Top 30 institutions / Australia
Australia and New Zealand’s leading institutions for high-quality science, ordered by weighted fractional count (WFC) for 2015. Also shown are institutions’ share, the total number of articles (Count), and the change in WFC from 2012–2015. Articles are from the 68 journals that comprise the Nature Index.
2015 |
Institution |
WFC 2015 |
Share 2015 |
Count 2015 |
Change in WFC 2012–2015 |
1 |
The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia
|
98.09 |
100.99 |
348 |
15.93 |
2 |
Monash University, Australia
|
92.69 |
109.31 |
364 |
1.28 |
3 |
Australian National University (ANU), Australia
|
92.26 |
133.70 |
505 |
8.29 |
4 |
The University of Melbourne (UniMelb), Australia
|
82.16 |
94.32 |
513 |
–4.84 |
5 |
University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia
|
79.09 |
87.70 |
256 |
18.33 |
6 |
The University of Sydney (USYD), Australia
|
75.63 |
94.28 |
464 |
3.77 |
7 |
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia
|
44.30 |
67.07 |
284 |
–0.18 |
8 |
The University of Western Australia (UWA), Australia
|
42.08 |
55.59 |
325 |
–4.65 |
9 |
The University of Adelaide (Adelaide Uni), Australia
|
30.49 |
32.56 |
182 |
0.72 |
10 |
Curtin University, Australia
|
24.16 |
35.25 |
233 |
10.93 |
11 |
Macquarie University, Australia
|
20.60 |
29.19 |
157 |
2.55 |
12 |
The University of Wollongong (UOW), Australia
|
20.33 |
20.33 |
61 |
–3.99 |
13 |
Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
|
18.82 |
48.50 |
236 |
0.13 |
14 |
University of Tasmania (UTAS), Australia
|
16.78 |
19.63 |
96 |
1.55 |
15 |
RMIT University, Australia
|
13.77 |
13.77 |
51 |
5.17 |
16 |
Deakin University, Australia
|
13.22 |
13.22 |
48 |
3.82 |
17 |
The University of South Australia (UniSA), Australia
|
12.74 |
12.74 |
46 |
8.34 |
18 |
James Cook University (JCU), Australia
|
12.71 |
12.71 |
42 |
0.11 |
19 |
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI), Australia
|
11.01 |
11.01 |
50 |
–1.78 |
20 |
Griffith University, Australia
|
10.85 |
10.85 |
44 |
0.39 |
21 |
University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), Australia
|
9.81 |
9.81 |
30 |
2.4 |
22 |
La Trobe University, Australia
|
9.56 |
9.56 |
60 |
1.12 |
23 |
Flinders University, Australia
|
9.27 |
9.27 |
25 |
6.31 |
24 |
Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia
|
7.77 |
7.77 |
48 |
2.94 |
25 |
Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Australia
|
6.95 |
6.95 |
38 |
0.43 |
26 |
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Australia
|
5.12 |
5.12 |
30 |
–0.27 |
27 |
The University of Western Sydney (UWS), Australia
|
4.86 |
7.58 |
43 |
1.36 |
28 |
Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Australia
|
4.52 |
4.52 |
22 |
3.55 |
29 |
QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Australia
|
4.38 |
4.38 |
46 |
–1.51 |
30 |
Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Australia
|
4.07 |
4.07 |
21 |
1.02 |
Weighted fractional count (WFC) for each institution is shown to two decimal places only. When two or more institutions have the same WFC, their positions are determined by the thousandth place (or beyond).
These results are based on the most recent data available. Owing to continual refinements of the data, the figures in the database are liable to change and might differ to those printed in the supplements.
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