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Tharawal Aboriginal

In research, Tharawal Aboriginal stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,677 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,777
of 22,385 · #12,897 all time
Rank in Australia
#142
of 270
Research works
565
▲ 50% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.5k
13.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
52%
world 40%
International
19%
world 18%
Tharawal Aboriginal

What is Tharawal Aboriginal 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
Social SciencesDomain #6,677 of 9,585 9.7%73 #6510

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Tharawal Aboriginal 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 Tharawal Aboriginal work in?

In 2022-now, 49% of research at Tharawal Aboriginal is in Social Sciences, 23% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (36%), Health Professions (13%), Environmental Science (12%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 80 fractional works · 49.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 59 fractional works · 36.3% of its workHealth: 17 fractional works · 10.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 10 fractional works · 6.4% of its workAnthropology: 9 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEducation: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 10 fractional works · 6.0% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 4.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 38 fractional works · 23.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 19 fractional works · 11.9% of its workEcology: 8 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcological Modeling: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 8 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPaleontology: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 36 fractional works · 22.5% of its workHealth Professions: 21 fractional works · 12.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 17 fractional works · 10.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMedicine: 14 fractional works · 8.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 4.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKTharawalAboriginal162fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences23%Health Sciences22%Social Sciences49%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences5936.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities106.0%
    3. Psychology74.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting31.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.9%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Environmental Science1911.9%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences85.0%
    3. Engineering63.4%
    4. Physics and Astronomy21.5%
    5. Computer Science20.9%
    6. Chemistry10.5%
    7. Mathematics00.1%
    8. Energy00.1%
    1. Health Professions2112.7%
    2. Medicine148.4%
    3. Nursing10.9%
    4. Dentistry10.3%
    5. Veterinary00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences53.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.1%
    3. Neuroscience10.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
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: 0.65× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.21× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.39× its world share, 19 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.82× its world share, 20 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.44× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 1.86× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.26× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.08× its world share, 10 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.45× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.87× its world share, 59 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions4.82×20 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.21×8 works
  3. Social Sciences2.87×59 works
  4. Environmental Science2.39×19 works
  5. Arts and Humanities2.08×10 works
  6. Nursing1.86×2 works
  7. Psychology1.45×7 works
  8. Veterinary1.26×0 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.70×2 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.65×5 works
  11. Dentistry0.65×0 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.49×2 works
  13. Medicine0.44×14 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.43×2 works
  15. Chemistry0.30×1 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.26×0 works
  17. Neuroscience0.23×1 works
  18. Engineering0.23×6 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.20×2 works
  20. Computer Science0.12×2 works
  21. Mathematics0.12×0 works
  22. Energy0.11×0 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.06×0 works
  24. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Tharawal Aboriginal?

Ranked on the quality score, Joanna Fresløv, Russell Mullett and Phil Rist lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tharawal Aboriginal.

  1. 1 Joanna Fresløv Australia · #739,603 worldwide 242 citations · 42 works
  2. 2 Russell Mullett Australia · #878,164 worldwide 237 citations · 52 works
  3. 3 Phil Rist Australia · #1,015,058 worldwide 508 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Angela M. Reid Australia · #2,352,261 worldwide 504 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Hugh P Burke Australia · #2,542,748 worldwide 663 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Tom Vigilante Australia · #3,051,080 worldwide 856 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Catherine M Kennedy Australia · #3,187,928 worldwide 584 citations · 35 works
  8. 8 M. J. Rowland Australia · #3,380,429 worldwide 349 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Joyce Davison Australia · #3,397,053 worldwide 609 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 David Davison Australia · #3,506,485 worldwide 477 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Tharawal Aboriginal

What are the most cited papers from Tharawal Aboriginal?

The most cited paper from Tharawal Aboriginal is "The Metaverse as a Virtual Form of Smart Cities: Opportunities and Challenges for Environmental, Economic, and Social Sustainability in Urban Futures" (Zaheer Allam, Ayyoob Sharifi, Simon Elias Bibri et al., 2022), with 679 citations. Next come "Fire ecology and Aboriginal land management in central Arnhem Land, northern Australia: a tradition of ecosystem management" (401) and "Pronominal Clitic Clusters and Templates" (308).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Metaverse as a Virtual Form of Smart Cities: Opportunities and Challenges for Environmental, Economic, and Social Sustainability in Urban Futures Zaheer Allam, Ayyoob Sharifi, Simon Elias Bibri et al. · Smart Cities Open access 8 Jul 2022 679
2 Fire ecology and Aboriginal land management in central Arnhem Land, northern Australia: a tradition of ecosystem management Dean Yibarbuk, Peter Whitehead, Jeremy Russell‐Smith et al. · Journal of Biogeography Open access Mar 2001 401
3 Pronominal Clitic Clusters and Templates Jane Simpson, M. Margaret Withgott Book chapter 26 Dec 1986 308
4 Future (post-COVID) digital, smart and sustainable cities in the wake of 6G: Digital twins, immersive realities and new urban economies Zaheer Allam, David Sydney Jones · Land Use Policy Open access 2 Dec 2020 298
5 C aring as C ountry: Towards an ontology of co‐becoming in natural resource management Sandie Suchet‐Pearson, Sarah Wright, Kate Lloyd et al. · Asia Pacific Viewpoint Aug 2013 262
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Tharawal Aboriginal?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Health Equity, Decolonization, Indigenous Health, Climate Change, Traditional Knowledge, Vulnerability and Social Justice.

▲ 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 Change20▲ 4.6×35 topics
  2. Traditional Ecological Knowledge17▲ 236×2 topics
  3. Health Equity17▲ 35×3 topics
  4. Decolonization16▲ 122×1 topic
  5. Indigenous Health16▲ 672×1 topic
  6. Globalization7▲ 2.2×16 topics
  7. Social Justice7▲ 7.2×14 topics
  8. Traditional Knowledge7▲ 98×2 topics
  9. Sustainability7▲ 1.68×19 topics
  10. Vulnerability7▲ 18×4 topics
  11. Public Health6▲ 2.7×17 topics
  12. Archaeology6▲ 27×4 topics
  13. Mental Health5▲ 2.2×18 topics
  14. Food Security5▲ 5.7×2 topics
  15. Ecological Knowledge5▲ 71×2 topics
  16. Nutrition Transition5▲ 92×2 topics
  17. Hominin Genetics5▲ 131×1 topic
  18. Paleolithic Archaeology5▲ 131×1 topic
  19. Arctic Indigenous Peoples5▲ 165×1 topic
  20. community-based monitoring5▲ 165×1 topic
  21. Biodiversity4▲ 3.7×10 topics
  22. Indigenous Knowledge4▲ 26×5 topics
  23. Population Dynamics4▲ 10×7 topics
  24. Conservation4▲ 5.9×13 topics
  25. Primary Care4▲ 6.6×9 topics
  26. Community Engagement4▲ 6.9×7 topics
  27. Quality Improvement4▲ 11×5 topics
  28. Agricultural Origins3▲ 63×1 topic
  29. Radiocarbon Dating3▲ 63×1 topic
  30. Invasive Species3▲ 4.7×10 topics
  31. Resilience3▲ 4.0×9 topics
  32. Habitat Selection3▲ 26×2 topics
  33. Health3▲ 4.7×6 topics
  34. Cultural Sustainability3▲ 30×2 topics
  35. Chronic Disease Management2▲ 7.7×4 topics
  36. Rock Art2▲ 253×1 topic
  37. Southern Africa2▲ 253×1 topic
  38. Conservation Biology2▲ 14×3 topics
  39. Holocene2▲ 13×3 topics
  40. Health Policy2▲ 9.2×2 topics

Which research topics does Tharawal Aboriginal publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Indigenous Studies and Ecology and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies.

Indigenous Health, Educa…16Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights: 16 fractional worksPleistocene-Era Hominins…5Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology: 5 fractional worksIndigenous Studies and E…5Indigenous Studies and Ecology: 5 fractional worksArchaeology and ancient environmental studies: 3 fractional worksArchaeology and Rock Art Studies: 2 fractional worksCultural Heritage Management and Preservation: 2 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 2 fractional worksAustralian Indigenous Culture and History: 2 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health Outcomes: 2 fractional worksPacific and Southeast Asian Studies: 2 fractional works
HealthAnthropologyGeneral Health ProfessionsPaleontology3 others

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

  1. 1 Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights Health 16 works
  2. 2 Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology Anthropology 5 works
  3. 3 Indigenous Studies and Ecology General Health Professions 5 works
  4. 4 Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Paleontology 3 works
  5. 5 Archaeology and Rock Art Studies Archeology 2 works
  6. 6 Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation Archeology 2 works
  7. 7 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 2 works
  8. 8 Australian Indigenous Culture and History Anthropology 2 works
  9. 9 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 2 works
  10. 10 Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies Geography, Planning and Development 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 available51.9%not open48.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.0%domestic only81.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Tharawal Aboriginal's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 50% 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 Tharawal Aboriginal as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00074% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Tharawal Aboriginal0.00062% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Tharawal Aboriginal 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%Tharawal Aboriginal13.5% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.5% in 2016.

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