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St Vincent’s Private Hospital Sydney

In research, St Vincent’s Private Hospital Sydney stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,913 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,374 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 6.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,295
of 28,054 · #12,027 all time
Rank in Australia
#227
of 391
Research works
997
◆ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
24k
24.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is St Vincent’s Private Hospital Sydney 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 #4,913 of 11,982 13.5%132 #4098
MedicineField #4,374 of 10,443 13.1%116 #5085

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where St Vincent’s Private Hospital Sydney 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 St Vincent’s Private Hospital Sydney specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 6.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 32.2 works6.9×
← 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: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.86× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.45× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.74× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.43× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 5.75× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.88× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.05× its world share, 116 worksMedicineNursing: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.03× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 5.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at St Vincent’s Private Hospital Sydney?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Quality of Life, Treatment, Rehabilitation, Wound Healing, Prevention and Breast Reconstruction.

▲ 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▲ 2.9×81 topics
  2. Quality of Life12▲ 4.4×35 topics
  3. Complications10▲ 11×14 topics
  4. Treatment8▲ 3.5×32 topics
  5. Inflammation7▲ 1.70×40 topics
  6. Risk Factors6▲ 2.9×23 topics
  7. Diagnosis5▲ 2.9×26 topics
  8. Management5▲ 3.2×20 topics
  9. Rehabilitation5▲ 6.4×9 topics
  10. Prevention5▲ 5.9×10 topics
  11. Clinical Trials5▲ 3.5×12 topics
  12. Wound Healing4▲ 8.6×6 topics
  13. Guidelines4▲ 4.7×11 topics
  14. Radiotherapy4▲ 5.5×13 topics
  15. Biomechanics4▲ 6.9×7 topics
  16. Breast Reconstruction4▲ 33×2 topics
  17. Diabetes4▲ 4.0×7 topics
  18. Heart Failure4▲ 4.6×10 topics
  19. Surgical Management4▲ 4.9×12 topics
  20. Meta-Analysis4▲ 3.2×10 topics
  21. Immunotherapy4▲ 2.6×16 topics
  22. Infection Prevention3▲ 20×2 topics
  23. Patient Satisfaction3▲ 5.5×9 topics
  24. Regeneration3▲ 8.9×4 topics
  25. Genetic Mutations3▲ 3.6×15 topics
  26. Growth Factors3▲ 13×3 topics
  27. Free Flap3▲ 36×1 topic
  28. Microsurgical Reconstruction3▲ 36×1 topic
  29. Psychological Interventions3▲ 11×4 topics
  30. Revision Surgery3▲ 12×2 topics
  31. Total Hip Replacement3▲ 12×2 topics
  32. Arthroplasty3▲ 15×2 topics
  33. Echocardiography3▲ 5.3×5 topics
  34. Evidence-Based Practice2▲ 9.4×6 topics
  35. Surgical Sutures2▲ 59×1 topic
  36. Tissue Adhesives2▲ 59×1 topic
  37. Macrophages2▲ 6.8×5 topics
  38. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention2▲ 8.5×4 topics
  39. Injury Prevention2▲ 9.2×3 topics
  40. Shoulder Function2▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does St Vincent’s Private Hospital Sydney publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques, Surgical Sutures and Adhesives, Wound Healing and Treatments and Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments.

Reconstructive Surgery a…3Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques: 3 fractional worksSurgical Sutures and Adh…2Surgical Sutures and Adhesives: 2 fractional worksWound Healing and Treatments: 2 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional worksSports injuries and prevention: 2 fractional worksPsychotherapy Techniques and Applications: 2 fractional worksLower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies: 2 fractional worksOrthodontics and Dentofa…2Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics: 2 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 2 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 2 fractional works
SurgeryRehabilitationCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineOrthopedics and Sports Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques Surgery 3 works
  2. 2 Surgical Sutures and Adhesives Surgery 2 works
  3. 3 Wound Healing and Treatments Rehabilitation 2 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications Clinical Psychology 2 works
  7. 7 Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Orthodontics 2 works
  9. 9 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 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 available36.9%not open63.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.1%domestic only73.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has St Vincent’s Private Hospital Sydney's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% 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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