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The Heart Research Institute

In research, The Heart Research Institute stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,598 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,407 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 21.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,059
of 22,385 · #5,580 all time
Rank in Australia
#175
of 270
Research works
1.3k
▼ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
70k
53.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.04×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
33%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
The Heart Research Institute

What is The Heart Research Institute 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
Health SciencesDomain #3,598 of 9,902 17.5%63 #2104
MedicineField #3,407 of 8,541 17.7%61 #2132

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where The Heart Research Institute 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 The Heart Research Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 66% of research at The Heart Research Institute is in Health Sciences, 19% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (63%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (13%), Engineering (5%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 74 fractional works · 65.6% of its workMedicine: 71 fractional works · 63.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 26 fractional works · 22.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 9 fractional works · 7.6% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 5.3% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workHematology: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 22 fractional works · 19.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 15 fractional works · 13.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 8.3% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 4.1% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 4.0% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 12 fractional works · 10.3% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 5.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 5.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKThe HeartResearch…113fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences19%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences66%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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine7163.0%
    2. Health Professions32.3%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1513.0%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology54.1%
    3. Neuroscience21.8%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
    1. Engineering65.5%
    2. Materials Science32.4%
    3. Physics and Astronomy10.7%
    4. Chemistry10.6%
    5. Environmental Science10.5%
    6. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    7. Computer Science00.2%
    8. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.9%
    2. Social Sciences11.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting11.0%
    4. Psychology10.8%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    6. Decision Sciences00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does The Heart Research Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 21.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 25.5 works22×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.44× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.03× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.11× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.84× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.36× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.69× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.89× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.28× its world share, 71 worksMedicineNursing: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.87× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology4.03×5 works
  2. Medicine3.28×71 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.44×15 works
  4. Neuroscience1.11×2 works
  5. Health Professions0.89×3 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.87×2 works
  7. Chemical Engineering0.84×0 works
  8. Materials Science0.69×3 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.63×0 works
  10. Chemistry0.37×1 works
  11. Engineering0.36×6 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.32×1 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.31×1 works
  14. Dentistry0.28×0 works
  15. Nursing0.25×0 works
  16. Psychology0.25×1 works
  17. Environmental Science0.10×1 works
  18. Social Sciences0.09×1 works
  19. Mathematics0.04×0 works
  20. Decision Sciences0.04×0 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.03×0 works
  22. Computer Science0.03×0 works
  23. Arts and Humanities0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at The Heart Research Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Philip J. Barter, Roland Stocker and Michael J. Davies lead among researchers whose main affiliation is The Heart Research Institute.

  1. 1 Philip J. Barter Australia · #72,676 worldwide 54k citations · 545 works
  2. 2 Roland Stocker Australia · #79,024 worldwide 41k citations · 427 works
  3. 3 Michael J. Davies Australia · #368,384 worldwide 54k citations · 1,059 works
  4. 4 Imala D. Alwis Australia · #369,516 worldwide 1.2k citations · 38 works
  5. 5 Ashish K. Misra Australia · #402,866 worldwide 1.9k citations · 69 works
  6. 6 Sergey Tumanov Australia · #462,685 worldwide 2.7k citations · 100 works
  7. 7 Christopher P. Stanley Australia · #610,272 worldwide 1k citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Keith K. Stanley Australia · #617,797 worldwide 8.7k citations · 122 works
  9. 9 Yunjia Zhang Australia · #630,581 worldwide 1.3k citations · 84 works
  10. 10 Sally Tandy Australia · #932,076 worldwide 1.1k citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at The Heart Research Institute

What are the most cited papers from The Heart Research Institute?

The most cited paper from The Heart Research Institute is "Intensive Lipid Lowering with Atorvastatin in Patients with Stable Coronary Disease" (John C. LaRosa, Scott M. Grundy, David D. Waters et al., 2005), with 3,517 citations. Next come "Effects of Torcetrapib in Patients at High Risk for Coronary Events" (3,168) and "Advanced glycation end-products: a review" (2,606).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Intensive Lipid Lowering with Atorvastatin in Patients with Stable Coronary Disease John C. LaRosa, Scott M. Grundy, David D. Waters et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 9 Mar 2005 3,517
2 Effects of Torcetrapib in Patients at High Risk for Coronary Events Philip J. Barter, Mark J. Caulfield, Mats A. L. Eriksson et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 5 Nov 2007 3,168
3 Advanced glycation end-products: a review Ravinder Singh, Anne E. Barden, Trevor Anthony Mori et al. · Diabetologia Open access 5 Feb 2001 2,606
4 New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk Josée Dupuis et al. · Nature Genetics Open access263 authors 17 Jan 2010 2,239
5 Effects of Dalcetrapib in Patients with a Recent Acute Coronary Syndrome Gregory G. Schwartz, ANDERS G. OLSSON, Markus Abt et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 5 Nov 2012 2,055
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at The Heart Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Heart Failure, Echocardiography, Obesity, Guidelines, Cardiovascular Risk, Cardiovascular Disease and Chamber Quantification.

▲ 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. Inflammation14▲ 6.0×45 topics
  2. Heart Failure13▲ 25×13 topics
  3. Echocardiography10▲ 31×8 topics
  4. Obesity8▲ 8.6×13 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 5.4×24 topics
  6. Guidelines6▲ 12×5 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Risk6▲ 17×6 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress6▲ 3.2×30 topics
  9. Chamber Quantification5▲ 58×1 topic
  10. Diastolic Function5▲ 58×1 topic
  11. Extracellular Matrix5▲ 23×5 topics
  12. Myocardial Infarction5▲ 19×6 topics
  13. Atherosclerosis5▲ 14×9 topics
  14. Atrial Fibrillation4▲ 38×2 topics
  15. Catheter Ablation4▲ 30×2 topics
  16. Risk Factors4▲ 3.4×11 topics
  17. Stroke Prevention4▲ 31×2 topics
  18. Tissue Engineering4▲ 5.8×6 topics
  19. Congenital Heart Disease4▲ 41×3 topics
  20. Mortality Risk4▲ 15×4 topics
  21. Cytokines4▲ 12×6 topics
  22. Diagnosis4▲ 3.6×13 topics
  23. Endothelial Dysfunction4▲ 14×6 topics
  24. Hemostasis4▲ 31×4 topics
  25. Regenerative Medicine4▲ 12×5 topics
  26. Cardiac Surgery3▲ 41×2 topics
  27. Reactive Oxygen Species3▲ 7.4×9 topics
  28. Thrombosis3▲ 11×6 topics
  29. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes3▲ 15×2 topics
  30. Adult Congenital Heart Disease3▲ 53×1 topic
  31. Neuroprotection3▲ 8.0×8 topics
  32. Pulmonary Valve Replacement3▲ 53×1 topic
  33. Anticoagulant Therapy3▲ 22×2 topics
  34. Cardiac Remodeling3▲ 60×2 topics
  35. Risk Stratification3▲ 37×1 topic
  36. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement3▲ 38×1 topic
  37. Thromboembolism3▲ 37×1 topic
  38. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement3▲ 38×1 topic
  39. Magnetic Resonance Imaging3▲ 9.7×5 topics
  40. Macrophages3▲ 13×4 topics

Which research topics does The Heart Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors, Congenital Heart Disease Studies, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments and Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes.

Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 5 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease Studies: 3 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…3Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 3 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…3Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 3 fractional works3D Printing in Biomedical Research: 2 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment and Management: 2 fractional worksCardiac Fibrosis and Rem…2Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling: 2 fractional worksPulmonary Hypertension R…2Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments: 2 fractional worksBlood properties and coa…2Blood properties and coagulation: 2 fractional worksAtherosclerosis and Card…2Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineEpidemiologyBiomedical EngineeringPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine1 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  2. 2 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 3 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  5. 5 3D Printing in Biomedical Research Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  6. 6 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Blood properties and coagulation Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases Immunology 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 available32.9%not open67.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.5%domestic only75.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has The Heart Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 The Heart Research Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00046% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%The Heart Research Institute0.00042% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of The Heart Research Institute 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%The Heart Research Institute18.9% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 27.8% in 1998.

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