Top institutions in Australia for Nursing

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

190 researchers in Australia whose main subfield is Nursing are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 2.1% of all listed authors in Australia, and 2nd of 61 countries in the subfield. 40 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences has the most (11), followed by Griffith University (11) and University of Technology Sydney (11). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
190
2.1% of all in Australia
In the global top 100,000
40
21.1% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#2
of 61 countries in Nursing
Highest-ranked
#965
Peters, Micah D.J.
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences117#8Munn, Zachary #1,189
2Griffith University114#9Polit, Denise F. #8,425
3University of Technology Sydney112#12Levett-Jones, Tracy Louise #20,478
4Southern Cross University102#15Happell, Brenda Mary #34,133
5La Trobe University93#16Khalil, Dr Hanan #5,881
6Monash University81#23Manias, Elizabeth #50,310
7Deakin University80#25Considine, Julie #114,918
8Western Sydney University80#26Schmied, Virginia A. #129,259
9Flinders University72#32Kitson, A. L. #12,930
10Australian Catholic University61#42Foster, Kim N. #38,622
11The University of Queensland60#50Rickard, Claire M. #102,936
12Griffith Health51#58Moyle, Wendy #27,698
13University of Wollongong51#61Halcomb, Elizabeth Jane #36,161
14Queensland University of Technology50#69Yates, Patsy M. #105,417
15University of Southern Queensland50#70Peters, Kath #112,571
16University of South Australia41#72Peters, Micah D.J. #965
17The University of Sydney43#73Jackson, Debra E. #10,750
18Charles Sturt University41#78Vaismoradi, Mojtaba #33,347
19Curtin University41#82Tuckett, Anthony G. #60,179
20The University of Adelaide40#99Hegney, D. G. #226,527
21Edith Cowan University32#105Whitehead, Lisa Claire #30,804
22Federation University Australia31#110Cant, Robyn P. #42,282
23CQUniversity Australia30#139McAllister, Margaret M. #140,856
24University of the Sunshine Coast30#147Bogossian, Fiona Elizabeth #203,205

The top 100 in Nursing in Australia, in order

  1. 1
    Peters, Micah D.J.
    University of South Australia
  2. 2
    Munn, Zachary
    Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
  3. 3
    Khalil, Dr Hanan
    La Trobe University
  4. 4
    Aromataris, Edoardo Claudio
    Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
  5. 5
    Polit, Denise F.
    Griffith University
  6. 6
    Jackson, Debra E.
    The University of Sydney
  7. 7
    Kitson, A. L.
    Flinders University
  8. 8
    Levett-Jones, Tracy Louise
    University of Technology Sydney
  9. 9
    Cleary, Michelle
    University of New England Australia
  10. 10
    McCormack, Brendan George
    The University of Sydney
  11. 11
    Moyle, Wendy
    Griffith Health
  12. 12
    Lockwood, Craig S.
    Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
  13. 13
  14. 14
    Whitehead, Lisa Claire
    Edith Cowan University
  15. 15
    Usher, Kim J.
    University of New England Australia
  16. 16
    Vaismoradi, Mojtaba
    Charles Sturt University
  17. 17
    Happell, Brenda Mary
    Southern Cross University
  18. 18
    Edvardsson, Jan David
    Swinburne University of Technology
  19. 19
    Halcomb, Elizabeth Jane
    University of Wollongong
  20. 20
    Foster, Kim N.
    Australian Catholic University
  21. 21
    Cant, Robyn P.
    Federation University Australia
  22. 22
    Pollock, Danielle Kelly
    Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
  23. 23
    Manias, Elizabeth
    Monash University
  24. 24
  25. 25
    Cooper, Simon Jr
    Edith Cowan University
  26. 26
    Bulto, Lemma Negesa
    Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
  27. 27
    Barker, Timothy Hugh
    Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
  28. 28
    van de Mortel, T. F.
    Griffith University
  29. 29
    Tuckett, Anthony G.
    Curtin University
  30. 30
    Chaboyer, Wendy P.
    Griffith University
  31. 31
    Dickson-Swift, Virginia A.
    La Trobe University
  32. 32
    Isobel, Sophie
    The University of Sydney
  33. 33
    Stern, Cindy J.
    Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
  34. 34
    Duffield, Christine Margaret
    University of Technology Sydney
  35. 35
    McKenna, Professor Lisa
    La Trobe University
  36. 36
    Tufanaru, Catalin
    The Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences
  37. 37
    Carolan-Olah, Mary C.
    Victoria University
  38. 38
    Bonner, Ann J.
    Griffith University
  39. 39
    Lakeman, Richard
    Southern Cross University
  40. 40
    Gillespie, Brigid Mary
    Gold Coast University Hospital
  41. 41
  42. 42
    Rickard, Claire M.
    The University of Queensland
  43. 43
    Yates, Patsy M.
    Queensland University of Technology
  44. 44
    Birks, Melanie J.
    James Cook University
  45. 45
    Peters, Kath
    University of Southern Queensland
  46. 46
    Considine, Julie
    Deakin University
  47. 47
    Evans, David L.
    University of South Australia
  48. 48
    Bucknall, Tracey K.
    Deakin University
  49. 49
    Campbell, Steven J.
    University of Tasmania
  50. 50
    Paterson, Catherine C.
    Flinders University
  51. 51
    Fernandez, Ritin Santiago
    The University of Newcastle, Australia
  52. 52
    Creedy, Debra Kay
    Griffith Health
  53. 53
    Jordan, Zoe
    Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
  54. 54
    Schmied, Virginia A.
    Western Sydney University
  55. 55
    Fereday, Jennifer A.
    University of South Australia
  56. 56
    Edward, Karen-Leigh Leigh
    Victoria University
  57. 57
    Bloomer, Melissa Jane
    La Trobe University
  58. 58
    Perry, Lin
    University of Technology Sydney
  59. 59
    Bradford, Natalie Katrina
    Queensland University of Technology
  60. 60
    Buchan, James M.
    University of Technology Sydney
  61. 61
    McAllister, Margaret M.
    CQUniversity Australia
  62. 62
    Coyer, Fiona M.
    Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
  63. 63
    Mills, Jane Elizabeth
    La Trobe University
  64. 64
    Stanton, Robert
    CQUniversity Australia
  65. 65
    Ullman, Amanda J.
    Griffith University
  66. 66
    Kenny, Professor Amanda
    La Trobe University
  67. 67
    Olson, Rebecca Eileen
    The University of Queensland
  68. 68
    Pearson, Alan
    Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
  69. 69
    Bayuo, Jonathan
    University of Southern Queensland
  70. 70
    Endacott, Ruth
    Monash University
  71. 71
    Arbon, Paul A.
    College of Nursing and Health Sciences
  72. 72
    Wilkes, Lesley M.
    Western Sydney University
  73. 73
    Gray, Richard J.
    La Trobe University
  74. 74
    Weller, Carolina D.
    Monash University
  75. 75
    Scholz, Brett
    The Australian National University
  76. 76
    Wand, Timothy C.
    Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health
  77. 77
    Perlman, Dana J.
    University of Wollongong
  78. 78
    Hutchinson, Alison M.
    Deakin University
  79. 79
    Ramjan, Lucie M.
    Western Sydney University
  80. 80
    Walker, Arlene
    Deakin University
  81. 81
    Gallagher, Robyn D.
    Faculty of Medicine and Health
  82. 82
    Kristjanson, Linda Joan
    Edith Cowan University
  83. 83
    Hutchinson, Marie
    University of Southern Queensland
  84. 84
    Salamonson, Yenna
    University of Wollongong
  85. 85
    Porritt, Kylie
    Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
  86. 86
    Hurley, John Fintan
    Southern Cross University
  87. 87
    Bogossian, Fiona Elizabeth
    University of the Sunshine Coast
  88. 88
    Johnston, A. N.B.
    The University of Queensland
  89. 89
    Clark, Robyn A.
    Flinders University
  90. 90
    Haesler, Emily J.
    La Trobe University
  91. 91
    Fry, Margaret M.
    Northern Sydney Local Health District
  92. 92
    Cooke, Marie Louise
    Griffith University
  93. 93
    Lin, Frances Fengzhi
    Flinders University
  94. 94
    Whitehead, Dean
    Federation University Australia
  95. 95
    Fulbrook, Paul R.
    Australian Catholic University
  96. 96
    Hegney, D. G.
    The University of Adelaide
  97. 97
    Delaney, Lori J.
    University of Southern Queensland
  98. 98
    Jones, Cindy J.
    Bond University
  99. 99
    Roche, Michael A.
    University of Technology Sydney
  100. 100
    Mitchell, Marion Lucy
    Griffith Health

190 listed scientists in Nursing in Australia

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