Science Explorer Interactive view Map
Hospital / health system · Melbourne · Australia

The Alfred Hospital

In research, The Alfred Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#790 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,027 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,215 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Emergency Medicine, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery — Emergency Medicine is 15.3× its share of world research.

alfredhealth.org.au/the-alfredROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022–2025
#3,510
of 28,054 · #2,311 all time
Rank in Australia
#57
of 391
Research works
7.8k
▼ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
201k
25.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is The Alfred Hospital 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
MedicineField #790 of 10,443 18.1%515 #403
Health SciencesDomain #1,027 of 11,982 18.2%548 #476
Life SciencesDomain #2,215 of 7,800 23.1%74 #1398
SurgerySubfield #1,067 of 1,816 12.8%92 #491

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where The Alfred Hospital 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#403 #790
  2. Health Sciences#476 #1,027
  3. Life Sciences#1,398 #2,215
  4. Surgery#491 #1,067
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does The Alfred Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Emergency Medicine takes 15.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 25.6 works15×
  2. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 59.6 works8.2×
  3. SurgerySubfield · 91.5 works5.7×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.95× its world share, 35 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.16× its world share, 15 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.94× its world share, 22 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 20 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.43× its world share, 26 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.90× its world share, 515 worksMedicineNursing: 1.52× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.36× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.66× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at The Alfred Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, D. James Cooper, Paul S. Myles and Catriona McLean lead among researchers whose main affiliation is The Alfred Hospital.

  1. 1 D. James Cooper Australia · #4,417 worldwide 1k citations · 104 works
  2. 2 Paul S. Myles Australia · #6,055 worldwide 935 citations · 88 works
  3. 3 Catriona McLean Australia · #24,543 worldwide 763 citations · 114 works
  4. 4 Andrew Haydon Australia · #63,342 worldwide 248 citations · 41 works
  5. 5 John Wilson Australia · #72,429 worldwide 658 citations · 217 works
  6. 6 Trevor J. Williams Australia · #77,961 worldwide 150 citations · 50 works
  7. 7 Ian Glaspole Australia · #105,384 worldwide 141 citations · 33 works
  8. 8 Jeffrey V. Rosenfeld Australia · #115,295 worldwide 278 citations · 72 works
  9. 9 Silvana Marasco Australia · #115,905 worldwide 151 citations · 44 works
  10. 10 Jonathan W. Serpell Australia · #133,880 worldwide 150 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at The Alfred Hospital

Which keywords describe research at The Alfred Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Heart Failure, Management, Guidelines, Mortality, Inflammation, Echocardiography and Diagnosis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology86▲ 3.2×113 topics
  2. Inflammation36▲ 2.5×61 topics
  3. Heart Failure33▲ 11×13 topics
  4. Management30▲ 5.5×28 topics
  5. Treatment28▲ 3.4×41 topics
  6. Diagnosis26▲ 4.1×37 topics
  7. Guidelines24▲ 7.7×11 topics
  8. Mortality24▲ 6.0×13 topics
  9. Risk Factors21▲ 2.8×27 topics
  10. Echocardiography20▲ 11×8 topics
  11. Thrombosis19▲ 10×7 topics
  12. Resuscitation19▲ 21×4 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease19▲ 2.5×32 topics
  14. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention18▲ 20×4 topics
  15. Clinical Practice Guidelines17▲ 4.5×14 topics
  16. Complications17▲ 4.9×16 topics
  17. Immunosuppressive Therapy16▲ 13×7 topics
  18. Transplantation16▲ 23×4 topics
  19. Myocardial Infarction15▲ 9.6×7 topics
  20. Critical Care15▲ 9.4×8 topics
  21. Rejection15▲ 52×2 topics
  22. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation15▲ 28×2 topics
  23. Neurological Disorders15▲ 3.7×18 topics
  24. Heart Transplant14▲ 63×1 topic
  25. Lung Transplant14▲ 63×1 topic
  26. Rehabilitation14▲ 5.1×12 topics
  27. Cardiogenic Shock13▲ 41×1 topic
  28. Left Ventricular Assist Device13▲ 41×1 topic
  29. Cardiovascular Risk13▲ 6.1×9 topics
  30. Pathophysiology13▲ 6.2×9 topics
  31. Sepsis13▲ 11×5 topics
  32. Prognosis12▲ 5.5×9 topics
  33. Surgery12▲ 5.0×11 topics
  34. Quality Improvement12▲ 8.9×8 topics
  35. Graft Survival12▲ 21×3 topics
  36. Hypothermia12▲ 23×2 topics
  37. Survival Rates11▲ 17×2 topics
  38. Cardiac Arrest11▲ 29×1 topic
  39. Out-of-Hospital11▲ 29×1 topic
  40. Catheter Ablation11▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does The Alfred Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes, Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices, Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation and Respiratory Support and Mechanisms.

Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 14 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 13 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resus…11Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 11 fractional worksRespiratory Support and …8Respiratory Support and Mechanisms: 8 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 6 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 6 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…6Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 6 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 6 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 6 fractional worksSepsis Diagnosis and Tre…6Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 6 fractional works
SurgeryBiomedical EngineeringEmergency MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 14 works
  2. 2 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 13 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 11 works
  4. 4 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 8 works
  5. 5 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 6 works
  6. 6 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 6 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  8. 8 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  9. 9 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  10. 10 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 6 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 available29.9%not open70.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.7%domestic only83.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has The Alfred Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Other research institutions in Melbourne

All research institutions in Melbourne

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.