2020 tables: Institutions - Earth & environmental sciences

The 2020 tables are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019.

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# Institution Share 2018 Share 2019 Count 2019 Change in Adjusted Share* 2018–2019
1 The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia 35.51 34.49 103 -5.9%
2 University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney), Australia 30.66 30.33 114 -4.1%
3 Australian National University (ANU), Australia 28.44 24.52 106 -16.4%
4 Monash University, Australia 18.80 22.82 90 17.7%
5 Curtin University, Australia 22.56 21.54 71 -7.5%
6 The University of Melbourne (UniMelb), Australia 19.82 19.81 71 -3.1%
7 The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia 16.96 17.81 119 1.8%
8 The University of Western Australia (UWA), Australia 12.06 15.86 78 27.4%
9 Macquarie University, Australia 8.56 11.38 52 28.9%
10 University of Tasmania (UTAS), Australia 9.71 11.18 73 11.5%
11 The University of Adelaide (Adelaide Uni), Australia 7.02 8.33 43 15.1%
12 University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia 4.59 7.74 29 63.5%
13 Bureau of Meteorology (BOM), Australia 6.33 6.55 24 0.3%
14 University of Wollongong (UOW), Australia 3.62 5.48 29 46.6%
15 The University of Sydney (USYD), Australia 8.34 5.42 28 -37.0%
16 The University of Newcastle (UON), Australia 5.11 4.83 14 -8.3%
17 Southern Cross University (SCU), Australia 6.97 4.81 11 -33.1%
18 James Cook University (JCU), Australia 7.56 4.67 29 -40.1%
19 Geoscience Australia, Australia 0.69 3.49 17 390.2%
20 Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Australia 3.30 3.25 17 -4.5%
21 Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (AWE), Australia 1.76 2.89 34 59.3%
22 The University of South Australia (UniSA), Australia 3.04 2.07 16 -34.3%
23 Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia 3.27 1.83 13 -46.0%
24 Edith Cowan University (ECU), Australia 0.54 1.71 8 208.0%
25 Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), Australia 1.76 1.59 12 -12.4%
26 Western Sydney University, Australia 1.23 1.56 19 22.4%
27 Murdoch University, Australia 1.68 1.49 5 -14.0%
28 Government of Western Australia, Australia 1.97 1.30 20 -36.2%
29 Griffith University, Australia 5.61 1.25 13 -78.5%
30 University of New England (UNE), Australia 2.02 1.10 6 -46.9%
31 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University), Australia 5.72 1.01 7 -82.8%
32 Swinburne University of Technology, Australia 0.01 1.00 2 13899.3%
33 Victoria University (VU), Australia 1.12 0.95 3 -17.9%
34 Flinders University, Australia 0.29 0.92 10 206.4%
35 University of the Sunshine Coast (USC), Australia 0.85 0.77 8 -12.7%
36 CSIRO Energy Technology, Australia 1.00 0.77 3 -25.7%
37 Museums Victoria, Australia 0.06 0.63 2 998.0%
38 Geological Survey of Australia, Australia 0.03 0.58 2 1878.7%
39 Department of Industry, Australia 0.64 0.54 21 -17.4%
40 Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Australia – 0.52 2 N/A
41 SCT Operations Pty Ltd., Australia – 0.50 2 N/A
42 South Australian Museum, Australia 0.08 0.48 3 455.7%
43 Charles Darwin University (CDU), Australia 0.25 0.47 6 86.9%
44 Deakin University, Australia 0.10 0.44 6 313.2%
45 University of Canberra, Australia 2.05 0.42 2 -80.1%
46 University of Southern Queensland (USQ), Australia 0.06 0.40 3 524.6%
47 Queensland Department of Environment and Science (DES), Australia 0.04 0.40 2 800.2%
48 La Trobe University, Australia 1.56 0.36 10 -77.8%
49 South Australian Water Corporation (SA Water), Australia 2.06 0.34 2 -83.9%
50 Lord Howe Island Museum and Visitor Centre, Australia – 0.33 1 N/A
51 Queensland Urban Utilities (QUU), Australia – 0.29 1 N/A
52 Seqwater, Australia 0.69 0.27 2 -61.9%
53 Queensland Herbarium, Australia – 0.26 2 N/A
54 Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (GBRMP), Australia 0.15 0.25 3 60.1%
55 NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment, Australia 0.03 0.25 1 748.0%
56 ATRAD Pty Ltd., Australia 0.14 0.24 2 69.5%
57 Institute of Mine Seismology (IMS), Australia – 0.23 2 N/A
58 South East Water Corporation, Australia 0.17 0.23 13 29.8%
59 Melbourne Water Corporation, Australia 0.59 0.19 13 -68.0%
60 Telethon Kids Institute, Australia 0.02 0.18 1 820.7%
61 ChemCentre, Australia 0.13 0.17 2 29.2%
61 Blue Minerals Consultancy (BMC), Australia 0.38 0.17 1 -57.6%
61 Perth Children's Hospital (PCH), Australia – 0.17 1 N/A
61 Sydney Olympic Park Authority, Australia – 0.17 1 N/A
61 Suncorp Group Limited, Australia – 0.17 1 N/A
61 Western Australian Marine Science Institution (WAMSI), Australia – 0.17 1 N/A
62 Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP), State Government Victoria, Australia 0.21 0.16 14 -25.8%
63 Global Carbon Project, Australia 0.09 0.16 3 84.9%
64 SA Health, Australia – 0.16 2 N/A
65 Water Corporation, Australia 0.11 0.14 1 24.6%
65 Australian Capital Territory Emergency Services Agency (ACT ESA), Australia – 0.14 1 N/A
65 Corescan Pty. Ltd., Australia – 0.14 1 N/A
65 CaveWorks Margaret River, Australia – 0.14 1 N/A
66 NSW Department of Industry, Australia 0.26 0.14 5 -47.0%
67 Queensland Museum (QM), Australia 0.02 0.13 1 505.7%
67 BHP Billiton Limited, Australia – 0.13 1 N/A
67 Calidus Resources Limited, Australia – 0.13 1 N/A
68 Schefe Consulting, Australia – 0.11 1 N/A
68 FluroSat Pty, Ltd., Australia – 0.11 1 N/A
69 CJEL Digital Imaging Education Solution Pty. Ltd., Australia – 0.10 1 N/A
70 Gemeye Observatory, Australia – 0.09 1 N/A
70 Water Research Australia Limited (WaterRA), Australia – 0.09 1 N/A
70 ​Bocking Associates CBM Pty Ltd., Australia – 0.09 1 N/A
70 Healthy Waterways Ltd., Australia – 0.09 1 N/A
70 Council of the City of Gold Coast, Australia – 0.09 1 N/A
70 Coliban Water, Australia – 0.09 1 N/A
70 Astronomical Society of Australia Inc. (ASA), Australia – 0.09 1 N/A
71 Levay and Co. Environmental Services, Australia 0.18 0.08 1 -55.8%
71 South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), Australia – 0.08 1 N/A
71 Bare Rock Geological Services Pty. Ltd., Australia – 0.08 1 N/A
72 Charles Sturt University (CSU), Australia 0.05 0.07 5 47.6%
73 Ixom Operations Pty Ltd., Australia – 0.07 1 N/A
74 Dennis Price and Miller Pty Ltd., Australia – 0.07 1 N/A
75 SA Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources, Australia 0.05 0.06 4 20.8%
76 Murray–Darling Basin Authority (MDBA), Australia – 0.06 1 N/A
77 Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Australia – 0.06 1 N/A
78 WorldFish, Australia – 0.03 1 N/A
78 ReefSense Pty Ltd., Australia – 0.03 1 N/A
79 Western Australia Department of Fisheries, Australia 0.28 0.03 2 -91.1%
80 NSW Ministry of Health, Australia – 0.01 1 N/A
81 South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI), Australia 0.05 0.01 1 -74.5%
82 Pepperell Research and Consulting Pty Ltd., Australia – 0.01 1 N/A
83 NSW Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH), Australia – 0.01 1 N/A
84 The Minderoo Foundation Pty Ltd., Australia – 0.00 1 N/A
85 Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC), Australia 0.00 0.00 2 40.8%

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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