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Townsville Hospital

In research, Townsville Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,496 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,118 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 6.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,454
of 28,054 · #12,221 all time
Rank in Australia
#160
of 391
Research works
1.7k
▲ 28% vs 2013–17
Citations
22k
13.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is Townsville 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 #3,496 of 11,982 12.7%254 #3892
MedicineField #3,118 of 10,443 11.8%228 #4081

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 6.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 23.9 works6.9×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 29.9 works5.9×
← 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: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.85× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.76× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.67× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.64× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.43× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.35× its world share, 20 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.61× its world share, 228 worksMedicineNursing: 1.56× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.72× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.38× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.62× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Townsville Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, David Watson, Gillian Mahy and Sabe Sabesan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Townsville Hospital.

  1. 1 David Watson Australia · #67,244 worldwide 352 citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Gillian Mahy Australia · #153,759 worldwide 491 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Sabe Sabesan Australia · #448,226 worldwide 57 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Wendy Smyth Australia · #556,506 worldwide 16 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Robert Norton Australia · #738,194 worldwide 69 citations · 48 works
  6. 6 Colin Banks Australia · #821,939 worldwide 13 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Edward Scott Australia · #1,169,603 worldwide 3 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Pankaj Saxena Australia · #1,201,009 worldwide 18 citations · 43 works
  9. 9 Jeremy Furyk Australia · #1,210,205 worldwide 13 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Townsville Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Townsville Hospital?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology41▲ 3.2×91 topics
  2. Treatment19▲ 4.8×30 topics
  3. Risk Factors17▲ 4.8×21 topics
  4. Diagnosis16▲ 5.3×27 topics
  5. Inflammation15▲ 2.2×54 topics
  6. Guidelines14▲ 9.2×11 topics
  7. Complications14▲ 8.2×15 topics
  8. Diabetes12▲ 7.3×13 topics
  9. Management11▲ 4.3×25 topics
  10. Quality of Life11▲ 2.3×31 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease10▲ 2.7×25 topics
  12. Surgery9▲ 8.0×9 topics
  13. Atherosclerosis9▲ 9.8×11 topics
  14. Echocardiography9▲ 10×6 topics
  15. Mortality9▲ 4.8×11 topics
  16. Pathogenesis9▲ 5.2×18 topics
  17. Surgical Management9▲ 6.4×18 topics
  18. Prophylaxis8▲ 19×4 topics
  19. Bacteremia8▲ 33×3 topics
  20. Endovascular Repair8▲ 28×3 topics
  21. Heart Failure8▲ 5.3×9 topics
  22. Prognosis7▲ 6.3×9 topics
  23. Endocarditis Guidelines6▲ 54×1 topic
  24. Infective Endocarditis6▲ 54×1 topic
  25. Chronic Kidney Disease6▲ 7.9×9 topics
  26. Radiotherapy6▲ 4.9×11 topics
  27. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement6▲ 26×1 topic
  28. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement6▲ 26×1 topic
  29. Myocardial Infarction6▲ 8.0×6 topics
  30. Angioplasty6▲ 30×2 topics
  31. Quality Improvement6▲ 9.4×8 topics
  32. Medical Education6▲ 7.0×10 topics
  33. Antibiotic Resistance6▲ 4.5×10 topics
  34. Revascularization6▲ 11×3 topics
  35. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention5▲ 12×4 topics
  36. Vaccine Development5▲ 6.2×7 topics
  37. Claudication5▲ 42×1 topic
  38. Peripheral Arterial Disease5▲ 42×1 topic
  39. Evidence-Based Practice4▲ 10×5 topics
  40. Maternal Outcomes4▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does Townsville Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Peripheral Artery Disease Management and Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions.

Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 6 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 6 fractional worksPeripheral Artery Diseas…5Peripheral Artery Disease Management: 5 fractional worksMaternal and Perinatal H…4Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions: 4 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 4 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 3 fractional worksBurkholderia infections …3Burkholderia infections and melioidosis: 3 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence and Screening: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 3 fractional worksAortic aneurysm repair treatments: 3 fractional works
EpidemiologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryObstetrics and Gynecology3 others

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

  1. 1 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 6 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  3. 3 Peripheral Artery Disease Management Surgery 5 works
  4. 4 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Obstetrics and Gynecology 4 works
  5. 5 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  6. 6 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Burkholderia infections and melioidosis Epidemiology 3 works
  8. 8 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 3 works
  9. 9 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 3 works
  10. 10 Aortic aneurysm repair treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 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 available41.6%not open58.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.6%domestic only87.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Townsville Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 28% 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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