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Sydney South West Area Health Service

In research, Sydney South West Area Health Service stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,343 of 20,462 worldwide), Medicine (#5,917 of 17,978 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#8,744 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#12,408
of 42,892
Rank in Australia
#230
of 656
Research works
930
▼ 44% vs 2013–17
Citations
46k
49.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
29%
world 28%

What is Sydney South West Area Health Service 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 #3,343 of 20,462 25.2%625
MedicineField #5,917 of 17,978 22.1%396
Social SciencesDomain #8,744 of 16,945 30.4%213
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #1,110 of 2,051 33.2%138
Health ProfessionsField #2,252 of 3,776 31.0%206

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sydney South West Area Health Service 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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.06× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.16× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 7.00× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.43× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 1.63× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.53× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.04× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 7.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Sydney South West Area Health Service?

Ranked on the composite score, Jeanette Ward and A.M.P. Kellam lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sydney South West Area Health Service.

  1. 1 Jeanette Ward Australia · #322,896 worldwide 91 citations · 37 works
  2. 2 A.M.P. Kellam Australia · #734,747 worldwide 12 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Sydney South West Area Health Service

Which keywords describe research at Sydney South West Area Health Service?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Primary Care, Public Health, Mental Health, Depression, Quality Improvement, Quality of Life and Adolescents.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Epidemiology109▲ 2.9×97 topics
  2. Public Health73▲ 5.8×43 topics
  3. Primary Care65▲ 17×12 topics
  4. Mental Health64▲ 6.1×31 topics
  5. Quality of Life46▲ 3.7×42 topics
  6. Depression46▲ 6.6×19 topics
  7. Quality Improvement41▲ 21×8 topics
  8. Risk Factors38▲ 4.0×32 topics
  9. Adolescents33▲ 10×8 topics
  10. Patient Satisfaction28▲ 12×8 topics
  11. Health Disparities28▲ 15×8 topics
  12. Psychiatric Disorders28▲ 20×4 topics
  13. Evidence-Based Practice25▲ 16×6 topics
  14. Health Equity25▲ 15×5 topics
  15. Prevalence25▲ 6.7×13 topics
  16. Social Support24▲ 5.5×13 topics
  17. Global Burden23▲ 4.6×12 topics
  18. Physical Activity23▲ 6.7×8 topics
  19. Chronic Disease Management23▲ 17×5 topics
  20. Qualitative Research22▲ 4.1×8 topics
  21. Health Workforce21▲ 49×2 topics
  22. Health Policy21▲ 15×3 topics
  23. Mortality21▲ 4.5×13 topics
  24. Emotion Regulation20▲ 6.7×8 topics
  25. Substance Use Disorders20▲ 32×2 topics
  26. Mortality Risk20▲ 10×6 topics
  27. Continuity of Care19▲ 33×2 topics
  28. Child Development19▲ 6.9×5 topics
  29. Health System Reform18▲ 26×2 topics
  30. Health Care Utilization18▲ 14×3 topics
  31. Clinical Guidelines18▲ 6.1×8 topics
  32. Patient-Centered Medical Home18▲ 38×1 topic
  33. Pay for Performance18▲ 38×1 topic
  34. Children18▲ 7.4×5 topics
  35. Anxiety Disorders17▲ 15×2 topics
  36. Patient Outcomes16▲ 27×3 topics
  37. Psychopathology16▲ 9.6×3 topics
  38. Quality of Care15▲ 22×4 topics
  39. Collaborative Practice15▲ 37×2 topics
  40. Cancer Incidence15▲ 11×3 topics

Which research topics does Sydney South West Area Health Service publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Disability Rights and Representation, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues, Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging and Surgical site infection prevention.

Disability Rights and Re…1Disability Rights and Representation: 1 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 0 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 0 fractional worksSurgical site infection …0Surgical site infection prevention: 0 fractional worksRadiology practices and education: 0 fractional worksGlobal Health Workforce Issues: 0 fractional worksCancer survivorship and …0Cancer survivorship and care: 0 fractional worksMental Health and Patient Involvement: 0 fractional worksMobile Health and mHealth Applications: 0 fractional worksHealth Policy Implementa…0Health Policy Implementation Science: 0 fractional works
Safety ResearchPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSurgery3 others

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

  1. 1 Disability Rights and Representation Safety Research 1 works
  2. 2 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  3. 3 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 0 works
  4. 4 Surgical site infection prevention Surgery 0 works
  5. 5 Radiology practices and education Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 0 works
  6. 6 Global Health Workforce Issues Emergency Medical Services 0 works
  7. 7 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 0 works
  8. 8 Mental Health and Patient Involvement General Health Professions 0 works
  9. 9 Mobile Health and mHealth Applications General Health Professions 0 works
  10. 10 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 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 available29.0%not open71.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.2%domestic only86.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sydney South West Area Health Service's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 44% 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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