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Victoria Police

police.vic.gov.auROR OpenAlex
World rank, all time
#27,476
of 42,892
Rank in Australia
#494
of 656
Research works
220
▼ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.1k
23.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
39.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
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: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.81× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.00× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6.45× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.63× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.84× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.06× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 1.28× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 2.10× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 1.99× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 2.80× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.08× 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, 6.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Victoria Police?

Ranked on the composite score, Roland A.H. van Oorschot and Robert Hayes lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Victoria Police.

  1. 1 Roland A.H. van Oorschot Australia · #982,281 worldwide 49 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Robert Hayes Australia · #1,166,276 worldwide 12 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Victoria Police

Which keywords describe research at Victoria Police?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Genomic Analysis, Ancient DNA, Population History, DNA Barcoding, Mass Spectrometry, Environmental DNA, Metabarcoding and Chemical Imaging.

▲ 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 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 Analysis4▲ 63×3 topics
  2. Ancient DNA3▲ 251×1 topic
  3. Population History3▲ 963×1 topic
  4. DNA Barcoding2▲ 58×2 topics
  5. Mass Spectrometry2▲ 50×4 topics
  6. Environmental DNA2▲ 402×1 topic
  7. Metabarcoding2▲ 402×1 topic
  8. Chemical Imaging2▲ 156×2 topics
  9. Data Analysis2▲ 23×3 topics
  10. Nanoparticles2▲ 5.0×2 topics
  11. Nanotechnology2▲ 34×2 topics
  12. Fingermark Residue2▲ 926×1 topic
  13. Fluorescent Materials2▲ 85×1 topic
  14. Gene Expression1▲ 8.5×3 topics
  15. Mental Health1▲ 3.4×6 topics
  16. Normalization1▲ 98×2 topics
  17. Quantitative1▲ 50×1 topic
  18. Real-Time PCR1▲ 167×1 topic

Which research topics does Victoria Police publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Forensic and Genetic Research, Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies, Forensic Fingerprint Detection Methods and Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications.

Forensic and Genetic Res…3Forensic and Genetic Research: 3 fractional worksEnvironmental DNA in Bio…2Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies: 2 fractional worksForensic Fingerprint Det…2Forensic Fingerprint Detection Methods: 2 fractional worksMolecular Biology Techni…1Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications: 1 fractional worksForensic Anthropology an…1Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies: 1 fractional worksEthics in Clinical Resea…1Ethics in Clinical Research: 1 fractional worksDigital and Cyber Forensics: 1 fractional worksHuman-Animal Interaction Studies: 0 fractional worksForensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis: 0 fractional worksIdentification and Quantification in Food: 0 fractional works
GeneticsEcologySafety ResearchMolecular Biology4 others

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

  1. 1 Forensic and Genetic Research Genetics 3 works
  2. 2 Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies Ecology 2 works
  3. 3 Forensic Fingerprint Detection Methods Safety Research 2 works
  4. 4 Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications Molecular Biology 1 works
  5. 5 Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies Archeology 1 works
  6. 6 Ethics in Clinical Research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  7. 7 Digital and Cyber Forensics Information Systems 1 works
  8. 8 Human-Animal Interaction Studies Genetics 0 works
  9. 9 Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis Toxicology 0 works
  10. 10 Identification and Quantification in Food Molecular Biology 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Victoria Police's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% 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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