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Victoria University

In research, Victoria University stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,003 of 10,521 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,485 of 11,982 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#962 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Applied Mathematics and Gender Studies — Orthopedics and Sports Medicine is 10.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,183
of 28,054 · #1,796 all time
Rank in Australia
#44
of 391
Research works
12k
▲ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
308k
25.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
31.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is Victoria University 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 #1,003 of 10,521 33.3%651 #738
Health SciencesDomain #1,485 of 11,982 32.1%366 #1010
Social SciencesField #962 of 6,365 32.3%336 #688
MedicineField #1,729 of 10,443 31.0%278 #1450
Physical SciencesDomain #2,544 of 12,888 29.2%570 #2059
EngineeringField #1,714 of 6,636 29.7%199 #1011
Business, Management and AccountingField #671 of 2,578 29.1%70 #363
EducationSubfield #537 of 1,892 35.1%90 #427
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #769 of 2,578 35.8%114 #475
Computer ScienceField #1,617 of 4,667 37.6%137 #1116

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Victoria University 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#738 #1,003
  2. Health Sciences#1,010 #1,485
  3. Social Sciences#688 #962
  4. Medicine#1,450 #1,729
  5. Physical Sciences#2,059 #2,544
  6. Engineering#1,011 #1,714
  7. Business, Management and Accounting#363 #671
  8. Education#427 #537
  9. Sociology and Political Science#475 #769
  10. Computer Science#1,116 #1,617
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 Victoria University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Orthopedics and Sports Medicine takes 10.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield · 46.5 works11×
  2. Applied MathematicsSubfield · 35.4 works7.2×
  3. Gender StudiesSubfield · 26.4 works4.3×
  4. Developmental and Educational PsychologySubfield · 30.3 works3.9×
← 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: 0.41× its world share, 33 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.53× its world share, 49 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.45× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.27× its world share, 35 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.43× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.26× its world share, 7 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.03× its world share, 137 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.72× its world share, 11 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.78× its world share, 199 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.32× its world share, 112 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.42× its world share, 25 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.92× its world share, 59 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.23× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.70× its world share, 77 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.84× its world share, 278 worksMedicineNursing: 0.88× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.55× its world share, 27 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.27× its world share, 70 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.39× its world share, 23 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.47× its world share, 54 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.70× its world share, 141 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.55× its world share, 336 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Victoria University?

Ranked on the composite score, Keith Thomas, Peter Sheehan and Beverley Jackling lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Victoria University.

  1. 1 Keith Thomas Australia · #25,841 worldwide 356 citations · 41 works
  2. 2 Peter Sheehan Australia · #42,910 worldwide 309 citations · 67 works
  3. 3 Beverley Jackling Australia · #108,726 worldwide 247 citations · 31 works
  4. 4 Stephen W. Bigger Australia · #121,557 worldwide 251 citations · 36 works
  5. 5 Qing Quan Liang Australia · #123,102 worldwide 310 citations · 41 works
  6. 6 Michael J. McKenna Australia · #141,121 worldwide 227 citations · 53 works
  7. 7 Gary Fryer Australia · #144,145 worldwide 153 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Siuly Siuly Australia · #159,476 worldwide 207 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Phillip Deery Australia · #161,349 worldwide 34 citations · 36 works
  10. 10 John D. Orbell Australia · #173,673 worldwide 233 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Victoria University

Which keywords describe research at Victoria University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, High-Intensity Interval Training, Physical Activity, Resistance Training, Epidemiology, Motor Imagery, Public Health and Physiological Demands.

▲ 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. Epidemiology76◆ 1.12×91 topics
  2. Mental Health66▲ 2.6×37 topics
  3. Deep Learning61◆ 1.04×67 topics
  4. Machine Learning55◆ 0.99×61 topics
  5. Climate Change50◆ 1.08×67 topics
  6. Public Health49▲ 1.97×36 topics
  7. Globalization46▲ 1.37×50 topics
  8. Sustainability46◆ 1.10×55 topics
  9. Physical Activity42▲ 5.0×12 topics
  10. Social Media40▲ 1.62×20 topics
  11. Risk Factors36▲ 1.91×30 topics
  12. High-Intensity Interval Training35▲ 19×2 topics
  13. Higher Education34▲ 3.7×14 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease32▲ 1.65×31 topics
  15. Resistance Training31▲ 19×2 topics
  16. Qualitative Research30▲ 2.0×14 topics
  17. Well-being28▲ 4.2×12 topics
  18. Performance Analysis25▲ 6.8×2 topics
  19. Motor Imagery25▲ 12×2 topics
  20. Gender25▲ 2.7×19 topics
  21. Physiological Demands24▲ 22×1 topic
  22. Training Load24▲ 22×1 topic
  23. Injury Prevention24▲ 12×4 topics
  24. Exercise23▲ 11×3 topics
  25. Prevention23▲ 3.2×12 topics
  26. Prevalence22▲ 3.1×12 topics
  27. Neoliberalism21▲ 3.5×14 topics
  28. Athletic Training20▲ 12×3 topics
  29. Muscle Injuries18▲ 16×1 topic
  30. Sports Injury18▲ 16×1 topic
  31. Sport Psychology18▲ 11×2 topics
  32. Lifelong Learning17▲ 5.0×8 topics
  33. Athlete Development17▲ 41×1 topic
  34. Expert Performance17▲ 41×1 topic
  35. Geometric Means17▲ 131×1 topic
  36. Matrix Inequalities17▲ 131×1 topic
  37. Community Development16▲ 5.2×5 topics
  38. Student Perceptions16▲ 5.2×6 topics
  39. Thermal Comfort14▲ 6.4×2 topics
  40. Urban Regeneration13▲ 15×3 topics

Which research topics does Victoria University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sports Performance and Training, Sports injuries and prevention, Sport Psychology and Performance and Mathematical Inequalities and Applications.

Sports Performance and T…24Sports Performance and Training: 24 fractional worksSports injuries and prev…18Sports injuries and prevention: 18 fractional worksSport Psychology and Per…17Sport Psychology and Performance: 17 fractional worksMathematical Inequalitie…17Mathematical Inequalities and Applications: 17 fractional worksPhysical Activity and Health: 13 fractional worksSport and Mega-Event Impacts: 12 fractional worksCardiovascular and exerc…10Cardiovascular and exercise physiology: 10 fractional worksSports, Gender, and Society: 10 fractional worksHigher Education Learning Practices: 10 fractional worksUrban Heat Island Mitigation: 9 fractional works
Orthopedics and Sports MedicineDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyApplied MathematicsPhysiology5 others

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

  1. 1 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 24 works
  2. 2 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 18 works
  3. 3 Sport Psychology and Performance Developmental and Educational Psychology 17 works
  4. 4 Mathematical Inequalities and Applications Applied Mathematics 17 works
  5. 5 Physical Activity and Health Physiology 13 works
  6. 6 Sport and Mega-Event Impacts Sociology and Political Science 12 works
  7. 7 Cardiovascular and exercise physiology Complementary and alternative medicine 10 works
  8. 8 Sports, Gender, and Society Gender Studies 10 works
  9. 9 Higher Education Learning Practices Education 10 works
  10. 10 Urban Heat Island Mitigation Environmental Engineering 9 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 available37.3%not open62.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.5%domestic only71.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Victoria University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% higher 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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