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Hospital / health system · Saint Albans · Australia

Sunshine Hospital

In research, Sunshine Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#12,736 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#11,918 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,194
of 28,054 · #28,730 all time
Rank in Australia
#357
of 391
Research works
281
▲ 38% vs 2013–17
Citations
6k
21.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is Sunshine Hospital 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
Health SciencesDomain #12,736 of 20,462 17.0%195
MedicineField #11,918 of 17,978 17.0%167

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sunshine 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).

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: 0.87× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.97× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.25× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.41× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.79× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.21× its world share, 38 worksMedicineNursing: 1.93× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.50× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Sunshine Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Neurological Disorders, Epidemiology, Inflammation, Headache Disorders, Migraine, Preterm Infants, Parkinson's Disease and Oxidative Stress.

▲ 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. Epidemiology5▲ 1.98×45 topics
  2. Neurological Disorders4▲ 11×12 topics
  3. Inflammation4▲ 2.8×26 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress3▲ 3.0×19 topics
  5. COVID-193▲ 3.2×11 topics
  6. Depression2▲ 4.4×16 topics
  7. Headache Disorders2▲ 136×1 topic
  8. Migraine2▲ 80×1 topic
  9. Parkinson's Disease2▲ 13×5 topics
  10. Preterm Infants2▲ 26×3 topics
  11. Risk Factors2▲ 2.9×11 topics
  12. Pandemic2▲ 2.8×6 topics
  13. Critical Care2▲ 12×8 topics
  14. Global Burden2▲ 5.2×8 topics
  15. Metabolic Syndrome2▲ 3.5×8 topics
  16. Pregnancy2▲ 13×8 topics
  17. Respiratory Distress Syndrome2▲ 34×2 topics
  18. Clinical Trials2▲ 4.0×9 topics
  19. Mitochondrial Dysfunction2▲ 9.0×8 topics
  20. Mortality2▲ 4.4×8 topics
  21. Chemotherapy2▲ 3.5×10 topics
  22. Maternal Mortality2▲ 11×4 topics
  23. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes1▲ 12×5 topics
  24. Anxiety1▲ 4.5×7 topics
  25. Neurodegeneration1▲ 7.3×7 topics
  26. Pulmonary Hypertension1▲ 15×2 topics
  27. Breast Cancer1▲ 8.5×8 topics
  28. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia1▲ 31×1 topic
  29. Clinical Outcomes1▲ 8.9×4 topics
  30. Hyperglycemia1▲ 18×2 topics
  31. Lung Stem Cells1▲ 35×1 topic
  32. Prognosis1▲ 5.9×6 topics
  33. SARS-CoV-21▲ 6.3×6 topics
  34. Endothelial Dysfunction1▲ 7.8×4 topics
  35. Glycemic Control1▲ 12×4 topics
  36. Psychological Impact1▲ 5.3×5 topics
  37. Rehabilitation1▲ 4.8×4 topics
  38. Diagnostic Criteria1▲ 7.6×4 topics
  39. Intensive Care Unit1▲ 14×3 topics
  40. Mechanical Ventilation1▲ 15×2 topics

Which research topics does Sunshine Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Migraine and Headache Studies, Neonatal Respiratory Health Research, Respiratory Support and Mechanisms and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments.

Migraine and Headache St…2Migraine and Headache Studies: 2 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Health Research: 1 fractional worksRespiratory Support and Mechanisms: 1 fractional worksParkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments: 1 fractional worksGestational Diabetes Research and Management: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 1 fractional worksLong-Term Effects of COV…1Long-Term Effects of COVID-19: 1 fractional worksPregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 1 fractional worksIntensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 0 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineNeurologyObstetrics and Gynecology3 others

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

  1. 1 Migraine and Headache Studies Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  2. 2 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  3. 3 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments Neurology 1 works
  5. 5 Gestational Diabetes Research and Management Obstetrics and Gynecology 1 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 1 works
  7. 7 Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Neurology 1 works
  8. 8 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 1 works
  9. 9 Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 0 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 available47.9%not open52.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.3%domestic only69.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sunshine Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 38% 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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