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Sydney Dental Hospital

In research, Sydney Dental Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,010 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Dentistry — Dentistry is 71.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,308
of 28,054 · #13,696 all time
Rank in Australia
#157
of 391
Research works
606
▲ 203% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
24.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
26%
world 28%

What is Sydney Dental 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 #2,010 of 11,982 24.0%60 #4577

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Dentistry takes 71.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. DentistryField · 27.9 works72×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.33× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.33× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 71.92× its world share, 28 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.98× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.39× its world share, 21 worksMedicineNursing: 1.45× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.69× its world share, 2 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: Dentistry, 71.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Sydney Dental Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, K. W. Knox, H. R. Sullivan and Gwen J. Walker lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sydney Dental Hospital.

  1. 1 K. W. Knox Australia · #179,222 worldwide 186 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 H. R. Sullivan Australia · #264,955 worldwide 184 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Gwen J. Walker Australia · #644,889 worldwide 94 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Sydney Dental Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Sydney Dental Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quality of Life, Epidemiology, Dental Caries, Prevention, Global Burden, Risk Factors, Fluoride and Social Determinants.

▲ 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. Epidemiology13▲ 4.0×28 topics
  2. Quality of Life12▲ 11×15 topics
  3. Dental Caries8▲ 107×2 topics
  4. Prevention6▲ 19×4 topics
  5. Global Burden6▲ 15×5 topics
  6. Risk Factors6▲ 7.0×9 topics
  7. Fluoride6▲ 133×2 topics
  8. Social Determinants6▲ 33×4 topics
  9. Oral Health5▲ 114×2 topics
  10. Remineralization5▲ 156×1 topic
  11. Artificial Intelligence5▲ 4.4×4 topics
  12. COVID-194▲ 3.5×9 topics
  13. Clinical Trials3▲ 6.3×3 topics
  14. Diabetes Mellitus3▲ 21×2 topics
  15. Oral Microbiome3▲ 73×1 topic
  16. Periodontal Diseases3▲ 73×1 topic
  17. Periodontal Disease3▲ 67×2 topics
  18. Dental Materials3▲ 72×1 topic
  19. Orthodontic Tooth Movement3▲ 104×1 topic
  20. Orthognathic Surgery3▲ 80×1 topic
  21. Restorative Dentistry3▲ 72×1 topic
  22. Virtual Reality3▲ 7.8×3 topics
  23. Cone-Beam CT3▲ 74×1 topic
  24. Dental Imaging3▲ 74×1 topic
  25. Revascularization3▲ 24×2 topics
  26. Infection Control3▲ 42×2 topics
  27. Mineral Trioxide Aggregate3▲ 94×1 topic
  28. Root Canal Irrigants3▲ 94×1 topic
  29. Dental Practice3▲ 79×1 topic
  30. Transmission Routes3▲ 79×1 topic
  31. Psychological Factors3▲ 15×3 topics
  32. Bone Regeneration2▲ 23×2 topics
  33. Gender Differences2▲ 7.0×5 topics
  34. Dental Students2▲ 107×2 topics
  35. Medical Imaging2▲ 4.9×4 topics
  36. Radiotherapy2▲ 5.4×2 topics
  37. Biomaterials2▲ 8.4×3 topics
  38. Career Choice2▲ 71×1 topic
  39. Chronic Disease Management2▲ 10×5 topics
  40. Human Papillomavirus2▲ 15×3 topics

Which research topics does Sydney Dental Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Dental Health and Care Utilization, Oral microbiology and periodontitis research, Dental materials and restorations and Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics.

Dental Health and Care U…5Dental Health and Care Utilization: 5 fractional worksOral microbiology and pe…3Oral microbiology and periodontitis research: 3 fractional worksDental materials and res…3Dental materials and restorations: 3 fractional worksOrthodontics and Dentofa…3Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics: 3 fractional worksDental Radiography and Imaging: 3 fractional worksEndodontics and Root Canal Treatments: 3 fractional worksDental Research and COVI…3Dental Research and COVID-19: 3 fractional worksDental Education, Practice, Research: 2 fractional worksDental Erosion and Treatment: 1 fractional worksTemporomandibular Joint Disorders: 1 fractional works
PeriodonticsOrthodonticsOral SurgeryGeneral Dentistry2 others

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

  1. 1 Dental Health and Care Utilization Periodontics 5 works
  2. 2 Oral microbiology and periodontitis research Periodontics 3 works
  3. 3 Dental materials and restorations Orthodontics 3 works
  4. 4 Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Orthodontics 3 works
  5. 5 Dental Radiography and Imaging Oral Surgery 3 works
  6. 6 Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments Oral Surgery 3 works
  7. 7 Dental Research and COVID-19 General Dentistry 3 works
  8. 8 Dental Education, Practice, Research General Health Professions 2 works
  9. 9 Dental Erosion and Treatment Orthodontics 1 works
  10. 10 Temporomandibular Joint Disorders Complementary and Manual Therapy 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 available26.2%not open73.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.3%domestic only79.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sydney Dental Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 203% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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