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Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory

In research, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory stands highest in Epidemiology (#476 of 2,519 worldwide), Medicine (#4,208 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,695 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,043
of 28,054 · #9,677 all time
Rank in Australia
#223
of 391
Research works
743
▼ 29% vs 2013–17
Citations
29k
38.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

What is Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory 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
EpidemiologySubfield #476 of 2,519 32.4%239
MedicineField #4,208 of 17,978 27.6%554
Health SciencesDomain #5,695 of 20,462 27.7%572
Life SciencesDomain #5,048 of 14,347 26.7%130
Infectious DiseasesSubfield #699 of 1,021 23.7%123

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory 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).

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: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.43× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 10.25× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksChemistryEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.40× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.67× its world share, 43 worksMedicineNursing: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.06× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 10.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory?

Ranked on the composite score, Ian Barr, Stephen Locarnini and Peter Revill lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory.

  1. 1 Ian Barr Australia · #48,288 worldwide 365 citations · 56 works
  2. 2 Stephen Locarnini Australia · #68,444 worldwide 240 citations · 35 works
  3. 3 Peter Revill Australia · #244,638 worldwide 59 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Jason Roberts Australia · #367,573 worldwide 78 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Janet Fyfe Australia · #375,015 worldwide 116 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Alan Hampson Australia · #441,658 worldwide 82 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Kylie Carville Australia · #502,830 worldwide 58 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Scott Bowden Australia · #761,805 worldwide 26 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Bruce Thorley Australia · #779,103 worldwide 68 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Heath Kelly Australia · #780,669 worldwide 33 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory

Which keywords describe research at Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine, Pathogenesis, Immune Response, SARS-CoV-2, Pandemic, ACE2 Receptor and Vaccine Development.

▲ 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. Epidemiology25▲ 10×50 topics
  2. Vaccine10▲ 38×10 topics
  3. Pathogenesis9▲ 30×13 topics
  4. Immune Response8▲ 25×12 topics
  5. SARS-CoV-28▲ 41×6 topics
  6. Pandemic8▲ 12×5 topics
  7. ACE2 Receptor5▲ 36×2 topics
  8. Vaccine Development4▲ 29×7 topics
  9. Viral Transmission4▲ 44×3 topics
  10. COVID-194▲ 4.5×7 topics
  11. Antiviral Therapy4▲ 61×3 topics
  12. Treatment4▲ 5.0×11 topics
  13. Coronavirus4▲ 28×2 topics
  14. Immunity4▲ 15×3 topics
  15. Liver Disease4▲ 63×3 topics
  16. antibody3▲ 51×1 topic
  17. spike protein3▲ 51×1 topic
  18. Diagnosis3▲ 5.6×15 topics
  19. Disease Burden3▲ 71×2 topics
  20. Host Immune Response3▲ 82×2 topics
  21. Infection3▲ 20×4 topics
  22. Virus3▲ 54×3 topics
  23. Human Metapneumovirus3▲ 108×1 topic
  24. Respiratory Syncytial Virus3▲ 108×1 topic
  25. Viral Infections3▲ 88×2 topics
  26. Viral Load3▲ 60×2 topics
  27. Antibodies3▲ 81×2 topics
  28. Biosensors3▲ 8.7×3 topics
  29. Genetic Diversity3▲ 9.9×3 topics
  30. Hepatocellular Carcinoma3▲ 21×2 topics
  31. Genomics3▲ 15×2 topics
  32. Influenza3▲ 101×2 topics
  33. Respiratory3▲ 44×2 topics
  34. Vaccines3▲ 76×2 topics
  35. H1N12▲ 135×1 topic
  36. Norovirus2▲ 92×1 topic
  37. Rotavirus2▲ 92×1 topic
  38. Diagnostics2▲ 47×1 topic
  39. Global Burden2▲ 7.4×5 topics
  40. wastewater surveillance2▲ 127×1 topic

Which research topics does Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Respiratory viral infections research, Influenza Virus Research Studies and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology.

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …3SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 3 fractional worksRespiratory viral infect…3Respiratory viral infections research: 3 fractional worksInfluenza Virus Research…2Influenza Virus Research Studies: 2 fractional worksViral gastroenteritis re…2Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology: 2 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 detection and testing: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 2 fractional worksHepatitis B Virus Studies2Hepatitis B Virus Studies: 2 fractional worksViral Infections and Vec…2Viral Infections and Vectors: 2 fractional worksViral Infections and Imm…2Viral Infections and Immunology Research: 2 fractional worksHepatitis C virus research2Hepatitis C virus research: 2 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesEpidemiologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineHepatology

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

  1. 1 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 3 works
  2. 2 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 3 works
  3. 3 Influenza Virus Research Studies Epidemiology 2 works
  4. 4 Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology Infectious Diseases 2 works
  5. 5 SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing Infectious Diseases 2 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 2 works
  7. 7 Hepatitis B Virus Studies Epidemiology 2 works
  8. 8 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 2 works
  9. 9 Viral Infections and Immunology Research Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Hepatitis C virus research Hepatology 2 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 available51.3%not open48.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.2%domestic only76.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% 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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