Victoria University
In research, Victoria University stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,026 of 9,902 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,018 of 9,585 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#1,436 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Applied Mathematics and Gender Studies (Orthopedics and Sports Medicine is 10.4× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #952 of 22,385 · #1,096 all time
- Rank in Australia
- #33 of 270
- Research works
- 12k ▼ 27% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 308k 25.3 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 18.1% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 1.59× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 37% world 40%
- International
- 28% world 18%
What is Victoria University known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health SciencesDomain | #1,026 of 9,902 | 19.4% | 366 | #1340 | |
| Social SciencesDomain | #1,018 of 9,585 | 16.7% | 651 | #901 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #1,436 of 10,670 | 19.3% | 570 | #1642 | |
| MedicineField | #1,156 of 8,541 | 19.3% | 278 | #1517 | |
| Social SciencesField | #1,092 of 5,988 | 15.4% | 336 | #860 | |
| Life SciencesDomain | #1,509 of 6,403 | 16.4% | 127 | #1584 | |
| EngineeringField | #1,409 of 5,901 | 21.5% | 199 | #1076 | |
| Computer ScienceField | #1,115 of 4,417 | 20.7% | 137 | #971 | |
| PsychologyField | #595 of 2,121 | 21.1% | 141 | #814 | |
| Health ProfessionsField | #617 of 1,895 | 19.0% | 77 | #782 |
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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).
Which of those standings moved
The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.
- Health Sciences#1,340 #1,026
- Social Sciences#901 #1,018
- Physical Sciences#1,642 #1,436
- Medicine#1,517 #1,156
- Social Sciences#860 #1,092
- Life Sciences#1,584 #1,509
- Engineering#1,076 #1,409
- Computer Science#971 #1,115
- Psychology#814 #595
- Health Professions#782 #617
A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.
Which fields of science does Victoria University work in?
In 2022-now, 37% of research at Victoria University is in Social Sciences, 34% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (19%), Medicine (17%), Engineering (12%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.
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 26 fields, with their numbers
- Social Sciences70237.2%
- Social Sciences36519.3%
- Psychology1518.0%
- Business, Management and Accounting754.0%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance563.0%
- Arts and Humanities291.5%
- Decision Sciences271.4%
- Physical Sciences63933.8%
- Engineering22311.8%
- Computer Science1528.1%
- Environmental Science1246.6%
- Mathematics673.6%
- Materials Science311.6%
- Energy130.7%
- Physics and Astronomy90.5%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences90.5%
- Chemistry80.4%
- Chemical Engineering30.2%
- Health Sciences40621.5%
- Medicine31216.5%
- Health Professions814.3%
- Nursing80.4%
- Dentistry30.2%
- Veterinary30.1%
- Life Sciences1427.5%
What does Victoria University specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Orthopedics and Sports Medicine takes 10.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield · 50.6 works10×
- Applied MathematicsSubfield · 40.3 works7.4×
- Gender StudiesSubfield · 27.9 works4.1×
- Developmental and Educational PsychologySubfield · 31.6 works3.7×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Mathematics3.02×67 works
- Psychology2.62×151 works
- Health Professions1.63×81 works
- Social Sciences1.53×365 works
- Decision Sciences1.47×27 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.39×56 works
- Environmental Science1.32×124 works
- Neuroscience1.28×39 works
- Business, Management and Accounting1.23×75 works
- Computer Science1.04×152 works
- Veterinary1.00×3 works
- Medicine0.86×312 works
- Nursing0.82×8 works
- Engineering0.79×223 works
- Energy0.75×13 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.55×55 works
- Arts and Humanities0.53×29 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.47×9 works
- Chemical Engineering0.47×3 works
- Materials Science0.47×31 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.40×36 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.32×2 works
- Dentistry0.32×3 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.30×9 works
- Chemistry0.27×8 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.23×10 works
- Mathematics 3.0×
- Psychology 2.6×
- Health Professions 1.6×
- Social Sciences 1.5×
- Decision Sciences 1.5×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1.4×
- Environmental Science 1.3×
- Neuroscience 1.3×
- Business, Management and Accounting 1.2×
- Computer Science 1.0×
- Veterinary 1.0×
- Medicine 0.9×
- Nursing 0.8×
- Engineering 0.8×
- Energy 0.8×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.6×
- Arts and Humanities 0.5×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.5×
- Chemical Engineering 0.5×
- Materials Science 0.5×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.4×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.3×
- Dentistry 0.3×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.3×
- Chemistry 0.3×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.2×
Who are the top researchers at Victoria University?
Ranked on the quality score, David John Bishop, Malindu Sasanka Sandanayake and Stephen R Gray lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Victoria University.
- 1
David John Bishop
Australia · #61,740 worldwide 32k citations · 729 works
- 2
Malindu Sasanka Sandanayake
Australia · #95,409 worldwide 3.6k citations · 97 works
- 3
Stephen R Gray
Australia · #120,184 worldwide 16k citations · 336 works
- 4
Nir Eynon
Australia · #124,943 worldwide 6.6k citations · 208 works
- 5
Željko Pedišić
Australia · #169,062 worldwide 10k citations · 212 works
- 6
Nigel K. Stepto
Australia · #180,534 worldwide 11k citations · 167 works
- 7
Danielle Hiam
Australia · #184,953 worldwide 1.9k citations · 95 works
- 8
Mikel Duke
Australia · #199,573 worldwide 13k citations · 281 works
- 9
Cesare Granata
Australia · #205,489 worldwide 2.9k citations · 67 works
- 10
Sitong Chen
Australia · #207,485 worldwide 4.7k citations · 289 works
Which keywords describe research at Victoria University?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, High-Intensity Interval Training, Physical Activity, Resistance Training, Epidemiology, Motor Imagery, Injury Prevention and Physiological Demands.
- Sedentary Behavior
- Student Perceptions
- Athlete Development
- Matrix Inequalities
- Lifelong Learning
- Muscle Injuries
- Adolescents
- Prevalence
- Prevention
- Training Load
- Injury Prevention
- Performance Analysis
- Qualitative Research
- Cardiovascular Disease
- High-Intensity Interval Training
- Social Media
- Sustainability
- Public Health
- Machine Learning
- Mental Health
- Epidemiology
- Deep Learning
- Climate Change
- Globalization
- Physical Activity
- Risk Factors
- Higher Education
- Resistance Training
- Well-being
- Motor Imagery
- Physiological Demands
- Gender
- Exercise
- Neoliberalism
- Athletic Training
- Sports Injury
- Geometric Means
- Sport Psychology
- Expert Performance
- Intervention Strategies
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 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.
All 40 words, with their numbers
- Epidemiology85◆ 1.13×98 topics
- Mental Health70▲ 2.6×37 topics
- Deep Learning68◆ 1.05×71 topics
- Machine Learning62◆ 0.98×66 topics
- Climate Change54◆ 1.05×72 topics
- Public Health53▲ 1.91×37 topics
- Globalization52▲ 1.40×54 topics
- Sustainability51◆ 1.10×58 topics
- Physical Activity46▲ 5.0×12 topics
- Social Media43▲ 1.64×21 topics
- Risk Factors39▲ 1.87×30 topics
- High-Intensity Interval Training39▲ 19×2 topics
- Higher Education36▲ 3.6×15 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease34▲ 1.59×32 topics
- Resistance Training33▲ 19×2 topics
- Qualitative Research32▲ 2.0×14 topics
- Well-being29▲ 3.9×12 topics
- Performance Analysis27▲ 7.0×2 topics
- Motor Imagery27▲ 11×2 topics
- Injury Prevention26▲ 11×4 topics
- Physiological Demands26▲ 22×1 topic
- Training Load26▲ 22×1 topic
- Gender26▲ 2.5×21 topics
- Prevention25▲ 3.2×12 topics
- Exercise25▲ 11×3 topics
- Prevalence24▲ 3.1×12 topics
- Neoliberalism24▲ 3.5×14 topics
- Adolescents22▲ 3.1×9 topics
- Athletic Training22▲ 12×3 topics
- Muscle Injuries20▲ 17×1 topic
- Sports Injury20▲ 17×1 topic
- Lifelong Learning19▲ 5.0×8 topics
- Geometric Means19▲ 134×1 topic
- Matrix Inequalities19▲ 134×1 topic
- Sport Psychology18▲ 10×2 topics
- Athlete Development18▲ 33×1 topic
- Expert Performance18▲ 33×1 topic
- Student Perceptions18▲ 5.2×6 topics
- Intervention Strategies14▲ 17×1 topic
- Sedentary Behavior14▲ 17×1 topic
Which research topics does Victoria University publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Sports Performance and Training, Sports injuries and prevention, Mathematical Inequalities and Applications and Sport Psychology and Performance.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 26 works
- 2 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 20 works
- 3 Mathematical Inequalities and Applications Applied Mathematics 19 works
- 4 Sport Psychology and Performance Developmental and Educational Psychology 18 works
- 5 Physical Activity and Health Physiology 14 works
- 6 Sport and Mega-Event Impacts Sociology and Political Science 12 works
- 7 Cardiovascular and exercise physiology Complementary and alternative medicine 12 works
- 8 Sports, Gender, and Society Gender Studies 10 works
- 9 Higher Education Learning Practices Education 10 works
- 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Victoria University's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 27% lower than in 2018-2021.
The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Its share of all research
Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Victoria University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0083% in 2024.
Fractional works of Victoria University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.
How much of it reaches the world top 10%
Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.7% in 2025.
Other research institutions in Melbourne
- The University of Melbourne
- Monash University
- La Trobe University
- RMIT University
- Swinburne University of Technology
- Melbourne Health
- Royal Children's Hospital
- Monash Health
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