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In research, South Australian Museum stands highest in Physical Sciences (#9,693 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#17,482
of 22,385 · #5,849 all time
Rank in Australia
#193
of 270
Research works
1.1k
▼ 30% vs 2018-21
Citations
25k
22.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.02×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
35%
world 40%
International
30%
world 18%
South Australian Museum

What is South Australian Museum known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #9,693 of 10,670 8.3%63 #4363

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where South Australian Museum 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does South Australian Museum work in?

In 2022-now, 52% of research at South Australian Museum is in Physical Sciences, 37% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (29%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (21%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (14%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 68 fractional works · 51.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 39 fractional works · 29.4% of its workEcology: 20 fractional works · 15.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 8 fractional works · 6.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEcological Modeling: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 19 fractional works · 14.3% of its workPaleontology: 9 fractional works · 6.9% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 49 fractional works · 37.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 27 fractional works · 20.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 15 fractional works · 11.3% of its workPlant Science: 7 fractional works · 5.0% of its workInsect Science: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAquatic Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 19 fractional works · 14.4% of its workGenetics: 12 fractional works · 8.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 5.0% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 6.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmall Animals: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSouth AustralianMuseum132fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences37%Physical Sciences52%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences7%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science3929.4%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences1914.3%
    3. Materials Science53.4%
    4. Engineering21.6%
    5. Computer Science10.9%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.8%
    7. Chemistry10.8%
    8. Mathematics10.4%
    9. Energy00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2720.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1914.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology21.9%
    4. Neuroscience00.3%
    1. Social Sciences53.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities21.5%
    3. Psychology11.0%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.4%
    5. Decision Sciences00.2%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    1. Medicine32.2%
    2. Veterinary21.5%
    3. Health Professions10.5%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Nursing00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 4.35× its world share, 27 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.70× its world share, 19 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.85× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9.13× its world share, 19 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.91× its world share, 39 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.98× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 10.98× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 11.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary10.98×2 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences9.13×19 works
  3. Environmental Science5.91×39 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4.35×27 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.70×19 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.85×2 works
  7. Materials Science0.98×5 works
  8. Arts and Humanities0.52×2 works
  9. Chemistry0.48×1 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.38×1 works
  11. Mathematics0.36×1 works
  12. Psychology0.32×1 works
  13. Social Sciences0.27×5 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.22×0 works
  15. Dentistry0.21×0 works
  16. Health Professions0.20×1 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.20×1 works
  18. Nursing0.17×0 works
  19. Neuroscience0.16×0 works
  20. Computer Science0.12×1 works
  21. Energy0.11×0 works
  22. Medicine0.11×3 works
  23. Engineering0.10×2 works
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at South Australian Museum?

Ranked on the quality score, James G. Gehlîng, Michael S. Y. Lee and Remko Leys lead among researchers whose main affiliation is South Australian Museum.

  1. 1 James G. Gehlîng Australia · #134,323 worldwide 8.6k citations · 152 works
  2. 2 Michael S. Y. Lee Australia · #183,196 worldwide 11k citations · 269 works
  3. 3 Remko Leys Australia · #593,829 worldwide 2.7k citations · 33 works
  4. 4 C. P. Mountford Australia · #812,832 worldwide 659 citations · 77 works
  5. 5 Stephen C. Donnellan Australia · #960,141 worldwide 10k citations · 337 works
  6. 6 Stephen J. Richards Australia · #1,081,991 worldwide 3.8k citations · 47 works
  7. 7 Mark N. Hutchinson Australia · #1,254,953 worldwide 5.1k citations · 173 works
  8. 8 Tessa M. Bradford Australia · #1,625,752 worldwide 698 citations · 58 works
  9. 9 Allan Pring Australia · #1,631,063 worldwide 8.3k citations · 333 works
  10. 10 H Womersley Australia · #1,825,077 worldwide 1.3k citations · 90 works
All ranked researchers at South Australian Museum

What are the most cited papers from South Australian Museum?

The most cited paper from South Australian Museum is "THE AMPHIBIAN TREE OF LIFE" (Darrel R. Frost, Taran Grant, Julián Faivovich et al., 2006), with 1,931 citations. Next come "The Impact of Conservation on the Status of the World’s Vertebrates" (1,548) and "Adaptive evolution in invasive species" (977).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 THE AMPHIBIAN TREE OF LIFE Darrel R. Frost, Taran Grant, Julián Faivovich et al. · Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History Open access Mar 2006 1,931
2 The Impact of Conservation on the Status of the World’s Vertebrates Michael P. Hoffmann et al. · Science Open access174 authors 26 Oct 2010 1,548
3 Adaptive evolution in invasive species Peter J. Prentis, John Ross Wilson, Eleanor E. Dormontt et al. · Trends in Plant Science Open access 29 May 2008 977
4 Trace and minor elements in sphalerite: A LA-ICPMS study Nigel John Cook, Cristiana Liana Ciobanu, Allan Pring et al. · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Open access 22 May 2009 909
5 Building evolutionary resilience for conserving biodiversity under climate change Carla M. Sgrò, Andrew John Lowe, Ary A. Hoffmann · Evolutionary Applications Open access 18 Oct 2010 886
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at South Australian Museum?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Molecular Phylogeny, Population Dynamics, Phylogenetic Analysis, Biogeography and DNA Barcoding.

▲ 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-now 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. Climate Change28▲ 7.8×29 topics
  2. Biodiversity25▲ 25×16 topics
  3. Invasive Species19▲ 33×15 topics
  4. Molecular Phylogeny18▲ 81×10 topics
  5. Population Dynamics16▲ 48×9 topics
  6. Phylogenetic Analysis15▲ 37×12 topics
  7. Biogeography12▲ 34×15 topics
  8. Conservation Biology11▲ 75×3 topics
  9. DNA Barcoding11▲ 47×9 topics
  10. Conservation11▲ 19×13 topics
  11. Global Change10▲ 28×5 topics
  12. Habitat Fragmentation10▲ 34×4 topics
  13. Phylogeny9▲ 40×10 topics
  14. Evolution9▲ 24×11 topics
  15. Genetic Diversity9▲ 15×7 topics
  16. Taxonomy7▲ 39×11 topics
  17. Community Ecology7▲ 64×2 topics
  18. Ecosystem7▲ 50×2 topics
  19. Aquatic Environment7▲ 61×2 topics
  20. Biodiversity Loss6▲ 86×3 topics
  21. Host-Parasite Interactions6▲ 165×1 topic
  22. Parasites6▲ 165×1 topic
  23. Morphology6▲ 27×6 topics
  24. Ecosystem Functioning6▲ 22×7 topics
  25. Amphibian Declines6▲ 170×1 topic
  26. Chytridiomycosis6▲ 170×1 topic
  27. Ecology6▲ 26×8 topics
  28. Genetic Structure5▲ 50×4 topics
  29. Species Delimitation4▲ 72×3 topics
  30. Citizen Science4▲ 32×2 topics
  31. Adaptive Evolution4▲ 55×2 topics
  32. Genome Evolution4▲ 75×2 topics
  33. Epigenetic Regulation4▲ 14×4 topics
  34. Small RNAs4▲ 51×2 topics
  35. Ecological Niche4▲ 48×1 topic
  36. Polyploidy4▲ 58×1 topic
  37. Species Distribution Modeling4▲ 48×1 topic
  38. Transposable Elements4▲ 133×1 topic
  39. Biological Control4▲ 18×6 topics
  40. Population Genetics4▲ 19×3 topics

Which research topics does South Australian Museum publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Parasite Biology and Host Interactions, Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Chromosomal and Genetic Variations and Species Distribution and Climate Change.

Parasite Biology and Host Interactions: 6 fractional worksAmphibian and Reptile Biology: 6 fractional worksChromosomal and Genetic …4Chromosomal and Genetic Variations: 4 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and…4Species Distribution and Climate Change: 4 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 3 fractional worksEvolution and Paleontology Studies: 3 fractional worksLepidoptera: Biology and…3Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy: 3 fractional worksMarine Biology and Ecolo…3Marine Biology and Ecology Research: 3 fractional worksGenetic diversity and po…3Genetic diversity and population structure: 3 fractional worksBat Biology and Ecology …2Bat Biology and Ecology Studies: 2 fractional works
EcologyGlobal and Planetary ChangePlant ScienceEcological Modeling5 others

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

  1. 1 Parasite Biology and Host Interactions Ecology 6 works
  2. 2 Amphibian and Reptile Biology Global and Planetary Change 6 works
  3. 3 Chromosomal and Genetic Variations Plant Science 4 works
  4. 4 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 4 works
  5. 5 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 3 works
  6. 6 Evolution and Paleontology Studies Paleontology 3 works
  7. 7 Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy Genetics 3 works
  8. 8 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 3 works
  9. 9 Genetic diversity and population structure Genetics 3 works
  10. 10 Bat Biology and Ecology Studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 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 available35.2%not open64.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.2%domestic only69.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has South Australian Museum's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 30% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is South Australian Museum as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00039% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%South Australian Museum0.00037% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of South Australian Museum over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025South Australian Museum9.4% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.9% in 2015.

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