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Royal Perth Hospital

In research, Royal Perth Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#2,129 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,669 of 11,982 worldwide) and Surgery (#785 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 8.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,478
of 28,054 · #2,682 all time
Rank in Australia
#120
of 391
Research works
5.7k
▼ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
159k
28.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is Royal Perth 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 #2,129 of 10,443 16.9%347 #665
Health SciencesDomain #2,669 of 11,982 17.1%368 #770
SurgerySubfield #785 of 1,816 19.1%80 #374

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Royal Perth 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#665 #2,129
  2. Health Sciences#770 #2,669
  3. Surgery#374 #785
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 Perth Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 8.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 40.8 works8.8×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 80.0 works7.8×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.35× its world share, 32 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.87× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.70× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.17× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.97× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.11× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.11× its world share, 347 worksMedicineNursing: 2.40× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.38× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 5 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 Perth Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Graeme J. Hankey, Dieter Weber and John C. Hall lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Perth Hospital.

  1. 1 Graeme J. Hankey Australia · #15 worldwide 7.2k citations · 205 works
  2. 2 Dieter Weber Australia · #65,624 worldwide 352 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 John C. Hall Australia · #75,455 worldwide 120 citations · 36 works
  4. 4 Richard Herrmann Australia · #85,074 worldwide 202 citations · 43 works
  5. 5 Kwok M. Ho Australia · #106,440 worldwide 214 citations · 58 works
  6. 6 J. Blackwell Australia · #122,163 worldwide 107 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Roger R. Taylor Australia · #145,102 worldwide 160 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Graham S. Hillis Australia · #205,452 worldwide 190 citations · 74 works
  9. 9 David E. Hartley Australia · #241,652 worldwide 114 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Tomás Corcoran Australia · #250,124 worldwide 174 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Perth Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Royal Perth Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Complications, Inflammation, Atherosclerosis, Diagnosis, Metabolic Syndrome and Risk 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. Epidemiology52▲ 3.0×100 topics
  2. Cardiovascular Disease33▲ 6.7×32 topics
  3. Inflammation30▲ 3.3×57 topics
  4. Risk Factors22▲ 4.6×27 topics
  5. Complications22▲ 9.9×17 topics
  6. Diagnosis21▲ 5.2×34 topics
  7. Metabolic Syndrome20▲ 5.7×20 topics
  8. Treatment20▲ 3.7×39 topics
  9. Atherosclerosis19▲ 15×10 topics
  10. Guidelines17▲ 8.4×12 topics
  11. Clinical Trials17▲ 5.7×14 topics
  12. Hypertension16▲ 13×12 topics
  13. Quality of Life16▲ 2.5×37 topics
  14. Mortality15▲ 6.0×12 topics
  15. Management14▲ 4.2×26 topics
  16. Obesity14▲ 4.3×20 topics
  17. Statins14▲ 44×2 topics
  18. Cardiovascular Disease Prevention14▲ 36×3 topics
  19. Surgical Management14▲ 7.5×20 topics
  20. Clinical Practice Guidelines13▲ 5.6×13 topics
  21. Genetic Variants13▲ 17×5 topics
  22. C-Reactive Protein13▲ 39×2 topics
  23. Cholesterol-lowering12▲ 62×2 topics
  24. Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Risk12▲ 80×1 topic
  25. Cardiovascular Events12▲ 23×4 topics
  26. LDL Cholesterol12▲ 80×1 topic
  27. Global Burden12▲ 5.0×10 topics
  28. Clinical Guidelines11▲ 8.7×8 topics
  29. Pathogenesis11▲ 4.8×17 topics
  30. Surgery11▲ 7.0×9 topics
  31. Insulin Resistance10▲ 4.9×9 topics
  32. Diabetes9▲ 4.3×15 topics
  33. Heart Failure9▲ 4.8×12 topics
  34. Myocardial Infarction9▲ 8.8×7 topics
  35. Genetic Mutations9▲ 4.7×19 topics
  36. Cholesterol9▲ 14×3 topics
  37. Diabetes Mellitus9▲ 9.7×6 topics
  38. Rehabilitation8▲ 4.9×10 topics
  39. Blood Pressure8▲ 32×2 topics
  40. Coronary Artery Disease8▲ 15×3 topics

Which research topics does Royal Perth Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health, Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes.

Lipoproteins and Cardiov…12Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health: 12 fractional worksBlood Pressure and Hypertension Studies: 7 fractional worksDiabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins: 5 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 5 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 4 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 3 fractional worksLipid metabolism and dis…3Lipid metabolism and disorders: 3 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 3 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease: 3 fractional worksCardiovascular Disease and Adiposity: 3 fractional works
SurgeryCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging1 others

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

  1. 1 Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health Surgery 12 works
  2. 2 Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 7 works
  3. 3 Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 5 works
  4. 4 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Lipid metabolism and disorders Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  8. 8 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 3 works
  9. 9 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 3 works
  10. 10 Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 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 available29.5%not open70.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.3%domestic only84.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Royal Perth Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% lower 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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