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Tropical Population Health Unit

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World rank, all time
#29,171
of 42,892
Rank in Australia
#521
of 656
Research works
188
▼ 42% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.1k
27.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

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: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.95× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.94× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnvironmental Science: 2.36× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.81× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 4.35× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.93× its world share, 4 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 1.35× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.63× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Tropical Population Health Unit?

Ranked on the composite score, Robert H. Black lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tropical Population Health Unit.

  1. 1 Robert H. Black Australia · #1,389,587 worldwide 17 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Tropical Population Health Unit

Which keywords describe research at Tropical Population Health Unit?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine Development, Public Health, Vector Control, Pathogenesis, Arboviral Diseases, Zika Virus and Global Burden.

▲ 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. Epidemiology55▲ 7.3×61 topics
  2. Vaccine Development28▲ 49×10 topics
  3. Public Health22▲ 8.6×35 topics
  4. Vector Control15▲ 68×3 topics
  5. Climate Change12▲ 2.4×23 topics
  6. Pathogenesis12▲ 11×12 topics
  7. Arboviral Diseases11▲ 100×1 topic
  8. Zika Virus11▲ 100×1 topic
  9. Global Burden10▲ 10×6 topics
  10. Insecticide Resistance10▲ 52×3 topics
  11. Genetic Diversity9▲ 10×9 topics
  12. Genome Sequence9▲ 46×2 topics
  13. Artemisinin Resistance9▲ 128×1 topic
  14. Plasmodium falciparum9▲ 128×1 topic
  15. Health Equity9▲ 25×4 topics
  16. Diagnosis8▲ 4.2×15 topics
  17. Risk Factors7▲ 3.7×12 topics
  18. Health Disparities7▲ 17×5 topics
  19. Biodiversity6▲ 4.0×9 topics
  20. Colonialism6▲ 6.2×3 topics
  21. Cardiovascular Disease6▲ 2.7×16 topics
  22. Australian history5▲ 138×1 topic
  23. British imperialism5▲ 138×1 topic
  24. Zoonotic Infections5▲ 45×2 topics
  25. Virulence5▲ 34×4 topics
  26. Decolonization5▲ 31×1 topic
  27. Indigenous Health5▲ 204×1 topic
  28. Host Immune Response4▲ 38×3 topics
  29. Pathogenicity4▲ 27×5 topics
  30. Bunyavirus4▲ 50×1 topic
  31. Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers4▲ 50×1 topic
  32. Vaccine4▲ 5.7×8 topics
  33. Food Safety4▲ 8.2×5 topics
  34. Antimicrobial Resistance4▲ 8.5×6 topics
  35. Life Expectancy4▲ 36×2 topics
  36. Population Dynamics4▲ 6.7×9 topics
  37. Global Burden of Disease4▲ 10×4 topics
  38. Health Inequalities4▲ 19×4 topics
  39. Pathogen Transmission4▲ 29×2 topics
  40. Mortality Rates3▲ 19×2 topics

Which research topics does Tropical Population Health Unit publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management, Burkholderia infections and melioidosis, COVID-19 impact on air quality and Energy and Environment Impacts.

Insurance, Mortality, De…2Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management: 2 fractional worksBurkholderia infections …1Burkholderia infections and melioidosis: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 impact on air q…1COVID-19 impact on air quality: 1 fractional worksEnergy and Environment I…0Energy and Environment Impacts: 0 fractional worksGlobal Health Care Issues0Global Health Care Issues: 0 fractional worksInnovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development: 0 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 0 fractional worksBacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing: 0 fractional worksPharmacology and Obesity Treatment: 0 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 0 fractional works
DemographyEpidemiologyGlobal and Planetary ChangePollution5 others

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

  1. 1 Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management Demography 2 works
  2. 2 Burkholderia infections and melioidosis Epidemiology 1 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 impact on air quality Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  4. 4 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 0 works
  5. 5 Global Health Care Issues General Health Professions 0 works
  6. 6 Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development Management of Technology and Innovation 0 works
  7. 7 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 0 works
  8. 8 Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing Clinical Biochemistry 0 works
  9. 9 Pharmacology and Obesity Treatment Pharmacology 0 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 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 available31.0%not open69.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.7%domestic only83.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Tropical Population Health Unit's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 42% lower 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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