Flinders University
Australia
Flinders University is a comprehensive, research-intensive university that embraces both the technological and the social challenges inherent in many problems.
Over recent years, the issue of models of care, such as caring for the elderly, for those with disabilities or those with mental health and wellbeing challenges, have increasingly taken centre stage in our communities.
Flinders has been proactive in combining technological and social research to tackle these issues head-on, with focused research initiatives led by the recently established Caring Futures Institute, the Órama Institute for Mental Health and Wellbeing, the Social Work Innovation Research Living Space and the Flinders Digital Health Research Centre.
Other areas of focus for Flinders’ research are the technological and social challenges we are seeing in industrial production as the world transitions to advanced forms of manufacturing, commonly referred to as Industry 4.0.
The depth and breadth of the direct connections between our researchers and industry are a vital component of our research activities. We work in close partnership with businesses, not-for-profit enterprises and government to ensure that our research results in the types of innovation and transformation that benefit society.
There is no question that the challenges facing the world are great, but our capacity to rise to the challenge is what defines research excellence at Flinders University.
In 1966 when Flinders University was established, founding Vice-Chancellor Professor Peter Karmel stated his ambitions for the university "we want to experiment, and experiment bravely". In the spirit of this tradition, we recognise the "brave minds" of our researchers in BRAVE Minds (Edition 2).
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1 December 2019 - 30 November 2020
Region: Global
Subject/journal group: All
The table to the right includes counts of all research outputs for Flinders University published between 1 December 2019 - 30 November 2020 which are tracked by the Nature Index.
Hover over the donut graph to view the FC output for each subject. Below, the same research outputs are grouped by subject. Click on the subject to drill-down into a list of articles organized by journal, and then by title.
Note: Articles may be assigned to more than one subject area.
Count | Share |
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38 | 6.45 |
Outputs by subject (Share)
Subject | Count | Share | |
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Life Sciences | 25 | 4.18 | |
Physical Sciences | 4 | 0.38 | |
Chemistry | 5 | 1.42 | |
Earth & Environmental Sciences | 7 | 1.08 |
Highlight of the month
A cooler route to strong polymer bonds
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A room-temperature method for strongly bonding two polymer surfaces could lead to applications in polymer use, repair and recycling.
The molecules of conventional polymers are based on strings of carbon atoms, but some recently developed polymers are at least half sulfur by mass. As sulfur compounds typically make and break bonds more readily than their carbon counterparts, these polymers gain some unusual properties. When cut, for example, applying heat can heal the rift by forming new sulfur–sulfur bonds across the break.
Now, a team led by Flinders University researchers has developed a way to trigger sulfur–sulfur bond formation at room temperature using an amine catalyst.
As well as healing damage, the process can be used to bond two objects together, or as a way to form new objects after grinding the polymer to a powder during recycling. The team is pursuing potential applications in industrial contexts.
- Chemical Science 11, 5537–5546 (2020). doi: 10.1039/d0sc00855a
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Top articles by Altmetric score in current window
The first Australian plant foods at Madjedbebe, 65,000–53,000 years ago
Nature Communications
2020-02-17
Archaeological evidence for two separate dispersals of Neanderthals into southern Siberia
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2020-01-27
1 December 2019 - 30 November 2020
International vs. domestic collaboration by Share
- 48.1% Domestic
- 51.9% International
Note: Hover over the graph to view the percentage of collaboration.
Top 10 domestic collaborators by Share (84 total)
- Flinders University, Australia
- Domestic institution
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The University of Adelaide (Adelaide Uni), Australia
(3.59)
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The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia
(2.31)
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The University of Western Australia (UWA), Australia
(2.15)
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South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), Australia
(1.78)
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The University of Melbourne (UniMelb), Australia
(1.49)
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The University of South Australia (UniSA), Australia
(1.47)
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South Australian Museum, Australia
(1.35)
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University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney), Australia
(1.28)
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The University of Newcastle (UON), Australia
(1.26)
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Australian National University (ANU), Australia
(1.23)
Top 10 international collaborators by Share (1170 total)
- Flinders University, Australia
- Foreign institution
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Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China
(1.08)
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University of Liverpool, United Kingdom (UK)
(1.05)
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Uppsala University (UU), Sweden
(1.02)
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Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR), Canada
(0.93)
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Laval University (UL), Canada
(0.92)
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University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna (VUM), Austria
(0.83)
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The University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada
(0.81)
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Harvard University, United States of America (USA)
(0.78)
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University of Salford, United Kingdom (UK)
(0.75)
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The University of Utah (Utah), United States of America (USA)
(0.61)
Note: Collaboration is determined by the fractional count (Share), which is listed in parentheses.
Affiliated joint institutions and consortia

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