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The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital

In research, The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#3,604 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,686 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ophthalmology — Ophthalmology is 84.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,253
of 28,054 · #15,098 all time
Rank in Australia
#241
of 391
Research works
1k
▲ 91% vs 2013–17
Citations
21k
20.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear 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 #3,604 of 10,443 14.6%83 #3691
Health SciencesDomain #4,686 of 11,982 15.3%87 #4807

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear 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).

What does The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ophthalmology takes 84.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OphthalmologySubfield · 26.8 works85×
← 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, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.37× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.00× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 6.88× its world share, 13 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.02× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.67× its world share, 84 worksMedicineNursing: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.72× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 6.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Ronald F. Lowe, ANNE M. V. BROOKS and Alan A. McNab lead among researchers whose main affiliation is The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital.

  1. 1 Ronald F. Lowe Australia · #304,101 worldwide 67 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 ANNE M. V. BROOKS Australia · #544,150 worldwide 43 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Alan A. McNab Australia · #561,557 worldwide 57 citations · 44 works
  4. 4 W. E. Gillies Australia · #729,995 worldwide 37 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Elsie Chan Australia · #1,104,826 worldwide 27 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 David J. Szmulewicz Australia · #1,229,156 worldwide 28 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Thomas G. Hardy Australia · #1,278,200 worldwide 17 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital

Which keywords describe research at The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Hearing Loss, Intraocular Pressure, Glaucoma, Optical Coherence Tomography, Macular Degeneration, Myopia and Optic Nerve.

▲ 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. Epidemiology19▲ 4.1×34 topics
  2. Hearing Loss12▲ 84×4 topics
  3. Glaucoma10▲ 58×4 topics
  4. Intraocular Pressure10▲ 102×2 topics
  5. Quality of Life8▲ 5.0×13 topics
  6. Optical Coherence Tomography8▲ 66×3 topics
  7. Macular Degeneration8▲ 54×3 topics
  8. Myopia7▲ 106×2 topics
  9. Optic Nerve7▲ 62×2 topics
  10. Genetic Mutations7▲ 13×14 topics
  11. Neurodegeneration6▲ 17×6 topics
  12. Inflammation6▲ 2.5×15 topics
  13. Risk Factors6▲ 4.7×7 topics
  14. Diabetic Retinopathy6▲ 50×2 topics
  15. Intravitreal Injection6▲ 72×2 topics
  16. Retinal Ganglion Cells6▲ 44×2 topics
  17. Ocular Hypertension6▲ 92×1 topic
  18. Visual Field Progression6▲ 92×1 topic
  19. Prognostic Factors5▲ 9.8×7 topics
  20. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor5▲ 49×2 topics
  21. Cognitive Decline4▲ 31×2 topics
  22. Corneal Biomechanics4▲ 116×1 topic
  23. Health-related Quality of Life4▲ 16×2 topics
  24. Keratoconus4▲ 116×1 topic
  25. Social Isolation4▲ 18×2 topics
  26. Cochlear Implants4▲ 102×1 topic
  27. Immunosuppressive Therapy4▲ 20×4 topics
  28. Speech Perception4▲ 45×1 topic
  29. Choroidal Thickness4▲ 69×1 topic
  30. Retinal Pigment Epithelium4▲ 69×1 topic
  31. Behçet's Disease4▲ 134×1 topic
  32. Global Prevalence4▲ 39×2 topics
  33. Uveitis4▲ 134×1 topic
  34. Visual Impairment4▲ 75×2 topics
  35. Childhood Myopia4▲ 93×1 topic
  36. Refractive Error4▲ 93×1 topic
  37. Cochlear Neuropathy4▲ 109×1 topic
  38. Tinnitus4▲ 109×1 topic
  39. OCT Imaging4▲ 111×2 topics
  40. Endophthalmitis3▲ 84×2 topics

Which research topics does The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Glaucoma and retinal disorders, Corneal surgery and disorders, Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation and Retinal Diseases and Treatments.

Glaucoma and retinal dis…6Glaucoma and retinal disorders: 6 fractional worksCorneal surgery and diso…4Corneal surgery and disorders: 4 fractional worksHearing Loss and Rehabilitation: 4 fractional worksRetinal Diseases and Tre…4Retinal Diseases and Treatments: 4 fractional worksOcular Diseases and Behç…4Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome: 4 fractional worksOphthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies: 4 fractional worksHearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics: 4 fractional worksRetinal and Macular Surg…3Retinal and Macular Surgery: 3 fractional worksEar Surgery and Otitis Media: 3 fractional worksIntraocular Surgery and Lenses: 3 fractional works
OphthalmologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingCognitive NeuroscienceEpidemiology2 others

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

  1. 1 Glaucoma and retinal disorders Ophthalmology 6 works
  2. 2 Corneal surgery and disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  3. 3 Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation Cognitive Neuroscience 4 works
  4. 4 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 4 works
  5. 5 Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome Ophthalmology 4 works
  6. 6 Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies Epidemiology 4 works
  7. 7 Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics Sensory Systems 4 works
  8. 8 Retinal and Macular Surgery Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  9. 9 Ear Surgery and Otitis Media Otorhinolaryngology 3 works
  10. 10 Intraocular Surgery and Lenses Ophthalmology 3 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 available35.0%not open65.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.5%domestic only82.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 91% 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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