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Sydney Water

In research, Sydney Water stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,404 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,873
of 22,385 · #10,880 all time
Rank in Australia
#173
of 270
Research works
427
▲ 17% vs 2018-21
Citations
12k
28.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.06×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
41%
world 40%
International
27%
world 18%
Sydney Water

What is Sydney Water known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #6,404 of 10,670 19.7%70 #4538

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Sydney Water work in?

In 2022-now, 83% of research at Sydney Water is in Physical Sciences, 7% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (47%), Engineering (16%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (14%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 84 fractional works · 83.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 47 fractional works · 46.9% of its workEcology: 11 fractional works · 10.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 9 fractional works · 8.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 7 fractional works · 6.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 4 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPollution: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 16 fractional works · 15.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 7 fractional works · 6.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 15 fractional works · 14.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 5 fractional works · 5.4% of its workOceanography: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 7.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSydney Water101fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences83%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences5%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science4746.9%
    2. Engineering1615.6%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences1514.4%
    4. Chemistry21.5%
    5. Materials Science11.5%
    6. Energy11.4%
    7. Chemical Engineering11.1%
    8. Computer Science10.9%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    10. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences44.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology32.6%
    3. Neuroscience00.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Social Sciences32.8%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.8%
    3. Psychology00.4%
    4. Decision Sciences00.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.3%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    1. Medicine33.4%
    2. Health Professions10.5%
    3. Nursing00.4%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.90× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.07× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.98× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9.17× its world share, 14 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.55× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.04× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 9.44× its world share, 47 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.81× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 9.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science9.44×47 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences9.17×14 works
  3. Chemical Engineering3.07×1 works
  4. Energy1.55×1 works
  5. Engineering1.04×16 works
  6. Chemistry0.98×2 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.90×4 works
  8. Nursing0.81×0 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.49×3 works
  10. Veterinary0.49×0 works
  11. Materials Science0.42×2 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.39×1 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.37×0 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.23×0 works
  15. Social Sciences0.22×3 works
  16. Health Professions0.20×0 works
  17. Medicine0.18×3 works
  18. Neuroscience0.16×0 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.15×0 works
  20. Psychology0.13×0 works
  21. Computer Science0.11×1 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.09×0 works
  23. Mathematics0.06×0 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.06×0 works
  25. Business, Management and Accounting0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Sydney Water?

Ranked on the quality score, Sudhi Payyappat, Peter T Cox and Colin Besley lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sydney Water.

  1. 1 Sudhi Payyappat Australia · #1,321,120 worldwide 702 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Peter T Cox Australia · #1,375,212 worldwide 4.4k citations · 41 works
  3. 3 Colin Besley Australia · #1,719,890 worldwide 855 citations · 34 works
  4. 4 Heriberto Bustamante Australia · #1,746,560 worldwide 2.6k citations · 88 works
  5. 5 Michele Cassidy Australia · #1,902,063 worldwide 486 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Adam Clive Houlsby Australia · #2,077,391 worldwide 377 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 V. E. Edge Australia · #2,555,707 worldwide 595 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Nathan Harrison Australia · #2,817,739 worldwide 252 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Ian H. Fisher Australia · #3,176,486 worldwide 1.1k citations · 57 works
  10. 10 P.J. Gibbs Australia · #3,323,703 worldwide 1.1k citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Sydney Water

What are the most cited papers from Sydney Water?

The most cited paper from Sydney Water is "Fluorescence spectroscopy and multi-way techniques. PARAFAC" (Kathleen R. Murphy, Colin Andrew Stedmon, Daniel Graeber et al., 2013), with 2,092 citations. Next come "OpenFluor– an online spectral library of auto-fluorescence by organic compounds in the environment" (1,135) and "Microbes as Engines of Ecosystem Function: When Does Community Structure Enhance Predictions of Ecosystem Processes?" (712).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Fluorescence spectroscopy and multi-way techniques. PARAFAC Kathleen R. Murphy, Colin Andrew Stedmon, Daniel Graeber et al. · Analytical Methods Open access 2013 2,092
2 OpenFluor– an online spectral library of auto-fluorescence by organic compounds in the environment Kathleen R. Murphy, Colin Andrew Stedmon, Philip Wenig et al. · Analytical Methods Open access 11 Dec 2013 1,135
3 Microbes as Engines of Ecosystem Function: When Does Community Structure Enhance Predictions of Ecosystem Processes? Emily B. Graham et al. · Frontiers in Microbiology Open access 24 Feb 2016 712
4 Shared producer and consumer responsibility — Theory and practice Manfred Lenzen, Joy Murray, Fabian Sack et al. · Ecological Economics 11 Jul 2006 659
5 Survival of fecal microorganisms in marine and freshwater sediments Cheryl M. Davies, Jianhua Long, M.B. Donald et al. · Applied and Environmental Microbiology Open access May 1995 564
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Sydney Water?

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

▲ 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-now 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 Change25▲ 9.1×46 topics
  2. Remote Sensing10▲ 7.8×18 topics
  3. Sea-Level Rise9▲ 76×5 topics
  4. Sediment Transport8▲ 50×4 topics
  5. Environmental Impact6▲ 3.5×22 topics
  6. Wave Modeling6▲ 105×2 topics
  7. Ecosystem Services5▲ 14×6 topics
  8. Sustainability5▲ 2.0×14 topics
  9. Water Quality5▲ 12×9 topics
  10. Climate Change Impacts5▲ 37×3 topics
  11. Global Carbon Budget4▲ 60×2 topics
  12. Global Warming4▲ 10×9 topics
  13. Hydrological Modeling4▲ 18×5 topics
  14. Coastal Dynamics4▲ 148×1 topic
  15. Coastal Protection4▲ 63×2 topics
  16. Shoreline Change4▲ 148×1 topic
  17. Carbon Sequestration4▲ 55×1 topic
  18. Mangrove Forests4▲ 107×1 topic
  19. Land Use Change4▲ 13×6 topics
  20. Wastewater Treatment4▲ 14×8 topics
  21. Health Effects3▲ 4.6×9 topics
  22. Tropical Cyclones3▲ 48×2 topics
  23. Water Resources3▲ 11×4 topics
  24. Water Treatment3▲ 21×4 topics
  25. Eutrophication3▲ 23×3 topics
  26. Ecosystem Resilience2▲ 15×5 topics
  27. Model Evaluation2▲ 19×2 topics
  28. Invasive Species2▲ 5.4×9 topics
  29. Microbial Ecology2▲ 12×2 topics
  30. Sea Level Rise2▲ 18×2 topics
  31. Climate Change Impact2▲ 9.1×3 topics
  32. Global Hydrology2▲ 29×1 topic
  33. Uncertainty Assessment2▲ 29×1 topic
  34. Harmful Algal Blooms2▲ 23×2 topics
  35. Fisheries Sustainability2▲ 21×2 topics
  36. Microbial Processes2▲ 31×2 topics
  37. Phosphorus2▲ 19×3 topics
  38. Carcinogenicity2▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Data Assimilation2▲ 10×4 topics
  40. Genotoxicity2▲ 38×2 topics

Which research topics does Sydney Water publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Coastal and Marine Dynamics, Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies and Membrane Separation Technologies.

Coastal and Marine Dynam…4Coastal and Marine Dynamics: 4 fractional worksCoastal wetland ecosystem dynamics: 4 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 2 fractional worksMembrane Separation Technologies: 2 fractional worksTropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research: 2 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 2 fractional worksWater Treatment and Disinfection: 2 fractional worksUrban Stormwater Management Solutions: 1 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 1 fractional worksOcean Waves and Remote Sensing: 1 fractional works
Earth-Surface ProcessesEcologyWater Science and TechnologyAtmospheric Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Coastal and Marine Dynamics Earth-Surface Processes 4 works
  2. 2 Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics Ecology 4 works
  3. 3 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 2 works
  4. 4 Membrane Separation Technologies Water Science and Technology 2 works
  5. 5 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research Atmospheric Science 2 works
  6. 6 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  7. 7 Water Treatment and Disinfection Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2 works
  8. 8 Urban Stormwater Management Solutions Environmental Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  10. 10 Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing Oceanography 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Sydney Water's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Sydney Water as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00038% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Sydney Water0.00055% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Sydney Water over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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