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Which institutions in Australia have the most top-cited scientists in Earth & Environmental Sciences?

362 researchers in Australia whose main field is Earth & Environmental Sciences are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 4.0% of all listed authors in Australia, and 5th of 98 countries in the field. 230 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). The Australian National University has the most (44), followed by Curtin University (25) and The University of Queensland (25). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
362
4.0% of all in Australia
In the global top 100,000
230
63.5% of them
Country rank in the field
#5
of 98 countries in Earth & Environmental Sciences
Highest-ranked
#643
Bolan, Nanthi Sirangie
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1The Australian National University4428#12Perkins-Kirkpatrick, Sarah E. #2,452
2Curtin University2515#42Li, Z. X. #4,023
3The University of Queensland2518#46Thomas, Kevin V. #8,908
4UNSW Sydney2416#49Wiedmann, Thomas Oliver #2,717
5Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation209#62Canadell, Josep G. #6,632
6The University of Western Australia189#72Bolan, Nanthi Sirangie #643
7Monash University1613#87Cawood, Peter A. #1,284
8Macquarie University139#123Griffin, William L. #7,971
9The University of Adelaide139#130Kookana, Rai Singh #17,726
10School of Geography128#144Barnett, Jon On #9,549
11The University of Sydney109#174Lenzen, Manfred #1,524
12Griffith University107#195Joseph, Stephen D. #19,230
13University of Wollongong95#214Chappell, Bruce W. #2,995
14University of Tasmania95#219Boyd, P. W. #6,453
15University of Melbourne97#231He, Jizheng #20,893
16The University of Newcastle, Australia88#251Naidu, Ravi Venkata Ram #3,156
17Queensland University of Technology63#312Morawska, Lidia #900
18University of Technology Sydney54#392Wei, Wei #18,402
19Southern Cross University52#438Burton, Edward D. #82,881
20University of Southern Queensland33#560Deo, Ravinesh Chand #13,623
21RMIT University33#561Pramanik, Biplob Kumar #14,440
22CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere33#562Volkman, John K. #15,127
23Geoscience Australia31#567Sun, Shensu #16,935
24University of South Australia32#572Sarkar, Binoy #19,943
25Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies33#599Harris, Peter T. #29,077
26Bureau of Meteorology Australia32#623Ebert, Elizabeth E. #40,044

The top 100 in Earth & Environmental Sciences in Australia, in order

  1. 1
    Bolan, Nanthi Sirangie
    The University of Western Australia
  2. 2
    Morawska, Lidia
    Queensland University of Technology
  3. 3
    Cawood, Peter A.
    Monash University
  4. 4
    Lenzen, Manfred
    The University of Sydney
  5. 5
    Guo, Yuming
    Monash University
  6. 6
    Steffen, Will L.
    The Fenner School of Environment & Society
  7. 7
    Perkins-Kirkpatrick, Sarah E.
    The Australian National University
  8. 8
  9. 9
    Chappell, Bruce W.
    University of Wollongong
  10. 10
    Metcalfe, Ian
    University of New England Australia
  11. 11
    Naidu, Ravi Venkata Ram
    The University of Newcastle, Australia
  12. 12
    Alexander, L. V.
    UNSW Sydney
  13. 13
    Li, Z. X.
    Curtin University
  14. 14
    Wilde, Simon A.
    Curtin University
  15. 15
    Taylor, Stuart Ross
    The Australian National University
  16. 16
    Cai, Wenju
    Oceans and Atmosphere Flagship
  17. 17
    Boyd, P. W.
    University of Tasmania
  18. 18
    Bai, Xuemei
    The Fenner School of Environment & Society
  19. 19
    Canadell, Josep G.
    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
  20. 20
    Griffin, William L.
    Macquarie University
  21. 21
    Foley, Stephen F.
    Macquarie University
  22. 22
    O'Neill, Hugh St C.
    Monash University
  23. 23
    Putnis, Andrew
    Curtin University
  24. 24
    Sambridge, Malcolm S.
    The Australian National University
  25. 25
    Thomas, Kevin V.
    The University of Queensland
  26. 26
    Sánchez-Bayo, Francisco
    The University of Sydney
  27. 27
    Raupach, Michael R.
    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
  28. 28
  29. 29
    Barnett, Jon On
    School of Geography
  30. 30
    Bryan, Brett Anthony
    Deakin University, School of Life and Environmental Sciences
  31. 31
    Roberts, Andrew P.
    The Australian National University
  32. 32
    Cook, John
    Melbourne Centre for Behaviour Change
  33. 33
    Young, Ian Robert
    Department of Infrastructure Engineering
  34. 34
    Lambeck, Kurt
    The Australian National University
  35. 35
    Rohling, Eelco J.
    The Australian National University
  36. 36
    Deo, Ravinesh Chand
    University of Southern Queensland
  37. 37
    Simmonds, Ian H.
    School of Geography
  38. 38
    Tschakert, Petra
    Curtin University
  39. 39
    Pramanik, Biplob Kumar
    RMIT University
  40. 40
    Waite, T. David
    UNSW Sydney
  41. 41
    Powell, Roger
    School of Geography
  42. 42
    Volkman, John K.
    CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere
  43. 43
    Rintoul, S. R.
    CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere
  44. 44
    Dietmar Müller, R. Dietmar
    The University of Sydney
  45. 45
    Kamber, Balz Samuel
    Queensland University of Technology
  46. 46
    Woodhead, Jon D.
    School of Geography
  47. 47
  48. 48
    Sun, Shensu
    Geoscience Australia
  49. 49
    Mallavarapu, Megharaj
    The University of Newcastle, Australia
  50. 50
    Kookana, Rai Singh
    The University of Adelaide
  51. 51
    Bird, Michael I.
    James Cook University
  52. 52
    Campbell, Ian H.
    The Australian National University
  53. 53
    Li, Shanshan
    Monash University
  54. 54
    Hesp, Patrick A.
    College of Science and Engineering
  55. 55
    Kennett, Brian L.N.
    The Australian National University
  56. 56
    Wei, Wei
    University of Technology Sydney
  57. 57
    Sen Gupta, Alex
    UNSW Sydney
  58. 58
    Cook, Nigel John
    The University of Adelaide
  59. 59
    Joseph, Stephen D.
    Griffith University
  60. 60
    Pitman, A. J.
    UNSW Sydney
  61. 61
    Van Kranendonk, Martin J.
    Curtin University
  62. 62
    Barnes, S. J.
    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
  63. 63
    Middlemost, Eric A.K.
    The University of Sydney
  64. 64
    Sarkar, Binoy
    University of South Australia
  65. 65
    Zaman, Atiq Uz
    Curtin University
  66. 66
    Large, Ross R.
    University of Tasmania
  67. 67
    Meinshausen, Malte
    School of Geography
  68. 68
    He, Jizheng
    University of Melbourne
  69. 69
    Leuning, R.
    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
  70. 70
    Lough, J. M.
    Australian Institute of Marine Science
  71. 71
    Evans, Jason P.
    UNSW Sydney
  72. 72
    Danyushevsky, Leonid V.
    University of Tasmania
  73. 73
    Baker, Andy
    UNSW Sydney
  74. 74
    O’Reilly, Suzanne Y.
    Macquarie University
  75. 75
    Cowie, Annette Louise
    NSW Department of Primary Industries
  76. 76
    Collins, William Joseph
    The University of Newcastle, Australia
  77. 77
    Woodroffe, C. D.
    University of Wollongong
  78. 78
    Maggi, Federico
    Faculty of Engineering
  79. 79
    Wang, Qilin
    University of Technology Sydney
  80. 80
    Hendon, Harry H.
    Monash University
  81. 81
    Weinberg, Roberto F.
    Monash University
  82. 82
    Bundschuh, Jochen
    University of Southern Queensland
  83. 83
    Zakari, Abdulrasheed
    University of Wollongong
  84. 84
    Loucks, Robert R.
    The University of Western Australia
  85. 85
    Roderick, Michael L.
    The Australian National University
  86. 86
    Harris, Peter T.
    Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies
  87. 87
    Short, Andrew D.
    The University of Sydney
  88. 88
    Hossain, Mohammad Razib
    The University of Adelaide
  89. 89
    Ahmed, Mohammad Boshir
    The University of Adelaide
  90. 90
    Knibbs, L. D.
    Sydney Local Health District
  91. 91
    Mosley, Luke M.
    The University of Adelaide
  92. 92
    Tomkins, Andrew G.
    Monash University
  93. 93
    Geissdoerfer, Martin
    Monash University
  94. 94
    Green, David H.
    University of Tasmania
  95. 95
    Nunn, Patrick D.
    University of the Sunshine Coast
  96. 96
    Ahmed, Warish
    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
  97. 97
    Buss, Wolfram
    The Australian National University
  98. 98
    Dowdy, Andrew J.
    School of Geography
  99. 99
    Rasmussen, Birger
    The University of Western Australia
  100. 100
    McCulloch, Malcolm T.
    The University of Western Australia

362 listed scientists in Earth & Environmental Sciences in Australia

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Data: Ioannidis, John P.A. (2026), ‘August 2026 data-update for “Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators”’, Mendeley Data, v9, doi:10.17632/btchxktzyw.9. 2026 list, ranked by composite citation score (c) excluding self-citations.

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