topics
  11. Vaccine Development7▲ 16×8 topics
  12. Inflammation6▲ 1.75×31 topics
  13. Risk Factors6▲ 3.2×21 topics
  14. Global Burden6▲ 5.8×10 topics
  15. Hypertension5▲ 10×4 topics
  16. Insulin Resistance5▲ 6.2×5 topics
  17. Virulence Factors5▲ 19×5 topics
  18. Virulence5▲ 44×4 topics
  19. Surgery5▲ 7.6×7 topics
  20. Obstructive Sleep Apnea5▲ 57×1 topic
  21. Sleep-Disordered Breathing5▲ 57×1 topic
  22. Type III Secretion System4▲ 47×3 topics
  23. Burkholderia pseudomallei4▲ 499×1 topic
  24. Melioidosis4▲ 499×1 topic
  25. Critical Care4▲ 9.3×8 topics
  26. Health Equity4▲ 7.4×3 topics
  27. Decolonization4▲ 25×2 topics
  28. Indigenous Knowledge Systems4▲ 64×2 topics
  29. Bacteremia3▲ 25×3 topics
  30. Historical Trauma3▲ 136×1 topic
  31. Indigenous Health3▲ 136×1 topic
  32. Infectious Diseases3▲ 5.5×7 topics
  33. Prophylaxis3▲ 14×3 topics
  34. Toxins3▲ 17×2 topics
  35. Necrotizing Fasciitis3▲ 54×1 topic
  36. Streptococcus Pyogenes3▲ 54×1 topic
  37. Global Health3▲ 10×3 topics
  38. Maternal Mortality3▲ 7.0×5 topics
  39. Quality Improvement3▲ 8.1×7 topics
  40. Endocarditis Guidelines3▲ 40×1 topic

Which research topics does Royal Darwin Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research, Burkholderia infections and melioidosis, Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights and Streptococcal Infections and Treatments.

Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research: 5 fractional worksBurkholderia infections and melioidosis: 4 fractional worksIndigenous Health, Educa…3Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights: 3 fractional worksStreptococcal Infections…3Streptococcal Infections and Treatments: 3 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 3 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 2 fractional worksCardiovascular and Divin…2Cardiovascular and Diving-Related Complications: 2 fractional worksDermatological diseases and infestations: 2 fractional worksSepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksGastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 1 fractional works
PhysiologyEpidemiologyHealthPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health3 others

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

  1. 1 Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research Physiology 5 works
  2. 2 Burkholderia infections and melioidosis Epidemiology 4 works
  3. 3 Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights Health 3 works
  4. 4 Streptococcal Infections and Treatments Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  5. 5 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 3 works
  6. 6 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Cardiovascular and Diving-Related Complications Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Dermatological diseases and infestations Infectious Diseases 2 works
  9. 9 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 1 works
  10. 10 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 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 available48.9%not open51.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.2%domestic only79.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Royal Darwin Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 42% 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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