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Top institutions in Australia for Ecology

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Which institutions in Australia have the most top-cited scientists in Ecology?

167 researchers in Australia whose main subfield is Ecology are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 1.9% of all listed authors in Australia, and 3rd of 60 countries in the subfield. 160 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). The University of Queensland has the most (14), followed by James Cook University (12) and UNSW Sydney (11). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
167
1.9% of all in Australia
In the global top 100,000
160
95.8% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#3
of 60 countries in Ecology
Highest-ranked
#707
Nakagawa, Shinichi
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1The University of Queensland1414#12Watson, James E.M. #2,948
2James Cook University1212#16Laurance, William F. #1,330
3UNSW Sydney1111#21Nakagawa, Shinichi #707
4Macquarie University1010#25Westoby, Mark #1,381
5University of Tasmania88#42Bowman, David M.J.S. #5,610
6University of Melbourne77#51Kearney, Michael R. #6,539
7Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation77#52Walker, Brian H. #6,615
8Griffith University77#54Stork, N. E. #10,829
9Charles Darwin University77#62Andersen, Alan N. #26,283
10Faculty of Science54#36Elith, Jane #1,911
11The University of Western Australia54#91Hobbs, Richard J. #5,008
12The University of Sydney54#95Faith, Daniel P. #7,640
13Monash University55#97Chown, Steven L. #8,388
14Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment54#107Nielsen, Uffe N. #37,966
15The Fenner School of Environment & Society44#113Lindenmayer, David B. #898
16University of Canberra44#134Duncan, Richard P. #27,606
17Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies44#137Blanchard, Julia L. #33,170
18Queensland University of Technology44#138Wilson, Kerrie A. #36,530
19Curtin University32#179Lamont, Byron B. #18,689
20Charles Sturt University33#186Warren, Dan L. #23,467
21Deakin University, School of Life and Environmental Sciences33#191Driscoll, Don A. #29,281
22Western Sydney University32#201Ellsworth, David S. #37,832

The top 100 in Ecology in Australia, in order

  1. 1
  2. 2
    Lindenmayer, David B.
    The Fenner School of Environment & Society
  3. 3
    Laurance, William F.
    James Cook University
  4. 4
    Westoby, Mark
    Macquarie University
  5. 5
    Hughes, Terence P.
    James Cook University
  6. 6
    Frankham, Richard R.
    Macquarie University
  7. 7
    Elith, Jane
    Faculty of Science
  8. 8
    Steffen, Will L.
    The Fenner School of Environment & Society
  9. 9
    Shine, Richard D.
    Macquarie University
  10. 10
    Watson, James E.M.
    The University of Queensland
  11. 11
    Anderson, Robert P.
    Mackay Base Hospital
  12. 12
    Lovelock, Catherine E.
    The University of Queensland
  13. 13
    Hobbs, Richard J.
    The University of Western Australia
  14. 14
    Bowman, David M.J.S.
    University of Tasmania
  15. 15
    Cumming, Graeme S.
    The University of Western Australia
  16. 16
    Kearney, Michael R.
    University of Melbourne
  17. 17
    Walker, Brian H.
    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
  18. 18
  19. 19
    Wright, Ian J.
    Macquarie University
  20. 20
    Faith, Daniel P.
    The University of Sydney
  21. 21
    Lin, Brenda B.
    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
  22. 22
    Cinner, Joshua E.
    James Cook University
  23. 23
    Chown, Steven L.
    Monash University
  24. 24
    Warton, David I.
    UNSW Sydney
  25. 25
    Pyke, Graham H.
    Macquarie University
  26. 26
    Bradshaw, Corey J.A.
    Flinders University
  27. 27
    Meiri, Shai
    University of Melbourne
  28. 28
    Ferrier, Simon
    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
  29. 29
    Stork, N. E.
    Griffith University
  30. 30
    Bradstock, Ross A.
    the Environment and Water (NSW DCCEEW)
  31. 31
    Dickman, Chris R.
    The University of Sydney
  32. 32
    Raubenheimer, David R.
    Faculty of Medicine and Health
  33. 33
    Possingham, Hugh P.
    The University of Queensland
  34. 34
    Moles, Angela T.
    UNSW Sydney
  35. 35
    Terborgh, John W.
    James Cook University
  36. 36
    Fuller, Richard A.
    The University of Queensland
  37. 37
    Johnson, Chris N.
    University of Tasmania
  38. 38
    Lamont, Byron B.
    Curtin University
  39. 39
    Wyborn, Carina A.
    The Fenner School of Environment & Society
  40. 40
    Guillera-Arroita, Gurutzeta
    University of Melbourne
  41. 41
    Macreadie, Peter I.
    RMIT University
  42. 42
    Murray, Nicholas J.
    James Cook University
  43. 43
    Pandolfi, John M.
    The University of Queensland
  44. 44
    Pickering, Catherine Marina
    Griffith University
  45. 45
    Alroy, John
    Macquarie University
  46. 46
    Hayward, Matt W.
    The University of Newcastle, Australia
  47. 47
    Levin, Noam
    The University of Queensland, Remote Sensing Research Centre
  48. 48
    Warren, Dan L.
    Charles Sturt University
  49. 49
    McGeoch, Melodie A.
    Monash University
  50. 50
    Andersen, Alan N.
    Charles Darwin University
  51. 51
    Brook, Barry W.
    University of Tasmania
  52. 52
  53. 53
    Morrison, Tiffany Hope
    University of Melbourne
  54. 54
  55. 55
    Duncan, Richard P.
    University of Canberra
  56. 56
    Driscoll, Don A.
    Deakin University, School of Life and Environmental Sciences
  57. 57
    Zander, Kerstin K.
    Charles Darwin University
  58. 58
    Amano, Tatsuya
    The University of Queensland
  59. 59
    Marshall, Dustin J.
    Monash University
  60. 60
    Leishman, Michelle R.
    Macquarie University
  61. 61
    McCarthy, Michael A.
    University of Melbourne
  62. 62
    Blanchard, Julia L.
    Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies
  63. 63
    Meijaard, Erik M.
    The University of Queensland
  64. 64
    Pressey, Bob Leslie
    James Cook University
  65. 65
    Brown, Christopher J.
    Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies
  66. 66
    Wilcox, Chris V.
    Wilco Analytics
  67. 67
    Wilson, Kerrie A.
    Queensland University of Technology
  68. 68
    Kark, Salit
    The University of Queensland
  69. 69
    Doherty, Tim S.
    Biodiversity and Conservation Science
  70. 70
    Ellsworth, David S.
    Western Sydney University
  71. 71
    Mac Nally, Ralph
    University of Canberra
  72. 72
    Nielsen, Uffe N.
    Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment
  73. 73
    Austin, Michael Phillip
    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
  74. 74
    Walker, Brian H.
    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
  75. 75
    Woinarski, John C.Z.
    Charles Darwin University
  76. 76
    Maron, M.
    The University of Queensland
  77. 77
    Keith, David A.
    UNSW Sydney
  78. 78
    Nicotra, Adrienne B.
    ANU Research School of Biology
  79. 79
    Garnett, Stephen T.
    Charles Darwin University
  80. 80
    Mucina, Ladislav
    Murdoch University
  81. 81
    Watson, David M.
    Charles Sturt University
  82. 82
    Russo, Alessio
    Queensland University of Technology
  83. 83
    Williams, Nicholas S.G.
    Faculty of Science
  84. 84
    Stone, Lewi
    RMIT University
  85. 85
    Hughes, Lesley A.
    Macquarie University
  86. 86
    McCallum, Hamish Ian
    Griffith University
  87. 87
    Didham, Raphaël K.
    The University of Western Australia
  88. 88
    Li, Jin
    Geoscience Australia
  89. 89
    Hardesty, Britta Denise
    University of Tasmania
  90. 90
    Wintle, B. A.
    University of Melbourne
  91. 91
    Marshall, Nadine Anne
    CSIRO Land and Water
  92. 92
    Livesley, Stephen J.
    Faculty of Science
  93. 93
    Mayfield, Margaret M.
    The University of Queensland
  94. 94
    Luck, Gary W.
    Charles Sturt University
  95. 95
    Cook, Carly N.
    Monash University
  96. 96
    Powell, Jeff R.
    Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment
  97. 97
    Cunningham, Saul A.
    The Fenner School of Environment & Society
  98. 98
    Symonds, Matthew R.E.
    Deakin University
  99. 99
    Hill, Rosemary
    James Cook University
  100. 100
    Klaassen, Marcel
    Deakin University, School of Life and Environmental Sciences

167 listed scientists in Ecology 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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