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Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne

In research, Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,271 of 20,462 worldwide), Medicine (#5,740 of 17,978 worldwide) and Dentistry (#496 of 771 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,450
of 28,054 · #12,649 all time
Rank in Australia
#257
of 391
Research works
516
▲ 36% vs 2013–17
Citations
13k
26.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
29%
world 28%

What is Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne 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 #4,271 of 20,462 19.5%388
MedicineField #5,740 of 17,978 19.0%162
DentistryField #496 of 771 20.8%156

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne 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: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.07× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.33× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.41× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 61.65× its world share, 18 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 5.90× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.71× its world share, 20 worksMedicineNursing: 0.95× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.04× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 61.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne?

Ranked on the composite score, A.F. Hayward lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne.

  1. 1 A.F. Hayward Australia · #328,174 worldwide 76 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne

Which keywords describe research at Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quality of Life, Epidemiology, Motivation, Dental Students, Gender Differences, Career Choice, Professional Expectations and Dental Caries.

▲ 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. Epidemiology8▲ 3.6×28 topics
  2. Quality of Life7▲ 8.5×17 topics
  3. Motivation5▲ 18×3 topics
  4. Dental Students4▲ 323×2 topics
  5. Gender Differences4▲ 20×2 topics
  6. Career Choice4▲ 256×1 topic
  7. Professional Expectations4▲ 487×1 topic
  8. Risk Factors4▲ 5.3×6 topics
  9. Dental Caries3▲ 58×2 topics
  10. Inflammation3▲ 2.5×14 topics
  11. Global Burden3▲ 9.0×5 topics
  12. Periodontal Disease2▲ 70×2 topics
  13. Prevention2▲ 9.8×5 topics
  14. Bone Regeneration2▲ 33×2 topics
  15. Artificial Intelligence2▲ 2.8×3 topics
  16. Dental Implants2▲ 76×1 topic
  17. Peri-implant Diseases2▲ 76×1 topic
  18. Social Determinants2▲ 18×2 topics
  19. Clinical Trials2▲ 5.2×3 topics
  20. Cone-Beam CT2▲ 69×1 topic
  21. Dental Imaging2▲ 69×1 topic
  22. Fluoride2▲ 65×1 topic
  23. Oral Health2▲ 61×1 topic
  24. Orthodontic Tooth Movement2▲ 95×1 topic
  25. Orthognathic Surgery2▲ 73×1 topic
  26. Psychological Factors2▲ 16×3 topics
  27. Dental Materials2▲ 56×1 topic
  28. Diagnostic Criteria2▲ 13×4 topics
  29. Restorative Dentistry2▲ 56×1 topic
  30. Surgical Management2▲ 6.4×3 topics
  31. Virtual Reality2▲ 5.3×3 topics
  32. Diabetes Mellitus2▲ 12×2 topics
  33. Infection Control2▲ 29×2 topics
  34. Mineral Trioxide Aggregate2▲ 66×1 topic
  35. Root Canal Irrigants2▲ 66×1 topic
  36. Dental Practice1▲ 55×1 topic
  37. Transmission Routes1▲ 55×1 topic
  38. Oral Microbiome1▲ 39×1 topic
  39. Periodontal Diseases1▲ 39×1 topic
  40. Treatment Guidelines1▲ 9.5×3 topics

Which research topics does Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Dental Education, Practice, Research, Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes, Dental Health and Care Utilization and Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics.

Dental Education, Practi…4Dental Education, Practice, Research: 4 fractional worksDental Implant Techniques and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksDental Health and Care U…2Dental Health and Care Utilization: 2 fractional worksOrthodontics and Dentofa…2Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics: 2 fractional worksDental Radiography and Imaging: 2 fractional worksDental materials and restorations: 2 fractional worksEndodontics and Root Can…2Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments: 2 fractional worksDental Research and COVID-19: 1 fractional worksOral microbiology and periodontitis research: 1 fractional worksTemporomandibular Joint Disorders: 1 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsOral SurgeryPeriodonticsOrthodontics2 others

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

  1. 1 Dental Education, Practice, Research General Health Professions 4 works
  2. 2 Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes Oral Surgery 2 works
  3. 3 Dental Health and Care Utilization Periodontics 2 works
  4. 4 Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Orthodontics 2 works
  5. 5 Dental Radiography and Imaging Oral Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Dental materials and restorations Orthodontics 2 works
  7. 7 Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments Oral Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Dental Research and COVID-19 General Dentistry 1 works
  9. 9 Oral microbiology and periodontitis research Periodontics 1 works
  10. 10 Temporomandibular Joint Disorders Complementary and Manual Therapy 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 available28.8%not open71.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.4%domestic only78.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 36% 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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