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Victorian Clinical Genetics Services

In research, Victorian Clinical Genetics Services stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,617 of 16,688 worldwide), Medicine (#2,368 of 14,558 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,121 of 11,023 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology is 7.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,201
of 22,385 · #8,149 all time
Rank in Australia
#167
of 270
Research works
407
▲ 29% vs 2018-21
Citations
14k
34.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.10×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
46%
world 40%
International
28%
world 18%
Victorian Clinical Genetics Services

What is Victorian Clinical Genetics Services known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #2,617 of 16,688 15.5%199
MedicineField #2,368 of 14,558 15.6%188
Life SciencesDomain #2,121 of 11,023 13.5%186
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,531 of 5,801 13.6%159

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Victorian Clinical Genetics Services 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 fields of science does Victorian Clinical Genetics Services work in?

In 2022-now, 45% of research at Victorian Clinical Genetics Services is in Health Sciences, 45% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (43%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (39%), Psychology (4%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Health Sciences: 41 fractional works · 45.3% of its workMedicine: 39 fractional works · 43.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 8 fractional works · 9.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 40 fractional works · 44.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 35 fractional works · 39.3% of its workGenetics: 17 fractional works · 18.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 13.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 7.8% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKVictorianClinical Genetic…90fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences45%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences45%Social Sciences8%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3943.0%
    2. Health Professions22.0%
    3. Nursing00.3%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3539.3%
    2. Neuroscience33.1%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.7%
    1. Psychology33.8%
    2. Social Sciences22.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.2%
    4. Decision Sciences00.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    1. Engineering10.8%
    2. Environmental Science00.4%
    3. Chemistry00.3%
    4. Mathematics00.2%
    5. Energy00.2%
    6. Materials Science00.1%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Victorian Clinical Genetics Services specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology takes 7.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 35.3 works7.4×
← 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: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7.37× its world share, 35 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.94× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.05× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEnergy: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.74× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.24× its world share, 39 worksMedicineNursing: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.25× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 7.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7.37×35 works
  2. Medicine2.24×39 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.05×1 works
  4. Neuroscience1.94×3 works
  5. Psychology1.25×3 works
  6. Health Professions0.74×2 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology0.73×1 works
  8. Veterinary0.68×0 works
  9. Nursing0.60×0 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.57×0 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.55×1 works
  12. Energy0.22×0 works
  13. Chemistry0.20×0 works
  14. Mathematics0.18×0 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.17×1 works
  16. Social Sciences0.16×2 works
  17. Environmental Science0.08×0 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.07×0 works
  19. Engineering0.06×1 works
  20. Materials Science0.02×0 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Victorian Clinical Genetics Services?

Ranked on the quality score, Ivan Macciocca, Mark Domenic Pertile and Natalie B. Tan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Victorian Clinical Genetics Services.

  1. 1 Ivan Macciocca Australia · #550,966 worldwide 2.9k citations · 101 works
  2. 2 Mark Domenic Pertile Australia · #612,552 worldwide 2.6k citations · 91 works
  3. 3 Natalie B. Tan Australia · #633,931 worldwide 933 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Lyndon Gallacher Australia · #641,359 worldwide 1.2k citations · 35 works
  5. 5 Emma I. Krzesinski Australia · #931,522 worldwide 893 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 David I. Francis Australia · #1,047,221 worldwide 2.7k citations · 97 works
  7. 7 Melanie Jane Smith Australia · #1,624,956 worldwide 855 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Smitha Kumble Australia · #1,763,944 worldwide 642 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Nicola Jane Flowers Australia · #1,815,786 worldwide 418 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Heather Mitchell Australia · #2,368,712 worldwide 1.8k citations · 73 works
All ranked researchers at Victorian Clinical Genetics Services

What are the most cited papers from Victorian Clinical Genetics Services?

The most cited paper from Victorian Clinical Genetics Services is "Genome-wide association study identifies novel breast cancer susceptibility loci" (Douglas F. Easton et al., 2007), with 2,342 citations. Next come "Genetic heterogeneity in osteogenesis imperfecta." (2,261) and "A Mitochondrial Protein Compendium Elucidates Complex I Disease Biology" (2,040).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Genome-wide association study identifies novel breast cancer susceptibility loci Douglas F. Easton et al. · Nature Open access239 authors 27 May 2007 2,342
2 Genetic heterogeneity in osteogenesis imperfecta. David Owen Sillence, A Senn, D. M. Danks · Journal of Medical Genetics Open access Apr 1979 2,261
3 A Mitochondrial Protein Compendium Elucidates Complex I Disease Biology David J. Pagliarini, Sarah E. Calvo, Betty Y Chang et al. · Cell Open access Jul 2008 2,040
4 Mitochondrial diseases Gráinne S. Gorman, Patrick Francis Chinnery, Salvatore DiMauro et al. · Nature Reviews Disease Primers Review 20 Oct 2016 1,621
5 A recurrent mutation in the BMP type I receptor ACVR1 causes inherited and sporadic fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva Eileen Malko Shore, Meiqi Xu, George J. Feldman et al. · Nature Genetics 23 Apr 2006 1,243
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Victorian Clinical Genetics Services?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Genetic Variants, Clinical Genomics, Sequence Interpretation, Cell-Free DNA, Prenatal Diagnosis, Mitochondrial Dysfunction, Genetic Testing and Aneuploidy Screening.

▲ 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 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. Genetic Variants9▲ 56×5 topics
  2. Clinical Genomics7▲ 213×1 topic
  3. Sequence Interpretation7▲ 213×1 topic
  4. Epidemiology6▲ 1.69×41 topics
  5. Cell-Free DNA6▲ 65×2 topics
  6. Prenatal Diagnosis5▲ 42×5 topics
  7. Mitochondrial Dysfunction5▲ 17×8 topics
  8. Genetic Testing4▲ 44×3 topics
  9. Aneuploidy Screening4▲ 190×1 topic
  10. Maternal Plasma DNA Sequencing4▲ 190×1 topic
  11. Precision Medicine4▲ 9.8×4 topics
  12. Breast Cancer4▲ 18×3 topics
  13. Cancer Risk4▲ 21×3 topics
  14. BRCA14▲ 165×1 topic
  15. BRCA24▲ 165×1 topic
  16. Ovarian Cancer4▲ 49×2 topics
  17. Oxidative Stress4▲ 2.7×15 topics
  18. Metabolic Disorders4▲ 34×4 topics
  19. Newborn Screening4▲ 79×2 topics
  20. Tandem Mass Spectrometry4▲ 75×2 topics
  21. Genetic Mutations3▲ 8.7×17 topics
  22. Mitochondrial Function3▲ 40×3 topics
  23. Biochemical Genetics3▲ 111×1 topic
  24. Carnitine3▲ 111×1 topic
  25. Aging3▲ 6.5×6 topics
  26. Prevalence3▲ 8.6×10 topics
  27. Genetics3▲ 4.9×14 topics
  28. Cell Death3▲ 13×4 topics
  29. Metabolic Regulation3▲ 19×2 topics
  30. Mitochondria3▲ 22×2 topics
  31. Reactive Oxygen Species3▲ 7.3×4 topics
  32. Mitochondrial Fission3▲ 55×1 topic
  33. Mitochondrial Fusion3▲ 55×1 topic
  34. Neurodegenerative Diseases3▲ 18×2 topics
  35. Neurodevelopmental Disorders2▲ 21×3 topics
  36. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes2▲ 14×6 topics
  37. Copy Number Variation2▲ 147×1 topic
  38. Genomic Rearrangements2▲ 130×1 topic
  39. Neurobiology2▲ 8.5×5 topics
  40. Comorbidity2▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does Victorian Clinical Genetics Services publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Genomics and Rare Diseases, Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics, BRCA gene mutations in cancer and Metabolism and Genetic Disorders.

Genomics and Rare Diseases7Genomics and Rare Diseases: 7 fractional worksPrenatal Screening and Diagnostics: 4 fractional worksBRCA gene mutations in cancer: 4 fractional worksMetabolism and Genetic Disorders: 3 fractional worksMitochondrial Function and Pathology: 3 fractional worksGenomic variations and c…2Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities: 2 fractional worksCystic Fibrosis Research Advances: 2 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 1 fractional worksAttention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: 1 fractional worksGenetic Neurodegenerative Diseases: 1 fractional works
GeneticsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthClinical BiochemistryMolecular Biology4 others

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

  1. 1 Genomics and Rare Diseases Genetics 7 works
  2. 2 Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 4 works
  3. 3 BRCA gene mutations in cancer Genetics 4 works
  4. 4 Metabolism and Genetic Disorders Clinical Biochemistry 3 works
  5. 5 Mitochondrial Function and Pathology Molecular Biology 3 works
  6. 6 Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities Genetics 2 works
  7. 7 Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 1 works
  9. 9 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Psychiatry and Mental health 1 works
  10. 10 Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 1 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 available45.5%not open54.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.0%domestic only72.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Victorian Clinical Genetics Services's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 29% higher 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 Victorian Clinical Genetics Services as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00037% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Victorian Clinical Genetics Services0.00046% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Victorian Clinical Genetics Services over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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