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Westmead Institute for Medical Research

In research, Westmead Institute for Medical Research stands highest in Medicine (#2,429 of 10,443 worldwide), Life Sciences (#2,159 of 7,800 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#3,409 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Epidemiology — Epidemiology is 6.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,585
of 28,054 · #6,331 all time
Rank in Australia
#86
of 391
Research works
932
▲ 137% vs 2013–17
Citations
27k
29.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
59%
world 28%

What is Westmead Institute for Medical Research 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 #2,429 of 10,443 26.3%157 #3072
Life SciencesDomain #2,159 of 7,800 21.8%104 #2980
Health SciencesDomain #3,409 of 11,982 25.5%164 #4082

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Westmead Institute for Medical Research 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#3,072 #2,429
  2. Life Sciences#2,980 #2,159
  3. Health Sciences#4,082 #3,409
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 Institute for Medical Research specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Epidemiology takes 6.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EpidemiologySubfield · 28.4 works6.6×
← 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: 0.99× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.50× its world share, 56 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 6.28× its world share, 19 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.56× its world share, 13 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.51× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.35× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.40× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.70× its world share, 157 worksMedicineNursing: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 6.14× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.12× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 6.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Westmead Institute for Medical Research?

Ranked on the composite score, Natasha M. Rogers and John‐Sebastian Eden lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Westmead Institute for Medical Research.

  1. 1 Natasha M. Rogers Australia · #685,355 worldwide 55 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 John‐Sebastian Eden Australia · #1,056,803 worldwide 29 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Westmead Institute for Medical Research

Which keywords describe research at Westmead Institute for Medical Research?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Fungal Pathogens, Phylogenetic Analysis, Immune Response, Inflammation, Insulin Resistance, Metabolic Syndrome and Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

▲ 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. Epidemiology43▲ 3.6×95 topics
  2. Inflammation19▲ 3.1×60 topics
  3. Fungal Pathogens14▲ 36×4 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress14▲ 2.9×35 topics
  5. Metabolic Syndrome13▲ 5.4×18 topics
  6. Phylogenetic Analysis13▲ 15×9 topics
  7. Immune Response13▲ 7.6×19 topics
  8. Insulin Resistance12▲ 8.8×10 topics
  9. Treatment12▲ 3.3×34 topics
  10. Immunotherapy11▲ 4.9×16 topics
  11. Hepatocellular Carcinoma10▲ 16×3 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease10▲ 3.0×27 topics
  13. Diagnosis10▲ 3.6×28 topics
  14. Host Specificity10▲ 28×4 topics
  15. Endophytic Fungi9▲ 33×2 topics
  16. Biomarkers9▲ 4.4×14 topics
  17. Antifungal Therapy9▲ 33×3 topics
  18. Genomic Characterization9▲ 23×3 topics
  19. Plant Pathogenesis9▲ 45×1 topic
  20. Species Recognition9▲ 45×1 topic
  21. Cancer8▲ 2.1×39 topics
  22. Hepatic Steatosis8▲ 17×2 topics
  23. Vaccine7▲ 6.0×10 topics
  24. Gene Expression7▲ 3.8×13 topics
  25. NAFLD7▲ 19×1 topic
  26. NASH7▲ 19×1 topic
  27. Genetics7▲ 3.2×18 topics
  28. Pathogenesis7▲ 4.3×20 topics
  29. Antiviral Therapy6▲ 21×3 topics
  30. Virulence Factors6▲ 14×8 topics
  31. Neurological Disorders6▲ 3.6×14 topics
  32. Autoimmunity6▲ 14×5 topics
  33. Liver Disease5▲ 19×3 topics
  34. Infection5▲ 6.3×9 topics
  35. Diabetes Mellitus4▲ 7.2×7 topics
  36. Graft Survival4▲ 17×3 topics
  37. RNA-Seq4▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Cancer Immunotherapy4▲ 8.8×3 topics
  39. Cryptococcal Disease4▲ 49×1 topic
  40. Histoplasmosis4▲ 49×1 topic

Which research topics does Westmead Institute for Medical Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Fungal Infections and Studies and Pancreatic function and diabetes.

Plant Pathogens and Fung…9Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 9 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 7 fractional worksFungal Infections and Studies: 4 fractional worksPancreatic function and diabetes: 3 fractional worksSingle-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 3 fractional worksDiabetes and associated disorders: 3 fractional worksAntifungal resistance and susceptibility: 3 fractional worksHepatitis C virus research: 3 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 3 fractional worksInfectious Diseases and Mycology: 2 fractional works
Cell BiologyEpidemiologySurgeryMolecular Biology5 others

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

  1. 1 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 9 works
  2. 2 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 7 works
  3. 3 Fungal Infections and Studies Epidemiology 4 works
  4. 4 Pancreatic function and diabetes Surgery 3 works
  5. 5 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 3 works
  6. 6 Diabetes and associated disorders Genetics 3 works
  7. 7 Antifungal resistance and susceptibility Infectious Diseases 3 works
  8. 8 Hepatitis C virus research Hepatology 3 works
  9. 9 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 3 works
  10. 10 Infectious Diseases and Mycology Small Animals 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 available58.6%not open41.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.8%domestic only66.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Westmead Institute for Medical Research's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 137% 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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