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Royal Hobart Hospital

In research, Royal Hobart Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#5,582 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,000 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine is 7.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,296
of 28,054 · #13,030 all time
Rank in Australia
#282
of 391
Research works
1.3k
▲ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
23k
17.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is Royal Hobart 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 #5,582 of 10,443 11.5%163 #3436
Health SciencesDomain #7,000 of 11,982 12.4%173 #3491

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

What does Royal Hobart Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine takes 7.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 22.3 works7.0×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.79× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.17× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.25× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.77× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.11× its world share, 163 worksMedicineNursing: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 4 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 Hobart Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Rosemary Harrup, Peter A. Dargaville and David Smart lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Hobart Hospital.

  1. 1 Rosemary Harrup Australia · #222,191 worldwide 193 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Peter A. Dargaville Australia · #380,706 worldwide 72 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 David Smart Australia · #484,866 worldwide 86 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Alistair McGregor Australia · #1,085,670 worldwide 48 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Nathan Dwyer Australia · #1,235,206 worldwide 14 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Viet Tran Australia · #1,371,814 worldwide 7 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Louise Nott Australia · #1,473,957 worldwide 6 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Hobart Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Royal Hobart Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Biomarkers, Diagnosis, Treatment, Neuroimaging, Patient Satisfaction, Complications and Diagnostic Criteria.

▲ 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. Epidemiology23▲ 2.8×80 topics
  2. Diagnosis10▲ 5.3×30 topics
  3. Treatment10▲ 3.9×29 topics
  4. Biomarkers9▲ 6.7×13 topics
  5. Risk Factors8▲ 3.5×18 topics
  6. Quality of Life8▲ 2.7×29 topics
  7. Inflammation8▲ 1.82×39 topics
  8. Management7▲ 4.3×22 topics
  9. Neuroimaging7▲ 12×8 topics
  10. Complications6▲ 6.4×13 topics
  11. Aging6▲ 5.7×7 topics
  12. Chemotherapy6▲ 4.4×20 topics
  13. Patient Satisfaction6▲ 9.6×8 topics
  14. Guidelines6▲ 6.4×11 topics
  15. Mortality6▲ 5.0×12 topics
  16. Diagnostic Criteria6▲ 13×8 topics
  17. Alzheimer's Disease6▲ 9.8×4 topics
  18. Cardiovascular Disease6▲ 2.4×28 topics
  19. Cognitive Decline6▲ 23×2 topics
  20. Dementia6▲ 28×2 topics
  21. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 4.8×13 topics
  22. Caregiver Burden5▲ 24×1 topic
  23. Mild Cognitive Impairment5▲ 31×1 topic
  24. Immunotherapy5▲ 3.4×16 topics
  25. Neurological Disorders5▲ 4.2×15 topics
  26. Surgical Management5▲ 5.8×15 topics
  27. Global Burden5▲ 4.4×11 topics
  28. Clinical Trials4▲ 3.3×15 topics
  29. Cognitive Impairment4▲ 7.7×7 topics
  30. Genetic Mutations4▲ 4.4×15 topics
  31. Preterm Infants4▲ 16×3 topics
  32. Echocardiography4▲ 6.8×7 topics
  33. Radiotherapy4▲ 4.8×9 topics
  34. Pulmonary Hypertension4▲ 13×3 topics
  35. Prophylaxis4▲ 14×4 topics
  36. Thrombus Formation3▲ 22×3 topics
  37. Endovascular Repair3▲ 19×3 topics
  38. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement3▲ 22×1 topic
  39. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement3▲ 22×1 topic
  40. Respiratory Distress Syndrome3▲ 18×2 topics

Which research topics does Royal Hobart Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Neonatal Respiratory Health Research and Emergency and Acute Care Studies.

Dementia and Cognitive I…5Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 5 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 3 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Hea…3Neonatal Respiratory Health Research: 3 fractional worksEmergency and Acute Care…2Emergency and Acute Care Studies: 2 fractional worksMultiple Sclerosis Research Studies: 2 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 2 fractional worksOtitis Media and Relapsi…2Otitis Media and Relapsing Polychondritis: 2 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 2 fractional worksRespiratory Support and Mechanisms: 2 fractional worksCardiovascular and Diving-Related Complications: 2 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEmergency Medicine4 others

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

  1. 1 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 5 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  3. 3 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 Emergency and Acute Care Studies Emergency Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 2 works
  7. 7 Otitis Media and Relapsing Polychondritis Rheumatology 2 works
  8. 8 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Cardiovascular and Diving-Related Complications Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 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 available46.3%not open53.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.9%domestic only86.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Royal Hobart Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% 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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