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Westmead Institute

In research, Westmead Institute stands highest in Medicine (#2,346 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#3,051 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 10.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,170
of 28,054 · #5,605 all time
Rank in Australia
#117
of 391
Research works
1.6k
▲ 17% vs 2013–17
Citations
60k
36.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is Westmead Institute 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 #2,346 of 10,443 25.0%151 #1940
Health SciencesDomain #3,051 of 11,982 24.5%169 #2291

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Westmead Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 10.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 30.2 works11×
← 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: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.52× its world share, 22 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.34× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.74× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.53× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.30× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.30× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.79× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.79× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.92× its world share, 151 worksMedicineNursing: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.67× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.78× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.50× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.56× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Westmead Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, 李庆 lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Westmead Institute.

  1. 1 李庆 Australia · #719,129 worldwide 0 citations · 68 works
All ranked researchers at Westmead Institute

Which keywords describe research at Westmead Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Metabolic Syndrome, Insulin Resistance, Inflammation, Guidelines, Hepatocellular Carcinoma 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology26▲ 2.4×89 topics
  2. Inflammation16▲ 2.8×60 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease15▲ 5.0×30 topics
  4. Metabolic Syndrome13▲ 6.0×20 topics
  5. Quality of Life10▲ 2.7×26 topics
  6. Risk Factors10▲ 3.4×23 topics
  7. Insulin Resistance10▲ 8.0×9 topics
  8. Treatment10▲ 3.0×26 topics
  9. Depression9▲ 3.9×20 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress9▲ 2.1×36 topics
  11. Guidelines9▲ 7.1×13 topics
  12. Hepatocellular Carcinoma8▲ 15×3 topics
  13. Catheter Ablation8▲ 25×2 topics
  14. Immune Response8▲ 5.3×15 topics
  15. Anxiety8▲ 6.3×9 topics
  16. Public Health8▲ 2.0×30 topics
  17. Diagnosis8▲ 3.1×25 topics
  18. Heart Failure8▲ 6.4×12 topics
  19. Obesity7▲ 3.6×16 topics
  20. Hepatic Steatosis7▲ 17×2 topics
  21. Global Burden7▲ 4.7×10 topics
  22. Management7▲ 3.1×21 topics
  23. Arrhythmias6▲ 25×2 topics
  24. NAFLD6▲ 19×1 topic
  25. NASH6▲ 19×1 topic
  26. Myocardial Infarction6▲ 9.1×7 topics
  27. Sudden Cardiac Death6▲ 26×2 topics
  28. Echocardiography6▲ 7.6×6 topics
  29. Chronic Disease Management5▲ 10×5 topics
  30. Radiofrequency Ablation5▲ 17×2 topics
  31. Atrial Fibrillation5▲ 18×2 topics
  32. Anticoagulant Therapy4▲ 13×2 topics
  33. Diabetes Mellitus4▲ 8.2×6 topics
  34. Liver Disease4▲ 18×3 topics
  35. Stroke Prevention4▲ 14×2 topics
  36. Antiviral Therapy4▲ 16×3 topics
  37. Cardiomyopathy4▲ 17×3 topics
  38. Risk Stratification4▲ 22×1 topic
  39. Thromboembolism4▲ 22×1 topic
  40. Electroanatomic Mapping4▲ 30×1 topic

Which research topics does Westmead Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments and Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies.

Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 6 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: 2 fractional worksCardiac electrophysiolog…2Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias: 2 fractional worksMobile Health and mHealth Applications: 2 fractional worksBlood Pressure and Hypertension Studies: 2 fractional worksNeuroscience and Music Perception: 2 fractional works
EpidemiologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineHepatologyGeneral Health Professions1 others

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

  1. 1 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 6 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 2 works
  7. 7 Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Mobile Health and mHealth Applications General Health Professions 2 works
  9. 9 Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Neuroscience and Music Perception Cognitive Neuroscience 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Westmead Institute'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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