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Westmead Hospital

In research, Westmead Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#508 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#698 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,375 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Oncology — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 9.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,093
of 28,054 · #2,626 all time
Rank in Australia
#52
of 391
Research works
7.6k
▲ 17% vs 2013–17
Citations
217k
28.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is Westmead Hospital 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
MedicineField #508 of 10,443 15.9%719 #404
Health SciencesDomain #698 of 11,982 16.1%758 #468
Life SciencesDomain #2,375 of 7,800 20.4%112 #2023
SurgerySubfield #985 of 1,816 11.9%105 #842
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #541 of 738 11.5%91 #543
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,703 of 3,579 18.9%67 #2394
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #909 of 1,144 12.8%64 #773

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Westmead 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 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. Medicine#404 #508
  2. Health Sciences#468 #698
  3. Life Sciences#2,023 #2,375
  4. Surgery#842 #985
  5. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#543 #541
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,394 #2,703
  7. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#773 #909
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 Westmead Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 9.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 91.0 works9.3×
  2. OncologySubfield · 53.2 works5.1×
← 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: 0.13× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.34× its world share, 67 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.34× its world share, 22 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.01× its world share, 15 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.74× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.36× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.10× its world share, 27 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.02× its world share, 719 worksMedicineNursing: 0.57× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.14× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.26× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.46× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Westmead Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Rina Hui, David Gottlieb and Karen Byth lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Westmead Hospital.

  1. 1 Rina Hui Australia · #10,364 worldwide 1.2k citations · 49 works
  2. 2 David Gottlieb Australia · #26,198 worldwide 929 citations · 149 works
  3. 3 Karen Byth Australia · #34,841 worldwide 449 citations · 68 works
  4. 4 Victor S.C. Fung Australia · #36,271 worldwide 283 citations · 42 works
  5. 5 Anna DeFazio Australia · #43,755 worldwide 383 citations · 71 works
  6. 6 Russell Meares Australia · #86,418 worldwide 174 citations · 33 works
  7. 7 Nicholas G. Burgess Australia · #86,711 worldwide 187 citations · 41 works
  8. 8 Michael J. Bourke Australia · #87,787 worldwide 292 citations · 92 works
  9. 9 Alan Moss Australia · #89,817 worldwide 198 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 A. J. Richardson Australia · #92,921 worldwide 272 citations · 47 works
All ranked researchers at Westmead Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Westmead Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Guidelines, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Catheter Ablation, Risk Factors and Inflammation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology104▲ 2.8×120 topics
  2. Diagnosis56▲ 6.5×38 topics
  3. Treatment56▲ 4.9×42 topics
  4. Inflammation44▲ 2.3×69 topics
  5. Guidelines40▲ 9.2×12 topics
  6. Clinical Practice Guidelines38▲ 7.5×14 topics
  7. Risk Factors38▲ 3.7×32 topics
  8. Quality of Life34▲ 2.5×46 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease32▲ 3.1×33 topics
  10. Chemotherapy30▲ 4.6×24 topics
  11. Management29▲ 4.0×28 topics
  12. Immunotherapy27▲ 4.0×18 topics
  13. Catheter Ablation26▲ 24×2 topics
  14. Immune Response25▲ 4.7×18 topics
  15. Heart Failure25▲ 6.1×13 topics
  16. Mortality24▲ 4.5×13 topics
  17. Echocardiography23▲ 8.9×7 topics
  18. Thrombosis21▲ 8.2×7 topics
  19. Survival Analysis21▲ 8.2×7 topics
  20. Neurological Disorders21▲ 4.0×18 topics
  21. Metabolic Syndrome21▲ 2.7×22 topics
  22. Complications20▲ 4.4×17 topics
  23. Myocardial Infarction18▲ 8.2×7 topics
  24. Arrhythmias17▲ 20×2 topics
  25. Kidney Transplantation17▲ 30×2 topics
  26. Prognostic Factors17▲ 4.1×14 topics
  27. Graft Survival17▲ 22×3 topics
  28. Stroke Prevention16▲ 15×2 topics
  29. Atrial Fibrillation16▲ 18×2 topics
  30. Anticoagulant Therapy16▲ 14×4 topics
  31. Risk Stratification15▲ 23×1 topic
  32. Thromboembolism15▲ 23×1 topic
  33. Radiofrequency Ablation15▲ 15×2 topics
  34. Prophylaxis14▲ 12×4 topics
  35. Neoadjuvant Therapy14▲ 6.5×5 topics
  36. Chronic Kidney Disease14▲ 6.0×8 topics
  37. Cardiomyopathy13▲ 15×3 topics
  38. Transplantation13▲ 14×4 topics
  39. Antithrombotic Therapy12▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Sudden Cardiac Death12▲ 16×2 topics

Which research topics does Westmead Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments, Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management and Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments.

Atrial Fibrillation Mana…15Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 15 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and …11Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 11 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism D…10Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 10 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Ou…10Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 10 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 7 fractional worksOrgan Donation and Transplantation: 7 fractional worksCardiovascular Function …7Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 7 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 7 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 6 fractional worksPlatelet Disorders and T…6Platelet Disorders and Treatments: 6 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineInternal MedicineTransplantationEpidemiology3 others

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

  1. 1 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 15 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 11 works
  3. 3 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 10 works
  4. 4 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 10 works
  5. 5 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 7 works
  6. 6 Organ Donation and Transplantation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 7 works
  7. 7 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 7 works
  8. 8 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 7 works
  9. 9 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  10. 10 Platelet Disorders and Treatments Hematology 6 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 available33.0%not open67.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.9%domestic only82.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Westmead Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 17% 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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