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University of Tasmania

In research, University of Tasmania stands highest in Social Sciences (#426 of 10,521 worldwide), Environmental Science (#161 of 3,551 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#349 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oceanography, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology — Oceanography is 7.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#787
of 28,054 · #692 all time
Rank in Australia
#25
of 391
Research works
30k
▲ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
768k
25.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
63%
world 28%

What is University of Tasmania 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
Social SciencesDomain #426 of 10,521 29.4%1,345 #400
Environmental ScienceField #161 of 3,551 25.7%626 #160
Social SciencesField #349 of 6,365 31.5%720 #350
Physical SciencesDomain #819 of 12,888 24.6%1,537 #831
Health SciencesDomain #807 of 11,982 23.2%896 #564
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #224 of 2,578 31.4%263 #261
OceanographySubfield #14 of 156 29.8%93 #46
MedicineField #986 of 10,443 21.8%637 #916
EducationSubfield #199 of 1,892 43.4%134 #157
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #382 of 3,409 34.8%299 #164

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Tasmania 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#400 #426
  2. Environmental Science#160 #161
  3. Social Sciences#350 #349
  4. Physical Sciences#831 #819
  5. Health Sciences#564 #807
  6. Sociology and Political Science#261 #224
  7. Oceanography#46 #14
  8. Medicine#916 #986
  9. Education#157 #199
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#164 #382
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does University of Tasmania specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oceanography takes 7.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OceanographySubfield · 93.3 works7.6×
  2. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 65.0 works6.2×
  3. EcologySubfield · 192.5 works5.6×
  4. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 158.9 works4.8×
  5. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 243.2 works3.5×
← 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: 1.44× its world share, 299 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.76× its world share, 178 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.83× its world share, 37 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.02× its world share, 72 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.67× its world share, 10 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.53× its world share, 8 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.87× its world share, 60 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.39× its world share, 133 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.55× its world share, 243 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.63× its world share, 25 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.51× its world share, 336 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.88× its world share, 626 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 30 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.47× its world share, 24 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.52× its world share, 50 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.34× its world share, 7 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.94× its world share, 224 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.76× its world share, 637 worksMedicineNursing: 0.93× its world share, 20 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.35× its world share, 8 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.32× its world share, 166 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.82× its world share, 116 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 42 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.99× its world share, 92 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.57× its world share, 209 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.30× its world share, 720 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Tasmania?

Ranked on the composite score, SD Frusher, Ingrid van der Mei and Philip W. Boyd lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Tasmania.

  1. 1 SD Frusher · #17,786 worldwide 769 citations · 65 works
  2. 2 Ingrid van der Mei · #27,272 worldwide 432 citations · 51 works
  3. 3 Philip W. Boyd · #27,617 worldwide 975 citations · 64 works
  4. 4 Gregory J. Jordan · #28,552 worldwide 588 citations · 50 works
  5. 5 Douglas Paton · #34,118 worldwide 497 citations · 103 works
  6. 6 Peter J. Dowling · #40,886 worldwide 193 citations · 52 works
  7. 7 Drc Chalmers · #46,209 worldwide 191 citations · 55 works
  8. 8 Harry G. Gelber · #46,330 worldwide 181 citations · 35 works
  9. 9 David Kember · #51,713 worldwide 361 citations · 48 works
  10. 10 Julia L. Blanchard · #52,171 worldwide 691 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at University of Tasmania

Which keywords describe research at University of Tasmania?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Sustainability, Conservation, Biogeography, Public Health, Global Warming and Invasive Species.

▲ 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. Climate Change467▲ 4.0×90 topics
  2. Sustainability159▲ 1.49×76 topics
  3. Epidemiology134▼ 0.78×120 topics
  4. Biodiversity128▲ 3.9×31 topics
  5. Public Health124▲ 1.95×46 topics
  6. Environmental Impact113▲ 1.51×48 topics
  7. Remote Sensing107▲ 1.99×29 topics
  8. Mental Health106▲ 1.66×40 topics
  9. Globalization96◆ 1.12×70 topics
  10. Conservation81▲ 4.3×22 topics
  11. Global Warming79▲ 4.4×14 topics
  12. Invasive Species78▲ 4.2×18 topics
  13. Quality of Life76▲ 1.21×49 topics
  14. Resilience71▲ 3.4×16 topics
  15. Biogeography69▲ 6.1×18 topics
  16. Ecosystem Services64▲ 3.8×11 topics
  17. Population Dynamics64▲ 5.8×11 topics
  18. Social Support59▲ 2.4×17 topics
  19. Vulnerability58▲ 5.9×7 topics
  20. Trophic Cascades57▲ 14×2 topics
  21. Ocean Acidification57▲ 18×3 topics
  22. Ecosystem Resilience55▲ 8.6×5 topics
  23. Aquaculture54▲ 4.7×8 topics
  24. Ecology51▲ 7.6×9 topics
  25. Fisheries Sustainability50▲ 13×2 topics
  26. Habitat Fragmentation50▲ 5.2×5 topics
  27. Global Change49▲ 4.3×6 topics
  28. Biodiversity Conservation47▲ 2.9×14 topics
  29. Neoliberalism47▲ 3.0×15 topics
  30. Ocean Circulation38▲ 6.8×3 topics
  31. Marine Ecosystems34▲ 15×2 topics
  32. Ecosystem Management33▲ 13×2 topics
  33. Fish Population Dynamics33▲ 18×1 topic
  34. Marine Fisheries33▲ 18×1 topic
  35. Habitat Selection32▲ 9.9×2 topics
  36. Benthic Communities32▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Marine Biodiversity32▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Ecosystem31▲ 6.6×4 topics
  39. Climate Change Impacts30▲ 5.9×7 topics
  40. Permafrost28▲ 15×2 topics

Which research topics does University of Tasmania publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Marine and fisheries research, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Polar Research and Ecology and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation.

Marine and fisheries res…33Marine and fisheries research: 33 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosyst…26Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 26 fractional worksPolar Research and Ecology: 24 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Con…24Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 24 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems: 23 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 20 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 18 fractional worksMarine Bivalve and Aquac…18Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies: 18 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 18 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 18 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeEcologyPsychiatry and Mental healthEcological Modeling2 others

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

  1. 1 Marine and fisheries researchGlobal and Planetary Change 33 works
  2. 2 Coral and Marine Ecosystems StudiesEcology 26 works
  3. 3 Polar Research and EcologyEcology 24 works
  4. 4 Wildlife Ecology and ConservationEcology 24 works
  5. 5 Fire effects on ecosystemsGlobal and Planetary Change 23 works
  6. 6 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchPsychiatry and Mental health 20 works
  7. 7 Species Distribution and Climate ChangeEcological Modeling 18 works
  8. 8 Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture StudiesGlobal and Planetary Change 18 works
  9. 9 Geology and Paleoclimatology ResearchAtmospheric Science 18 works
  10. 10 Geological and Geochemical AnalysisGeophysics 18 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 available62.9%not open37.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.5%domestic only77.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Tasmania's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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