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Western Health

In research, Western Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,429 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#1,366 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#6,117
of 22,385 · #4,812 all time
Rank in Australia
#89
of 270
Research works
1.3k
▲ 16% vs 2018-21
Citations
22k
16.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
60%
world 40%
International
21%
world 18%
Western Health

What is Western Health 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 #1,429 of 9,902 11.5%356 #1730
MedicineField #1,366 of 8,541 11.2%308 #1647

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

In 2022-now, 83% of research at Western Health is in Health Sciences, 8% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (71%), Health Professions (10%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 404 fractional works · 82.5% of its workMedicine: 349 fractional works · 71.3% of its workSurgery: 49 fractional works · 10.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 27 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEpidemiology: 25 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 25 fractional works · 5.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 25 fractional works · 5.1% of its workOncology: 20 fractional works · 4.1% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 18 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPhysiology: 16 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 13 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 11 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 11 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 10 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 9 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNeurology: 9 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRheumatology: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNephrology: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workReproductive Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDermatology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Informatics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 47 fractional works · 9.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 27 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workResearch and Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 37 fractional works · 7.5% of its workPsychology: 15 fractional works · 3.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 11 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 33 fractional works · 6.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 20 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 16 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKWestern Health489fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences83%Social Sciences8%

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. Medicine34971.3%
    2. Health Professions479.6%
    3. Nursing71.4%
    4. Dentistry10.2%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Psychology153.1%
    2. Social Sciences142.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance40.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting20.3%
    5. Decision Sciences20.3%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology204.0%
    2. Neuroscience61.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology40.9%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    1. Engineering71.4%
    2. Environmental Science51.1%
    3. Computer Science20.3%
    4. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    5. Mathematics10.2%
    6. Chemistry00.0%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    8. Materials Science00.0%
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: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.75× its world share, 20 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.89× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.74× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.22× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.64× its world share, 47 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.71× its world share, 349 worksMedicineNursing: 2.88× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.35× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.01× its world share, 15 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 14 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 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.71×349 works
  2. Health Professions3.64×47 works
  3. Nursing2.88×7 works
  4. Psychology1.01×15 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology0.89×4 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.75×20 works
  7. Neuroscience0.74×6 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.58×1 works
  9. Veterinary0.43×0 works
  10. Dentistry0.38×1 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.35×4 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.33×2 works
  13. Environmental Science0.22×5 works
  14. Social Sciences0.22×14 works
  15. Mathematics0.13×1 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.11×2 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.09×2 works
  18. Engineering0.09×7 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.07×1 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.06×1 works
  21. Computer Science0.04×2 works
  22. Chemistry0.03×0 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Western Health?

Ranked on the quality score, Tissa Wijeratne, Kimberley Joy Haines and Forbes McGain lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Western Health.

  1. 1 Tissa Wijeratne Australia · #18,071 worldwide 136k citations · 289 works
  2. 2 Kimberley Joy Haines Australia · #57,642 worldwide 6.2k citations · 171 works
  3. 3 Forbes McGain Australia · #64,661 worldwide 8.4k citations · 209 works
  4. 4 Craig French Australia · #121,229 worldwide 29k citations · 188 works
  5. 5 Ben Kirk Australia · #127,180 worldwide 5.3k citations · 82 works
  6. 6 Elizabeth H. Skinner Australia · #209,519 worldwide 5.2k citations · 127 works
  7. 7 Elizabeth Hibbert Australia · #337,029 worldwide 880 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Harin Karunajeewa Australia · #528,014 worldwide 3.9k citations · 117 works
  9. 9 Anne Marie Southcott Australia · #770,058 worldwide 2.3k citations · 49 works
  10. 10 Lata Jayaram Australia · #777,798 worldwide 3.1k citations · 76 works
All ranked researchers at Western Health

What are the most cited papers from Western Health?

The most cited paper from Western Health is "Surviving sepsis campaign: international guidelines for management of sepsis and septic shock 2021" (Laura Evans et al., 2021), with 5,314 citations. Next come "Pembrolizumab in Microsatellite-Instability–High Advanced Colorectal Cancer" (3,130) and "Detection and localization of surgically resectable cancers with a multi-analyte blood test" (2,879).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Surviving sepsis campaign: international guidelines for management of sepsis and septic shock 2021 Laura Evans et al. · Intensive Care Medicine Open access 2 Oct 2021 5,314
2 Pembrolizumab in Microsatellite-Instability–High Advanced Colorectal Cancer Thierry André et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 2 Dec 2020 3,130
3 Detection and localization of surgically resectable cancers with a multi-analyte blood test Joshua David Cohen et al. · Science Open access 18 Jan 2018 2,879
4 Lenvatinib plus Pembrolizumab or Everolimus for Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma Robert John Motzer et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 13 Feb 2021 1,811
5 World guidelines for falls prevention and management for older adults: a global initiative Manuel Montero‐Odasso et al. · Age and Ageing Open access196 authors 26 Aug 2022 1,695
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Western Health?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mortality, Inflammation, Quality of Life, Treatment, Complications, Aging and Rehabilitation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology53▲ 2.7×101 topics
  2. Inflammation27▲ 2.6×56 topics
  3. Quality of Life22▲ 3.1×41 topics
  4. Treatment20▲ 3.4×40 topics
  5. Mortality18▲ 6.4×12 topics
  6. Diagnosis17▲ 3.7×31 topics
  7. Public Health16▲ 2.3×32 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease16▲ 2.8×31 topics
  9. Metabolic Syndrome15▲ 3.9×19 topics
  10. Depression15▲ 3.5×19 topics
  11. COVID-1915▲ 2.3×19 topics
  12. Aging15▲ 5.5×13 topics
  13. Management14▲ 3.7×24 topics
  14. Complications14▲ 5.9×15 topics
  15. Guidelines13▲ 5.8×13 topics
  16. Rehabilitation13▲ 6.8×10 topics
  17. Critical Care12▲ 9.8×8 topics
  18. Chemotherapy11▲ 3.2×23 topics
  19. Elderly Patients11▲ 13×4 topics
  20. Primary Care11▲ 6.1×13 topics
  21. Prognosis11▲ 6.7×9 topics
  22. Obesity11▲ 2.9×16 topics
  23. Patient Satisfaction11▲ 7.0×9 topics
  24. Intensive Care Unit11▲ 17×4 topics
  25. Heart Failure10▲ 4.6×11 topics
  26. Chronic Disease Management10▲ 10×6 topics
  27. Type 2 Diabetes10▲ 8.6×4 topics
  28. Myocardial Infarction9▲ 7.8×7 topics
  29. Health Outcomes9▲ 6.5×7 topics
  30. Clinical Guidelines8▲ 5.9×9 topics
  31. Mortality Risk8▲ 6.8×5 topics
  32. Muscle Mass8▲ 14×2 topics
  33. Physical Performance8▲ 16×2 topics
  34. Quality Improvement8▲ 7.9×8 topics
  35. Global Trends7▲ 19×2 topics
  36. Hyperglycemia7▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Maternal Outcomes7▲ 19×2 topics
  38. Perinatal Outcomes7▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Cesarean Section7▲ 34×1 topic
  40. Vaginal Birth7▲ 34×1 topic

Which research topics does Western Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions, Nutrition and Health in Aging, Gestational Diabetes Research and Management and Frailty in Older Adults.

Maternal and Perinatal H…7Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions: 7 fractional worksNutrition and Health in …7Nutrition and Health in Aging: 7 fractional worksGestational Diabetes Res…5Gestational Diabetes Research and Management: 5 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults5Frailty in Older Adults: 5 fractional worksIntensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders: 4 fractional worksBreastfeeding Practices and Influences: 4 fractional worksBone health and osteopor…4Bone health and osteoporosis research: 4 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 4 fractional worksEmergency and Acute Care Studies: 3 fractional worksPelvic floor disorders t…3Pelvic floor disorders treatments: 3 fractional works
Obstetrics and GynecologyPhysiologyGeriatrics and GerontologyCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine5 others

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

  1. 1 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Obstetrics and Gynecology 7 works
  2. 2 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 7 works
  3. 3 Gestational Diabetes Research and Management Obstetrics and Gynecology 5 works
  4. 4 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 5 works
  5. 5 Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 4 works
  6. 6 Breastfeeding Practices and Influences Epidemiology 4 works
  7. 7 Bone health and osteoporosis research Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 4 works
  8. 8 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  9. 9 Emergency and Acute Care Studies Emergency Medicine 3 works
  10. 10 Pelvic floor disorders treatments Rheumatology 3 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 available60.0%not open40.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.2%domestic only78.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Western Health's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Western Health as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0019% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Western Health0.0018% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Western Health 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%Western Health11.4% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.9% in 2022.

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