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Victoria Police

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World rank, all time
#20,782
of 34,923
Rank in Australia
#326
of 476
Research works
220
▼ 26% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.1k
23.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.07×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
30%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Victoria Police

Which fields of science does Victoria Police work in?

In 2022-now, 34% of research at Victoria Police is in Life Sciences, 30% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (28%), Social Sciences (14%), Environmental Science (13%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 10 fractional works · 33.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 28.3% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 15.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 11.5% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 30.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 13.7% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 6.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 8.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 4.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 5.6% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 8 fractional works · 25.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 12.9% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 8.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 6.8% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 11.1% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 8.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKVictoria Police31fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences34%Physical Sciences25%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences30%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology928.3%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics12.1%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences01.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.8%
    5. Neuroscience00.8%
    1. Social Sciences413.7%
    2. Psychology38.6%
    3. Arts and Humanities25.6%
    4. Decision Sciences12.2%
    1. Environmental Science412.9%
    2. Computer Science26.8%
    3. Chemistry12.2%
    4. Engineering11.8%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences01.0%
    6. Materials Science00.4%
    1. Medicine38.2%
    2. Health Professions12.9%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5.32× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6.01× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.39× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.87× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.60× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 1.09× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.96× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 2.29× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 2.82× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.09× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 6.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics6.01×1 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.32×9 works
  3. Psychology2.82×3 works
  4. Environmental Science2.60×4 works
  5. Decision Sciences2.29×1 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.96×2 works
  7. Chemistry1.39×1 works
  8. Health Professions1.09×1 works
  9. Social Sciences1.09×4 works
  10. Computer Science0.87×2 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.85×0 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.64×0 works
  13. Neuroscience0.50×0 works
  14. Medicine0.43×2 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.31×0 works
  16. Engineering0.12×1 works
  17. Materials Science0.10×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Victoria Police?

Ranked on the quality score, Kaye N. Ballantyne, Mariya Goray and Roland A.H. van Oorschot lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Victoria Police.

  1. 1 Kaye N. Ballantyne Australia · #433,997 worldwide 3.9k citations · 71 works
  2. 2 Mariya Goray Australia · #717,713 worldwide 1.6k citations · 62 works
  3. 3 Roland A.H. van Oorschot Australia · #1,049,338 worldwide 7k citations · 210 works
  4. 4 Bryan J. Found Australia · #1,086,357 worldwide 1.3k citations · 59 works
  5. 5 Runa Daniel Australia · #1,341,660 worldwide 1.1k citations · 45 works
  6. 6 Martin Boorman Australia · #2,512,720 worldwide 677 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 K.N. Ballantyne Australia · #3,488,553 worldwide 303 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Gemma Carter Australia · #3,584,203 worldwide 251 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Jane Moira Taupin Australia · #3,608,368 worldwide 240 citations · 41 works
  10. 10 Jane Hendtlass Australia · #3,710,716 worldwide 129 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Victoria Police

What are the most cited papers from Victoria Police?

The most cited paper from Victoria Police is "DNA fingerprints from fingerprints" (Roland A.H. van Oorschot, Maxwell K. Jones, 1997), with 473 citations. Next come "The impact of stalkers on their victims" (471) and "Forensic trace DNA: a review" (394).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 DNA fingerprints from fingerprints Roland A.H. van Oorschot, Maxwell K. Jones · Nature 19 Jun 1997 473
2 The impact of stalkers on their victims Michele T. Pathé, Paul Edward Mullen · The British Journal of Psychiatry 1997 471
3 Forensic trace DNA: a review Roland AH van Oorschot, Kaye N. Ballantyne, R. John Mitchell · Investigative Genetics Open access 2010 394
4 DNA transfer in forensic science: A review Roland A.H. van Oorschot, Bianca Szkuta, Georgina E. Meakin et al. · Forensic Science International Genetics Open access 25 Oct 2018 320
5 The effects of cannabis and alcohol on simulated driving: Influences of dose and experience Luke A. Downey, Rebecca S. King, Katherine Papafotiou et al. · Accident Analysis & Prevention 4 Aug 2012 250
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Victoria Police?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Genomic Analysis, Ancient DNA, Population History, DNA Barcoding, Mass Spectrometry, Data Analysis, Chemical Imaging and Environmental DNA.

▲ 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-now 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 18 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Genomic Analysis5▲ 64×3 topics
  2. Ancient DNA4▲ 251×1 topic
  3. Population History4▲ 923×1 topic
  4. DNA Barcoding3▲ 52×2 topics
  5. Mass Spectrometry2▲ 51×4 topics
  6. Data Analysis2▲ 26×3 topics
  7. Chemical Imaging2▲ 164×2 topics
  8. Nanoparticles2▲ 5.2×2 topics
  9. Environmental DNA2▲ 327×1 topic
  10. Fingermark Residue2▲ 902×1 topic
  11. Fluorescent Materials2▲ 91×1 topic
  12. Metabarcoding2▲ 327×1 topic
  13. Nanotechnology2▲ 35×2 topics
  14. Gene Expression2▲ 9.4×3 topics
  15. Normalization2▲ 116×2 topics
  16. Quantitative2▲ 60×1 topic
  17. Real-Time PCR2▲ 207×1 topic
  18. Mental Health1▲ 3.2×7 topics

Which research topics does Victoria Police publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Forensic and Genetic Research, Forensic Fingerprint Detection Methods, Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies and Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications.

Forensic and Genetic Res…4Forensic and Genetic Research: 4 fractional worksForensic Fingerprint Det…2Forensic Fingerprint Detection Methods: 2 fractional worksEnvironmental DNA in Bio…2Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies: 2 fractional worksMolecular Biology Techniques and Applications: 2 fractional worksForensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies: 1 fractional worksHuman-Animal Interaction…1Human-Animal Interaction Studies: 1 fractional worksIdentification and Quantification in Food: 1 fractional worksEthics in Clinical Research: 1 fractional worksDigital and Cyber Forensics: 1 fractional worksForensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis: 0 fractional works
GeneticsSafety ResearchEcologyMolecular Biology4 others

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

  1. 1 Forensic and Genetic Research Genetics 4 works
  2. 2 Forensic Fingerprint Detection Methods Safety Research 2 works
  3. 3 Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies Ecology 2 works
  4. 4 Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications Molecular Biology 2 works
  5. 5 Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies Archeology 1 works
  6. 6 Human-Animal Interaction Studies Genetics 1 works
  7. 7 Identification and Quantification in Food Molecular Biology 1 works
  8. 8 Ethics in Clinical Research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  9. 9 Digital and Cyber Forensics Information Systems 1 works
  10. 10 Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis Toxicology 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 available29.8%not open70.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.2%domestic only85.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Victoria Police's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 26% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Victoria Police as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00022% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Victoria Police0.000092% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Victoria Police over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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