2018 tables: Institutions - physical sciences

The 2018 tables are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017.

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# Institution Share 2016 Share 2017 Count 2017 Change in Adjusted Share* 2016–2017
1 Australian National University (ANU), Australia 37.60 28.86 123 -24.1%
2 University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney), Australia 32.89 27.31 88 -17.9%
3 Monash University, Australia 32.48 24.39 109 -25.8%
4 The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia 24.42 23.76 80 -3.8%
5 University of Wollongong (UOW), Australia 15.10 18.98 62 24.2%
6 The University of Sydney (USYD), Australia 19.81 16.75 146 -16.4%
7 The University of Melbourne (UniMelb), Australia 27.46 16.32 163 -41.3%
8 The University of Adelaide (Adelaide Uni), Australia 9.00 11.85 126 30.1%
9 Griffith University, Australia 10.00 11.50 30 13.6%
10 The University of Western Australia (UWA), Australia 12.54 10.82 79 -14.7%
11 University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia 4.65 10.08 31 114.2%
12 Swinburne University of Technology, Australia 12.61 9.11 67 -28.5%
13 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University), Australia 7.55 8.85 28 15.8%
14 Curtin University, Australia 6.76 5.53 41 -19.1%
15 Macquarie University, Australia 5.11 5.48 39 6.0%
16 The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia 8.13 5.02 26 -38.9%
17 Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia 2.96 4.58 17 52.9%
18 Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Australia 2.44 3.32 20 34.0%
19 Deakin University, Australia 3.20 2.61 6 -19.4%
20 La Trobe University, Australia 1.00 1.91 7 89.5%
21 The University of South Australia (UniSA), Australia 3.82 1.13 15 -70.7%
22 University of Tasmania (UTAS), Australia 0.08 1.09 6 1181.3%
23 Flinders University, Australia 0.14 0.92 3 533.2%
24 Department of Industry, Australia – 0.79 2 N/A
25 QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Australia – 0.73 1 N/A
26 University of Southern Queensland (USQ), Australia 0.17 0.68 3 288.2%
27 The University of Newcastle (UON), Australia 0.50 0.65 2 29.1%
28 Edith Cowan University (ECU), Australia 0.54 0.44 1 -18.5%
29 Australian Astronomical Observatory (AAO), Australia 1.31 0.42 15 -68.4%
30 Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (Peter Mac), Australia – 0.41 2 N/A
31 Western Sydney University, Australia 1.27 0.28 5 -78.1%
32 Telethon Kids Institute, Australia – 0.17 1 N/A
33 Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Australia – 0.15 1 N/A
34 Bureau of Meteorology (BOM), Australia – 0.14 1 N/A
34 Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), Australia – 0.14 1 N/A
35 Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Australia 0.07 0.14 3 93.8%
36 Fiona Stanley and Fremantle Hospitals Group (FSFHG), Australia – 0.13 2 N/A
37 Austin Health, Australia – 0.13 4 N/A
38 BHP Billiton Limited, Australia – 0.13 1 N/A
39 Bionics Institute, Australia – 0.12 4 N/A
40 Dyesol, Australia – 0.11 2 N/A
40 Royal Perth Hospital, Australia – 0.11 1 N/A
40 Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (SCGH), Australia – 0.11 1 N/A
41 Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute (ONJCRI), Australia – 0.10 1 N/A
42 Princess Margaret Hospital for Children (PMH), Australia – 0.10 1 N/A
43 Darwin Banana Farming Company, Australia – 0.09 1 N/A
44 Australian Defence Force (ADF), Australia – 0.09 3 N/A
45 Minerals Targeting International Pty. Ltd., Australia – 0.08 1 N/A
45 Lambert School, Australia – 0.08 1 N/A
46 James Cook University (JCU), Australia 1.64 0.08 2 -95.5%
47 Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (AWE), Australia – 0.07 1 N/A
48 Murdoch University, Australia 0.64 0.06 2 -91.1%
49 Children's Cancer Institute Australia (CCIA), Australia – 0.06 1 N/A
50 Sugar Research Australia Ltd (SRA), Australia – 0.05 1 N/A
51 Perth Exoplanet Survey Telescope (PEST), Australia – 0.04 1 N/A
51 University of New England (UNE), Australia – 0.04 1 N/A
52 Melbourne Health, Australia – 0.04 3 N/A
53 National ICT Australia (NICTA), Australia – 0.03 3 N/A
54 St Vincent's Health Australia, Australia – 0.03 3 N/A
54 Cochlear Ltd., Australia – 0.03 3 N/A
55 PathWest Laboratory Medicine of Western Australia, Australia – 0.02 1 N/A
56 SA Health, Australia 0.00 0.02 1 1127.7%
57 Charles Sturt University (CSU), Australia 0.01 0.01 13 -15.6%
58 Charles Darwin University (CDU), Australia – 0.00 1 N/A
59 The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Australia – 0.00 3 N/A

Footnote

Each year, the Nature Index publishes tables based on counts of high-quality research outputs in the previous calendar year. Users please note:

  1. The data behind the tables are based on a relatively small proportion of total research papers, they cover the natural sciences only and outputs are non-normalized (that is, they don’t reflect the size of the country or institution, or its overall research output).
  2. The Nature Index is one indicator of institutional research performance. The metrics of Count and Share used to order Nature Index listings are based on an institution’s or country’s publication output in 82 natural-science journals through 2022, in 2023 64 health-science journals were added to the Index. The 146 journals in the Nature Index were selected on reputation by an independent panel of leading scientists in their fields.
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*The change in adjusted Share accounts for the small annual variation in the total number of articles in Nature Index journals. Share values have been adjusted to 2022 levels to calculate the percentage change. For more information on the adjustment, please see the Adjusted metric explainer.


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