2021 tables: Institutions - Earth & environmental sciences

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

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# Institution Share 2019 Share 2020 Count 2020 Change in Adjusted Share 2019-2020*
1 The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia 34.47 46.24 115 29.7%
2 University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney), Australia 30.31 43.28 139 38.1%
3 Australian National University (ANU), Australia 24.50 27.46 106 8.4%
4 Monash University, Australia 22.83 24.22 85 2.6%
5 Curtin University, Australia 21.54 22.51 70 1.0%
6 The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia 17.84 22.15 122 20.0%
7 The University of Melbourne (UniMelb), Australia 19.84 14.16 59 -31.0%
8 University of Tasmania (UTAS), Australia 11.18 12.74 68 10.2%
9 The University of Western Australia (UWA), Australia 15.83 11.44 65 -30.1%
10 Macquarie University, Australia 11.35 10.25 42 -12.7%
11 The University of Adelaide (Adelaide Uni), Australia 8.33 7.98 35 -7.4%
12 University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia 7.74 6.20 30 -22.6%
13 The University of Sydney (USYD), Australia 5.42 5.33 29 -5.0%
14 Southern Cross University (SCU), Australia 4.81 5.24 16 5.4%
15 Bureau of Meteorology (BOM), Australia 6.55 5.21 18 -23.1%
16 Western Sydney University, Australia 1.56 4.37 21 171.6%
17 Griffith University, Australia 1.25 3.98 19 209.2%
18 Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia 1.83 3.52 19 86.3%
19 James Cook University (JCU), Australia 4.67 3.46 25 -28.4%
20 Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Australia 3.25 3.11 22 -7.6%
21 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University), Australia 1.04 3.08 13 185.1%
22 The University of Newcastle (UON), Australia 4.83 3.07 10 -38.6%
23 University of Wollongong (UOW), Australia 5.45 2.65 25 -53.0%
24 Geoscience Australia, Australia 3.49 2.21 13 -38.9%
25 The University of South Australia (UniSA), Australia 2.04 1.99 14 -5.8%
26 Flinders University, Australia 0.92 1.89 9 99.7%
27 Deakin University, Australia 0.47 1.82 10 275.1%
28 Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (AWE), Australia 2.89 1.56 18 -48.0%
29 Edith Cowan University (ECU), Australia 1.71 1.21 5 -31.6%
30 Sydney Water Corporation, Australia – 0.95 2 N/A
31 University of New England (UNE), Australia 1.10 0.92 4 -19.8%
32 Government of Western Australia, Australia 1.30 0.76 15 -43.5%
33 La Trobe University, Australia 0.39 0.74 11 84.7%
34 University of Southern Queensland (USQ), Australia 0.40 0.71 8 70.8%
35 South Australian Museum, Australia 0.48 0.63 7 26.7%
36 South Australian Water Corporation (SA Water), Australia 0.34 0.57 2 61.9%
37 Swinburne University of Technology, Australia 1.03 0.52 4 -51.2%
38 Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment (CRC CARE), Australia – 0.48 3 N/A
39 South East Water Corporation, Australia 0.23 0.40 10 69.2%
40 NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment, Australia 0.25 0.40 3 53.4%
41 Geochron Research Group, Australia – 0.37 2 N/A
42 BHP Billiton Limited, Australia 0.13 0.35 2 170.7%
43 Charles Sturt University (CSU), Australia 0.07 0.29 8 287.1%
44 University of the Sunshine Coast (USC), Australia 0.77 0.27 7 -65.8%
45 Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), Australia 1.59 0.27 3 -83.6%
46 Victoria University (VU), Australia 0.95 0.26 2 -73.7%
47 Magotteaux Australia Pty Ltd., Australia – 0.25 1 N/A
48 University of Canberra, Australia 0.42 0.25 3 -43.3%
49 Melbourne Water Corporation, Australia 0.19 0.24 9 19.5%
50 Council of the City of Gold Coast, Australia 0.09 0.22 1 136.4%
50 Hunter Water Corporation, Australia – 0.22 1 N/A
51 Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP), State Government Victoria, Australia 0.16 0.20 10 19.6%
52 Membrane Futures, Australia – 0.20 1 N/A
53 BlueSphere Environmental Pty., Ltd. (BlueSphere), Australia – 0.19 1 N/A
54 Water and Health Pty Ltd., Australia – 0.17 1 N/A
54 Victoria Speleological Association (VSA), Australia – 0.17 1 N/A
54 New South Wales Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS), Australia – 0.17 1 N/A
54 Australian Museum, Australia – 0.17 1 N/A
55 SCT Operations Pty Ltd., Australia 0.50 0.14 1 -72.4%
55 Healthy Land and Water, Australia – 0.14 1 N/A
55 Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA), Australia – 0.14 1 N/A
56 Department of Industry, Australia 0.54 0.14 9 -74.6%
57 Queensland Museum (QM), Australia 0.13 0.13 1 -3.3%
58 Charles Darwin University (CDU), Australia 0.47 0.12 4 -76.1%
59 ​Bocking Associates CBM Pty Ltd., Australia 0.09 0.11 1 18.2%
59 Queensland Department of Environment and Science (DES), Australia 0.40 0.11 1 -72.8%
60 Glencore Australia Holdings Pty Ltd., Australia – 0.10 1 N/A
60 Northern Territory Department of Mines and Energy, Australia – 0.10 1 N/A
61 Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC, Australia – 0.09 1 N/A
62 ChemCentre, Australia 0.17 0.08 1 -51.7%
62 Airservices Australia, Australia – 0.08 1 N/A
62 Ventia Pty Ltd., Australia – 0.08 1 N/A
62 Sonic Healthcare Limited, Australia – 0.08 1 N/A
63 Queensland Urban Utilities (QUU), Australia 0.29 0.08 1 -74.0%
63 Afflux Consulting, Australia – 0.08 1 N/A
63 Water Technology Pty Ltd., Australia – 0.08 1 N/A
64 Murdoch University, Australia 1.49 0.07 3 -95.6%
65 Melbourne Health, Australia – 0.06 1 N/A
66 Broadspectrum (Australia) Pty. Ltd., Australia – 0.05 1 N/A
66 Australian Defence Force (ADF), Australia – 0.05 1 N/A
66 Federation University Australia, Australia – 0.05 1 N/A
67 Astronomical Society of Australia Inc. (ASA), Australia 0.09 0.05 1 -51.7%
67 Gemeye Observatory, Australia 0.09 0.05 1 -51.7%
67 E2Designlab, Australia – 0.05 1 N/A
67 Foundry Associates, Australia – 0.05 1 N/A
68 NSW Department of Industry, Australia 0.14 0.04 5 -70.1%
69 Global Carbon Project, Australia 0.16 0.04 1 -77.2%
69 Museums Victoria, Australia 0.63 0.04 1 -94.1%
70 SA Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources, Australia 0.06 0.03 4 -45.9%
71 Western Australia Department of Fisheries, Australia 0.03 0.03 1 17.5%
72 Queensland Herbarium, Australia 0.26 0.03 1 -89.8%
73 Macquarie Group Limited, Australia – 0.02 1 N/A
74 Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Australia – 0.02 1 N/A
75 Victorian National Park Association, Australia – 0.02 1 N/A
76 South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI), Australia 0.01 0.01 1 -9.3%
76 Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment (DPIPWE), Australia – 0.01 1 N/A
77 Perth Exoplanet Survey Telescope (PEST), Australia – 0.01 1 N/A
78 Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC), Australia 0.00 0.01 1 349.2%
79 Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne (RBG Melbourne), Australia – 0.01 1 N/A

Footnote

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  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, 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 2020 levels to calculate the percentage change. For more information on the adjustment, please see the Adjusted metric explainer.


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