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Westmead Institute

In research, Westmead Institute stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,201 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#1,164 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 10.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#4,595
of 22,385 · #4,114 all time
Rank in Australia
#77
of 270
Research works
1.6k
▲ 19% vs 2018-21
Citations
60k
36.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.20×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
38%
world 40%
International
32%
world 18%
Westmead Institute

What is Westmead Institute 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 #1,201 of 9,902 16.0%169 #1447
MedicineField #1,164 of 8,541 16.6%151 #1346

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

In 2022-now, 64% of research at Westmead Institute is in Health Sciences, 15% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (57%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%), Social Sciences (6%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 193 fractional works · 63.7% of its workMedicine: 172 fractional works · 56.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 32 fractional works · 10.7% of its workEpidemiology: 17 fractional works · 5.6% of its workSurgery: 14 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 11 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 9 fractional works · 3.0% of its workHepatology: 9 fractional works · 2.9% of its workOncology: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhysiology: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNephrology: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHematology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFamily Practice: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 14 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPeriodontics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 46 fractional works · 15.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 24 fractional works · 7.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCancer Research: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workImmunology: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 43 fractional works · 14.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 6.0% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 14 fractional works · 4.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 21 fractional works · 7.0% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKWestmeadInstitute303fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences64%Social Sciences14%

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. Medicine17256.9%
    2. Health Professions144.5%
    3. Dentistry51.7%
    4. Nursing20.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology247.9%
    2. Neuroscience82.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology72.4%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences41.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.6%
    1. Social Sciences186.0%
    2. Psychology144.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities51.7%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance31.0%
    5. Decision Sciences20.7%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting10.3%
    1. Computer Science82.5%
    2. Environmental Science41.4%
    3. Engineering41.2%
    4. Materials Science30.8%
    5. Mathematics10.4%
    6. Chemistry10.3%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.3%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    9. Energy00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Westmead Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 10.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 32.4 works10×
← 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: 0.30× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.47× its world share, 24 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.40× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.71× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.80× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.32× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.28× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.61× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.71× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.96× its world share, 172 worksMedicineNursing: 1.14× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.60× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.48× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.47× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry3.61×5 works
  2. Medicine2.96×172 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.40×7 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.80×2 works
  5. Neuroscience1.71×8 works
  6. Health Professions1.71×14 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.47×24 works
  8. Psychology1.47×14 works
  9. Nursing1.14×2 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.69×2 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.60×5 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.48×3 works
  13. Social Sciences0.48×18 works
  14. Computer Science0.32×8 works
  15. Mathematics0.31×1 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.30×4 works
  17. Environmental Science0.28×4 works
  18. Materials Science0.24×2 works
  19. Chemistry0.19×1 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.12×1 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.10×1 works
  22. Engineering0.08×4 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.07×0 works
  24. Energy0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Westmead Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Liang Qiao, Lionel Hebbard and Linda J. Bendall lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Westmead Institute.

  1. 1 Liang Qiao Australia · #244,457 worldwide 8k citations · 235 works
  2. 2 Lionel Hebbard Australia · #410,964 worldwide 3.6k citations · 92 works
  3. 3 Linda J. Bendall Australia · #1,014,564 worldwide 11k citations · 132 works
  4. 4 Jennifer S.L. Tan Australia · #1,196,986 worldwide 1.4k citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Patricia A. Mote Australia · #1,199,576 worldwide 2.7k citations · 31 works
  6. 6 Eve Diefenbach Australia · #1,476,817 worldwide 954 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Julius G. Juarez Australia · #1,503,172 worldwide 1.3k citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Min Kim Australia · #2,033,242 worldwide 1.2k citations · 37 works
  9. 9 Nitin K. Saksena Australia · #2,680,640 worldwide 5.2k citations · 172 works
  10. 10 Ross B. Holland Australia · #2,684,449 worldwide 558 citations · 35 works
All ranked researchers at Westmead Institute

What are the most cited papers from Westmead Institute?

The most cited paper from Westmead Institute is "Nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region as a universal DNA barcode marker for Fungi" (Conrad L. Schoch et al., 2012), with 5,240 citations. Next come "Global Prevalence and Major Risk Factors of Diabetic Retinopathy" (5,033) and "A new definition for metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease: An international expert consensus statement" (4,540).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region as a universal DNA barcode marker for Fungi Conrad L. Schoch et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access156 authors 27 Mar 2012 5,240
2 Global Prevalence and Major Risk Factors of Diabetic Retinopathy Joanne Wen Yee Yau et al. · Diabetes Care Open access 2 Feb 2012 5,033
3 A new definition for metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease: An international expert consensus statement Mohammed Eslam et al. · Journal of Hepatology Open access 8 Apr 2020 4,540
4 MAFLD: A Consensus-Driven Proposed Nomenclature for Metabolic Associated Fatty Liver Disease Mohammed Eslam et al. · Gastroenterology Open access 7 Feb 2020 3,358
5 Pembrolizumab for Early Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Peter Schmid et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 26 Feb 2020 3,298
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Westmead Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Metabolic Syndrome, Insulin Resistance, Inflammation, Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Guidelines and Catheter Ablation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology29▲ 2.4×95 topics
  2. Inflammation19▲ 2.9×64 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease18▲ 5.2×30 topics
  4. Metabolic Syndrome16▲ 6.5×20 topics
  5. Insulin Resistance12▲ 8.6×9 topics
  6. Quality of Life12▲ 2.7×27 topics
  7. Risk Factors11▲ 3.2×24 topics
  8. Treatment11▲ 2.9×30 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress10▲ 2.1×38 topics
  10. Depression10▲ 3.8×20 topics
  11. Hepatocellular Carcinoma10▲ 16×3 topics
  12. Guidelines10▲ 6.9×13 topics
  13. Public Health10▲ 2.2×32 topics
  14. Immune Response9▲ 5.3×17 topics
  15. Diagnosis9▲ 3.2×28 topics
  16. Catheter Ablation9▲ 23×2 topics
  17. Anxiety8▲ 5.9×9 topics
  18. Obesity8▲ 3.6×16 topics
  19. Management8▲ 3.4×21 topics
  20. Heart Failure8▲ 5.9×12 topics
  21. Hepatic Steatosis8▲ 18×2 topics
  22. Global Burden8▲ 4.6×10 topics
  23. NAFLD7▲ 21×1 topic
  24. NASH7▲ 21×1 topic
  25. Arrhythmias6▲ 23×2 topics
  26. Myocardial Infarction6▲ 8.8×7 topics
  27. Echocardiography6▲ 7.2×7 topics
  28. Sudden Cardiac Death6▲ 23×2 topics
  29. Chronic Disease Management6▲ 9.6×5 topics
  30. Radiofrequency Ablation5▲ 17×2 topics
  31. Hypertension5▲ 5.7×10 topics
  32. Atrial Fibrillation5▲ 16×2 topics
  33. Diabetes Mellitus5▲ 7.8×7 topics
  34. Liver Disease5▲ 17×3 topics
  35. Stroke Prevention5▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Anticoagulant Therapy5▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Antiviral Therapy5▲ 16×3 topics
  38. Risk Stratification4▲ 20×1 topic
  39. Thromboembolism4▲ 20×1 topic
  40. Cardiomyopathy4▲ 16×3 topics

Which research topics does Westmead Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments and Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies.

Liver Disease Diagnosis …7Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 7 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and …4Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 4 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defib…4Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 4 fractional worksCardiac Health and Mental Health: 3 fractional worksHepatitis C virus research: 3 fractional worksMobile Health and mHealt…2Mobile Health and mHealth Applications: 2 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transplantation: 2 fractional worksCardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias: 2 fractional worksBlood Pressure and Hypertension Studies: 2 fractional works
EpidemiologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineHepatologyGeneral Health Professions

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

  1. 1 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 7 works
  2. 2 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  4. 4 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Health and Mental Health Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  6. 6 Hepatitis C virus research Hepatology 3 works
  7. 7 Mobile Health and mHealth Applications General Health Professions 2 works
  8. 8 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 2 works
  9. 9 Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 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 available38.1%not open61.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.6%domestic only68.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Westmead Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% 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 Westmead Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Westmead Institute0.0019% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Westmead Institute 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 counting10%20%30%Westmead Institute12.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 24.7% in 2002.

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