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SMEC (Australia)

In research, SMEC (Australia) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#15,962 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Engineering — Engineering is 4.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#28,499
of 42,892
Rank in Australia
#508
of 656
Research works
198
▼ 53% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.1k
15.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
26%
world 28%

What is SMEC (Australia) 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
Physical SciencesDomain #15,962 of 21,541 18.4%168

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where SMEC (Australia) 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 SMEC (Australia) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Engineering takes 4.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EngineeringField · 22.8 works4.6×
← 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: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.62× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 4.57× its world share, 23 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.85× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.46× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.11× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at SMEC (Australia)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Soil Properties, Reliability Analysis, Finite Element Analysis, Slope Stability Analysis, Spatial Variability, Liquefaction, Tunnel and Soil Reinforcement.

▲ 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 36 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 36 words, with their numbers
  1. Soil Properties5▲ 82×3 topics
  2. Reliability Analysis5▲ 132×2 topics
  3. Finite Element Analysis4▲ 59×2 topics
  4. Slope Stability Analysis4▲ 314×1 topic
  5. Spatial Variability4▲ 198×1 topic
  6. Liquefaction3▲ 110×2 topics
  7. Tunnel3▲ 110×2 topics
  8. Climate Change3▲ 2.9×11 topics
  9. Remote Sensing2▲ 6.0×5 topics
  10. Soil Reinforcement2▲ 118×2 topics
  11. Risk Assessment2▲ 9.8×2 topics
  12. Analysis2▲ 66×2 topics
  13. Earthquake2▲ 95×1 topic
  14. Seismic2▲ 95×1 topic
  15. Construction2▲ 38×2 topics
  16. Fiber Reinforcement2▲ 75×1 topic
  17. Geosynthetics2▲ 93×1 topic
  18. Sustainability2▲ 2.0×3 topics
  19. Cementitious1▲ 140×1 topic
  20. GIS-based Modeling1▲ 51×2 topics
  21. Grouting1▲ 140×1 topic
  22. BIM1▲ 64×1 topic
  23. Prefabrication1▲ 64×1 topic
  24. Hydraulic Conductivity1▲ 78×2 topics
  25. Hydrological Modeling1▲ 15×3 topics
  26. Numerical Simulation1▲ 13×2 topics
  27. Hazard1▲ 48×1 topic
  28. Landslide1▲ 48×1 topic
  29. Performance Prediction1▲ 50×1 topic
  30. TBM1▲ 123×1 topic
  31. Embankment Dams1▲ 167×1 topic
  32. Forest Management1▲ 53×2 topics
  33. Internal Erosion1▲ 167×1 topic
  34. Optimization1▲ 6.5×3 topics
  35. Root Reinforcement1▲ 139×1 topic
  36. Slope Stability1▲ 123×1 topic

Which research topics does SMEC (Australia) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis, Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures, Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization and Grouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics.

Geotechnical Engineering…4Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis: 4 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures: 2 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization: 2 fractional worksGrouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics: 1 fractional worksBIM and Construction Integration: 1 fractional worksTunneling and Rock Mechanics: 1 fractional worksLandslides and related h…1Landslides and related hazards: 1 fractional worksTree Root and Stability Studies: 1 fractional worksDam Engineering and Safety: 1 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics: 1 fractional works
Safety, Risk, Reliability and QualityCivil and Structural EngineeringBuilding and ConstructionManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law1 others

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

  1. 1 Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 4 works
  2. 2 Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 2 works
  3. 3 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization Civil and Structural Engineering 2 works
  4. 4 Grouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 BIM and Construction Integration Building and Construction 1 works
  6. 6 Tunneling and Rock Mechanics Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1 works
  8. 8 Tree Root and Stability Studies Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Dam Engineering and Safety Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics Civil and Structural Engineering 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 available26.1%not open73.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.6%domestic only77.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has SMEC (Australia)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 53% 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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