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Waitemata District Health Board

In research, Waitemata District Health Board stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,960 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,244 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#19,081
of 22,385 · #18,605 all time
Rank in New Zealand
#48
of 61
Research works
517
▼ 30% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.5k
14.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
44%
world 40%
International
21%
world 18%
Waitemata District Health Board

What is Waitemata District Health Board known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #5,960 of 9,902 9.7%89 #6103
MedicineField #5,244 of 8,541 9.2%78 #5621

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Waitemata District Health Board 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 Waitemata District Health Board work in?

In 2022-now, 81% of research at Waitemata District Health Board is in Health Sciences, 11% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (70%), Health Professions (9%), Social Sciences (4%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 99 fractional works · 80.5% of its workMedicine: 87 fractional works · 70.5% of its workSurgery: 16 fractional works · 12.8% of its workOncology: 8 fractional works · 6.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 7 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 4.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 5 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGastroenterology: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 11 fractional works · 9.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 11.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.0% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 3.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 6.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKWaitemataDistrict Health…123fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences81%Social Sciences11%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine8770.5%
    2. Health Professions119.3%
    3. Nursing10.8%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Social Sciences54.0%
    2. Psychology53.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting32.1%
    4. Arts and Humanities10.9%
    5. Decision Sciences00.4%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology43.0%
    2. Neuroscience21.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology11.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    1. Engineering10.9%
    2. Computer Science10.8%
    3. Environmental Science00.1%
    4. Mathematics00.0%
    5. Chemistry00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.57× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.19× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.03× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.52× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.66× its world share, 87 worksMedicineNursing: 1.61× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.66× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.22× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.66×87 works
  2. Health Professions3.52×11 works
  3. Nursing1.61×1 works
  4. Psychology1.22×5 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.19×2 works
  6. Neuroscience1.03×2 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting0.66×3 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.59×0 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.57×4 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.38×0 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.33×1 works
  12. Social Sciences0.31×5 works
  13. Computer Science0.10×1 works
  14. Engineering0.06×1 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.04×0 works
  16. Dentistry0.04×0 works
  17. Environmental Science0.03×0 works
  18. Mathematics0.03×0 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.03×0 works
  20. Chemistry0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Waitemata District Health Board?

Ranked on the quality score, Richard G. Cutfield, Karen Bartholomew and Tony Scott lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Waitemata District Health Board.

  1. 1 Richard G. Cutfield New Zealand · #764,843 worldwide 5.6k citations · 69 works
  2. 2 Karen Bartholomew New Zealand · #1,581,609 worldwide 1.9k citations · 72 works
  3. 3 Tony Scott New Zealand · #1,606,695 worldwide 525 citations · 58 works
  4. 4 Marius van Rijnsoever New Zealand · #2,180,308 worldwide 773 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Helen Wihongi New Zealand · #2,346,270 worldwide 258 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Delwyn Armstrong New Zealand · #2,462,670 worldwide 255 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Merit Hanna New Zealand · #2,632,446 worldwide 177 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Richard Martin New Zealand · #2,876,185 worldwide 589 citations · 60 works
  9. 9 Peter Sandiford New Zealand · #2,906,827 worldwide 2.2k citations · 150 works
  10. 10 Russell Walmsley New Zealand · #3,194,531 worldwide 322 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Waitemata District Health Board

What are the most cited papers from Waitemata District Health Board?

The most cited paper from Waitemata District Health Board is "Predictors of persistent pain after total knee arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis" (Gwyn Nancy Lewis, David Andrew Rice, Peter John McNair et al., 2014), with 596 citations. Next come "Central sensitisation in chronic pain conditions: latest discoveries and their potential for precision medicine" (525) and "Exercise-Induced Hypoalgesia in Pain-Free and Chronic Pain Populations: State of the Art and Future Directions" (496).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Predictors of persistent pain after total knee arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis Gwyn Nancy Lewis, David Andrew Rice, Peter John McNair et al. · British Journal of Anaesthesia ReviewOpen access 26 Dec 2014 596
2 Central sensitisation in chronic pain conditions: latest discoveries and their potential for precision medicine Jo Nijs, Steven Z. George, Daniel Joseph Clauw et al. · The Lancet Rheumatology Open access 30 Mar 2021 525
3 Exercise-Induced Hypoalgesia in Pain-Free and Chronic Pain Populations: State of the Art and Future Directions David Andrew Rice, Jo Nijs, Eva Kosek et al. · Journal of Pain Open access 21 Mar 2019 496
4 Horizontal violence: experiences of Registered Nurses in their first year of practice Brian G. McKenna, Naumai A. Smith, Suzette Janet Poole et al. · Journal of Advanced Nursing 18 Mar 2003 461
5 The incidence of delirium associated with orthopedic surgery: a meta-analytic review Angela J. Bruce, Craig Ritchie, Robert Blizard et al. · International Psychogeriatrics Open access 14 Sep 2006 348
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Waitemata District Health Board?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Guidelines, Mortality, Primary Care, Inflammation and Quality of Life.

▲ 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. Epidemiology14▲ 2.7×54 topics
  2. Risk Factors8▲ 5.5×14 topics
  3. Inflammation7▲ 2.7×26 topics
  4. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 9.2×11 topics
  5. Quality of Life6▲ 3.3×22 topics
  6. Guidelines5▲ 8.9×11 topics
  7. Mortality5▲ 6.9×10 topics
  8. Obesity5▲ 4.9×12 topics
  9. Primary Care4▲ 9.5×10 topics
  10. Complications4▲ 6.3×11 topics
  11. Clinical Trials4▲ 4.6×11 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Risk4▲ 9.7×7 topics
  13. Chemotherapy4▲ 4.2×15 topics
  14. Treatment4▲ 2.5×17 topics
  15. Diabetes4▲ 5.6×7 topics
  16. Diagnosis4▲ 3.0×18 topics
  17. Health Disparities4▲ 11×5 topics
  18. Healthcare Quality3▲ 28×4 topics
  19. Survival Analysis3▲ 10×6 topics
  20. Prevention3▲ 6.3×4 topics
  21. Neoadjuvant Therapy3▲ 10×5 topics
  22. Cancer Incidence3▲ 17×3 topics
  23. Global Burden3▲ 4.3×8 topics
  24. Chronic Pain3▲ 10×4 topics
  25. Ethical Considerations3▲ 6.4×6 topics
  26. Radiotherapy3▲ 5.7×6 topics
  27. Communication3▲ 6.8×2 topics
  28. Global Surveillance3▲ 45×1 topic
  29. Mortality Rates3▲ 22×1 topic
  30. Preventive Services3▲ 35×2 topics
  31. Colorectal Cancer2▲ 26×3 topics
  32. Screening2▲ 21×2 topics
  33. Colonoscopy2▲ 44×1 topic
  34. Elderly Patients2▲ 11×4 topics
  35. Lifestyle Intervention2▲ 21×2 topics
  36. Polyps2▲ 44×1 topic
  37. Type 2 Diabetes2▲ 8.3×3 topics
  38. Referral2▲ 135×1 topic
  39. Specialist2▲ 135×1 topic
  40. Weight Loss2▲ 11×3 topics

Which research topics does Waitemata District Health Board publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Global Cancer Incidence and Screening, Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection, Healthcare Systems and Technology and Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes.

Global Cancer Incidence …3Global Cancer Incidence and Screening: 3 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screen…2Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 2 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and T…2Healthcare Systems and Technology: 2 fractional worksBariatric Surgery and Ou…2Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksGastrointestinal motility and disorders: 2 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment Studies: 1 fractional worksGastric Cancer Managemen…1Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksPatient-Provider Communi…1Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare: 1 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and…1Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 1 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathol…1Esophageal and GI Pathology: 1 fractional works
OncologyOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSurgeryGastroenterology4 others

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

  1. 1 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 3 works
  2. 2 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 2 works
  3. 3 Healthcare Systems and Technology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 2 works
  4. 4 Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Gastrointestinal motility and disorders Gastroenterology 2 works
  6. 6 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 1 works
  7. 7 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare General Health Professions 1 works
  9. 9 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 1 works
  10. 10 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 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 available44.5%not open55.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.7%domestic only79.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Waitemata District Health Board's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 30% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Waitemata District Health Board as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00045% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Waitemata District Health Board0.00042% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Waitemata District Health Board 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.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Waitemata District Health Board6.1% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.5% in 2022.

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