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Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital

In research, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,244 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,016 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine is 7.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,708
of 28,054 · #5,692 all time
Rank in Australia
#112
of 391
Research works
3.6k
▲ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
93k
25.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

What is Sir Charles Gairdner 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 #2,244 of 11,982 13.0%408 #1415
MedicineField #2,016 of 10,443 12.5%379 #1200

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sir Charles Gairdner 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 Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine takes 7.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 58.6 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: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.03× its world share, 27 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.72× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.00× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.17× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.52× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.92× its world share, 25 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.02× its world share, 380 worksMedicineNursing: 1.39× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.57× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× 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, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, John P. Walsh, David R. Hillman and Alan James lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital.

  1. 1 John P. Walsh Australia · #23,536 worldwide 433 citations · 55 works
  2. 2 David R. Hillman Australia · #37,122 worldwide 292 citations · 47 works
  3. 3 Alan James Australia · #204,810 worldwide 110 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Matthew Anstey Australia · #224,183 worldwide 123 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Michael Byrne Australia · #227,150 worldwide 104 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Neville W. Knuckey Australia · #287,581 worldwide 85 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Κ.B. Shilkin Australia · #293,293 worldwide 69 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Peter L. Thompson Australia · #312,478 worldwide 178 citations · 51 works
  9. 9 David Joseph Australia · #314,613 worldwide 74 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Scott G. Wilson Australia · #349,388 worldwide 153 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Chemotherapy, Prognostic Factors, Treatment, Radiotherapy, Inflammation and Immunotherapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology47▲ 2.4×96 topics
  2. Inflammation26▲ 2.6×62 topics
  3. Diagnosis22▲ 4.9×36 topics
  4. Treatment22▲ 3.7×41 topics
  5. Chemotherapy20▲ 5.9×21 topics
  6. Quality of Life19▲ 2.6×37 topics
  7. Immunotherapy18▲ 5.2×18 topics
  8. Management18▲ 4.7×28 topics
  9. Risk Factors17▲ 3.2×24 topics
  10. Prognostic Factors17▲ 7.7×14 topics
  11. Radiotherapy16▲ 8.2×12 topics
  12. Rituximab14▲ 19×4 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease14▲ 2.5×28 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines13▲ 4.8×14 topics
  15. Guidelines13▲ 5.5×13 topics
  16. Complications12▲ 5.0×15 topics
  17. Lymphoma11▲ 14×3 topics
  18. Mortality11▲ 3.9×13 topics
  19. Surgical Management11▲ 5.4×17 topics
  20. PET Imaging11▲ 13×4 topics
  21. Metabolic Syndrome10▲ 2.5×20 topics
  22. Clinical Trials10▲ 3.0×14 topics
  23. Classification10▲ 4.3×6 topics
  24. Rehabilitation9▲ 4.8×11 topics
  25. Genetic Mutations9▲ 4.3×18 topics
  26. Tumor Microenvironment9▲ 4.1×8 topics
  27. Prognosis9▲ 5.5×9 topics
  28. Molecular Profiling9▲ 18×3 topics
  29. Autoantibodies8▲ 7.3×8 topics
  30. Gene Expression Profiling8▲ 20×2 topics
  31. Echocardiography8▲ 5.8×7 topics
  32. Genetic Pathogenesis8▲ 29×1 topic
  33. Health-related Quality of Life8▲ 6.7×5 topics
  34. Hodgkin's Lymphoma8▲ 29×1 topic
  35. Critical Care7▲ 6.5×8 topics
  36. Elderly Patients7▲ 8.5×4 topics
  37. Dosimetry7▲ 20×2 topics
  38. Radiation Therapy6▲ 10×5 topics
  39. Therapeutic Targets6▲ 8.5×7 topics
  40. Intensive Care Unit6▲ 10.0×4 topics

Which research topics does Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research.

Lymphoma Diagnosis and T…8Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 8 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…5Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 5 fractional worksAdvanced Radiotherapy Te…5Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 5 fractional worksChronic Lymphocytic Leuk…5Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research: 5 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional worksPleural and Pulmonary Diseases: 4 fractional worksCNS Lymphoma Diagnosis a…3CNS Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksIntensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders: 3 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 3 fractional worksRadiation Therapy and Do…3Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry: 3 fractional works
Pathology and Forensic MedicineOncologyRadiationGenetics3 others

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

  1. 1 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 8 works
  2. 2 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 5 works
  3. 3 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 5 works
  4. 4 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research Genetics 5 works
  5. 5 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  6. 6 Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  7. 7 CNS Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Neurology 3 works
  8. 8 Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 3 works
  9. 9 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 3 works
  10. 10 Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry Pulmonary and Respiratory 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 available39.3%not open60.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.2%domestic only81.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% 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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