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Water Technology (Australia)

In research, Water Technology (Australia) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#12,612 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Environmental Science — Environmental Science is 7.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,533
of 28,054 · #22,886 all time
Rank in Australia
#286
of 391
Research works
214
▲ 21% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.2k
33.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
57%
world 28%

What is Water Technology (Australia) 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
Physical SciencesDomain #12,612 of 21,541 27.2%181

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Water Technology (Australia) 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).

What does Water Technology (Australia) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Environmental Science takes 7.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Environmental ScienceField · 21.4 works7.2×
← 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: 2.18× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.98× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 6.19× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.72× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.85× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.40× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.62× its world share, 15 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 7.16× its world share, 21 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.65× its world share, 4 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 2.35× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 7.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Water Technology (Australia)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Wastewater Treatment, Environmental Impact, Water Treatment, Adsorption, Membrane Distillation, Remote Sensing and Water Quality.

▲ 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. Climate Change7▲ 4.4×24 topics
  2. Wastewater Treatment5▲ 37×7 topics
  3. Environmental Impact4▲ 4.0×16 topics
  4. Sustainability4▲ 2.4×13 topics
  5. Remote Sensing3▲ 4.0×12 topics
  6. Water Treatment3▲ 40×5 topics
  7. Adsorption2▲ 18×6 topics
  8. Nanomaterials2▲ 3.5×8 topics
  9. Biomedical Applications2▲ 3.1×11 topics
  10. Membrane Distillation2▲ 51×2 topics
  11. Nanocomposites2▲ 4.5×8 topics
  12. Health Effects2▲ 5.9×5 topics
  13. Water Quality2▲ 8.5×8 topics
  14. Anammox Bacteria2▲ 104×1 topic
  15. Desalination2▲ 53×1 topic
  16. Membrane Technology2▲ 40×1 topic
  17. Nitrogen-Cycling Network2▲ 104×1 topic
  18. Renewable Energy2▲ 2.4×10 topics
  19. Biochar2▲ 20×4 topics
  20. Wastewater2▲ 40×3 topics
  21. Global Warming2▲ 7.1×5 topics
  22. Microbial Communities2▲ 6.5×6 topics
  23. Drought2▲ 26×3 topics
  24. Evapotranspiration1▲ 29×2 topics
  25. Soil Moisture1▲ 33×3 topics
  26. Toxicity1▲ 5.4×6 topics
  27. Global Distribution1▲ 35×2 topics
  28. Hydrological Modeling1▲ 9.2×4 topics
  29. Water Resources1▲ 9.1×5 topics
  30. Hydrogen Production1▲ 7.4×3 topics
  31. Microbial Community1▲ 25×3 topics
  32. Microbial Ecology1▲ 11×3 topics
  33. Monitoring1▲ 21×3 topics
  34. Phosphorus1▲ 22×2 topics
  35. Pollution1▲ 9.9×3 topics
  36. Biodegradable Polymers1▲ 11×2 topics
  37. Drinking Water1▲ 52×2 topics
  38. Metal Recovery1▲ 9.4×3 topics
  39. Heterogeneous Catalysis1▲ 9.3×2 topics
  40. Water Scarcity1▲ 22×3 topics

Which research topics does Water Technology (Australia) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal, Membrane Separation Technologies, Phosphorus and nutrient management and Advanced oxidation water treatment.

Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal: 2 fractional worksMembrane Separation Technologies: 2 fractional worksPhosphorus and nutrient management: 1 fractional worksAdvanced oxidation water treatment: 1 fractional worksPer- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research: 1 fractional worksMembrane-based Ion Separation Techniques: 1 fractional worksbiodegradable polymer sy…1biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties: 1 fractional worksPlant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 1 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plastic Pollution: 1 fractional worksAdsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal: 1 fractional works
PollutionWater Science and TechnologyIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringEnvironmental Chemistry3 others

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

  1. 1 Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal Pollution 2 works
  2. 2 Membrane Separation Technologies Water Science and Technology 2 works
  3. 3 Phosphorus and nutrient management Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Advanced oxidation water treatment Water Science and Technology 1 works
  5. 5 Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research Environmental Chemistry 1 works
  6. 6 Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties Biomaterials 1 works
  8. 8 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  9. 9 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 1 works
  10. 10 Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal Water Science and Technology 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 available57.3%not open42.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors82.3%domestic only17.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Water Technology (Australia)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% higher 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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