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Top institutions in Australia for Microbiology

15 institutions · Microbiology · Australia

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

154 researchers in Australia whose main subfield is Microbiology are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 1.7% of all listed authors in Australia, and 8th of 93 countries in the subfield. 70 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). Monash University has the most (19), followed by The University of Queensland (17) and UNSW Sydney (11). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
154
1.7% of all in Australia
In the global top 100,000
70
45.5% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#8
of 93 countries in Microbiology
Highest-ranked
#725
Singh, Brajesh Kumar
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1Monash University1911#10Holt, Kathryn Elizabeth #11,230
2The University of Queensland176#14Hugenholtz, Philip #5,856
3UNSW Sydney115#40Kaakoush, Nadeem O. #11,749
4The University of Sydney82#94Marais, Ben J. #35,698
5The University of Western Australia65#134Singh, Brajesh Kumar #725
6Menzies School of Health Research51#185Currie, Bartholomew J. #11,157
7The University of Adelaide53#197Turnidge, John D. #23,171
8Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation51#207Pitt, John I. #32,433
9RMIT University42#268Ivanova, Elena P. #29,131
10University of Melbourne42#284Garland, Suzanne Marie #42,648
11James Cook University42#289Bourne, David G. #48,818
12The University of Sydney School of Medicine41#307Beardsley, Justin #94,935
13Department of Microbiology & Immunology31#323Seemann, Torsten #1,419
14Macquarie University33#333Gillings, Michael R. #6,786
15Queensland University of Technology32#354Laupland, K. B. #19,767

The top 100 in Microbiology in Australia, in order

  1. 1
    Singh, Brajesh Kumar
    The University of Western Australia
  2. 2
    Seemann, Torsten
    Department of Microbiology & Immunology
  3. 3
    Hugenholtz, Philip
    The University of Queensland
  4. 4
    Gillings, Michael R.
    Macquarie University
  5. 5
    Currie, Bartholomew J.
    Menzies School of Health Research
  6. 6
    Holt, Kathryn Elizabeth
    Monash University
  7. 7
  8. 8
    Roberts, Jason A.
    The University of Queensland
  9. 9
    Rehm, Bernd H.A.
    Griffith University
  10. 10
    Wick, Ryan R.
    Monash University
  11. 11
  12. 12
    Carapetis, Jonathan Rhys
    The Kids Research Institute Australia
  13. 13
    Paulsen, Ian T.
    Macquarie University
  14. 14
    Laupland, K. B.
    Queensland University of Technology
  15. 15
    Vollmer, Waldemar
    The University of Queensland
  16. 16
    Li, Jian
    Monash University
  17. 17
    Turnidge, John D.
    The University of Adelaide
  18. 18
    Errington, Jeff
    Faculty of Medicine and Health
  19. 19
    Peleg, Anton Y.
    Monash University
  20. 20
    Tyson, Gene W.
    Queensland University of Technology
  21. 21
    Pretorius, Isak S.
    Macquarie University
  22. 22
    Webster, Nicole Suzanne
    Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies
  23. 23
    Ivanova, Elena P.
    RMIT University
  24. 24
    Collignon, Peter J.
    School of Medicine and Psychology
  25. 25
    Moore, Robert J.
    RMIT University
  26. 26
    Edwards, Robert A.
    Flinders University
  27. 27
    Pitt, John I.
    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
  28. 28
    Bowman, John P.
    Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture
  29. 29
    Barr, Jeremy J.
    Monash University
  30. 30
    Marais, Ben J.
    The University of Sydney
  31. 31
    Chen, Sharon Chih Ann
    Westmead Hospital
  32. 32
    Palombo, Enzo A.
    Swinburne University of Technology
  33. 33
    Steer, Andrew C.
    Murdoch Children's Research Institute
  34. 34
    Greening, Chris
    Monash University
  35. 35
    Harris, Patrick N.A.
    Faculty of Medicine
  36. 36
    Garland, Suzanne Marie
    University of Melbourne
  37. 37
    Rogers, Geraint Berian
    South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute
  38. 38
    Fry, Bryan G.
    The University of Queensland
  39. 39
    Howden, Benjamin P.
    University of Melbourne, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
  40. 40
    Bourne, David G.
    James Cook University
  41. 41
    Nation, Roger L.
    Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
  42. 42
    Partridge, Sally R.
    The Westmead Institute for Medical Research
  43. 43
    Velkov, Tony
    Monash University
  44. 44
    Hammer, Katherine Ann
    The University of Western Australia
  45. 45
    Alffenaar, Jan Willem C.
    Faculty of Medicine and Health
  46. 46
    Fleet, Graham H.
    UNSW Sydney
  47. 47
    Simmons, Cameron Paul
    Monash University
  48. 48
    Marshall, Barry James
    The University of Western AustraliaNobel laureate
  49. 49
    Wyres, Kelly L.
    Monash University
  50. 50
    Cheng, Allen C.
    Monash University
  51. 51
    Adler, Ben
    Monash University
  52. 52
    Thomas, Torsten
    UNSW Sydney
  53. 53
    Yeoh, Yun Kit
    James Cook University
  54. 54
    Hall, Ruth M.
    The University of Sydney
  55. 55
    Ross, T.
    Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture
  56. 56
    Riley, Thomas V.
    The University of Western Australia
  57. 57
    Seymour, Justin R.
    University of Technology Sydney
  58. 58
    Kaparakis-Liaskos, Maria
    University of Melbourne
  59. 59
    Kertesz, Michael A.
    Faculty of Science
  60. 60
    Graham, Stephen Michael
    Department of Paediatrics
  61. 61
    Varela, Cristian A.
    The University of Adelaide
  62. 62
    Neilan, Brett Anthony
    The University of Newcastle, Australia
  63. 63
    Liu, Bette C.
    UNSW Sydney
  64. 64
    Nicol, Mark P.
    The University of Western Australia
  65. 65
    Slavin, Monica A.
    Peter Maccallum Cancer Centre
  66. 66
    Lipman, Jeffrey
    The University of Queensland
  67. 67
    Beardsley, Justin
    The University of Sydney School of Medicine
  68. 68
    Paton, James C.
    The University of Adelaide
  69. 69
    Barr, Ian George
    World Health Organization, Australia
  70. 70
    Lu, Ji
    The University of Queensland
  71. 71
    Ceccarelli, Daniela M.
    Australian Institute of Marine Science
  72. 72
    Adegboye, Oyelola Abdulwasiu
    Menzies School of Health Research
  73. 73
    Forster, Samuel C.
    Hudson Institute of Medical Research
  74. 74
    Iredell, Jonathan R.
    The University of Sydney
  75. 75
    Franks, Ashley E.
    La Trobe University
  76. 76
    Hamilton, Andrew John
    Department of Rural Health
  77. 77
    Walker, Mark J.
    The University of Queensland
  78. 78
    Rood, Julian Ian
    Monash University
  79. 79
    Manos, Jim
    The University of Sydney
  80. 80
    Davis, Joshua S.
    Menzies School of Health Research
  81. 81
  82. 82
    Sadeghpour-Heravi, Fatemah
    Royal Women's Hospital
  83. 83
    Schembri, Mark A.
    The University of Queensland
  84. 84
    Kirk, Martyn D.
    ANU Medical School
  85. 85
    Stinear, Timothy Paul
    Department of Microbiology & Immunology
  86. 86
    Reeves, Peter Richard
    The University of Sydney
  87. 87
    Sorrell, Tania C.
    The University of Sydney School of Medicine
  88. 88
    Williamson, Deborah A.
    Department of Infectious Diseases
  89. 89
    Gordon, David M.
    ANU Research School of Biology
  90. 90
    Dennis, P. G.
    The University of Queensland
  91. 91
    Zadoks, Ruth N.
    The University of Sydney
  92. 92
    Blackall, Linda Louise
    School of Biosciences
  93. 93
    Bartowsky, Eveline J.
    The University of Adelaide
  94. 94
    Fox, Greg J.
    The University of Sydney School of Medicine
  95. 95
    Durrheim, David N.
    School of Medicine and Public Health
  96. 96
    Whiley, Harriet
    College of Science and Engineering
  97. 97
    O'Brien-Simpson, Neil M.
    Melbourne Dental School
  98. 98
    Morrison, M.
    The University of Queensland
  99. 99
    Beatson, Scott A.
    The University of Queensland
  100. 100
    Bond, Philip L.
    The University of Queensland

154 listed scientists in Microbiology 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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