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Sydney Water

In research, Sydney Water stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,890 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,005
of 28,054 · #16,287 all time
Rank in Australia
#200
of 391
Research works
427
▲ 49% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
28.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is Sydney Water 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
Physical SciencesDomain #6,890 of 12,888 26.6%70 #9704

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sydney Water 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: 0.84× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.82× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.11× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 8.39× its world share, 11 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.51× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.14× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 9.34× its world share, 39 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.97× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 9.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Sydney Water?

Ranked on the composite score, Peter Hawkins and Heriberto Bustamante lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sydney Water.

  1. 1 Peter Hawkins · #265,850 worldwide 235 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Heriberto Bustamante · #395,797 worldwide 95 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Sydney Water

Which keywords describe research at Sydney Water?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Sea-Level Rise, Sediment Transport, Ecosystem Services, Environmental Impact, Water Quality and Hydrological Modeling.

▲ 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. Climate Change20▲ 8.8×41 topics
  2. Remote Sensing7▲ 7.1×17 topics
  3. Sea-Level Rise7▲ 71×4 topics
  4. Sediment Transport6▲ 47×4 topics
  5. Environmental Impact6▲ 4.0×21 topics
  6. Sustainability4▲ 2.2×14 topics
  7. Ecosystem Services4▲ 13×4 topics
  8. Water Quality4▲ 13×9 topics
  9. Hydrological Modeling4▲ 20×5 topics
  10. Global Warming4▲ 11×9 topics
  11. Wave Modeling4▲ 84×2 topics
  12. Global Carbon Budget4▲ 57×2 topics
  13. Land Use Change3▲ 13×6 topics
  14. Climate Change Impacts3▲ 34×3 topics
  15. Coastal Protection3▲ 63×2 topics
  16. Carbon Sequestration3▲ 52×1 topic
  17. Coastal Dynamics3▲ 128×1 topic
  18. Mangrove Forests3▲ 108×1 topic
  19. Shoreline Change3▲ 128×1 topic
  20. Health Effects3▲ 5.3×9 topics
  21. Wastewater Treatment2▲ 13×7 topics
  22. Water Resources2▲ 12×3 topics
  23. Sea Level Rise2▲ 21×2 topics
  24. Tropical Cyclones2▲ 45×2 topics
  25. Water Treatment2▲ 21×4 topics
  26. Microbial Ecology2▲ 14×2 topics
  27. Eutrophication2▲ 22×3 topics
  28. Invasive Species2▲ 5.2×8 topics
  29. Model Evaluation2▲ 18×2 topics
  30. Climate Change Impact2▲ 8.7×2 topics
  31. Environmental Impacts2▲ 7.2×5 topics
  32. Global Hydrology2▲ 29×1 topic
  33. Uncertainty Assessment2▲ 29×1 topic
  34. Carcinogenicity2▲ 21×2 topics
  35. Genotoxicity2▲ 44×2 topics
  36. Hurricanes2▲ 57×1 topic
  37. Membrane Distillation2▲ 26×2 topics
  38. Storm Surge2▲ 57×1 topic
  39. Desalination2▲ 30×1 topic
  40. Membrane Technology2▲ 22×1 topic

Which research topics does Sydney Water publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, Coastal and Marine Dynamics, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research.

Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics: 3 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Dynamics: 3 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 2 fractional worksTropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research: 2 fractional worksMembrane Separation Technologies: 2 fractional worksWater Treatment and Disinfection: 1 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment an…1Flood Risk Assessment and Management: 1 fractional worksUrban Stormwater Management Solutions: 1 fractional worksWater Systems and Optimization: 1 fractional worksFecal contamination and water quality: 1 fractional works
EcologyEarth-Surface ProcessesWater Science and TechnologyAtmospheric Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamicsEcology 3 works
  2. 2 Coastal and Marine DynamicsEarth-Surface Processes 3 works
  3. 3 Hydrology and Watershed Management StudiesWater Science and Technology 2 works
  4. 4 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones ResearchAtmospheric Science 2 works
  5. 5 Membrane Separation TechnologiesWater Science and Technology 2 works
  6. 6 Water Treatment and DisinfectionHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  7. 7 Flood Risk Assessment and ManagementGlobal and Planetary Change 1 works
  8. 8 Urban Stormwater Management SolutionsEnvironmental Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Water Systems and OptimizationCivil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Fecal contamination and water qualityWater Science and Technology 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 available40.9%not open59.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.4%domestic only72.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sydney Water's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 49% 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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