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Taronga Conservation Society Australia

In research, Taronga Conservation Society Australia stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,652 of 16,688 worldwide), Medicine (#3,135 of 14,558 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,689 of 11,023 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases (Infectious Diseases is 17.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#7,323
of 22,385 · #6,180 all time
Rank in Australia
#99
of 270
Research works
429
▲ 77% vs 2018-21
Citations
9k
21.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.20×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
63%
world 40%
International
36%
world 18%
Taronga Conservation Society Australia

What is Taronga Conservation Society Australia 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 #2,652 of 16,688 17.9%145
MedicineField #3,135 of 14,558 18.4%120
Life SciencesDomain #2,689 of 11,023 12.6%146

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Taronga Conservation Society Australia 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 Taronga Conservation Society Australia work in?

In 2022-now, 39% of research at Taronga Conservation Society Australia is in Health Sciences, 32% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (34%), Environmental Science (16%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (12%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Health Sciences: 66 fractional works · 38.8% of its workMedicine: 58 fractional works · 34.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 20 fractional works · 11.9% of its workEpidemiology: 13 fractional works · 7.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 8 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workVeterinary: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSmall Animals: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 55 fractional works · 32.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 20 fractional works · 11.9% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 18 fractional works · 10.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInsect Science: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 14 fractional works · 8.4% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workParasitology: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workVirology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 35 fractional works · 20.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 28 fractional works · 16.5% of its workEcology: 16 fractional works · 9.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcological Modeling: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workModeling and Simulation: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 8.1% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKTarongaConservation…170fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences32%Physical Sciences21%Health Sciences39%Social Sciences8%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine5834.0%
    2. Veterinary42.3%
    3. Health Professions42.1%
    4. Nursing00.2%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2011.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1810.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology148.4%
    4. Neuroscience10.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.6%
    1. Environmental Science2816.5%
    2. Mathematics21.0%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.9%
    4. Physics and Astronomy10.7%
    5. Engineering10.7%
    6. Chemistry10.5%
    7. Computer Science10.5%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    9. Energy00.0%
    10. Materials Science00.0%
    1. Psychology63.5%
    2. Social Sciences63.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities10.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.3%
    6. Decision Sciences00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Taronga Conservation Society Australia specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 17.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 20.1 works17×
← 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: 2.25× its world share, 18 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.22× its world share, 20 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 8.38× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.72× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.31× its world share, 28 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.83× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.80× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.77× its world share, 58 worksMedicineNursing: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 16.96× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.16× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 17.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary16.96×4 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology8.38×14 works
  3. Environmental Science3.31×28 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.25×18 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.22×20 works
  6. Medicine1.77×58 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.72×1 works
  8. Psychology1.16×6 works
  9. Mathematics0.83×2 works
  10. Health Professions0.80×4 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.60×2 works
  12. Nursing0.46×0 works
  13. Neuroscience0.41×1 works
  14. Chemistry0.35×1 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.32×1 works
  16. Social Sciences0.27×6 works
  17. Dentistry0.21×0 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.21×1 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.15×1 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.09×0 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.07×0 works
  22. Computer Science0.07×1 works
  23. Engineering0.04×1 works
  24. Decision Sciences0.04×0 works
  25. Energy0.02×0 works
  26. Materials Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Taronga Conservation Society Australia?

Ranked on the quality score, John M. Martin, Michael McFadden and David J. Slip lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Taronga Conservation Society Australia.

  1. 1 John M. Martin Australia · #641,859 worldwide 2.3k citations · 100 works
  2. 2 Michael McFadden Australia · #1,072,494 worldwide 2.1k citations · 93 works
  3. 3 David J. Slip Australia · #1,112,172 worldwide 2.9k citations · 96 works
  4. 4 Karrie A. Rose Australia · #1,780,274 worldwide 2.2k citations · 94 works
  5. 5 A. S. Le Souëf Australia · #2,250,642 worldwide 87 citations · 48 works
  6. 6 Joanna Day Australia · #2,329,354 worldwide 1.1k citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Rebecca J. Hobbs Australia · #2,393,748 worldwide 832 citations · 32 works
  8. 8 Jane Hall Australia · #2,539,783 worldwide 498 citations · 50 works
  9. 9 Phoebe J. B. Meagher Australia · #2,938,721 worldwide 147 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Paul P Thompson Australia · #3,321,727 worldwide 485 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at Taronga Conservation Society Australia

What are the most cited papers from Taronga Conservation Society Australia?

The most cited paper from Taronga Conservation Society Australia is "The Impact of Conservation on the Status of the World’s Vertebrates" (Michael P. Hoffmann et al., 2010), with 1,548 citations. Next come "Antimicrobial therapeutic drug monitoring in critically ill adult patients: a Position Paper#" (1,112) and "Effect of Piperacillin-Tazobactam vs Meropenem on 30-Day Mortality for Patients With E coli or Klebsiella pneumoniae Bloodstream Infection and Ceftriaxone Resistance" (791).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Impact of Conservation on the Status of the World’s Vertebrates Michael P. Hoffmann et al. · Science Open access174 authors 26 Oct 2010 1,548
2 Antimicrobial therapeutic drug monitoring in critically ill adult patients: a Position Paper# Mohd Hafiz Abdul-Aziz, Jan‐Willem C. Alffenaar, Matteo Bassetti et al. · Intensive Care Medicine Open access 7 May 2020 1,112
3 Effect of Piperacillin-Tazobactam vs Meropenem on 30-Day Mortality for Patients With E coli or Klebsiella pneumoniae Bloodstream Infection and Ceftriaxone Resistance Patrick N. A. Harris et al. · JAMA Open access 11 Sep 2018 791
4 Pneumococcal Capsules and Their Types: Past, Present, and Future Kimball Aaron Geno, Gwendolyn L. Gilbert, Joon Young Song et al. · Clinical Microbiology Reviews Open access 17 Jun 2015 761
5 Yersinia pestis and the Plague of Justinian 541–543 AD: a genomic analysis David M. Wagner et al. · The Lancet Infectious Diseases 27 Jan 2014 499
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Taronga Conservation Society Australia?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine, Immune Response, Pathogenesis, Population Dynamics, Climate Change, Biodiversity and Genetic Diversity.

▲ 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. Epidemiology43▲ 6.4×68 topics
  2. Vaccine16▲ 24×10 topics
  3. Climate Change15▲ 3.3×23 topics
  4. Immune Response14▲ 14×17 topics
  5. Pathogenesis14▲ 16×16 topics
  6. Population Dynamics12▲ 28×9 topics
  7. Public Health10▲ 4.2×24 topics
  8. Biodiversity10▲ 7.8×14 topics
  9. Diagnosis9▲ 5.9×17 topics
  10. Genetic Diversity8▲ 12×8 topics
  11. Treatment8▲ 3.7×13 topics
  12. Drug Resistance7▲ 15×5 topics
  13. Conservation7▲ 10×12 topics
  14. Invasive Species6▲ 9.1×11 topics
  15. Habitat Selection6▲ 51×2 topics
  16. Antibiotic Resistance6▲ 8.7×11 topics
  17. Molecular Phylogeny6▲ 21×7 topics
  18. Trophic Cascades6▲ 37×2 topics
  19. Antifungal Therapy6▲ 38×3 topics
  20. Coronavirus6▲ 17×2 topics
  21. Antimicrobial Resistance5▲ 15×7 topics
  22. Virulence Factors5▲ 21×8 topics
  23. Infectious Diseases5▲ 9.2×8 topics
  24. Animal Movement5▲ 58×1 topic
  25. Occupancy Rates5▲ 58×1 topic
  26. Vaccine Development5▲ 12×10 topics
  27. Conservation Biology5▲ 26×4 topics
  28. Metagenomics5▲ 30×3 topics
  29. Evolution4▲ 9.4×8 topics
  30. Host-Pathogen Interaction4▲ 35×2 topics
  31. SARS-CoV-24▲ 8.3×6 topics
  32. Immunity4▲ 6.2×6 topics
  33. Infection4▲ 9.9×8 topics
  34. Mycobacterium tuberculosis4▲ 44×1 topic
  35. Tuberculosis4▲ 47×1 topic
  36. Genomic Sequencing4▲ 21×4 topics
  37. Phylogenetic Analysis4▲ 7.8×8 topics
  38. Pathogen Transmission4▲ 31×2 topics
  39. Biofilm Formation4▲ 30×4 topics
  40. Habitat Fragmentation3▲ 9.2×4 topics

Which research topics does Taronga Conservation Society Australia publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, Animal Virus Infections Studies and Antifungal resistance and susceptibility.

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 5 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 4 fractional worksAnimal Virus Infections Studies: 3 fractional worksAntifungal resistance and susceptibility: 3 fractional worksViral Infections and Vectors: 3 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 2 fractional worksZoonotic diseases and pu…2Zoonotic diseases and public health: 2 fractional worksParasite Biology and Host Interactions: 2 fractional worksFungal Infections and Studies: 2 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases …2Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 2 fractional works
EcologyInfectious DiseasesAnimal Science and ZoologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health1 others

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

  1. 1 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 5 works
  2. 2 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 4 works
  3. 3 Animal Virus Infections Studies Animal Science and Zoology 3 works
  4. 4 Antifungal resistance and susceptibility Infectious Diseases 3 works
  5. 5 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 3 works
  6. 6 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 2 works
  7. 7 Zoonotic diseases and public health Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  8. 8 Parasite Biology and Host Interactions Ecology 2 works
  9. 9 Fungal Infections and Studies Epidemiology 2 works
  10. 10 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 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 available62.8%not open37.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors36.4%domestic only63.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Taronga Conservation Society Australia's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 77% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Taronga Conservation Society Australia as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00071% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Taronga Conservation Society Australia0.00063% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Taronga Conservation Society Australia over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Taronga Conservation Society Australia16.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 22.3% in 2021.

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