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Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

In research, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research stands highest in Life Sciences (#714 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#2,335 of 10,443 worldwide) and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#828 of 3,579 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Immunology, Immunology and Microbiology and Oncology — Immunology is 13.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,007
of 28,054 · #369 all time
Rank in Australia
#42
of 391
Research works
5.6k
▼ 9% vs 2013–17
Citations
500k
89.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
31.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research 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
Life SciencesDomain #714 of 7,800 32.6%201 #85
MedicineField #2,335 of 10,443 30.5%200 #399
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #828 of 3,579 31.4%139 #339
Health SciencesDomain #3,226 of 11,982 30.6%210 #536
Molecular BiologySubfield #773 of 2,175 29.7%92 #200

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research 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. Life Sciences#85 #714
  2. Medicine#399 #2,335
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#339 #828
  4. Health Sciences#536 #3,226
  5. Molecular Biology#200 #773
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 Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Immunology takes 13.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ImmunologySubfield · 41.1 works13×
  2. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 48.7 works11×
  3. OncologySubfield · 40.0 works8.0×
  4. Molecular BiologySubfield · 92.3 works6.8×
← 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: 0.24× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5.82× its world share, 138 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 10.83× its world share, 49 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.07× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.58× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.51× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.33× its world share, 200 worksMedicineNursing: 0.99× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.19× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 10.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research?

Ranked on the composite score, Andreas Strasser, F. M. Bürnet and Jerry M. Adams lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research.

  1. 1 Andreas Strasser Australia · #3,193 worldwide 1.4k citations · 86 works
  2. 2 F. M. Bürnet Australia · #6,992 worldwide 902 citations · 104 works
  3. 3 Jerry M. Adams Australia · #8,112 worldwide 754 citations · 61 works
  4. 4 Ken Shortman Australia · #13,444 worldwide 598 citations · 53 works
  5. 5 J. F. A. P. Miller Australia · #17,457 worldwide 680 citations · 45 works
  6. 6 Peter Gibbs Australia · #19,025 worldwide 1.1k citations · 141 works
  7. 7 Gordon K. Smyth Australia · #20,798 worldwide 701 citations · 59 works
  8. 8 Jeanne Tie Australia · #20,907 worldwide 699 citations · 40 works
  9. 9 Donald Metcalf Australia · #21,863 worldwide 650 citations · 64 works
  10. 10 D Metcalf Australia · #22,342 worldwide 522 citations · 54 works
All ranked researchers at Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

Which keywords describe research at Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer Therapy, Inflammation, Cancer, Epidemiology, Cell Death, Immunotherapy, Apoptosis and Immunity.

▲ 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. Epidemiology39▲ 2.2×85 topics
  2. Inflammation35▲ 3.8×61 topics
  3. Cancer30▲ 4.9×44 topics
  4. Cancer Therapy26▲ 10×16 topics
  5. Cell Death21▲ 20×6 topics
  6. Immunotherapy21▲ 6.6×19 topics
  7. Apoptosis19▲ 14×17 topics
  8. Immunity19▲ 10×9 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress18▲ 2.5×39 topics
  10. Immune Response18▲ 7.0×22 topics
  11. Gene Expression18▲ 6.5×17 topics
  12. Cancer Immunotherapy16▲ 23×3 topics
  13. Chemotherapy16▲ 5.0×22 topics
  14. Mitochondria16▲ 26×6 topics
  15. Innate Immunity15▲ 10×11 topics
  16. Tumor Microenvironment14▲ 7.0×8 topics
  17. Diagnosis14▲ 3.3×29 topics
  18. Prognostic Factors13▲ 6.9×13 topics
  19. Vaccine Development13▲ 12×9 topics
  20. Biomarkers12▲ 4.0×14 topics
  21. Reactive Oxygen Species12▲ 6.7×10 topics
  22. Drug Resistance10▲ 8.2×8 topics
  23. Autoimmunity10▲ 15×5 topics
  24. Targeted Therapy10▲ 9.6×5 topics
  25. Lymphoma9▲ 13×4 topics
  26. Genetic Mutations9▲ 4.7×19 topics
  27. Vaccine9▲ 4.9×11 topics
  28. Bioinformatics8▲ 17×4 topics
  29. Bcl-2 Family8▲ 135×1 topic
  30. TNF Signaling8▲ 135×1 topic
  31. Genomic Instability8▲ 16×3 topics
  32. Mutation8▲ 9.5×5 topics
  33. Genome Sequence8▲ 21×3 topics
  34. RNA-Seq8▲ 16×2 topics
  35. NK Cell Recognition8▲ 26×1 topic
  36. Natural Killer Cells8▲ 26×1 topic
  37. Tumor Regression8▲ 16×2 topics
  38. Antigen Presentation7▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Cell-Free DNA7▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Insecticide Resistance7▲ 21×2 topics

Which research topics does Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cell death mechanisms and regulation, Immune Cell Function and Interaction, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics and Malaria Research and Control.

Cell death mechanisms an…8Cell death mechanisms and regulation: 8 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and…8Immune Cell Function and Interaction: 8 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 7 fractional worksMalaria Research and Con…7Malaria Research and Control: 7 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy resea…7CAR-T cell therapy research: 7 fractional worksT-cell and B-cell Immunology: 6 fractional worksSingle-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 6 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune…6Immunotherapy and Immune Responses: 6 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 5 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 5 fractional works
Molecular BiologyImmunologyCancer ResearchPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health2 others

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

  1. 1 Cell death mechanisms and regulation Molecular Biology 8 works
  2. 2 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 8 works
  3. 3 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 7 works
  4. 4 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 7 works
  5. 5 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 7 works
  6. 6 T-cell and B-cell Immunology Immunology 6 works
  7. 7 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 6 works
  8. 8 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 6 works
  9. 9 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 5 works
  10. 10 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 5 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 available42.8%not open57.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.4%domestic only76.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% 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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