2021 tables: Institutions - biological 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 41.37 70.17 287 56.9%
2 The University of Melbourne (UniMelb), Australia 44.19 52.68 340 10.3%
3 Monash University, Australia 45.61 45.54 229 -7.7%
4 University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney), Australia 32.82 32.85 180 -7.4%
5 The University of Sydney (USYD), Australia 38.03 28.14 169 -31.6%
6 Australian National University (ANU), Australia 19.89 22.67 92 5.4%
7 The University of Western Australia (UWA), Australia 17.57 18.18 96 -4.3%
8 James Cook University (JCU), Australia 10.66 12.64 52 9.7%
9 Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI), Australia 8.47 11.65 77 27.2%
10 QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Australia 9.14 11.38 81 15.1%
11 University of Tasmania (UTAS), Australia 4.25 9.71 53 111.3%
12 Macquarie University, Australia 7.93 7.71 52 -10.1%
13 The University of Adelaide (Adelaide Uni), Australia 9.69 7.63 74 -27.1%
14 Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Australia 7.42 7.56 57 -5.7%
15 The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia 10.32 7.21 58 -35.4%
16 University of Wollongong (UOW), Australia 3.20 6.64 29 92.3%
17 Melbourne Health, Australia 5.03 5.46 91 0.4%
18 Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (Peter Mac), Australia 7.85 4.44 61 -47.7%
19 Flinders University, Australia 2.76 4.31 24 44.3%
20 La Trobe University, Australia 6.15 4.02 50 -39.5%
21 Griffith University, Australia 3.03 3.90 35 19.0%
22 University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia 2.00 3.64 29 68.6%
23 Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Australia 4.22 3.63 30 -20.5%
24 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University), Australia 4.06 3.56 22 -19.0%
25 Deakin University, Australia 2.03 3.29 19 49.8%
26 The University of Newcastle (UON), Australia 5.32 3.26 35 -43.4%
27 St Vincent's Health Australia, Australia 2.52 3.23 46 18.6%
28 South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), Australia 1.46 3.19 19 101.3%
29 The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne (RCH), Australia 1.70 2.74 52 49.3%
30 The University of South Australia (UniSA), Australia 2.01 2.60 18 19.5%
31 Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia 2.61 2.46 39 -12.8%
32 Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute (VCCRI), Australia 1.68 2.20 13 20.7%
33 Curtin University, Australia 2.82 2.10 28 -31.3%
34 Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), Australia 1.43 2.09 11 35.5%
35 Western Sydney University, Australia 3.44 1.95 25 -47.7%
36 Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute (Baker IDI), Australia 1.82 1.91 14 -3.0%
37 Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Australia 1.73 1.36 13 -27.3%
38 Mater Health Services, Australia 0.93 1.36 24 35.8%
39 SA Health, Australia 1.37 1.28 25 -13.3%
40 Children's Cancer Institute Australia (CCIA), Australia 2.09 1.14 13 -49.8%
41 Burnet Institute, Australia 0.85 1.12 10 22.0%
42 Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Australia 0.66 1.05 8 45.6%
43 Metro South Health, Australia 0.97 1.01 24 -3.6%
44 Westmead Hospital (WSLHD), Australia 0.27 0.90 15 207.8%
45 University of New England (UNE), Australia 2.69 0.89 6 -69.5%
46 University of the Sunshine Coast (USC), Australia 0.14 0.87 8 479.9%
47 EnGeneIC Ltd., Australia – 0.85 1 N/A
48 NSW Ministry of Health, Australia 0.69 0.76 20 2.3%
49 Murdoch University, Australia 0.66 0.73 16 2.3%
50 Southern Cross University (SCU), Australia 1.81 0.69 12 -65.0%
51 Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute (ONJCRI), Australia 0.96 0.67 9 -35.5%
52 Australian Catholic University (ACU), Australia 0.08 0.66 9 655.7%
53 Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA), Australia 1.39 0.62 14 -58.9%
54 Alfred Health, Australia 0.71 0.61 21 -20.2%
55 Barwon Health, Australia 0.04 0.60 9 1454.3%
56 Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Australia 1.12 0.59 24 -51.7%
57 Fiona Stanley and Fremantle Hospitals Group (FSFHG), Australia 0.68 0.58 15 -21.9%
58 Melanoma Institute Australia, Australia 0.49 0.58 9 9.1%
59 Edith Cowan University (ECU), Australia 0.88 0.55 7 -42.0%
60 Museums Victoria, Australia 1.34 0.51 5 -65.1%
61 Telethon Kids Institute, Australia 0.68 0.48 16 -35.2%
62 South Australian Museum, Australia 0.11 0.47 5 291.9%
63 State Herbarium of South Australia, Australia – 0.44 2 N/A
64 Austin Health, Australia 0.29 0.39 17 24.6%
65 Metabolomics Australia (MA), Australia 0.35 0.38 5 0.3%
66 Queensland Health, Australia 0.30 0.37 5 13.4%
67 Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (AWE), Australia 0.55 0.37 5 -37.3%
68 Victoria University (VU), Australia 0.03 0.36 3 930.6%
69 PathWest Laboratory Medicine of Western Australia, Australia 0.10 0.36 4 242.5%
70 Royal Perth Hospital, Australia 0.75 0.35 17 -56.6%
71 Government of Western Australia, Australia 0.67 0.33 9 -54.2%
72 Bureau of Meteorology (BOM), Australia 0.00 0.33 1 52988.4%
72 Clarity Pharmaceuticals, Australia – 0.33 1 N/A
73 Federation University Australia, Australia 0.02 0.32 4 1227.2%
74 University of Canberra, Australia 0.08 0.30 6 232.0%
75 Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment (DPIPWE), Australia 0.00 0.30 2 24827.8%
76 Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP), State Government Victoria, Australia 0.81 0.30 7 -65.7%
77 Swinburne University of Technology, Australia 0.63 0.28 7 -59.1%
78 Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (SCGH), Australia 0.78 0.27 15 -68.1%
79 Metro North Hospital and Health Service, Australia 0.25 0.26 12 -2.5%
80 Charles Sturt University (CSU), Australia 0.01 0.26 5 1726.3%
81 NSW Health Pathology, Australia 0.09 0.24 9 139.8%
82 Victorian Department of Health and Human Services (Victorian DHHC), Australia 0.15 0.24 1 43.1%
83 CSL Limited, Australia 0.22 0.22 3 -7.4%
84 Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation (GAC), Australia – 0.22 1 N/A
85 NSW Department of Industry, Australia 0.26 0.21 5 -24.6%
86 The University of Notre Dame Australia (UNDA), Australia 0.05 0.21 5 270.1%
87 Monash Health, Australia 0.48 0.21 12 -59.9%
88 Orygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, Australia 0.01 0.18 6 1132.2%
89 NSW Sydney Local Health District (SLHD), Australia 0.03 0.18 6 401.3%
90 Prince of Wales Hospital, Australia – 0.18 7 N/A
91 Perth Children's Hospital (PCH), Australia 0.02 0.17 4 779.9%
92 Australian Museum, Australia 0.34 0.17 1 -54.4%
93 Cancer Council Australia, Australia 0.06 0.16 13 139.9%
94 Terrace Eye Centre, Australia – 0.16 1 N/A
95 Charles Darwin University (CDU), Australia 0.32 0.15 3 -57.3%
96 Ramsay Health Care, Australia 0.03 0.15 5 428.1%
97 Western Health, Australia 0.07 0.14 17 73.9%
98 Prince of Wales Private Hospital, Australia 0.17 0.13 6 -28.7%
99 Newro Foundation, Australia – 0.13 1 N/A
100 Centre for Digestive Diseases (CCD), Australia – 0.13 2 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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