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Taronga Conservation Society Australia

In research, Taronga Conservation Society Australia stands highest in Life Sciences (#6,770 of 14,347 worldwide), Health Sciences (#14,207 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#12,542 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,687
of 28,054 · #14,708 all time
Rank in Australia
#123
of 391
Research works
429
▲ 85% vs 2013–17
Citations
9k
21.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
30.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
63%
world 28%

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
Life SciencesDomain #6,770 of 14,347 22.9%146
Health SciencesDomain #14,207 of 20,462 28.2%145
MedicineField #12,542 of 17,978 29.5%120

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 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: 2.30× its world share, 17 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.10× its world share, 17 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 8.07× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.67× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.27× its world share, 25 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.92× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.84× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.78× its world share, 52 worksMedicineNursing: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 18.33× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.28× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 18.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Taronga Conservation Society Australia?

Ranked on the composite score, David J. Slip, Michael McFadden and Neil R. Jordan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Taronga Conservation Society Australia.

  1. 1 David J. Slip Australia · #893,916 worldwide 92 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Michael McFadden Australia · #992,549 worldwide 33 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Neil R. Jordan Australia · #1,064,254 worldwide 49 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Larry Vogelnest Australia · #1,563,697 worldwide 7 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Taronga Conservation Society Australia

Which keywords describe research at Taronga Conservation Society Australia?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine, Pathogenesis, Immune Response, Population Dynamics, Biodiversity, Climate Change 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology40▲ 6.6×67 topics
  2. Vaccine14▲ 23×10 topics
  3. Climate Change14▲ 3.4×22 topics
  4. Pathogenesis13▲ 16×16 topics
  5. Immune Response12▲ 14×17 topics
  6. Population Dynamics10▲ 27×8 topics
  7. Public Health10▲ 4.4×24 topics
  8. Biodiversity10▲ 8.5×13 topics
  9. Diagnosis8▲ 5.8×17 topics
  10. Genetic Diversity8▲ 11×8 topics
  11. Treatment7▲ 3.6×13 topics
  12. Drug Resistance6▲ 15×5 topics
  13. Invasive Species6▲ 9.6×10 topics
  14. Conservation6▲ 9.0×10 topics
  15. Habitat Selection6▲ 51×2 topics
  16. Antifungal Therapy6▲ 41×3 topics
  17. Trophic Cascades6▲ 38×2 topics
  18. Coronavirus5▲ 16×2 topics
  19. Molecular Phylogeny5▲ 22×7 topics
  20. Virulence Factors5▲ 22×8 topics
  21. Animal Movement5▲ 59×1 topic
  22. Antimicrobial Resistance5▲ 16×7 topics
  23. Occupancy Rates5▲ 59×1 topic
  24. Infectious Diseases5▲ 9.2×8 topics
  25. Vaccine Development5▲ 12×10 topics
  26. Conservation Biology4▲ 28×3 topics
  27. Metagenomics4▲ 31×3 topics
  28. Antibiotic Resistance4▲ 7.0×10 topics
  29. Phylogenetic Analysis4▲ 8.8×8 topics
  30. Evolution4▲ 10×7 topics
  31. Genomic Sequencing4▲ 22×4 topics
  32. Infection4▲ 10×8 topics
  33. SARS-CoV-24▲ 7.9×6 topics
  34. Immunity4▲ 6.2×6 topics
  35. Host-Pathogen Interaction4▲ 32×2 topics
  36. Pathogen Transmission4▲ 34×2 topics
  37. Habitat Fragmentation3▲ 10.0×4 topics
  38. Mycobacterium tuberculosis3▲ 41×1 topic
  39. Tuberculosis3▲ 43×1 topic
  40. Immunocompromised Patients3▲ 36×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, Animal Virus Infections Studies and Antifungal resistance and susceptibility.

Wildlife Ecology and Con…5Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 5 fractional worksTuberculosis Research an…3Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 3 fractional worksAnimal Virus Infections …3Animal Virus Infections Studies: 3 fractional worksAntifungal resistance an…3Antifungal resistance and susceptibility: 3 fractional worksViral Infections and Vectors: 2 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 2 fractional worksParasite Biology and Hos…2Parasite Biology and Host Interactions: 2 fractional worksFungal Infections and Studies: 2 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 2 fractional worksZoonotic diseases and pu…2Zoonotic diseases and public health: 2 fractional works
EcologyInfectious DiseasesAnimal Science and ZoologyEpidemiology1 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 3 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 2 works
  6. 6 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 2 works
  7. 7 Parasite Biology and Host Interactions Ecology 2 works
  8. 8 Fungal Infections and Studies Epidemiology 2 works
  9. 9 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  10. 10 Zoonotic diseases and public health 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 85% 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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