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Institution · Geelong · Australia

Transport Accident Commission

tac.vic.gov.auROR OpenAlex
Research works
46
▲ 42% vs 2018-21
Citations
726
15.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
49%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Transport Accident Commission

Not ranked overall: Transport Accident Commission is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Transport Accident Commission work in?

In all years, 44% of research at Transport Accident Commission is in Health Sciences, 30% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (34%), Engineering (25%), Health Professions (9%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 20 fractional works · 44.0% of its workMedicine: 15 fractional works · 33.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 8.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 7.3% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 6.4% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 9.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 14 fractional works · 29.9% of its workEngineering: 12 fractional works · 25.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 7 fractional works · 15.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 4.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 21.9% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 8.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 6.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 7.9% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKTransportAccident…46fractional works, all years
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences30%Health Sciences44%Social Sciences22%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1533.7%
    2. Health Professions49.2%
    3. Nursing01.1%
    1. Engineering1225.3%
    2. Computer Science24.5%
    3. Environmental Science00.2%
    1. Psychology48.0%
    2. Social Sciences47.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance24.8%
    4. Decision Sciences01.0%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    1. Neuroscience11.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.55× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 1.54× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 1.24× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringHealth Professions: 2.79× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.93× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 13.37× its world share, 0 worksNursingDecision Sciences: 2.26× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.21× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 13.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 9 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing13.37×0 works
  2. Health Professions2.79×1 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.26×0 works
  4. Medicine1.93×3 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.55×0 works
  6. Computer Science1.54×1 works
  7. Engineering1.24×1 works
  8. Social Sciences1.21×1 works
  9. Psychology0.09×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Transport Accident Commission?

Ranked on the quality score, Samantha Cockfield lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Transport Accident Commission.

  1. 1 Samantha Cockfield Australia · #4,973,371 worldwide 293 citations · 51 works
All ranked researchers at Transport Accident Commission

What are the most cited papers from Transport Accident Commission?

The most cited paper from Transport Accident Commission is "Psychosocial and Emotional Outcomes 10 Years Following Traumatic Brain Injury" (Kristy Draper, Jennie Louise Ponsford, Michael Schönberger, 2007), with 280 citations. Next come "The Circadian Response of Intrinsically Photosensitive Retinal Ganglion Cells" (188) and "Monitoring the change: Current trends in outcome measure usage in physiotherapy" (143).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Psychosocial and Emotional Outcomes 10 Years Following Traumatic Brain Injury Kristy Draper, Jennie Louise Ponsford, Michael Schönberger · Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation Sep 2007 280
2 The Circadian Response of Intrinsically Photosensitive Retinal Ganglion Cells Andrew J. Zele, Beatrix Feigl, Simon S. Smith et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 14 Mar 2011 188
3 Monitoring the change: Current trends in outcome measure usage in physiotherapy Daniel Arthur Abrams, Megan A. Davidson, Julie Harrick et al. · Manual Therapy 11 May 2005 143
4 Neuropsychological deficits following concussion David L. Maddocks, Michael Martin Saling · Brain Injury 1996 127
5 Aphasia tests reconsidered Sally Byng, Janice Kay, Anne Edmundson et al. · Aphasiology 1990 119
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Transport Accident Commission?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Injury Severity, Driver Behavior, Risk Factors, Road Safety, Traffic Accidents, Epidemiology, Transportation and Injury Prevention.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Injury Severity10▲ 313×2 topics
  2. Driver Behavior9▲ 319×2 topics
  3. Epidemiology8▲ 4.4×11 topics
  4. Risk Factors8▲ 16×2 topics
  5. Road Safety7▲ 498×1 topic
  6. Traffic Accidents7▲ 436×1 topic
  7. Transportation4▲ 70×2 topics
  8. Injury Prevention4▲ 83×3 topics
  9. Global Burden4▲ 15×2 topics
  10. Health Outcomes4▲ 34×3 topics
  11. Child Injury4▲ 261×1 topic
  12. Unintentional Injuries4▲ 261×1 topic
  13. Recovery3▲ 76×2 topics
  14. Quality Improvement3▲ 32×3 topics
  15. Prehospital Care3▲ 166×1 topic
  16. Trauma Center3▲ 166×1 topic
  17. Functional Recovery3▲ 50×3 topics
  18. Physical Activity2▲ 14×2 topics
  19. Risk Perception2▲ 26×3 topics
  20. Concussion2▲ 130×1 topic
  21. Encephalopathy2▲ 76×1 topic
  22. Human Factors2▲ 86×2 topics
  23. Autonomous Vehicles2▲ 32×2 topics
  24. Quality of Life2▲ 3.3×6 topics
  25. Motor Recovery2▲ 68×1 topic
  26. Neural Plasticity2▲ 20×1 topic
  27. Occupational Safety2▲ 55×2 topics
  28. Trust2▲ 16×2 topics
  29. Automation2▲ 63×1 topic
  30. Driver Distraction2▲ 125×1 topic
  31. Neuroprotection2▲ 9.2×3 topics
  32. Economic Evaluation1▲ 24×2 topics
  33. Organizational Culture1▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Accessibility1▲ 48×2 topics
  35. Active Travel1▲ 62×1 topic
  36. Built Environment1▲ 62×1 topic
  37. Cost-effectiveness Analysis1▲ 38×1 topic
  38. Health Utility Measures1▲ 38×1 topic
  39. Safety Climate1▲ 37×1 topic
  40. Safety Culture1▲ 44×1 topic

Which research topics does Transport Accident Commission publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Traffic and Road Safety, Injury Epidemiology and Prevention, Trauma and Emergency Care Studies and Urban Transport and Accessibility.

Traffic and Road Safety1Traffic and Road Safety: 1 fractional worksInjury Epidemiology and …1Injury Epidemiology and Prevention: 1 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 1 fractional worksUrban Transport and Accessibility: 1 fractional worksNursing Education, Practice, and Leadership: 0 fractional worksAnomaly Detection Techni…0Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications: 0 fractional worksData-Driven Disease Surveillance: 0 fractional worksInternational Human Rights and Reproductive Law: 0 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare Studies: 0 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury Research: 0 fractional works
Safety, Risk, Reliability and QualityPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthEmergency MedicineTransportation5 others

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

  1. 1 Traffic and Road Safety Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 1 works
  2. 2 Injury Epidemiology and Prevention Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  3. 3 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 Urban Transport and Accessibility Transportation 1 works
  5. 5 Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership Issues, ethics and legal aspects 0 works
  6. 6 Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  7. 7 Data-Driven Disease Surveillance Epidemiology 0 works
  8. 8 International Human Rights and Reproductive Law Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  9. 9 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 0 works
  10. 10 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 0 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 available48.8%not open51.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.3%domestic only85.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Transport Accident Commission's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 42% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Transport Accident Commission as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000011% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%Transport Accident Commission0.0000010% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Transport Accident Commission over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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