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Top institutions in Australia for Neurology & Neurosurgery

22 institutions · Neurology & Neurosurgery · Australia

Which institutions in Australia have the most top-cited scientists in Neurology & Neurosurgery?

253 researchers in Australia whose main subfield is Neurology & Neurosurgery are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 2.8% of all listed authors in Australia, and 7th of 77 countries in the subfield. 112 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). Monash University has the most (45), followed by The University of Sydney (27) and University of Melbourne (22). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
253
2.8% of all in Australia
In the global top 100,000
112
44.3% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#7
of 77 countries in Neurology & Neurosurgery
Highest-ranked
#606
Hankey, Graeme J.
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1Monash University4515#14Perucca, Emilio P. #3,013
2The University of Sydney2712#28Halliday, Glenda Margaret #4,384
3University of Melbourne2214#38Bush, Ashley Ian #2,937
4UNSW Sydney105#159Anstey, Kaarin J. #10,163
5The University of Queensland94#189Götz, Jürgen #25,072
6The University of Western Australia82#194Hankey, Graeme J. #606
7The Florey73#225Masters, Colin L. #9,100
8Macquarie University74#248Lewis, Simon John Geoffrey #34,939
9Royal Prince Alfred Hospital53#345Kiernan, Matthew C. #16,804
10Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences52#366Colrain, Ian M. #34,447
11Faculty of Medicine and Health51#310Dzamko, Nicolas L. #68,801
12The University of Adelaide41#398Jenkinson, Mark #2,120
13The University of Newcastle, Australia43#405Breakspear, Michael J. #4,824
14Flinders University43#424Eckert, Danny J. #14,312
15UNSW Medicine43#450Parsons, Mark W. #35,449
16Deakin University41#490Morris, Gerwyn #76,273
17Department of Anatomy and Physiology31#538Klunk, William E. #15,683
18Murdoch Children's Research Institute33#563Anderson, Vicki A. #27,942
19RMIT University31#565Robinson, Stephen R. #28,585
20Murdoch University32#566Drummond, P. D. #28,681
21La Trobe University32#585Sobey, C. G. #39,409
22Royal Melbourne Hospital30#665Mitchell, Peter J. #104,793

The top 100 in Neurology & Neurosurgery in Australia, in order

  1. 1
    Hankey, Graeme J.
    The University of Western Australia
  2. 2
    Sachdev, Perminder S.
    Spatial Ventures - Geospatial Services
  3. 3
    Jenkinson, Mark
    The University of Adelaide
  4. 4
    Bush, Ashley Ian
    University of Melbourne
  5. 5
    Perucca, Emilio P.
    Monash University
  6. 6
    Campbell, Bruce C.V.
    University of Melbourne
  7. 7
    Halliday, Glenda Margaret
    The University of Sydney
  8. 8
    Johns, Murray W.
    Epworth Sleep Centre
  9. 9
    Breakspear, Michael J.
    The University of Newcastle, Australia
  10. 10
    Scheffer, Ingrid E.
    University of Melbourne
  11. 11
    Shine, James M.
    The University of Sydney
  12. 12
    Hua, Susan
    The University of Newcastle, Australia
  13. 13
    Hill, Andrew F.
    Victoria University Melbourne, Institute for Health and Sport
  14. 14
    Anderson, Craig S.
    George Institute for International Health
  15. 15
    Zalesky, Andrew
    Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
  16. 16
  17. 17
    Guillemin, G. J.
    Bionyeri Pty Ltd
  18. 18
    Furness, John B.
    University of Melbourne
  19. 19
  20. 20
    Rogers, Lesley J.
    University of New England Australia
  21. 21
    Kwan, Patrick Kwok Leung
    Monash University
  22. 22
    Eckert, Danny J.
    Flinders University
  23. 23
    Hodges, John R.
    The University of Sydney
  24. 24
    Klunk, William E.
    Department of Anatomy and Physiology
  25. 25
  26. 26
  27. 27
    Kiernan, Matthew C.
    Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
  28. 28
    Dale, Russell C.
    The University of Sydney
  29. 29
    Donnan, Geoffrey A.
    University of Melbourne
  30. 30
  31. 31
    Berkovic, Sam Frank
    University of Melbourne
  32. 32
    Cherbuin, Nicolas
    National Centre for Epidemiology & Population Health
  33. 33
    Adams, Robert John T.
    Flinders University
  34. 34
  35. 35
    Proske, Uwe
    Monash University
  36. 36
    Götz, Jürgen
    The University of Queensland
  37. 37
    Eyles, Darryl Walter
    Park Centre for Mental Health
  38. 38
    Anderson, Vicki A.
    Murdoch Children's Research Institute
  39. 39
    Davis, Stephen M.
    University of Melbourne
  40. 40
    Robinson, Stephen R.
    RMIT University
  41. 41
    Drummond, P. D.
    Murdoch University
  42. 42
    Vucic, Steve
    Concord Repatriation General Hospital
  43. 43
    Curthoys, Ian Stewart
    The University of Sydney
  44. 44
    Rowe, Christopher C.
    University of Melbourne
  45. 45
    Bernhardt, Julie A.
    University of Melbourne
  46. 46
    Colrain, Ian M.
    Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
  47. 47
    Lewis, Simon John Geoffrey
    Macquarie University
  48. 48
    Parsons, Mark W.
    UNSW Medicine
  49. 49
    Thrift, Amanda Gay
    Monash University
  50. 50
    Kennaway, David John
    Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
  51. 51
    Sobey, C. G.
    La Trobe University
  52. 52
    Trollor, Julian N.
    University of New South Wales Faculty of Medicine, School of Psychiatry
  53. 53
    Martins, Ralph Nigel
    Macquarie University
  54. 54
    Kõks, Sulev V.
    Murdoch University
  55. 55
    Buckley, Rachel F.
    Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
  56. 56
    Srinivasan, Mandyam Veerambudi
    The University of Queensland
  57. 57
    Calamante, Fernando
    The University of Sydney
  58. 58
    Gupta, Vivek Kumar
    Macquarie University
  59. 59
    Macefield, Vaughan G.
    Monash University
  60. 60
    Mobbs, Ralph Jasper
    NeuroSpine Surgery Research Group (NSURG)
  61. 61
    Srikanth, Velandai K.
    Monash University
  62. 62
    Crowe, Simon F.
    La Trobe University
  63. 63
    Burke, David J.
    The University of Sydney
  64. 64
    Rosenfeld, Jeffrey V.
    Monash University
  65. 65
    Ryan, Joanne L.
    Monash University
  66. 66
    O’Brien, Terence J.
    Monash University
  67. 67
    Wijeratne, Tissa
    Western Health
  68. 68
    Phillips, Andrew J.K.
    Flinders University
  69. 69
    Perucca, Piero
    University of Melbourne
  70. 70
    Lack, Leon C.
    College of Education, Psychology and Social Work
  71. 71
    Braidy, Nady
    UNSW Medicine
  72. 72
    Grunstein, Ronald R.
    Woolcock Institute of Medical Research
  73. 73
    Fulcher, Ben D.
    The University of Sydney
  74. 74
    McGonigal, Aileen
    The University of Queensland
  75. 75
    McEvoy, R. Doug
    Flinders Medical Centre
  76. 76
    Kalincik, Tomas
    University of Melbourne
  77. 77
    North, Kathryn N.
    Murdoch Children's Research Institute
  78. 78
    White, Anthony Robert
    QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
  79. 79
    Dzamko, Nicolas L.
    Faculty of Medicine and Health
  80. 80
    Pase, Matthew Paul
    Monash University
  81. 81
    Thijs, Vincent N.S.
    Department of Medicine
  82. 82
    Rae, Caroline D.
    UNSW Sydney
  83. 83
    Wen, Wei
    UNSW Sydney
  84. 84
    Irish, Muireann
    The University of Sydney
  85. 85
    Butzkueven, Helmut
    Monash University
  86. 86
    Cook, Mark James
    University of Melbourne
  87. 87
    Halmagyi, Michael G.
    Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
  88. 88
    Rajaratnam, Shantha M.W.
    Monash University
  89. 89
    Morris, Gerwyn
    Deakin University
  90. 90
  91. 91
    Colebatch, James G.
    UNSW Medicine
  92. 92
    Sunderland, Sydney
    University of Melbourne
  93. 93
    Fung, Victor S.C.
    The University of Sydney
  94. 94
    Delatycki, Martin Bruce
    Monash University
  95. 95
    Walker, Frederick Rohan
    The University of Newcastle, Australia
  96. 96
    Sarnyai, Zoltán
    James Cook University
  97. 97
    Szoeke, Cassandra E.I.
    Monash University
  98. 98
    Nurgali, Kulmira
    Victoria University Melbourne, Institute for Health and Sport
  99. 99
    Graeber, Manuel Benedikt
    The University of Sydney
  100. 100
    Di Ieva, Antonio
    Macquarie University

253 listed scientists in Neurology & Neurosurgery 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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