Top institutions in Australia for Physics & Astronomy
Which institutions in Australia have the most top-cited scientists in Physics & Astronomy?
371 researchers in Australia whose main field is Physics & Astronomy are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 4.1% of all listed authors in Australia, and 12th of 105 countries in the field. 152 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). The Australian National University has the most (58), followed by UNSW Sydney (37) and Monash University (28). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.
Listed authors
371
4.1% of all in Australia
In the global top 100,000
152
41.0% of them
Country rank in the field
#12
of 105 countries in Physics & Astronomy
Highest-ranked
#153
Green, Martin A.
No institution matches.
The top 100 in Physics & Astronomy in Australia, in order
- 1Green, Martin A.UNSW Sydney
- 2Kivshar, Yuri S.The Australian National University
- 3Zhang, ShujunUniversity of Wollongong
- 4Monaghan, Joseph J.Monash University
- 5Ho, Luis C.The University of Newcastle, Australia
- 6Frost, Ray LeslieQueensland University of Technology
- 7Randall, Robert BondUNSW Sydney
- 8Goerigk, LarsSchool of Chemistry
- 9Ostrikov, Kostya KenQueensland University of Technology
- 10White, Martin J.The University of Adelaide
- 11Murphy, Anthony B.Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
- 12Krumholz, Mark R.The Australian National University
- 13Mandel, IlyaARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery
- 14Akhmediev, Nail N.The Australian National University
- 15Asplund, Martin B.The Australian National University
- 16Manchester, Richard N.Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
- 17Wiseman, Howard M.Griffith University
- 18Levin, YuriMonash University
- 19Ralph, Timothy CameronThe University of Queensland
- 20Berry, Dominic W.Macquarie University
- 21Miroshnichenko, Andrey E.UNSW Sydney
- 22Evans, Denis J.The Australian National University
- 23Thrane, Eric H.Monash University
- 24Gale, Julian D.Curtin University
- 25Marušić, IvanUniversity of Melbourne
- 26Lasky, Paul D.ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery
- 27Price, Daniel J.Monash University
- 28Wang, XiaolinUniversity of Wollongong
- 29Bland-Hawthorn, Joss J.ARC Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics
- 30Federrath, C.The Australian National University
- 31Flambaum, V. V.UNSW Sydney
- 32Karton, AmirUniversity of New England Australia
- 33Jayatilaka, DylanThe University of Western Australia
- 34Jackson, Stuart D.Macquarie University
- 35Wette, Karl W.The Australian National University
- 36Sheppard, Colin J.R.UNSW Sydney
- 37Mueller, BernhardMonash University
- 38Powell, JadeSwinburne University of Technology
- 39Hobbs, George B.Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
- 40Bailes, MatthewSwinburne University of Technology
- 41Castelletto, Stefania A.RMIT University
- 42Baumgardt, HolgerThe University of Queensland
- 43Eggleton, Benjamin J.ARC Centre of Excellence for Optical Microcombs for Breakthrough Science (COMBS)
- 44Shaddock, Daniel A.The Australian National University
- 45Heger, AlexanderMonash University
- 46Skands, Peter ZeilerMonash University
- 47Wen, LinqingThe University of Western Australia
- 48Melatos, AndrewUniversity of Melbourne
- 49Croton, Darren J.ARC Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics
- 50Baxter, Rodney J.The Australian National University
- 51Koshelev, Kirill L.The Australian National University
- 52Juodkazis, SauliusSwinburne University of Technology
- 53Blakers, Andrew W.The Australian National University
- 54Ninham, Barry WilliamThe Australian National University
- 55O'Hare, Ciaran A.J.The University of Sydney
- 56Reid, Margaret D.Swinburne University of Technology
- 57Glazebrook, Karl G.ARC Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics
- 58Bekki, KenjiThe University of Western Australia
- 59Craig, Vincent Stuart JamesThe Australian National University
- 60Karakas, Amanda I.Monash University
- 61Evans-Soma, Thomas M.The University of Newcastle, Australia
- 62Menicucci, Nicolas C.RMIT University
- 63Blake, Chris A.ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery
- 64Dopita, Michael A.The Australian National University
- 65Meylan, Michael H.The University of Newcastle, Australia
- 66Forrester, Peter J.University of Melbourne
- 67Driver, Simon P.The University of Western Australia
- 68Labbé, IvoSwinburne University of Technology
- 69Rakic, Aleksandar D.The University of Queensland
- 70Graham, Alister W.Swinburne University of Technology
- 71Ralston, John R.University of South Australia
- 72Paganin, David MauriceMonash University
- 73Hopkins, Andrew M.Macquarie University
- 74Crozier, Kenneth B.University of Melbourne
- 75Sutherland, Ralph S.The Australian National University
- 76Forbes, Duncan A.Swinburne University of Technology
- 77Ankiewicz, AdrianThe Australian National University
- 78Erbe, ChristineCurtin University
- 79Cameron, EwanThe Kids Research Institute Australia
- 80Sastry, Murali S.Monash University
- 81Lafleur, TrevorUniversity of New South Wales at Australian Defence Force Academy
- 82Bessell, Michael S.The Australian National University
- 83Smith, Wade A.UNSW Sydney
- 84Modi, KavanMonash University
- 85Pashley, Richard MarkUniversity of New South Wales at Australian Defence Force Academy
- 86Gill, Peter M.W.Faculty of Science
- 87Smart, Roger St C.University of South Australia
- 88Stevenson, Simon P.Swinburne University of Technology
- 89Cuevas, Andres M.The Australian National University
- 90Youngs, David L.Faculty of Engineering
- 91Neshev, Dragomir N.The Australian National University
- 92Hutchins, NicholasUniversity of Melbourne
- 93Stampfl, C. M.The University of Sydney
- 94Goldsmid, Hiroshi JulianUNSW Sydney
- 95Uddin, AshrafUNSW Sydney
- 96Howlett, CullanARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery
- 97Johnston, SimonCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
- 98Borghesani, PietroUNSW Sydney
- 99Hall, Michael J.W.The Australian National University
- 100Van Straten, Willem V.Manly Astrophysics
371 listed scientists in Physics & Astronomy in Australia
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