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Wesley Hospital

In research, Wesley Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#3,359 of 14,558 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#3,993 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,717
of 22,385 · #13,581 all time
Rank in Australia
#246
of 270
Research works
506
▼ 22% vs 2018-21
Citations
16k
30.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.02×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
19%
world 18%
Wesley Hospital

What is Wesley Hospital 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
MedicineField #3,359 of 14,558 14.8%353
Health SciencesDomain #3,993 of 16,688 14.5%384

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Wesley Hospital 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 Wesley Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 72% of research at Wesley Hospital is in Health Sciences, 11% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (67%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%), Social Sciences (5%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 50 fractional works · 71.7% of its workMedicine: 47 fractional works · 66.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 9 fractional works · 12.7% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 8.2% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 4.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 10.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 10.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 6.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 7.1% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 4.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKWesley Hospital70fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences72%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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine4766.6%
    2. Health Professions34.4%
    3. Nursing00.3%
    4. Veterinary00.3%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Social Sciences34.8%
    2. Psychology23.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.4%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.6%
    5. Decision Sciences00.5%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology56.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology11.7%
    3. Neuroscience11.4%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.9%
    1. Engineering34.3%
    2. Environmental Science11.1%
    3. Energy11.0%
    4. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    5. Computer Science00.2%
    6. Chemistry00.1%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    8. Materials Science00.1%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
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: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.21× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.70× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.04× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.29× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.67× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.47× its world share, 47 worksMedicineNursing: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.85× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.05× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.47×47 works
  2. Veterinary1.85×0 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.70×1 works
  4. Health Professions1.67×3 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.21×4 works
  6. Psychology1.05×2 works
  7. Energy1.04×1 works
  8. Neuroscience0.84×1 works
  9. Nursing0.70×0 works
  10. Chemical Engineering0.68×0 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.63×1 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.56×0 works
  13. Social Sciences0.38×3 works
  14. Engineering0.29×3 works
  15. Environmental Science0.22×1 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.22×0 works
  17. Dentistry0.20×0 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.19×1 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.08×0 works
  20. Chemistry0.07×0 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.07×0 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.03×0 works
  23. Computer Science0.02×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Wesley Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, CHRISTOPHER F. MAHER, Les C. Thompson and Boon Kua lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Wesley Hospital.

  1. 1 CHRISTOPHER F. MAHER Australia · #161,719 worldwide 15k citations · 201 works
  2. 2 Les C. Thompson Australia · #989,796 worldwide 928 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Boon Kua Australia · #1,140,711 worldwide 980 citations · 42 works
  4. 4 Morgan R. Pokorny Australia · #1,212,386 worldwide 1.3k citations · 34 works
  5. 5 Troy Richard John Gianduzzo Australia · #1,367,429 worldwide 2.1k citations · 104 works
  6. 6 Nicholas I. Brown Australia · #1,421,215 worldwide 1.3k citations · 57 works
  7. 7 David Wong Australia · #1,591,256 worldwide 1.9k citations · 58 works
  8. 8 Paul E. Eliadis Australia · #1,725,983 worldwide 1.1k citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Katrina Newbigin Australia · #2,429,499 worldwide 343 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 David Wong Australia · #2,564,654 worldwide 147 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Wesley Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Wesley Hospital?

The most cited paper from Wesley Hospital is "Effect of Laparoscopic-Assisted Resection vs Open Resection on Pathological Outcomes in Rectal Cancer" (Andrew R. L. Stevenson, Michael J. Solomon, John W. Lumley et al., 2015), with 1,051 citations. Next come "Adjunctive Glucocorticoid Therapy in Patients with Septic Shock" (1,041) and "Development of a valid and reliable malnutrition screening tool for adult acute hospital patients" (981).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Effect of Laparoscopic-Assisted Resection vs Open Resection on Pathological Outcomes in Rectal Cancer Andrew R. L. Stevenson, Michael J. Solomon, John W. Lumley et al. · JAMA Open access 6 Oct 2015 1,051
2 Adjunctive Glucocorticoid Therapy in Patients with Septic Shock Balasubramanian Venkatesh, Simon R. Finfer, Jeremy Cohen et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 19 Jan 2018 1,041
3 Development of a valid and reliable malnutrition screening tool for adult acute hospital patients Maree L. Ferguson, Sandra Maureen Capra, Judy Bauer et al. · Nutrition Jun 1999 981
4 Pelvic organ prolapse John Eric Jelovsek, CHRISTOPHER F. MAHER, Matthew D. Barber · The Lancet Mar 2007 945
5 Angiotensin II for the Treatment of Vasodilatory Shock Ashish Kumar Khanna et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 21 May 2017 919
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Wesley Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Prostate Cancer, Immunotherapy, Clinical Guidelines, Biomarkers, Genetic Mutations, Biopsy and Genetic Variants.

▲ 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. Epidemiology8▲ 2.9×53 topics
  2. Prostate Cancer4▲ 39×3 topics
  3. Immunotherapy4▲ 6.8×12 topics
  4. Quality of Life3▲ 3.2×17 topics
  5. Biomarkers3▲ 6.6×10 topics
  6. Clinical Guidelines3▲ 15×5 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 3.7×15 topics
  8. Genetic Mutations3▲ 9.4×14 topics
  9. Diagnosis3▲ 3.9×18 topics
  10. Depression2▲ 4.1×8 topics
  11. Management2▲ 4.6×16 topics
  12. Biopsy2▲ 54×2 topics
  13. Genetic Variants2▲ 19×4 topics
  14. Survival Rates2▲ 35×2 topics
  15. Radiation Therapy2▲ 25×3 topics
  16. Clinical Trials2▲ 4.8×10 topics
  17. Hormone Therapy2▲ 35×2 topics
  18. Screening2▲ 30×2 topics
  19. Gleason Grading2▲ 70×1 topic
  20. MRI Imaging2▲ 34×1 topic
  21. Anxiety2▲ 5.8×6 topics
  22. Androgen Receptor2▲ 32×2 topics
  23. Chemotherapy2▲ 3.5×15 topics
  24. Genomic Profiling2▲ 22×1 topic
  25. Metastatic Prostate Cancer2▲ 54×1 topic
  26. Complications2▲ 4.4×9 topics
  27. Echocardiography2▲ 7.8×5 topics
  28. Health Care Costs2▲ 28×2 topics
  29. Health-related Quality of Life2▲ 8.9×3 topics
  30. Prognostic Factors2▲ 5.1×9 topics
  31. Breast Cancer1▲ 7.6×7 topics
  32. Chronic Kidney Disease1▲ 7.1×4 topics
  33. Critical Care1▲ 7.5×5 topics
  34. End-of-Life1▲ 21×2 topics
  35. Mechanical Ventilation1▲ 17×2 topics
  36. Palliative Care1▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Sepsis1▲ 10×5 topics
  38. Acute Lung Injury1▲ 31×1 topic
  39. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome1▲ 31×1 topic
  40. Menopause1▲ 34×2 topics

Which research topics does Wesley Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research, Respiratory Support and Mechanisms and Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues.

Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksProstate Cancer Treatment and Research: 2 fractional worksRespiratory Support and …1Respiratory Support and Mechanisms: 1 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-…1Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 1 fractional worksCancer survivorship and care: 1 fractional worksObstructive Sleep Apnea Research: 1 fractional worksSingle-cell and spatial …1Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 1 fractional worksPulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments: 1 fractional worksSexual function and dysfunction studies: 1 fractional worksOffshore Engineering and Technologies: 1 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthOncologyPhysiology3 others

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

  1. 1 Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  2. 2 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  5. 5 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 1 works
  6. 6 Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research Physiology 1 works
  7. 7 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 1 works
  8. 8 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Sexual function and dysfunction studies Psychiatry and Mental health 1 works
  10. 10 Offshore Engineering and Technologies Ocean Engineering 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 available36.4%not open63.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.4%domestic only80.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Wesley Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 22% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 Wesley Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00031% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Wesley Hospital0.00026% in 202519801990200020102020

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