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The Royal Melbourne Hospital

In research, The Royal Melbourne Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#591 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#744 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,411 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Genetics — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 6.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,340
of 28,054 · #1,012 all time
Rank in Australia
#46
of 391
Research works
12k
▲ 29% vs 2013–17
Citations
393k
32.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is The Royal Melbourne 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 #591 of 10,443 19.2%995 #312
Health SciencesDomain #744 of 11,982 19.5%1,078 #363
Life SciencesDomain #1,411 of 7,800 24.4%176 #391
SurgerySubfield #649 of 1,816 16.0%122 #361
EpidemiologySubfield #414 of 976 21.1%92 #335
Social SciencesDomain #4,884 of 10,521 25.0%117 #3704
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #553 of 1,144 16.3%94 #342
Physical SciencesDomain #6,829 of 12,888 25.1%116 #3308
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #405 of 738 13.6%98 #252
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,002 of 3,579 25.0%103 #869

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where The Royal Melbourne 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#312 #591
  2. Health Sciences#363 #744
  3. Life Sciences#391 #1,411
  4. Surgery#361 #649
  5. Epidemiology#335 #414
  6. Social Sciences#3,704 #4,884
  7. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#342 #553
  8. Physical Sciences#3,308 #6,829
  9. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#252 #405
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#869 #2,002
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 Royal Melbourne Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 6.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 98.1 works6.3×
  2. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 22.5 works6.2×
  3. GeneticsSubfield · 24.0 works5.9×
  4. HematologySubfield · 23.1 works5.1×
  5. NeurologySubfield · 43.3 works5.1×
← 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: 0.10× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.30× its world share, 103 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.11× its world share, 32 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.31× its world share, 32 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.20× its world share, 23 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 50 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.30× its world share, 22 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.34× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.59× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.66× its world share, 65 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.48× its world share, 995 worksMedicineNursing: 1.65× its world share, 12 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.21× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.33× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.80× its world share, 36 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 50 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at The Royal Melbourne Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Mark Parsons, Paul Sparks and Patricia Desmond lead among researchers whose main affiliation is The Royal Melbourne Hospital.

  1. 1 Mark Parsons Australia · #3,838 worldwide 659 citations · 86 works
  2. 2 Paul Sparks Australia · #18,585 worldwide 580 citations · 76 works
  3. 3 Patricia Desmond Australia · #19,884 worldwide 462 citations · 84 works
  4. 4 Andrew W. Roberts Australia · #30,927 worldwide 403 citations · 67 works
  5. 5 Priscilla Kincaid‐Smith Australia · #35,136 worldwide 334 citations · 36 works
  6. 6 Bruce Campbell Australia · #35,668 worldwide 529 citations · 123 works
  7. 7 K. F. Fairley Australia · #37,498 worldwide 290 citations · 35 works
  8. 8 Peter Mitchell Australia · #42,495 worldwide 153 citations · 46 works
  9. 9 J. F. Cade Australia · #44,994 worldwide 407 citations · 31 works
  10. 10 E. S. R. Hughes Australia · #45,918 worldwide 210 citations · 60 works
All ranked researchers at The Royal Melbourne Hospital

Which keywords describe research at The Royal Melbourne Hospital?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology163▲ 2.8×123 topics
  2. Inflammation69▲ 2.2×74 topics
  3. Risk Factors56▲ 3.4×31 topics
  4. Diagnosis56▲ 4.0×38 topics
  5. Treatment54▲ 3.0×47 topics
  6. Guidelines51▲ 7.4×13 topics
  7. Quality of Life50▲ 2.3×48 topics
  8. Management50▲ 4.2×30 topics
  9. Mortality46▲ 5.3×13 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease41▲ 2.5×37 topics
  11. Immunotherapy40▲ 3.8×19 topics
  12. Biomarkers39▲ 3.8×17 topics
  13. Heart Failure33▲ 5.2×13 topics
  14. Genetics33▲ 3.2×20 topics
  15. Global Burden33▲ 4.1×12 topics
  16. Complications31▲ 4.1×15 topics
  17. Prognosis30▲ 6.2×9 topics
  18. Critical Care29▲ 8.5×8 topics
  19. Neuroprotection29▲ 5.6×13 topics
  20. Prognostic Factors29▲ 4.5×14 topics
  21. Aging28▲ 3.6×14 topics
  22. Genetic Mutations28▲ 4.4×23 topics
  23. Clinical Outcomes26▲ 8.2×6 topics
  24. Catheter Ablation25▲ 14×2 topics
  25. Rehabilitation25▲ 4.3×12 topics
  26. Surgery25▲ 4.7×12 topics
  27. Echocardiography23▲ 5.8×8 topics
  28. Rituximab22▲ 10×4 topics
  29. Neuroimaging22▲ 5.3×11 topics
  30. Elderly Patients21▲ 8.6×4 topics
  31. Myocardial Infarction21▲ 6.0×7 topics
  32. Stroke Prevention21▲ 12×2 topics
  33. Chronic Kidney Disease20▲ 5.6×8 topics
  34. Revascularization20▲ 8.5×3 topics
  35. Ischemic Stroke19▲ 8.6×4 topics
  36. Prevention Guidelines19▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Anticoagulant Therapy18▲ 10×4 topics
  38. Inflammatory Bowel Disease18▲ 10×5 topics
  39. Intensive Care Unit17▲ 9.6×4 topics
  40. Arrhythmias17▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does The Royal Melbourne Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Acute Ischemic Stroke Management, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments and Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research.

Acute Ischemic Stroke Ma…17Acute Ischemic Stroke Management: 17 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…13Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 13 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 12 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 12 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 10 fractional worksIntensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders: 10 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 10 fractional worksSepsis Diagnosis and Tre…9Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 9 fractional worksChronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research: 9 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 9 fractional works
EpidemiologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePsychiatry and Mental healthCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 17 works
  2. 2 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 13 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 12 works
  4. 4 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 12 works
  5. 5 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 10 works
  6. 6 Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 10 works
  7. 7 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 10 works
  8. 8 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 9 works
  9. 9 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research Genetics 9 works
  10. 10 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 9 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: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.9%domestic only81.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has The Royal Melbourne Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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