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Hospital / health system · Toowoomba · Australia

Toowoomba Hospital

In research, Toowoomba Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,208 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#8,380 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 5.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,700
of 28,054 · #14,049 all time
Rank in Australia
#262
of 391
Research works
1.1k
▲ 9% vs 2013–17
Citations
21k
19.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is Toowoomba 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
Health SciencesDomain #7,208 of 11,982 15.4%94 #8642
MedicineField #8,380 of 10,443 12.3%73 #13016

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Toowoomba 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 Toowoomba Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 5.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 20.8 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: 1.46× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.73× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.92× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.26× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.20× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.91× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.28× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.43× its world share, 73 worksMedicineNursing: 1.29× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 6.08× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.02× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 6.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Toowoomba Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, R. J. Loch, William Harrison and Devang Desai lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Toowoomba Hospital.

  1. 1 R. J. Loch Australia · #432,850 worldwide 84 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 William Harrison Australia · #622,376 worldwide 42 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Devang Desai Australia · #929,026 worldwide 5 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Toowoomba Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Toowoomba Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Global Health, Health Workforce, Primary Care, Health Policy, Surgical Management and Physician Migration.

▲ 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. Epidemiology16▲ 2.6×61 topics
  2. Complications6▲ 7.9×13 topics
  3. Climate Change6▲ 1.40×27 topics
  4. Global Health6▲ 25×3 topics
  5. Health Policy6▲ 22×2 topics
  6. Health Workforce6▲ 83×2 topics
  7. Primary Care6▲ 9.3×11 topics
  8. Quality of Life6▲ 2.5×21 topics
  9. Surgical Management5▲ 8.4×13 topics
  10. Physician Migration5▲ 113×1 topic
  11. Rural Health5▲ 113×1 topic
  12. Public Health4▲ 1.87×17 topics
  13. Depression4▲ 2.8×12 topics
  14. Patient Satisfaction4▲ 7.7×6 topics
  15. Diagnosis3▲ 2.4×15 topics
  16. Health Equity3▲ 7.9×4 topics
  17. Management3▲ 2.6×14 topics
  18. Patient Care3▲ 17×2 topics
  19. Communication3▲ 6.3×4 topics
  20. Genitourinary Development3▲ 58×1 topic
  21. Mortality3▲ 3.3×11 topics
  22. Urotrauma3▲ 58×1 topic
  23. Anxiety3▲ 3.8×6 topics
  24. Job Satisfaction3▲ 4.0×7 topics
  25. Prevention3▲ 4.2×9 topics
  26. Radiotherapy3▲ 4.5×9 topics
  27. Reflective Practice3▲ 9.1×4 topics
  28. Revision Surgery2▲ 13×2 topics
  29. Total Hip Replacement2▲ 13×2 topics
  30. Academic Medicine2▲ 19×2 topics
  31. Laparoscopic Surgery2▲ 12×4 topics
  32. Medical Education2▲ 5.7×8 topics
  33. Collaborative Practice2▲ 33×2 topics
  34. Decolonization2▲ 17×1 topic
  35. Human Papillomavirus2▲ 11×3 topics
  36. Indigenous Health2▲ 98×1 topic
  37. Competency-Based Education2▲ 14×1 topic
  38. Professional Identity Formation2▲ 21×1 topic
  39. Congenital Anomalies2▲ 21×3 topics
  40. Healthcare Outcomes2▲ 23×2 topics

Which research topics does Toowoomba Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Health Workforce Issues, Urological Disorders and Treatments, Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights and Innovations in Medical Education.

Global Health Workforce …5Global Health Workforce Issues: 5 fractional worksUrological Disorders and Treatments: 3 fractional worksIndigenous Health, Education, and Rights: 2 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 2 fractional worksInterprofessional Education and Collaboration: 2 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 2 fractional worksHealth and Medical Resea…1Health and Medical Research Impacts: 1 fractional worksHealthcare professionals’ stress and burnout: 1 fractional worksGenital Health and Disease: 1 fractional worksUrinary and Genital Oncology Studies: 1 fractional works
Emergency Medical ServicesUrologyHealthPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health2 others

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

  1. 1 Global Health Workforce Issues Emergency Medical Services 5 works
  2. 2 Urological Disorders and Treatments Urology 3 works
  3. 3 Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights Health 2 works
  4. 4 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  5. 5 Interprofessional Education and Collaboration General Health Professions 2 works
  6. 6 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Health and Medical Research Impacts Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  8. 8 Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout General Health Professions 1 works
  9. 9 Genital Health and Disease Surgery 1 works
  10. 10 Urinary and Genital Oncology Studies Surgery 1 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 available35.2%not open64.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.2%domestic only81.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Toowoomba Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% 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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