2021 tables: Institutions

The 2021 tables are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020.

Table criteria

# Institution Share 2019 Share 2020 Count 2020 Change in Adjusted Share* 2019–2020
1 The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia 116.65 161.24 525 33.3%
2 University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney), Australia 133.61 155.50 545 12.2%
3 Monash University, Australia 131.75 124.31 540 -9.0%
4 The University of Melbourne (UniMelb), Australia 102.19 111.26 575 5.0%
5 Australian National University (ANU), Australia 104.87 88.75 332 -18.4%
6 The University of Sydney (USYD), Australia 79.61 75.01 377 -9.2%
7 The University of Western Australia (UWA), Australia 51.78 43.87 246 -18.3%
8 The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia 38.11 42.96 246 8.7%
9 The University of Adelaide (Adelaide Uni), Australia 39.90 41.44 238 0.1%
10 University of Wollongong (UOW), Australia 42.14 36.14 144 -17.3%
11 Curtin University, Australia 35.93 35.27 159 -5.4%
12 University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia 21.31 32.15 105 45.5%
13 Macquarie University, Australia 29.37 28.75 141 -5.6%
14 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University), Australia 24.16 28.26 104 12.8%
15 Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia 25.10 28.10 125 7.9%
16 Griffith University, Australia 23.70 23.00 85 -6.4%
17 University of Tasmania (UTAS), Australia 18.08 21.16 124 12.8%
18 Swinburne University of Technology, Australia 15.09 17.26 89 10.3%
19 Deakin University, Australia 12.66 15.60 55 18.8%
20 James Cook University (JCU), Australia 14.26 15.32 71 3.6%
21 Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Australia 13.75 12.69 95 -11.0%
22 QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Australia 9.87 12.29 86 20.0%
23 Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI), Australia 8.52 12.29 80 39.0%
24 La Trobe University, Australia 12.41 10.13 75 -21.3%
25 The University of Newcastle (UON), Australia 14.76 7.97 57 -48.0%
26 Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Australia 7.44 7.72 58 0.0%
27 Flinders University, Australia 5.23 7.67 38 41.5%
28 Western Sydney University, Australia 4.69 7.62 54 56.8%
29 The University of South Australia (UniSA), Australia 9.93 7.18 50 -30.3%
30 Melbourne Health, Australia 5.28 6.36 98 16.1%
31 Southern Cross University (SCU), Australia 6.23 5.72 22 -11.4%
32 Bureau of Meteorology (BOM), Australia 6.55 5.21 18 -23.3%
33 Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (Peter Mac), Australia 8.91 4.72 62 -48.9%
34 Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Australia 4.96 3.68 31 -28.4%
35 St Vincent's Health Australia, Australia 2.65 3.23 46 17.5%
36 South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), Australia 1.55 3.19 19 98.6%
37 The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne (RCH), Australia 1.70 3.07 54 74.3%
38 University of Southern Queensland (USQ), Australia 2.53 2.49 20 -5.1%
39 Geoscience Australia, Australia 3.83 2.41 14 -39.4%
40 Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), Australia 2.23 2.32 13 0.4%
41 Edith Cowan University (ECU), Australia 2.51 2.29 15 -12.3%
42 Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute (VCCRI), Australia 2.20 2.20 13 -3.7%
43 Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute (Baker IDI), Australia 1.95 1.91 14 -5.4%
44 University of New England (UNE), Australia 3.52 1.79 9 -50.9%
45 Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (AWE), Australia 3.39 1.60 19 -54.5%
46 SA Health, Australia 1.71 1.55 26 -12.7%
47 Murdoch University, Australia 2.54 1.41 20 -46.6%
48 Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Australia 1.73 1.36 13 -24.2%
49 Mater Health Services, Australia 1.04 1.36 24 25.8%
50 University of the Sunshine Coast (USC), Australia 1.83 1.16 12 -38.8%
51 Children's Cancer Institute Australia (CCIA), Australia 2.12 1.14 13 -48.2%
52 Burnet Institute, Australia 0.85 1.12 10 27.2%
53 Government of Western Australia, Australia 2.00 1.07 23 -48.6%
54 Sydney Water Corporation, Australia 1.03 3 N/A
55 Metro South Health, Australia 1.09 1.01 24 -10.3%
56 Westmead Hospital (WSLHD), Australia 0.27 0.90 15 220.9%
57 EnGeneIC Ltd., Australia 0.85 1 N/A
58 Microbial Screening Technologies, Australia 0.48 0.83 3 65.5%
59 Charles Darwin University (CDU), Australia 1.51 0.80 9 -49.0%
60 CSL Limited, Australia 0.26 0.80 4 190.0%
61 Department of Defence, Australia, Australia 0.78 3 N/A
62 South Australian Museum, Australia 0.48 0.77 9 55.0%
63 NSW Ministry of Health, Australia 0.70 0.76 20 4.5%
64 Alfred Health, Australia 0.78 0.70 23 -13.6%
65 Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute (ONJCRI), Australia 0.96 0.67 9 -32.8%
66 Bioresource Processing Institute of Australia (BioPRIA), Australia 0.67 1 N/A
67 Australian Catholic University (ACU), Australia 0.08 0.66 9 687.9%
68 Victoria University (VU), Australia 1.06 0.62 5 -43.9%
69 Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA), Australia 1.39 0.62 14 -57.2%
70 Trajan Scientific and Medical, Australia 0.36 0.61 2 66.7%
71 Barwon Health, Australia 0.04 0.60 9 1520.4%
72 Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Australia 1.18 0.59 24 -52.0%
73 Fiona Stanley and Fremantle Hospitals Group (FSFHG), Australia 0.77 0.58 15 -27.4%
74 Melanoma Institute Australia, Australia 0.49 0.58 9 13.8%
75 South Australian Water Corporation (SA Water), Australia 0.34 0.57 2 61.5%
76 University of Canberra, Australia 0.51 0.52 8 -1.0%
77 Museums Victoria, Australia 1.97 0.51 5 -75.2%
78 Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment (CRC CARE), Australia 0.48 3 N/A
79 Telethon Kids Institute, Australia 0.85 0.48 16 -46.4%
80 Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP), State Government Victoria, Australia 0.96 0.46 15 -53.9%
81 Charles Sturt University (CSU), Australia 0.08 0.45 16 449.2%
82 State Herbarium of South Australia, Australia 0.44 2 N/A
83 South East Water Corporation, Australia 0.23 0.40 10 68.7%
84 NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment, Australia 0.25 0.40 3 53.0%
85 Austin Health, Australia 0.29 0.39 17 29.9%
86 Metabolomics Australia (MA), Australia 0.38 0.38 5 -3.5%
87 Queensland Health, Australia 0.34 0.37 5 3.9%
88 Geochron Research Group, Australia 0.37 2 N/A
89 PathWest Laboratory Medicine of Western Australia, Australia 0.14 0.36 4 145.2%
90 Silicon Quantum Computing Pty Ltd., Australia 0.36 1 N/A
91 Royal Perth Hospital, Australia 0.83 0.35 17 -59.2%
92 BHP Billiton Limited, Australia 0.13 0.35 2 170.0%
93 Australian College of Optometry (ACO), Australia 0.35 1 N/A
94 Australian Museum, Australia 0.34 0.33 2 -4.9%
94 Clarity Pharmaceuticals, Australia 0.33 1 N/A
95 Federation University Australia, Australia 0.02 0.32 4 1283.7%
96 Metro North Hospital and Health Service, Australia 0.34 0.30 13 -14.1%
97 Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment (DPIPWE), Australia 0.00 0.30 2 25887.8%
98 The Heart Research Institute (HRI), Australia 0.16 0.29 5 79.9%
99 Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (SCGH), Australia 0.87 0.27 15 -69.9%
100 NSW Sydney Local Health District (SLHD), Australia 0.03 0.26 7 658.9%
101 Magotteaux Australia Pty Ltd., Australia 0.25 1 N/A
101 DMTC Limited, Australia 0.25 1 N/A
101 TGR BioSciences Pty Ltd, Australia 0.25 1 N/A
102 NSW Department of Industry, Australia 0.40 0.25 9 -41.3%
103 NSW Health Pathology, Australia 0.09 0.24 9 150.0%
104 Melbourne Water Corporation, Australia 0.22 0.24 9 6.3%
105 Victorian Department of Health and Human Services (Victorian DHHC), Australia 0.15 0.24 1 49.2%
106 Council of the City of Gold Coast, Australia 0.09 0.22 1 135.7%
106 Hunter Water Corporation, Australia 0.22 1 N/A
106 Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation (GAC), Australia 0.22 1 N/A
107 The University of Notre Dame Australia (UNDA), Australia 0.05 0.21 5 285.9%
108 Monash Health, Australia 0.48 0.21 12 -58.2%
109 Membrane Futures, Australia 0.20 1 N/A
110 Western Health, Australia 0.07 0.20 18 153.1%
111 BlueSphere Environmental Pty., Ltd. (BlueSphere), Australia 0.19 1 N/A
112 AviPep Pty Ltd., Australia 0.18 1 N/A
113 Orygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, Australia 0.01 0.18 6 1184.6%
114 Prince of Wales Hospital, Australia 0.18 7 N/A
115 Perth Children's Hospital (PCH), Australia 0.19 0.17 4 -8.9%
116 Victoria Speleological Association (VSA), Australia 0.17 1 N/A
116 New South Wales Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS), Australia 0.17 1 N/A
116 Water and Health Pty Ltd., Australia 0.17 1 N/A
117 Cancer Council Australia, Australia 0.06 0.16 13 150.1%
118 Terrace Eye Centre, Australia 0.16 1 N/A
119 New South Wales Wine Industry Association (NSWWIA), Australia 0.15 1 N/A
120 Prince of Wales Private Hospital, Australia 0.17 0.15 7 -14.8%
121 Ramsay Health Care, Australia 0.03 0.15 5 450.5%
122 SCT Operations Pty Ltd., Australia 0.50 0.14 1 -72.5%
122 Healthy Land and Water, Australia 0.14 1 N/A
122 Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA), Australia 0.14 1 N/A
123 Department of Industry, Australia 2.54 0.14 9 -94.6%
124 Queensland Department of Environment and Science (DES), Australia 0.42 0.14 2 -68.4%
125 Newro Foundation, Australia 0.13 1 N/A
126 Centre for Digestive Diseases (CCD), Australia 0.13 2 N/A
127 Blacktown and Mount Druitt Hospital (BMDH), Australia 0.02 0.13 2 433.6%
128 Queensland Museum (QM), Australia 0.13 0.13 1 -3.6%
128 Steve Carey Hypnotherapy, Australia 0.13 1 N/A
129 OOID Scientific, Australia 0.12 1 N/A
130 Ferronova Pty Ltd., Australia 0.12 1 N/A
131 Chris O'Brien Lifehouse, Australia 0.02 0.12 3 353.7%
132 Seer Medical, Australia 0.12 1 N/A
133 ​Bocking Associates CBM Pty Ltd., Australia 0.09 0.11 1 17.8%
134 Australian Defence Force (ADF), Australia 0.10 0.11 3 7.2%
135 Cabrini Health, Australia 0.04 0.11 3 190.3%
136 NSW South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD), Australia 0.09 0.10 3 12.6%
137 Advanced Molecular Technologies Pty Ltd., Australia 0.10 1 N/A
138 Northern Territory Government, Australia 0.11 0.10 1 -15.4%
138 Dunkeld Pastoral Co., Pty. Ltd., Australia 0.10 1 N/A
138 Geotrack International Pty. Ltd., Australia 0.10 1 N/A
138 Glencore Australia Holdings Pty Ltd., Australia 0.10 1 N/A
138 Ear Science Institute Australia, Australia 0.10 1 N/A
138 Lettuce Create, Australia 0.10 1 N/A
139 SA Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources, Australia 0.06 0.10 5 62.2%
140 South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI), Australia 0.28 0.10 2 -66.5%
141 Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC, Australia 0.09 1 N/A
141 Reserve Bank of Australia, Australia 0.09 1 N/A
141 Lipotek Pty Ltd., Australia 0.09 1 N/A
141 Microscopy Solutions Pty., Australia 0.09 1 N/A
142 The Royal Women's Hospital, Australia 0.11 0.09 9 -21.0%
143 WA Department of Health, Australia 0.09 0.09 4 -2.9%
144 Sonic Healthcare Limited, Australia 0.15 0.08 1 -45.0%
144 ChemCentre, Australia 0.17 0.08 1 -51.8%
144 Western Australian Museum, Australia 0.32 0.08 1 -75.2%
144 Ventia Pty Ltd., Australia 0.08 1 N/A
144 Ozgene Pty Ltd., Australia 0.08 1 N/A
144 Airservices Australia, Australia 0.08 1 N/A
144 Continuum Biosciences Pty Ltd., Australia 0.08 1 N/A
145 The Park - Centre for Mental Health, Treatment, Research and Education, Australia 0.13 0.08 2 -41.1%
146 Queensland Urban Utilities (QUU), Australia 0.29 0.08 1 -74.0%
146 Afflux Consulting, Australia 0.08 1 N/A
146 Asia Pacific Veterinary Information Services Pty Ltd, Australia 0.08 1 N/A
146 Cynata Therapeutics Limited, Australia 0.08 1 N/A
146 Water Technology Pty Ltd., Australia 0.08 1 N/A
147 Queensland Skin and Cancer Trust (QIDerm), Australia 0.07 4 N/A
148 The Prince Charles Hospital (TPCH), Australia 0.04 0.07 4 82.8%
149 Princess Margaret Hospital for Children (PMH), Australia 0.01 0.07 3 481.1%
150 TissuPath Pty Ltd., Australia 0.10 0.07 1 -33.9%
150 Rotarians Against Malaria (RAM), Australia 0.07 1 N/A
150 Australian Proteome Analysis Facility Ltd. (APAF Ltd.), Australia 0.07 1 N/A
151 GreenLight Clinical Pty. Ltd., Australia 0.07 1 N/A
152 The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Australia 0.18 0.06 4 -66.5%
153 Q-Pharm Pty. Ltd., Australia 0.06 1 N/A
154 Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH), Australia 0.06 2 N/A
155 South West Healthcare (SWH), Australia 0.01 0.06 6 374.9%
156 Perth Exoplanet Survey Telescope (PEST), Australia 0.06 3 N/A
157 Antares Fluoresci Research, Australia 0.06 1 N/A
157 National Museum of Australia (NMA), Australia 0.06 1 N/A
158 Sax Institute, Australia 0.05 1 N/A
159 Australian Astronomical Observatory (AAO), Australia 0.02 0.05 1 155.4%
159 Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC), Australia 0.02 0.05 1 116.9%
159 Foresight Health, Australia 0.05 1 N/A
159 Broadspectrum (Australia) Pty. Ltd., Australia 0.05 1 N/A
160 Children's Health Queensland (CHQ), Australia 0.05 0.05 6 -4.9%
161 Sonowest Pty. Ltd., Australia 0.05 1 N/A
161 OncoRes Medical Pty. Ltd., Australia 0.05 1 N/A
162 Global Carbon Project, Australia 0.16 0.05 2 -72.1%
163 Astronomical Society of Australia Inc. (ASA), Australia 0.09 0.05 1 -51.8%
163 Gemeye Observatory, Australia 0.09 0.05 1 -51.8%
163 Foundry Associates, Australia 0.05 1 N/A
163 E2Designlab, Australia 0.05 1 N/A
164 Vets Beyond Borders, Australia 0.05 0.04 1 -13.3%
165 Datapharm Australia Pty Ltd., Australia 0.04 1 N/A
165 Bush Heritage Australia, Australia 0.04 1 N/A
166 Douglass Hanly Moir Pathology (DHM), Australia 0.03 0.04 1 27.3%
167 Astronomy Australia Limited (AAL), Australia 0.01 0.04 7 254.9%
168 Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), Australia 0.04 1 N/A
169 Diversity Arrays Technology Pty Ltd (DArT P/L), Australia 0.03 1 N/A
170 Animal Management in Rural and Remote Indigenous Communities (AMRRIC), Australia 0.03 0.03 1 30.0%
171 Macquarie Group Limited, Australia 0.03 1 N/A
172 Liverpool Hospital, Australia 0.03 0.03 2 5.3%
173 Western Australia Department of Fisheries, Australia 0.08 0.03 1 -62.0%
174 Queensland Herbarium, Australia 0.30 0.03 1 -91.2%
175 Queensland Department of Development, Manufacturing, Infrastructure and Planning, Australia 0.02 0.03 1 19.0%
175 Director of National Parks (DNP), Australia 0.02 0.03 1 19.0%
176 Greenslopes Private Hospital, Australia 0.06 0.02 1 -58.8%
176 The Lowitja Institute - National Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Research Limited (NIATSIHR), Australia 0.02 1 N/A
177 Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG), Australia 0.17 0.02 1 -87.2%
178 Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Australia 0.01 0.02 1 277.9%
179 KaRa Institute of Neurological Diseases (KaRa MINDS), Australia 0.04 0.02 1 -46.8%
180 Launceston General Hospital, Australia 0.02 2 N/A
181 Melbourne Bioinformatics, Australia 0.02 0.02 1 -27.7%
182 Australian Genomics Health Alliance, Australia 0.11 0.02 1 -84.3%
183 Victorian National Park Association, Australia 0.02 1 N/A
184 Hawkesbury District Health Service, Australia 0.02 1 N/A
185 Bond University, Australia 0.01 0.01 1 57.7%
186 Peninsula Health, Australia 0.04 0.01 1 -63.9%
187 South Western Sydney Local Health District (SWSLHD), Australia 0.03 0.01 1 -61.7%
188 Cogstate Ltd., Australia 0.01 1 N/A
189 Epworth HealthCare, Australia 0.01 4 N/A
190 Centre for Clinical Research in Neuropsychiatry (CCRN), Australia 0.00 0.01 2 1741.1%
191 Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC), Australia 0.01 0.01 1 100.1%
192 Perth Retina Clinic, Australia 0.01 1 N/A
193 Royal Perth Hospital Medical Research Foundation Incorporated (RPHMRF), Australia 0.00 0.01 5 281.8%
194 Microba, Australia 0.01 1 N/A
195 Australian Clinical Labs, Australia 0.02 0.01 1 -54.8%
195 Northern Beaches Hospital, Australia 0.01 1 N/A
196 Australian Alzheimer’s Research Foundation, Australia 0.01 1 N/A
197 Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Australia 0.01 1 N/A
198 HBF Health Limited, Australia 0.00 1 N/A
199 Black Dog Institute, Australia 0.14 0.00 1 -96.9%
200 Bioplatforms Australia Ltd., Australia 0.00 3 N/A
201 Royal Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia 0.07 0.00 1 -94.1%
202 Australian Breast Cancer Tissue Bank (ABCTB), Australia 0.00 0.00 2 130.1%
203 National Heart Foundation of Australia, Australia 0.00 0.00 1 25.4%
204 Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine (VIFM), Australia 0.00 3 N/A
205 St John of God Health Care (SJGHC), Australia 0.03 0.00 1 -93.5%
205 Western Hospital, Australia 0.00 1 N/A
206 The George Institute for Global Health (TGI), Australia 0.11 0.00 1 -98.8%
207 Central Queensland University (CQU), Australia 0.08 0.00 1 -98.8%
208 Calvary Mater Newcastle, Australia 0.00 0.00 1 -21.0%
209 Westmead Breast Cancer Institute (BCI), Australia 0.00 0.00 1 -64.9%
209 Western Sydney Local Health District (NWSLHD), Australia 0.00 1 N/A
210 Australian Red Cross Blood Service, Australia 0.00 0.00 1 -42.0%
210 Brien Holden Vision Institute (BHVI), Australia 0.00 1 N/A
211 Pathology North, Australia 0.00 0.00 1 -78.9%
212 National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), Australia 0.00 3 N/A

Footnote

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