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Western Australian Museum

In research, Western Australian Museum stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,267 of 16,945 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#10,484 of 21,541 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#3,800 of 6,208 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,447
of 28,054 · #14,750 all time
Rank in Australia
#349
of 391
Research works
824
▼ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
17.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

What is Western Australian Museum 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
Social SciencesDomain #6,267 of 16,945 30.8%151
Physical SciencesDomain #10,484 of 21,541 22.4%451
Environmental ScienceField #3,800 of 6,208 18.1%224
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #2,202 of 2,661 28.8%168
Life SciencesDomain #12,866 of 14,347 17.3%197

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Western Australian Museum 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: 2.21× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.61× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.95× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 11.19× its world share, 13 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.46× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 7.72× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.01× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 11.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Western Australian Museum?

Ranked on the composite score, William F. Humphreys, Jane Fromont and Gerald R. Allen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Western Australian Museum.

  1. 1 William F. Humphreys Australia · #168,810 worldwide 212 citations · 40 works
  2. 2 Jane Fromont Australia · #291,348 worldwide 146 citations · 40 works
  3. 3 Gerald R. Allen Australia · #438,294 worldwide 221 citations · 78 works
  4. 4 Mark S. Harvey Australia · #516,541 worldwide 226 citations · 122 works
  5. 5 Ian D. MacLeod Australia · #609,387 worldwide 61 citations · 47 works
  6. 6 Jeremy Green Australia · #664,160 worldwide 20 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Kenny J. Travouillon Australia · #722,629 worldwide 89 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Kenneth J. McNamara Australia · #903,950 worldwide 45 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Fred E. Wells Australia · #1,024,640 worldwide 28 citations · 31 works
  10. 10 W. B. Alexander Australia · #1,130,471 worldwide 18 citations · 46 works
All ranked researchers at Western Australian Museum

Which keywords describe research at Western Australian Museum?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Biogeography, Population Dynamics, Invasive Species, Molecular Phylogeny, DNA Barcoding and Evolution.

▲ 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 Change11▲ 5.6×24 topics
  2. Biodiversity11▲ 20×14 topics
  3. Biogeography9▲ 48×13 topics
  4. Population Dynamics8▲ 45×7 topics
  5. Invasive Species7▲ 22×13 topics
  6. Molecular Phylogeny6▲ 56×9 topics
  7. DNA Barcoding6▲ 50×9 topics
  8. Evolution6▲ 32×11 topics
  9. Conservation6▲ 18×14 topics
  10. Phylogenetic Analysis6▲ 25×10 topics
  11. Ecology5▲ 44×6 topics
  12. Ecosystem Functioning5▲ 34×4 topics
  13. Phylogeny4▲ 38×10 topics
  14. Benthic Communities4▲ 89×2 topics
  15. Marine Biodiversity4▲ 89×2 topics
  16. Species Delimitation4▲ 114×3 topics
  17. Conservation Biology4▲ 47×3 topics
  18. Biodiversity Loss3▲ 84×3 topics
  19. Urban Development3▲ 12×5 topics
  20. Deep-Sea Ecology3▲ 141×1 topic
  21. Estuarine Quality3▲ 141×1 topic
  22. Habitat Fragmentation3▲ 19×4 topics
  23. Marine Ecosystems3▲ 78×2 topics
  24. Adaptation3▲ 14×2 topics
  25. Groundwater3▲ 50×3 topics
  26. Trophic Cascades3▲ 44×2 topics
  27. Cavefish3▲ 349×1 topic
  28. Subterranean3▲ 349×1 topic
  29. Genetic Diversity3▲ 8.5×4 topics
  30. Habitat Selection3▲ 47×2 topics
  31. Conservation Genetics2▲ 87×2 topics
  32. Adaptive Radiation2▲ 98×2 topics
  33. Animal Movement2▲ 55×1 topic
  34. Cryptic Diversity2▲ 198×2 topics
  35. Fisheries2▲ 78×2 topics
  36. Genetic Structure2▲ 41×4 topics
  37. Morphology2▲ 17×5 topics
  38. Occupancy Rates2▲ 55×1 topic
  39. Ocean Acidification2▲ 39×3 topics
  40. Taxonomic Revision2▲ 40×2 topics

Which research topics does Western Australian Museum publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation and Evolution and Paleontology Studies.

Marine Biology and Ecolo…3Marine Biology and Ecology Research: 3 fractional worksSubterranean biodiversit…3Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy: 3 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Con…2Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 2 fractional worksEvolution and Paleontolo…2Evolution and Paleontology Studies: 2 fractional worksSpider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies: 2 fractional worksIchthyology and Marine Biology: 2 fractional worksAmphibian and Reptile Bi…2Amphibian and Reptile Biology: 2 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 2 fractional worksGenetic diversity and population structure: 2 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogeneti…1Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 1 fractional works
OceanographyPaleontologyEcologyGenetics4 others

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

  1. 1 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 3 works
  2. 2 Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy Paleontology 3 works
  3. 3 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 2 works
  4. 4 Evolution and Paleontology Studies Paleontology 2 works
  5. 5 Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies Genetics 2 works
  6. 6 Ichthyology and Marine Biology Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  7. 7 Amphibian and Reptile Biology Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  8. 8 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 2 works
  9. 9 Genetic diversity and population structure Genetics 2 works
  10. 10 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 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 available38.8%not open61.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.6%domestic only72.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Western Australian Museum's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% 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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